Mary Reynolds's (mjreynolds) Blog

It's my favorite time of year...The Nordstrom Half Yearly Sale!  Summer fashions out, fall fashions in.  Even though we are in the midst of summer, Nordstrom sets all of the next season's trends on sale. It took a while for me to understand that I should buy warm weather clothes in the middle of ...

In the ever changing Real Estate Market it is difficult to price a home for sale.  Realtors have always used the "comps" as a guide, looking at the price of homes sold in the last year.  But these days what sold last year at this time is possibly $10,000, $20,000 or more less than it was last yea...

Divorce is such an emotional time in the lives of all involved. Especially when one or the other of the spouses is wanting the marriage to continue. So many emotions come to the surface. Anger, Sadness, Loss, Confusion. All of these emotions can interfere with making good decisions. Deciding whet...

With the Real Estate Mortgage Crisis, many homes in San Diego have gone into short sales.  Short Sale does not mean that the house is being sold for under market value.  This has confused many buyers who think they are getting a "deal" looking for short sales and foreclosures. I am in the process...

And I thought selling Real Estate had to do with Homes For Sale! Not so. These days it has everything to do with the internet. Realtor.com changed the face of Real Estate, making the MLS available to anyone who knows how to Google. As Realtors, we needed to keep up with technology and learned how...