September 24, 2005 was a Saturday, and early that morning I started a free account on Squarespace to begin this blog. At the time, Arnold Schwarzenegger was our governor, Kayla had just started her freshman year of high school, and I had more hair! I had already been...
The Pacific Beach hillside remodel is complete. Here are a few photos of the journey, and a recent video tour: Mr. Buyer delivered what might be the best quote of the year: "I finally buy my wife a million-dollar house, and the first thing she does is tear it...
When the earthquake in Nepal was predicted from the stars aligning, I started following this website: https://twitter.com/Quakeprediction They are predicting that Southern California is due for a 5.0 to 6.0 earthquake on Sunday or Monday. You'll see on their website...
Here is a visual review of 2014, starting with one of the dazzling sunsets we see in the wintertime: Here's a photo of a listing that didn't happen. In this case, my clients were about to purchase a short sale, but then the listing agent sold it to someone else. My...
I'll go everywhere to help out a bubbleinfo reader! This is a great house too, built in 1995 on a culdesac with no HOA or Mello-Roos for only $569,000. I'll be doing open house this Sunday from noon to 3pm:
Reader elbarcosr sent in these thoughts and numbers on Carmel Valley: I always pause and try to take a big-picture look at the market each month when you post inventory watch. I get confused trying to get a feel for where the market is actually doing since so many...
It was nine years ago today that we got started! It was early on a Saturday morning that I signed up for a free blog website, hoping to inform and educate sellers about the impending doom on the horizon. It's been a wild ride since! In many ways it's been a full...
This is a new video of the remodeled 1,946sf single-story house on Manzanita in Carlsbad that just hit the MLS today for $799,000. Kayla and I will be there from noon to 3pm on Saturday for open house, and Richard will be there on Sunday during the same time period -...
Home improvement doesn't have to be a daunting and expensive endeavor. Ingenuity and the internet will take you a long way! Here's an example of how to turn a drab-looking 1970s townhouse into a chic, modern home without spending millions!
Chair lifts are their own cottage industry, and you can spend more than $10,000 on the fancy ones. But you don't hear much about removing them!
