Story Time With Gary: Agent in Hot Water

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   Today I have another strange or weird story from my years working in real estate. This week’s story is a pretty short story, but it’s going back several years. A gentleman
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Understanding How People Shop for Homes

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   When I got into real estate in 1984, the way people looked for homes was very, very different from how things are done today. Back then, information was more readily available
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This Week’s Crazy Building: The Inkwell

Voorzijde met kunstwerk 'De UFO' - Utrecht by Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
De Inktpot or the Inkwell, is constructed of over 22 million bricks, making it the largest of its kind in the Netherlands! But that’s not what is truly unique about this structure. Perched at the top of this seemingly everyday building is… a UFO! Built between 1918 and 1921 by the Netherlands Railways, currently, it
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Refuge du Goûter

The new Goûter Hut by Coronium is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
The Refuge du Goûter, located in the French Alps is perched at about 12,582 feet above sea level. It is a four-story lodging for mountaineers and is one of the highest in Western Europe. It serves as a rest stop on the trek to ascend Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps and in
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Story Time With Gary: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   Welcome to the latest edition of “Story Time With Gary.” This one was relayed to me by a neighbor who was one of the original homeowners in a housing tract built
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Don’t Hire Your Barber to Sell Your Home

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   About 10 years ago, I was talking to someone about a house that he had inherited. When he mentioned that he wanted to sell it, he said, “I’m probably going to use
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Union of Romanian Architects

Union of Romanian Architects 1 by Joe Mabel is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
The Union of Romanian Architects, located in Bucharest, Romania was originally built by Grigore Paucescu at the end of the 1800s. Its unusual appearance can possibly be attributed to a current trend of adding modern components to historic buildings, in this case, taken to the extreme! Between World War I and World War II, thanks
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How to Get Your Offer Accepted in This Market

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   You may be aware of this already, but we are still in a hot seller’s market here in San Diego. There is heavy competition out there for buyers, so a lot
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Things to Know Before You Buy a Condo

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   There are a few specific things you’ll want to know before buying a condo. For starters, you get more for your money, which isn’t news to most people. Buying a 3-bedroom,
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Story Time With Gary: Things You Can Learn at a Supermarket

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   It’s time for another edition of “Story Time With Gary.” Today I have a story to share with you that goes to show that anyone can surprise you, even your own
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