Free Seminar: How 1031 Exchanges Work

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   You are hereby cordially invited to an upcoming seminar that I’m hosting for real estate investors. It’s titled “How 1031 Exchanges Work” and you’ll learn a lot more than that title
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Plastic Bottle Village

Photo courtesy of plasticbottlevillage.com
Would you live in a house made from plastic bottles? Plastic Bottle Village on Colón Island in Panama would like to see more and more people doing so. Robert Bezeau, owner / creator, developed a new method of utilizing plastic bottles to create the walls of residences. He reasons that if a person consumes 15
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Where to See San Diego’s Christmas Lights

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   My elves have collected a list of the top places to go to see holiday and Christmas lights. Here it is: Christmas Card Lane Belardo Lights Christmas Circle Point Loma Garrison
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Centre Pompidou-Metz

Centre Pompidou-Metz by manuelsvay is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Located in Metz, France, the Centre Pompidou-Metz seems even more unusual in the context of the surrounding historical structures. Designed by architect Shigeru Ban, the inspiration actually came from a Chinese hat! Ban wanted to create a space that would seamlessly integrate into the city as well as being effective for displaying works of art.
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Is Big Brother Watching?

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   When you’re out there looking at homes, there’s something you need to realize: someone might be watching. People are starting to put cameras in their homes for various reasons. One reason
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Sun Cruise Hotel

Cruise Ship Hotel by parhessiastes is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Yes, this is a real picture, no Photoshopping here! The Sun Cruise Hotel, located in Jeongdongjin, South Korea is built to resemble a cruise ship. It measures 148 feet tall, 541 feet long, and weighs in at 30,000 tons. It is said to have been the first of its kind in the world. This unusual
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Price Per Square Foot Is for Posers

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   What does it mean when people talk about the price per square foot of a home? Some people try to use price per square foot to justify a home’s value, but
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Glass Igloos

Our Glass Igloo! by Christopher Chapman is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Brightened from original.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see the aurora borealis in person? At the Kakslauttanen vacation resort in Finland, you can actually spend the night in a glass igloo where you can gaze in comfort. The glass igloos were the first of their kind when they were built in 1999. Resort
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This Week’s Crazy Building: MAS

Museum aan de Stroom (MAS) in Antwerp by Bobo Boom is licensed under CC BY 2.0
The Museum aan de Stroom or MAS is located in Antwerp, Belgium. An impressive sight, the building resembles an exploded view and you can catch some glimpses through the large undulating glass windows of the spiral staircase inside. Each one of its ten floors has a slight twist, which creates the spiral. After journeying up
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Don’t Be The “Helpful Seller”

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   Don’t be the helpful seller. What do I mean by that? Well, let me explain. Today, I’d like to talk about a mistake that some sellers in our market are guilty
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