Investing in San Diego Real Estate
Advice For The Home Buyers: Begin with the End Picture In Mind
March 3rd, 2009 categories: Buying San Diego Real Estate, Investing in San Diego Real Estate, Local San Diego News You Can Use, San Diego Mortgage Banks and Loans Info, San Diego Real Estate, Selling San Diego Real Estate
I think all too often, Buyers and Sellers are most often disappointed when they have no clear end picture in mind. What I mean by this is that unless you know what you want and have considered your options carefully and realistically , how do know that what you are seeking is going to lead to the correct or desired conclusion.
I have had buyers tell me that they would like a 3 bedroom home with 2 car garage, it has to have at least 2 full baths and big yard. And when I ask where in San Diego they would like for me to look for that home, I get a rather large area of numerous communities that they want to consider based on some criteria of which they seem not very clear. What this tells me is that the Buyer has yet to put their desired home in the context of an actual place where such a home might exist. In particular, the budgets that are often relayed as fixed also have not correlation to the locations discussed. Read the rest of this entry »
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A “WOW” Idea For Making Solar Energy Actually Affordable For Homeowners
July 28th, 2008 categories: Buying San Diego Real Estate, Investing in San Diego Real Estate, Local San Diego News You Can Use, San Diego Real Estate, San Diego Real Estate News, Selling San Diego Real Estate
I was reading the editorial section of the Sunday newspaper that I do with religious regularity and someone wrote in about an idea that makes so much sense.
Some consumers out there just have so much to share when they express their ideas and it can really make quite a difference, especially if the idea makes good financial sense.
The idea actually for this editorial came from the city of Berkeley California that has proposed setting up a program that would create superb possibilities and answers two of the biggest problems for consumers to be able to afford solar energy at their own homes.
Problem #1 – High initial solar panel purchasing and installation costs
Problem #2 – Recovering the cost of providing solar when selling the home
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US Opens Comes to San Diego at Torrey Pines
June 11th, 2008 categories: Investing in San Diego Real Estate, Local San Diego News You Can Use, San Diego Real Estate, San Diego Relocation, Selling San Diego Real Estate
The excitement begins this Thursday June 12th. San Diego is all dressed up and waiting the many many thousands that are descending in our wonderful community. Torrey Pines, a public course in La Jolla over looking the ocean, will host this marvelous event and the players to watch are 2 of the worlds best players , Tiger Woods, currently ranked number one in the world and his playing partner, the player ranked number 2 in the world, Phil Michelson.
As play begins early Thursday morning,the 3 day event will expose San Diego to an International audience and it would surprise no one if we saw a real surge in people migrating here from all parts to take up residency here in America’s Finest City.
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Where Are We Headed In The Housing Markets For 2008
December 31st, 2007 categories: Investing in San Diego Real Estate, Market and Forecast Updates For San Diego, San Diego Real Estate, San Diego Real Estate News
It is now time to refocus my energies here to provide you with some insight and perspective as we begin anew to redefine the characteristics of the current housing market and where we are likely headed in 2008.
Looking back, 2007 has been a most unusual year. The housing market has seen a lot of correction and some real disappointments coupled with some mostly obscured indicators that the market is actually improving.
As we begin this year that will have the media being dominated by election year prognostication, there will also be many words printed about the housing market and the direction the media intends to emphasize as the year progresses. There will no doubt be further effort to undermine any efforts of recognizing this market as a glass half full. But the best investors world wide have always recognized the golden opportunities that lie at the heart of the medias effort to portray any weakness in the markets as death knells. The best usually pick up the gauntlet and run with it to find even more new riches at the expense of the weakened and weary current holders of the assets.
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Microsoft Buys a piece of Facebook and a Little piece at that for $240,000,000
October 27th, 2007 categories: Investing in San Diego Real Estate, Selling San Diego Real Estate
One of the most successful social network sites on the planet (5th Largest I believe) sold a small slice of itself to Microsoft for $240,000,000. Earlier CEO , 23 yr old Mark Zukerberg spurned a take over bid by Yahoo for $1,000,000,000. That is 1 cool billion. With Microsoft coming to the plate for a 1.6% share, it allows for Facebook to complete its ambitious expansion plans and maintain ownership. Facebook CEO Zukenberg will consider a public offering in a couple years , no doubt believing that the company will be worth no less than 10 times what Yahoo tried to snag it for.
The Facebook site with it 47 million users has really been sort of an experiment in that it no longer limits it attraction to college kids but opened itself up to anyone that was interested. There is currently no commonality in the specific traits of its users and it allows anyone to jump in, in a sort of free for all, at least as far as directing it towards one group or another.
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