The call usually comes in on a Tuesday, flavored with that specific brand of optimism that only exists before someone has actually laid eyes on a 3R report. Someone has found a "deal" in Sea Cliff. It is a house with history, a glim...
Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. Asset-based lending gets talked about as a sophisticated solution, and in the right circumstances, it is. But sophistica...
There’s a certain house that quietly sits on the market in The City. Original cabinets. Seventies carpet. Maybe a bathroom that hasn’t met a subway tile yet. It gets passed over. Not because it’s a bad house…but because it i...
Welcome back to Flashback Friday, a series where I share some of my favorite weird, wonderful, and occasionally hidden, stories from San Francisco’s past. I grew up in the 80s when the Embarcadero looked like a scene from a noir fil...
There’s a headline that resurfaces every few weeks claiming interest rates are “paralyzing” the housing market. The number changes. The conclusion doesn’t. And while that narrative fits a large portion of buyers, it misses wha...
The conversation usually starts the same way. A successful professional, tired of rent increases or a landlord who takes weeks to fix a leak, decides it is time to buy. They have the down payment. They have the equity. They feel the w...
In the traditional world of real estate investing, a 2% yield is treated as a red flag. If you take a spreadsheet to a financial advisor in the Midwest and show them a $7 million Pacific Heights property that rents for $12,000 a mon...
In San Francisco, timing a luxury listing usually follows a predictable rhythm: wait for the spring blossoms or the post-Labor Day rush. But for homeowners in the $5M+ bracket, there is a quieter, more significant clock running in the...
Welcome back to Flashback Friday. This is the part of the week where we wander through the strange, specific, quietly brilliant stories that made The City what it is. And today I’m thinking about wind. Real wind. The kind t...
I was going through some old notes, and I found the gem below and had a little chuckle. II remember how refreshing it was to see a little listing that put the “real” back in “realtor!” 🙂 I can’t seem to find where this ad...
Every December, economists release their carefully worded predictions for the year ahead. Think of those forecasts as the weather report. Now think of mine as the microclimate version. Same region, completely different outcomes depend...
By now most of you know how I feel about private listing networks. I have talked about them for years because they chip away at the thing that matters most in real estate. Trust. Sellers deserve transparency. Buyers deserve a fair...