Bob Bekins

Makes Sense Most of us are visually dominant but lest we forget, 17% are listeners, 7% are smellers, 6% are tasters, and 7% are touchers.  When a home is going on the market it is vital to have some form of staging which addresses each of the senses.  Did you know that the typical real estate agent does one transaction per year or less?  The subtlety of “appealing to the senses” is a rare ta ...

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It may surprise you to know that almost NO home improvements ever increases the sale price of a home enough to cover the costs.  THAT IS if you examine those costs in a vacuum.  Here is the value from a study by Home Tech Publishing.  But read below to see why you may want to make a different decision about what and when to improve.   Entry Door Replacement  Cost $1,238      Resale V ...

Downsizing Your Stuff By Deborah Moyer www.YourOrganizingAnswer.com   Moves are daunting at any age because of physical/emotional stress and we all have a lot of ‘stuff’ we’ve accumulated over our lives. Don’t procrastinate & start now regardless of how far away your move date is! Don’t be afraid to ask for help from neighbors, family, and friends.  Pick the ones that will be tough ...

Whether you are a Senior Citizen or have parents who are becoming one, you will understand that beyond health care concerns, the home presents one of the biggest challenges.  It is filled with furniture, collections, clothes, tools, food, records, and notes; but most importantly with memories of every type.  Most of the homes in which I have lived had more good memories than bad and I ...

Since the first of the year as 2012 is beginning we have experienced a tremendous increase in activity.  And on the other end of the activity we are seeing multiple offers on well priced properties.  I have three calls from the sign on a little home I have listed in San Marcos and it is not on a through street.  We saw a property yesterday on an acre in Fallbrook that needs a LOT OF TLC (tend ...

SHORT, SHORTER, SHORTEST – What you thought you knew about short sales and more.  A common myth in the real estate market place these days is that a Short Sale gets you, the Buyer, a great deal.  The truth is that usually is does not.  A Short Sale is when a Listing Agent and a Homeowner decide to sell a property for less than what is owed on it.  This “owing” can be to any or all of the ...

I love to talk to my Uncle George.  He has all these strong opinions.  Unfortunately about half of them are totally wrong and the other half are only partially correct.  He doesn’t understand demographics.  Numbers and trends create pressures that end up changing the facts which become our history.  Can we look forward and predict them?  Actually we can. Here is the history – the 83,000 ...

And lo, in the year 2011, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in the United States, and said:"Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me.  Build another Ark and save two of every living thing along with a few good humans."  He gave Noah the blueprints, saying, "You have 6 months to build the ark before I will start the unen ...

If you live in California where home prices can change quickly you may be surprised that not everyone in America buys a home for the investment value.  In most places around the country, homes are one of the most stable of pricing models.  No pun intended.  So why do people buy? One of the most common reasons is to “get rid of the landlord.”  Now there is more to this than it would appe ...