Buyer Advice
As you may remember from my post last week, I was recently the victim of a home burglary. The topic of this weeks post is home door locks—believe it or not, ANYONE can pick your locks if you have a standard run-of-the-mill door lock. If you are curious to know how, there are countless that [...]
I know times are tough and the economy is changing at record pace. I also know that not everyone has the money they used to have or thought they did. I am not writing this post for those people. This posting is for the people who have money and recognize “this” may be the time [...]
The January 2009 issue of San Francisco Magazine featured a story by Amy Graff, a noted blogger on the topic of schools in San Francisco. In October 2007, Graff created a blog called ”SF K Files” (One Parents Search for a Kindergarten in San Francisco) that delved into topics about public vs. private schools. According to the magazine, [...]
Welcome to Vanguard’s Blog. My weekly posts will be specific to the Inner Mission, here in district 9C. Here you will know where to go and what new properties to see. We’ll travel down some of the most popular streets, hit the pavements to view some gorgeous Victorian homes built in the early 1900s, visit the popular restaurants, local [...]
The post on investing with your IRA got me thinking about where one would be if they invested in real estate vs the stock market over the longer term. To keep things simple I took monthly stock market closings from January 2000 to November 2008 for the S&P500, Dow Jones, and Nasdaq and compared them [...]
I had an interesting drive around the city yesterday with a client looking at properties, which were mostly tics (tenancy-in-common) matching her criteria (up to mid $500K range in “popular” neighborhoods such as Noe Valley, NOPA, Mission Dolores, Lower Pac Heights, older homes w/ “charm”). And of course, during our tour, she asks “Are tics really that [...]
I just endured a horrible experience that I hope no one reading this article ever needs to endure—I was burglarized while away on Christmas vacation. While this alone is a miserable experience to go through, it gets worse when you find out about the hidden limits inside your homeowner’s/renter’s insurance policy.
Each insurance company has different [...]
The big question these days is “When will we hit the bottom?” in San Francisco.  Are you the one who will begin ground zero??? The answer lies in the next wave of comps that will lay the ground for the upcoming year.  But when will we have those comps???? There is so much pent up [...]
Motive: Something (as a need or desire) that causes a person to act. “Merriam-Webster”
In today’s market, it is more important than ever for a buyer to have an understanding of the seller’s motivation:
Does the seller have to sell? Maybe they have been relocated with their job. Perhaps their family has grown and they need [...]
Changes with financial lending are making buying more difficult for some buyers and creating opportunity for others. The recent changes implemented by lending institutions are happening at such a fast pace that it is truly hard to keep up.Â
Buyers and sellers need to understand that many transactions are not happening in the time frames that [...]