How I Choose my Blog Post Topics – Localism Writing local posts has been a focus of mine for a number of years. It really came about as a result of my relocation from Boston to Carlsbad, a place I had never visited and knew virtually nothing about. Once I became licensed in California it was
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01/14/2012
What Happened in the La Jolla Real Estate Market in December 2011? The La Jolla real estate market is one of the most expensive in San Diego County. A visit to La Jolla on-line, or better yet in real life, will quickly give you a good sense of why this is so. La Jolla, “The Jewel,” is an extraord
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01/14/2012
A Worldview With a Local Perspective I’m a bit ashamed that, after 5+ years of AR membership and participation, I have not read AR’s worldview, the Weltanschauung (boy THAT brings back some not-so-fond memories of my German classes in college!) until Lynn created the 2012 BIG Jumpstart Blog Cha
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01/13/2012
What Happened in the Del Mar Real Estate Market in December 2011? Del Mar is a small coastal town in North San Diego County and one of the most expensive towns in the county. Indeed, the Del Mar real estate market currently has the most expensive home for sale in San Diego County (at $61M), and s
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01/13/2012
Finding a high quality referral is fairly easy to do, if one goes about it property. Sally Cheeseman gives us a terrific outline of things we can do to source a TRUSTWORTHY person to refer our valued clients to, using information and observations one can readily find on ActiveRain, in addition to
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01/12/2012
The 10 Photo Commandments Real estate photos for marketing a listing effectively are a huge deal – we all know that, as does the buying public. Sadly, many in our profession appear to be clueless on this issue, or don’t care. There is simply no excuse in my opinion in this age of digital photog
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01/11/2012
Carlsbad Arts - International Guitar Night in Carlsbad CA January 23, 2012 The 12th Annual International Guitar Night, sponsored by the Museum of Making Music, will be held in Carlsbad CA on Monday January 23 at the Ruby Schulman Auditorium at the Carlsbad Public Library. The founder of Inter
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01/11/2012
What Happened in the Cardiff Real Estate Market in December 2011? As a buyer or seller in the Cardiff real estate market, having information about the current market conditions will enable you to make an informed decision regarding what to do with regard to buying a home in Cardiff, or selling yo
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01/11/2012
What Happened in the San Marcos Real Estate Market in December 2011? The San Marcos real estate market continues to evolve, especially with the large number of distress sales. These data do not include any private sales nor manufactured housing; the numbers are derived from the MLS and are be
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01/10/2012
Why I Like Living in Carlsbad CA It’s easy for me to help buyers who are moving to Carlsbad, because I know the community well. But I also like living in Carlsbad, a lot, so it’s easy to be enthusiastic about all the great reasons to live here. So that, in many ways, is at the basis of how I choo
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01/09/2012