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When listing a home in North County San Diego, we will often spend a few weeks preparing and staging the home before putting it into the MLS or on the market. This morning, I encountered a very helpful infographic from Moshells with some simple tips for home staging. I intend to share it with some

Home Renovation in Your Book of Dreams? Read this First!

March 21, 2018

Carlsbad, Tips for Sellers

Considering a major renovation of your San Diego Home? by Roberta Murphy You love your San Diego neighborhood, adore your neighbors and a home renovation would fulfill your empty nest dream. Let’s say you own a 4-bedroom Mediterranean-styled home in a great school district. The neighborhood is amazing, you are very comfortable there, but

Freeze Your Credit Now Say Advisors

September 20, 2017

Mortgages, Tips for Buyers, Tips for Sellers

This morning, I took the advice of a very smart man to freeze your credit immediately on (the devil) Equifax, Transunion and Experian. This was done after receiving easy links to do so from Peter Mallouk and his wonderful advisers at Creative Planning. Why should you freeze your credit NOW? Because the execs and minions

San Diego Updated Kitchen

February 22, 2016

San Diego, Tips for Buyers, Tips for Sellers

An updated kitchen remodel is one of the primary features our San Diego home buyers seek when shopping for a home. It’s also high on the wish list for those living in dated homes and who have no intention of moving. Here are 5 do-it-yourself tips the thrifty homeowner or home buyer might consider to

3-D Home Tour?

January 29, 2016

Carlsbad, Encinitas, Tips for Sellers

Interested in a 3-D home tour for the San Diego, Del Mar, Carlsbad or Encinitas home you are thinking of selling? Regardless of where you live in San Diego, if your home is large enough to support a virtual tour (small condos and small spaces just won’t work) and you list it with San Diego

High Bidder for Your Own Home?

December 27, 2015

Real Estate Tips, Selling, Tips for Sellers

Beware of pricing your home too high. You could end up being the unfortunate high bidder for your own home. I wrote about this several years ago, and am long overdue in writing about it again. Let me explain…. The purchase and sale of real estate is always a bidding game–or an auction, if you

Sell Home–or Rent it?

November 26, 2015

Selling, Tips for Sellers

It’s a persistent fear: Sell your San Diego home and then not being able to find or purchase the desired replacement. This, while most sellers are unwilling to consider contingent offers when the buyer’s home is not in escrow. One solution is to rent out the existing home so that the transition can be made to

Expired Listings in Carlsbad?

April 7, 2015

Carlsbad, La Costa, Tips for Sellers

Expired Listings: Big Nuisance in Carlsbad Real Estate by Roberta Murphy Because both our business and cell phone numbers are out there, we are harassed daily by telemarketers. Over the last few years, we have personally experienced the annoying hell homeowners with expired listings endure via agent phone calls that often start before 7 a.m. To save our clients,

Safety First in Your San Diego Home

January 13, 2015

Living in San Diego, San Diego Homes for Sale, Tips for Sellers

We are concerned about Safety First in all San Diego homes for sale, but this article focuses on special safety concerns for clients who list their homes with us. Potential buyers (always accompanied by carded Realtor with appointment) will be coming through their homes and because they are “strangers” we advise caution. We’ve always been the

Light + Paint

August 26, 2014

La Costa, San Diego, Tips for Sellers

Light exposure in your room plays a large part in the visual drama of your paint colors–especially in your San Diego home, because we have so much sunshine. In rooms with multi-directional sun exposure—either opposing (east/west or north/south) or perpendicular (north/west, north/east, south/west, south/east)—the play of light over your walls, reflecting off your ceiling or