Larry Weichman's Real Estate Blog

The content the National Association of Realtors® publishes is usually staid and non-controversial. After all, what they put out there has to ring true for the real estate industry in every nook and cranny of the country: in communities large and small, coast to coast—from Podunk to Peoria, Manha...

We’re built on the philosophy of Heritage & Hustle. Historically, there are few words more synonymous with real estate than “LOCATION”. It has always been at the forefront of what is considered top priority when investing in a property. The philosophy is that the better location it has, the more ...

If you see the letters “PST!” in connection with selling a house in Costa Mesa, don’t think it’s someone whispering to get your attention (that would be spelled “psst!”).The selling-a-house kind of “PST” isn’t something whispered by a black marketeer to keep an off-the-books deal under wraps. The...

    Amazing remodeled custom single story home! - $974,000.00 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3 Year Built: 1961 Lot Size: 7,500 Square Footage: 2,066 Agent Name: Larry Weichman Broker: The L3 MLS #: PW17156405  Price: $974,000.00 2856 Corvo Pl   Costa Mesa, CA 92626 View Map View More Photos Range/Oven D...

    Bright & open 5 bedroom single story! - $765,000.00 Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 2 Year Built: 1963 Lot Size: 6,200 Square Footage: 1,954 Agent Name: Larry Weichman Broker: The L3 MLS #: PW17150552 Price: $765,000.00 3063 Johnson Ave   Costa Mesa, CA 92626 View Map View More Photos Range/Oven Dishw...

  Selling your Costa Mesa house is a lot easier when you have an experienced professional relieving you of the lion’s share of the work. I spend full time dealing with the ins and outs of marketing, dealing with qualified prospective buyers, and making sure the California and Costa Mesa technical...

From time to time it can be fun to scour the latest “Top Ten” lists of cost-conscious ways to increase the value of Costa Mesa house value.Some make more sense than others. Upgrading bathroom vanity cabinets appears on some of the house value lists, for instance—but those lists were probably thro...

 The term “get rich quick scheme” has been held in low regard since before Charlie Ponzi’s pyramid came crashing to earth in the 1920s. Probably that word “scheme” is a problem…sounds too shifty. And the whole idea of sudden riches sounds as reassuring as “something for nothing” or “free lunch.” ...

 You could say that selling a home—in Costa Mesa or anywhere else in the nation—is in large part “a light show.” When you dissect marketing statistics that trace the path of the vast majority of buyers, it’s clear that the first sense that comes into play in the selling of a home is sight: either...

Meteorologists say that Costa Mesa’s meteorological summer arrived last week—although, to most of us, summer won’t begin for a couple of weeks. Nevertheless, it sent me rummaging for useful tips for coping with Costa Mesa’s hot weather. Most everyone can guess the commonsensical ones, like the NA...