The Redfin IPO has been announced, and people are wondering what effect it could have on the home-selling business. Notorious Rob started with the impact on brokerages: http://www.notorious-rob.com/2017/07/the-impact-of-redfin-post-ipo-part-1-brokerages/ I agree with...
Zillow has uploaded my Caminito Vasto listing! The MLS remarks didn't pull through - but the photos did, go figure. They also called me a Premier Agent, and eliminated the three-headed monster. We had two offers on Vasto, and I marked it pending on Monday, but they...
Glad to be back home Saturday in my favorite town of all-time, La Jolla, CA. Please join me 1-3pm Saturday for open house at 3340 Caminito Vasto! Zillow is supposed to be auto-uploading every listing with 60 minutes, but here we are eight hours after MLS input and my...
Be careful about buying online - watch this video below and see if you can tell that Pacific Coast Highway is between the house and the beach. It sold for $15,850,000:
With the big cyber-attack today, let's touch on a local security issue that is hard to believe. It didn't happen to me, but to a listing agent I know. It involves the new mobile app for our MLS, which is touted as a more convenient way for agents to access the...
When a buyer's agent calls the listing office to inquire about making an offer, the usual response is, "Send it in, and we'll get back to you." More questions don't reveal much else, and the buyer's agent is left wondering if there is any hope of selling a house....
This is the type of stuff that happens every day all around us. Agents make no effort to hide their shenanigans - instead, they flaunt it, to make the deal.
With so much focus on HGTV real estate shows, it's inevitable that our marketing will go Hollywood too: A woman in a red dress twirls with a dark and mysterious man through light-filled hallways. Music flutters and surges in a romantically lit courtyard overlooking...
A before-and-after tour to show the effects of staging - with a solid result! Staging makes for more effective photos, provides ideas on what can be done, and helps to instill maximum urgency. Save Save
On May 1st, Sandicor, our MLS for San Diego, began automatically uploading our listings to Zillow in an effort to improve accuracy. This is how Zillow advertises the pending sales in Orange County, which is how they were presented in San Diego prior to May 1st: They...
