San Diego Update

If you are looking for something fun to do this weekend in Downtown San Diego, why not visit the 2010 San Diego International Auto Show at the San Diego Convention Center?  In fact, if you are one of the owners of a Downtown San Diego condo, you can just walk over to the Convention Center. You co...

Does this look like it is worth $599,000?  Would you believe it was orginally priced at $850,000?  Only in Coronado would properties like this beg a second look.  This little home is located at 1012 9th Avenue, just off Orange Avenue.  Looking at these photos would make you think how neat this ho...

Coronado and affordable rarely are found in the same sentence.  However, we have discovered, for Coronado, there are affordable properties.  After researching Coronado real estate, we realized there is an underserved market.  Every Coronado real estate agent wants to sell the $2,000,000 propertie...

As a parent, we have a lot in common.  We want to raise our children to be the best they can be.  We want to get them through college if that is what they want.  We want to help them buy their first home or condo if we can.  This is where Parent Purchasing Power comes in.  Check out our article f...

If you are thinking about purchasing a condo in Downtown San Diego make sure you ask yourself these nine questions. The questions may appear simplistic, but the answers will chart the direction for your lifestyle. 1. Why Downtown? Define your purpose for wanting to buy downtown. Is it work, lifes...

San Diego is no different than any other city when it comes to falling real estate prices and value. It can make almost anyone leery about buying even while making others very anxious to sell. For those in the market to buy, though, the timing could be absolutely perfect, especially if you know w...

Sometimes it is helpful to see what is actually happening in the San Diego real estate marketplace.  There can be a disconnect between the media and the market.  If you check out these real time Downtown San Diego market statistics (92101) you will begin to see that the market may not be as bad a...

The well-known cliché "location, location, location" exists for a reason, especially when it comes to buying a home or condominium in San Diego, California. This Southern California city is the second largest city in California with a population of 1,266,731[1]and the eighth largest city in the c...

In this market, how does a San Diego seller sell a property?  You sell smart.  You decide if you really want or need to sell.  Will you be better off if you sell, or will you be better off if you hold?  Sometimes I think people forget to ask themselves this question.  As my Dad always told me, "I...