Leslie Eskildsen's Blog

Clearly my message is not being heard.  Or, all of you reading these articles ARE NOT the Orange County homeowners trying to sell your house today.  Because let me just tell you, after showing 21 Orange County houses in the last three days, there are just too many home sellers who have not gotten...

Now that the Mission Viejo real estate market has turned to a more normal playing ground for buyers and sellers, it appears that some REALTORS need a brush up on etiquette and protocol. This is an invitation to take a seat and jot down some notes – because things are going off the rails in some s...

When you are staging your Mission Viejo house to sell, don’t forget the backyard, front porch, and balcony. There are a couple of simple and relatively inexpensive things you can do to bait the buyer trap by dressing up your outdoor areas. Yes, it might mean a trip to Costco, Ikea, Hobby Lobby, o...

Since you’ve all, no doubt, been karate chopping pillows like crazy this week, we’ll add a home staging technique that’s not so labor intensive into your Mission Viejo home staging bag of tricks.  This is all about how to use books to enhance the drama and emotional appeal of your Mission Viejo h...

In California, residential real estate is bought and sold through legally binding contracts created and updated periodically by a fleet of lawyers who work for the California Association of REALTORS (CAR), of which most active REALTORS are dues-paying members.  These contracts stipulate the terms...

There are many things that differentiate a REALTOR’s job from almost every other career. For starters, REALTORS work when most other people aren’t working. This is why they have time after your work to talk to you about the details regarding the sale or purchase of a home. That means that evening...