Jim's blog about Mission Valley and San Diego
Tips, tricks, ideas, and suggestions for buying and selling, marketing, home maintenance and safety, and much more.
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2009
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I specialize in condominium and townhouse living in a large area of San Diego called Mission Valley. I'm not certain, but I think there are more interesting smells in a hotel-like condo building than in single family homes, so this "nosy" post by Chris Olsen of Cleveland, Ohio, comes in handy.If ...
01/13/2009
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Debra Gould of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, wrote this extremely helpful post of helpful tips for real estate agents and their digital cameras. I should send this link to about half the real estate agents in San Diego County.According to a 2008 real estate trends report, more than 80% of all home bu...
01/13/2009
Bill Gassett of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, wrote this very useful post about real estate capital gains taxes. Thanks, Bill.As a Realtor working in Metrowest Massachusetts for the last twenty three years, it surprises me how often people do not realize the current tax laws regarding capital gains w...
01/13/2009
Deborah Endres of White Plains, New York, write the post here, and I'm re-blogging it so that I can reference it later today when I write a rebuttal about THE FOOTBALL FACTORHi All, Watching the Eagles vs Giants game yesterday brought to mind football Sundays past. Who remembers Sundays in the ‘o...
01/12/2009
Let's say that you have a listing and you've been having open houses. Let's say that you had an open house on January 4 and had a very good showing, notwithstanding the fact that the Chargers were on television. Let's say that you had an open house on January 11 and noticed that the home next do...
01/12/2009
If you haven't been in a cave for the past few months, you might have seen the commercials from the ASPCA starring Sara McLachlin and many beautiful dogs and cats. There's one little kitty that looks very much like Zoey the Cool Cat (she stars at the end of each of my blog posts). Today, though,...
01/12/2009
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Some great information in this post from Robert Rauf in Toms River, New Jersey, not too far from where my mom was born and raised. There has been some miss-information flowing around in Active Rain so I wanted to toss out a few bullet points to clear up any confusion. Here are the Important Ti...
01/12/2009
Trey Affolter of Tacoma, Washington, has this nice post in his blog. I like the way he worded things: "can the clutter," "scrub-a-dub-dub," etc. Serious but humorous can get so many things done.Staging Your Home For Maximum Profit Experts agree, staging a home for sale is important for the su...
01/11/2009
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I thought Vicky Chrisner of Leesburg, Virginia, did a great job of explaining the various types of sales in today's market. Thanks, Vicky.This post is intended to assist you with familiarizing yourself as a buyer with the types of sales we are seeing in the marketplace today. Read separate posts...
01/11/2009
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Since I've been a pianist all my life, I'm always looking for ways to involve music in other areas of my life. Danny Thornton of Knoxville, Tennessee, found this little gem that I'll have to check out. Thanks, Danny.Have you ever been watching a 360 tour of a property and wondered why there was n...
01/11/2009
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Jim Frimmer
Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist