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It's Spring Market Season This weekend marks the start of the Spring Market! It's about to get crazy up in here!
2023 Market Prediction It's important to know how our local market is going to behave. There are many aspects that go into predicting the outlook of our market and I'm in a unique spot to triangulate this for you so we can have all the information you'll need to make the decisions that...
In The Field - Checking On My Remodel Projects Ride along with me as I check out one of my remodel projects. Because I have my GC license, I'm able to help my clients with their remodel needs pre sale and post purchase.
2022: Year in Review | 2023: What to Expect I am sure you would agree it has been quite the year, especially in the past six months.  As recently as the past few weeks we witnessed an Enron-like collapse at the likes of Madoff via FTX, a theater-worthy drama movie 280 characters at a time (Twitter) and the return...
For Those Who Say Real Estate Values Never Go Down 2002, 2009, 2018, 2022 — these are the years I experienced real estate value dips in my real estate career.  I also remember the 90’s dip and have heard about the 80’s Savings and Loan crisis.  I want to highlight this because when the market is humming along people forget...
Average Sales Price History 2010 to September 2022 A lot of you ask for this, remember this is the average raw data and please know this isn’t a great gauge of neighborhood value changes. Let’s talk for more info!  
It’s Here! How to Navigate the New Economy SUMMER 2022 QUARTERLY BLOG For those that recall my spring newsletter, I wrote about the volatility and uncertainty of 2022.  At that time the market was insanely hot with FOMO (fear of missing out) in full force.  I told buyers not to fret because the seasonality of real estate (in...
Average Sales Price History - 2010 to June 2022 A lot of you ask for this, remember this is the average raw data and please know this isn’t a great gauge of neighborhood value changes. Let’s talk for more info!  
2022: The Year of Volatility and Uncertainty SPRING 2022 QUARTERLY BLOG What a crazy start to 2022! The market has been on fire the past 60 days because of FOMO (fear of missing out): Fear of being priced out of the market – “If I don’t buy now, I won’t be able to afford...
Average Sales Price History - 2010 to March 2022 A lot of you ask for this, remember this is the average raw data and please know this isn’t a great gauge of neighborhood value changes. Let’s talk for more info!  
What Makes for a Quality Investment Property? With interest rates slated to rise this year, it’s a great time to reevaluate your portfolio investments and diversify with an investment property. It won’t necessarily give you the same ROI as your MAMAA stocks but it’s historically a hedge against inflation and it...
2022: What To Expect WINTER 2021 QUARTERLY BLOG Going into the new year it is important to first reflect on the previous 12 months. This year started off at a relatively nominal pace, but once it got going, it really got going! I saw single-family homes jump 20-30%, which was difficult to watch if you were...