Has anyone ever told you investment properties are an excellent vehicle for savings and wealth? Become a landlord? Let someone else pay your mortgage? Passive income? I know I’ve heard it, read it and seen it. It is not the only place for your money as a diversified portfolio in equities, bonds, cash and other [...]
Spotlight on the Great Park development coming to Irvine… After 14 years, the time has almost come. The Orange County Great Park in Irvine is currently under construction while some of the major amenities that have been promised to Orange County residents are being built. The decommissioned Marine Corps air station El Toro is the [...]
A frequent question that prospective home buyers must ask themselves is whether they should continue to rent or potentially spend a bit more per month and venture into buying a home. I am going to try to help break down each of these options and get into some details about owning that you may or [...]
Whether you are the listing agent for a property or you have decided to take on the daunting task of selling your own home, an open house is an extremely important tool for drawing the interest of qualified buyers. Even in high-demand markets like San Diego and Orange County, simply setting a date and opening [...]
In today’s real estate landscape, tenants, like buyers, are finding it increasingly more difficult to find and secure the perfect home. Often times, tenants compete with multiple applications, especially in highly desirable areas like San Diego and Orange County. Even if that is not the case, the rental may not be a good fit because [...]
Making the move from renting to buying can be unnerving. Potential buyers must begin by asking themselves if it is a good financial move. At first look, it often appears as though renting is a much cheaper option than buying. However, when you take into account the various tax benefits offered by homeownership, this is [...]
Bridge Entrepreneurs and investors have funded a $120 million bridge/walkway connecting the U.S. with Tijuana’s International Airport. The Cross Border Xpress (CBX) is a 390-foot enclosure, which stretches from Otay Mesa and clears the barbed-wire border fence that sits only a few feet from the terminals. There are frosted glass panels inside the bridge so [...]
Loan Qualification Table: Get off the sidelines, you can qualify to purchase a nicer home than you think! A huge part of being a real estate brokers in San Diego is to educate clients about the home-buying process. The first step that first-time home buyers often overlook is the loan qualification process. To truly understand what [...]
Summary As the largest public transportation endeavor in San Diego’s history, this $2 billion project, titled the Mid-Coast Trolley expansion, with range from the Mexican border to UC-San Diego – expects to retain 21,000 new daily riders while reducing traffic and pollution in one of California’s most populated areas. Trolley expansion has been in the [...]
Define Multifamily Ownership. As I mentioned in last week’s Client Focus article, there are many benefits to multifamily ownership in residential real estate. To kick off this conversation, I would like to first explain what exactly constitutes multifamily real estate . Basically, any piece of land or parcel that has more than one legal dwelling unit is [...]