Larry Weichman's Real Estate Blog

It was right there in the entirely respectable Architectural Digest’s site: an article championing late-night stalking. Happily, it wasn’t the kind of stalking that winds up in a courtroom. The non-crime being confessed to on AD was writer Isabel Galupo’s “addiction” to late night stalking…throug...

The dual nature of Costa Mesa real estate agents is unlike most other professions. A medical doctor who is a family physician in the morning doesn’t switch hats and become a surgeon in the afternoon—any more than a lawyer who pleads in court for a defendant can decide to become a prosecuting atto...

Whether you are investigating Costa Mesa rental housing activity because you’re looking for an investment or just a place to rent yourself, it’s important to become informed about the state of play in rental housing as a whole. It’s a picture that has been changing rapidly—one that’s unlikely to ...

It’s illuminating to visit For Sale by Owner websites from time to time to see if there are any new insights to be gleaned. True, as a licensed Costa Mesa Realtor®, I’m not likely to learn much new when it comes to selling Costa Mesa homes—but that’s not the motivation. Call it ‘opposition resear...

The goal of owning your Costa Mesa home free and clear is usually thought of as the sunniest eventual outcome of the process that begins with buying your Costa Mesa house. The vision of the day when you make that last mortgage payment is an attractive one: whether in retirement or sooner, a “free...

Hardly anyone decides to put their own Costa Mesa house up for sale without wondering whether there wouldn’t be a better time to do so. There are a couple of different ways to look at the timing of your Costa Mesa home’s sale—but only one of them is controversial.Controversial: timing by the cale...

           Costa Mesa gardening enthusiasts already know this—but for those whose thumbs are anything but green, right now is a special time of year where landscaping is concerned. It’s Costa Mesa’s high season for planting and transplanting!You don’t have to intend on listing your Costa Mesa hom...

Back when Costa Mesa mortgage interest rates plummeted by 46% in less than four years, it precipitated a sort of refi tsunami. The volume of Costa Mesa refinancings was nothing short of enormous. For the first time in a long time, the benefit for homeowners who could lower their Costa Mesa mortga...

As worrisome physical symptoms go, house inspection jitters should not be worrisome in the least. Neither Costa Mesa home buyers or their counterparts (Costa Mesa home sellers) need be troubled if they find themselves awaiting the house inspector with mounting anxiety: these are perfectly normal ...

Some key preparations for the marketing of any Costa Mesa home actually start well before the first showing or open house: they take place in the hours before the Costa Mesa listing photos are taken. Those Costa Mesa listing photos will become the definitive beauty shots—the equivalent of the gla...