Seller Advice
Recently, Congress and President Obama passed the $787B stimulus bill also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. While there are many components which will affect the housing market, such as loan modifications, there is another important feature that should help new homebuyers (and sellers) in the San Francisco real estate market. [...]
While you may believe that because you live in the middle of the block (so no access to yard except after hopping three fences), that you have an inner and outer locking front doors (see Part 2 for more info on locks), you are religious (approaching fanatical) about locking your windows and doors and have [...]
Interesting enough, 17 sellers left their hearts in the Inner Mission and our neighborhood welcomed 17 new single family homeowners.  In the year 2008 a total of 17 single family homes exchanged ownership in this warm neighborhood. As for multi unit/investment buildings (2 or more units), 32 investment/transactions were made. Welcome to the neighborhood investors and single family [...]
These past few months I have had clients who currently own condos asking me whether they should sell or rent out their property. While each client and their property has their own unique set of circumstances and factors which will ultimately affect that decision, I advised them all of them similarly: make sure they do their [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]