Inside Real Estate

2024: A Balancing Act (and 2023 PV market recap)

Happy 2024!  I hope the year so far is off to a good start and you are excited for things to come.  I am grateful to get to call PV home, and am reminded daily of why this is such a special place to raise a family.  I was recently chatting with several parents while attending my son’s soccer game at PVIS in Lunada Bay.  Besides being a fantastic school, while standing at the field we had amazing...

Is Zillow really a Broker's Competition?

I Showed a Zillow Owned Home and This Is What I Learned

Disclaimer: This post is as much for buyers and sellers as much as it is for my fellow Real Estate brokers.Zillow advertises on their website that after only answering a few questions, they will buy your home and save you the hassle of selling. After they purchase your home, they list it for sale and hope to make a profit. I say hope (no pun intended here), because the house I showed yesterday, 315 N...

Are Capital Gains Looming for Real Estate Sales?

I’ve never met anyone that likes paying taxes, and most of us try to find ways to avoid paying more of them, but if the current Administration has their way, you may be paying a lot more when you sell your appreciated real estate assets.  To pay for nearly $2 Trillion in planned spending, President Biden is proposing significant tax increases on Americans making over $1M.  While that is only a small...

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