Buying a home can be a financial stretch. With soaring home values and rising interest rates, many potential first time home buyers find saving for a down payment increasingly difficult in San Diego county. For many people, the main source of savings is in the form of a 401k and tapping into this ... Continue Reading » about Should I Use My 401K to Buy a Home in San Diego?
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How Should I Price My San Diego Home to Sell During a Softening Real Estate Market
The summer selling season has come. Unfortunately, those San Diego home sellers who were looking forward to sky-high prices and multiple offers may be disappointed to find the market softening. In a declining market, pricing a home becomes critical if you want to sell your home quickly and for the ... Continue Reading » about How Should I Price My San Diego Home to Sell During a Softening Real Estate Market
How to Choose a Moving Company in San Diego
Great, you sold your home! Now it's time to move out. Don’t be intimidated by the horror stories from friends, family, and neighbors about an experience with their San Diego moving company. Lost furniture, broken precious heirlooms, mysterious storage units nowhere near point A or B - even ... Continue Reading » about How to Choose a Moving Company in San Diego
What Can San Diego Home Sellers Take When They Move?
How to determine if an object in a home is a fixture or personal property. Who gets to keep the appliances, drapes, or the $10,000 water feature in the front yard when buying or selling a home? Unfortunately, buyers and sellers don't always agree about what stays and what goes during move-out. ... Continue Reading » about What Can San Diego Home Sellers Take When They Move?
How to Make an Offer on a San Diego Home
3 tips to help you make a great offer on a home so you can win the deal. Making an offer on a home in San Diego could be like trying to attempting to speak Spanish decades after your last high school Spanish class. Some words are familiar… Fuego, Hola, Pantalones… but you’d be much better off ... Continue Reading » about How to Make an Offer on a San Diego Home
5 Reasons to Stop Renting in San Diego
We've all heard about the great “renting vs buying” debate Some people love renting because they want less responsibility and possibly greater mobility. If something in the home breaks, they’re not responsible for fixing it. I own property and have had some particularly bad experiences when ... Continue Reading » about 5 Reasons to Stop Renting in San Diego