How does home flood insurance work in California?
Do you fully understand the importance of being prepared for flooding in their homes...or outside of your home?The California Association of Realtors points out that…
Category: Home Buying Pro Tips
3 Home Buying Tips For Future Savings
Beyond home insurance, there are a few things to ponder before embarking on home ownership. Here are 3 super important things that might save you…
East Bay Tops Redfin’s Top 10 Competitive California Cities For Home Buying – September 2022
How hot is Walnut Creek in September 2022?Ask the seller of a fixer upper priced at more than $1 million. (And ask me if you're…
ADUs & SB-9 in California, California Home Ownership, Home Buying & Owning, Home Buying Pro Tips, Home Financing
California Downpayment & ADU Financing Assistance
California home buyers have a few excellent programs to help you buy a home and offset the costs of building an accessory dwelling unit (ADU)…
Will Whole Foods in Temescal Make North Oakland Home Prices Go Up?
Home Price Data in Neighborhoods Near the New Whole Foods Opening in December 2021 in the Temescal NeighborhoodThe 94609 zip code includes the Temescal area…
What goes into a highest and best offer to get a home offer accepted?
How can a home buyer make a winning offer on a house that has multiple offers for which the seller is looking for the "highest…
Trader Joe’s Book Reveals the Secret of TJ’s Success and Why We Love Trader Joe’s So Much
I grew up in Southern California, where Trader Joe's got its start. That's how a 1982 Trader Joe's flyer ended up in the glove box…
Berkeley & Oakland House Prices – Are They For Real? (Video)
Is that low house price for real? ("It's in my budget!")Berkeley and Oakland house hunters are all too familiar with house listings at prices that…
California Home-Based Food Businesses Can Make Serious Income in 2022 and Beyond
States all across America have legalized home-based "cottage food" businesses that allow making and selling food from home the perfect way to offset a mortgage…
Why Own a Home in Berkeley Instead of Renting?
I wrote this post in 2013, a full eight years before I became a real estate agent. Wow. If only...If only I had become a…