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Shorts Sales Aren't Simple- San Mateo, CA

You shouldn’t enter into a short sale without a team of experts helping you. As you just read, it could cost you dearly years after you thought you had cleared that mine field. [...]

San Mateo Single Family Market Report – 1.28.09

The City of San Mateo

The City of San Mateo had 140 houses for sale last week with a Median price of $677,000. The Average price of those houses for sale was $820,827, with the least expensive house listed at $399,000 – something we haven’t seen for years. The most expensive house was listed [...]

Think Paint Before Listing Your House. It’s an Easy ROI

I can’t say it often enough – when it comes to buying a house, first impressions are everything. If you’re selling or getting ready to sell your home in the coming months, one of the easiest and most dramatic ways to enhance that first impression is through paint.  Fresh paint makes your house look clean, [...]

Plan Your Move With Tiny Steps and It Will Go Smoother

One Small Step

Plan Your Move with Tiny steps

I’m reading the book “One Small Step Can Change Your Life – The Kaizen Way“by Robert Maurer.  The book talks about making small, sometimes tiny steps to make major changes in your life.  I began to think about this in how real estate could use this book.  [...]

KISS: The Key to Organizing Your Burlingame Home

Keep it Simple Stupid

We all know the acronym KISS means Keep It Simple Stupid and if you keep that in mind, you will find that organizing your home really can be simple if you break it down into little pieces.  Ive talked about reducing clutter before, and I think one can never repeat this [...]

Do You Live in the 94404 Zip? It’s Time to Talk Insurance. Flood Insurance.

FEMA Flood Map

If you live in the 94404 zip code, FEMA may change your insurance coverage.  Why?  They are preparing new flood maps and because Foster City shares the zip code with a small part of San Mateo, Foster City residents may soon be required to carry flood insurance.
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Burlingame Residents This is a Good Time to Buy or Sell a Home!

Real Estate was the engine driving the economy, and real estate in Burlingame was no exception to this. We can’t go a single day without some one telling us that this is the worst real estate market ever. Is it, really?  Yes, of course it is in many places in the country.  The Detroit area [...]