Don't Let a TV Mount Ruin Your Real Estate Closing

It’s the day before closing. The buyers walk into their final walkthrough, expecting to see the home exactly as they fell in love with it. Instead, they find gaping holes in the living room drywall where the TV mounts used to be, and the custom floating shelves in the nursery are gone. The seller th

Why Looking at the Seller’s Property Taxes is a Huge Mistake (and How California’s Prop 13 Actually Works)

If you are scrolling through Zillow, Redfin, or Threads looking at homes in San Diego, there is one piece of data on the listing page you need to completely ignore: what the current seller pays in property taxes. I see home buyers make this mistake all the time. They look at a listing, see a beautif

Discovering the San Diego River

Did you know that San Diego has a river? And did you know that that river starts near Julian and goes through Mission Trails Park and then Mission Valley and ends up at Mission Beach - dog beach, specifically? Yeah, I wasn’t really aware of this either for a long time. I don’t think it really sank i

La Mesa: Jewel of the Hills

La Mesa's catch phrase is "Jewel of the Hills" and it's not wrong.   Located just 20 minutes east of Ocean Beach, La Mesa is a city within San Diego County of around 60,500 people.  It's covers about 9 square miles and was founded in 1912 after settlers had chosen the area due to the springs that ru