The community of Clairemont (sometimes called Clairemont Mesa) is located in central San Diego County, California. The community is located off Interstate 5 at Balboa Ave and is within the 92117 Zip code.

The real estate and homes for sale in Clairemont fall into the moderate-income category for San Diego County. The number of homes sold in a particular year is relatively high. For example, during the period from January through July 2 Read the rest of this entry »

The community of Coronado is located on the central coast of San Diego County. This 13.5 square mile peninsula is accessible via the famous Coronado Bay Bridge, by water ferry from Downtown San Diego, or through Imperial Beach via highway 75.

The real estate and homes for sale in Coronado are some of the most expensive properties in San Diego County. The number of homes sold in a particular year is relatively low. For example, during t Read the rest of this entry »

How do HomeGain, Realtor.com, Service Magic and other companies like this make money? These companies are called lead generation companies. They spend vast amounts of money advertising on TV, the Internet, radio, and in print so that you’ll go to their website to find information about real estate. When you click on a property and request information the company then either sells the lead at a fee ranging from $20-$50 for an unqu Read the rest of this entry »

Five Considerations of Hiring Property Managers

1. Management Fee
The property owner needs to understand the purpose of the management fee (typically 10%). The percentage management fee pays for the property manager’s time. The 10% allows someone else to help shoulder the burden of owning the property. The owner is paying for someone else to field 2:00 am calls. It is important to remember that the property manager cannot take all o Read the rest of this entry »

If your home has been on the market for a while then you know how rough today’s housing market is. Home prices are dropping, there are many more houses for sale and everyone is in competition for the same number of potential home buyers. The key to increasing your home’s value and then selling your house quickly is to set it apart from other homes in the area. You need to give your home more features and make it more appealing than the other h Read the rest of this entry »

Questions to ask yourself:

• How many property managers do I want to interview? While the attached form allows you to compare 3, I recently interviewed 5 for my new property. A little exhausting to say the least!

• How will I find out who to interview? I find personal referrals from other property managers to be the best method.

• What are the most important areas to me in finding a property manager. Do you want the Read the rest of this entry »

On any given day, people can easily find articles and news stories describing an impending bust of the so-called real estate bubble. Despite this gloomy prediction, many experts believe that the recent slowdown in housing will be a gradual and modest readjustment rather than sharp bust or decline. These experts believe that factors that lead to a sharp decline in the real estate market are just not present in the current economic outlook. In fact Read the rest of this entry »

The home improvement industry has become a big business and many of the best home projects to increase equity in your home are expensive to pay for all at once. Most large home improvement projects, whether you’re hiring a contractor or a do-it-yourself home improvement fan, will require some sort of home improvement loan or financing.

Discovering out how much a home improvement project is going to cost is just the first step in Read the rest of this entry »

A disturbing bit of information from the American Insurance Agents Association saying that about u of home owners do not have adequate home insurance coverage is a sure source of concern. Do people know what it means to be fully covered? In fact let me ask you. Do you know what it means to be fully covered? Is your home fully covered?

Let’s really look at what it means to have your home fully covered.

Insuring your home usua Read the rest of this entry »

Property management services offer individuals operational services in commercial real estate, residential real estate, and even industrial based real estate. Many property owners are now electing to implement the use of these services due to the advantages that they offer. If you are one that engages in one or more types of real estate, you may find that these services make your transactions and business run more smoothly. In this guide, I will Read the rest of this entry »