Mario Trejo's (dolly3033) Blog

Honor the space between no longer and not yet... "The useless days will add up to something. The shitty waitressing jobs. The hours writing in your journal. The long meandering walks. The hours reading poetry and story collections and novels and dead people’s diaries and wondering about sex and G...

Anyone who has a regular gratitude practice can tell you that giving thanks attracts more reasons to be thankful. And, the science agrees: Thankfulness awakens our brain’s pleasure centers, and our bodies produce bio-chemicals that activate a strong and powerful sense of our potential, well-being...

  2016 Will Be the Best Year in a Decade A few weeks ago, Jonathan Smoke, the Chief Economist at realtor.com, exclaimed: “All indicators point to this spring being the busiest since 2006.”Now, Freddie Mac has doubled down on that claim and is saying that 2016 will be the best year that the real e...

Don’t Wait! Move Up To Your Dream Home Now! Now that the housing market has stabilized, more and more homeowners are considering moving up to the home they have always dreamed of. Prices are still below those of a few years ago and interest rates have stayed near historic lows.Sellers should real...

2016 Home Sales Doing Just Fine!!

Sales Contracts Hit Highest Level in Months  What is the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI)?NAR’s PHSI is “a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings”. The higher the Pending Home Sales Index number, the more contracts have been signed by buyers that will soon translate to sales. Februar...

The Top 5 Reasons You Should Not For Sale By Owner   In today's market, with homes selling quickly and prices rising, some homeowners might consider trying to sell their home on their own, known in the industry as a For Sale by Owner (FSBO). There are several reasons this might not be a good idea...