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2009
Some of the best advice I ever got was over 10 years ago from my lender. It was at the beginning of my RE career, and my sewing machine guy had come over to make repairs. We got talking, and I started sharing my excitement about investing in units. He had mattress money (for real!) and wanted i...
10/29/2009
Here in California, there's an easy way to get involved in the nationwide effort to extend the First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit. The federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers is set to expire November 30, 2009. It's moving towards extending but it's not a sure deal yet. That means if you—o...
10/28/2009
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Did I have another baby and sleep through the blessed event? No, I opened an escrow—and apparently this now qualifies as a miracle in today’s market. In yesterday’s mail, my new escrow officer sent me a beautiful glossy card adorned with pine trees and topped with a brilliant aurora. The gree...
10/27/2009
Call them skeletons, demons, or just extra baggage, we all have stuff from the past that haunts us, and prevents us from becoming the fully alive, gifted person we were designed to be. With Halloween just a few days away, it’s the perfect time to assess what’s been haunting you and do a professio...
10/25/2009
2914 sq ft, plus 800 sq ft wraparound deck with views to Mexico, Coronado and downtown San Diego, eclectic design in Mt Helix neighborhood of unique custom homes… NOT for sale! Not yet anyway, but frankly, I yearn for less. I am totally blessed to have found this home in 1990. Now it’s filled...
10/21/2009
Four years ago it sounded like a good idea… I ran all the numbers available at the time. Today it’s worth far less than I paid, but I can live with that because I bought for the long term. But the onsite Property Management chokehold is a financial killer. I paid $335K for my studio condo-hotel ...
10/21/2009
On the verge of a real estate breakdown? Check out “BREAKDOWNS TO BREAKTHROUGHS”—here’s my ultra condensed version of Tom Ferry’s handy helpful guide. .. 35 tips that helped shoot me out of the cannon again. It’s a crazy circus out there…. when I went to my first Tom Ferry Summit this past summ...
10/19/2009
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2 great reasons for having kids-- A long time ago, in agrarian America, people had lots of children to help work on the farm, and to perpetuate the family business. (Yes, of course, they loved and wanted their children, just like us.) But we are an advanced species now! Today’s world has evolv...
10/15/2009
Here are 14 quick quotes that help keep me on the right path. Don’t know about you, but I sure need lots of reinforcement and constant reminders to stay pointed in the right direction. Here are just a few-- some of these have been around for decades, but they work. Action destroys fear I...
10/14/2009
“So how long WILL my short sale/foreclosure take?” What a great question, and one that every seller and buyer seems to be asking. As a real estate professional, the honest answer can feel a bit disconcerting. After all, telling someone “I don’t know” or “It depends” doesn’t normally instill mu...
10/13/2009
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