When it comes time to put an offer on a home they love, many buyers will include an earnest money deposit. This demonstrates to the seller that the buyer… Read more ⇢

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If you walk into The Gap and find a shirt you like with a price tag of $39.95 – you expect to pay no more than the ticketed price and hopefully… Read more ⇢

“Can I keep it?” This benign little question is raised at some point during nearly every transaction. Usually, a discussion of “personal property” versus “fixtures” ensues, but many items fall into… Read more ⇢

Back in the Mesozoic Era when I was a teenager, I took a little thing called a driving test. Well, that's not entirely true. I took my driving test three times… Read more ⇢

Here we go again. A client who is interested in selling her property recently told me about a conversation she had with her neighbor. Her neighbor warned that she had better sell… Read more ⇢

I recently spent a fun-filled weekend in Las Vegas with Daughter #2 (pictured, although she is much "brighter" in person). It was a belated finally-old-enough-to-buy-her-mom-wine-day present and… Read more ⇢

I’m back. And just in case you don’t believe it is really me (or as spellcheck likes to say, “really I”), I will try to throw in a few typos as… Read more ⇢

From the San Diego U-T yesterday, home prices have hit a five-year high in San Diego. Brokers in… Read more ⇢

Or, as we like to say these days, comps-schmomps. That's what happens when demand exceeds supply. This morning in Scripps Ranch? A whopping 33 detached homes are on the market; if… Read more ⇢

Happy New Year to our three readers!  The bad news is that my oldest daughter had to ring in the new year in the Senate Press Gallery… Read more ⇢

Well, it would appear that we avoided that whole “end of civilization” thingy. Phew. As one friend put it, if the Mayans were so smart, there would… Read more ⇢

“What’s going on inside that house?” passers-by wonder. “Is it Black Friday again? Do they have cheap TV’s or free iPads? Is someone throwing a party, and… Read more ⇢

  From the OMG files, Bank of America (BAC) recently sent a new advisory to agents who handle short sales. And, as if short sales weren’t already enough fun (and by… Read more ⇢

  (Editor’s Note: If you are reading this, stop it right now and GO VOTE!) From my inbox yesterday: “Your site looks great, but I noticed that you've only had three… Read more ⇢