Watch Out For Those CC&Rs! When you buy a condominium, you become a member of an HOA (homeowner’s association). This association is governed by CC&Rs (Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions). These are rules and regulations that prescribe how the homeowner’s association operates and how the owners (and their tenants or guests) must act. They are legally enforceable by the HOA.It is important that as a buyer you read all of them. However, there are a few specific things you should look …
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Yesterday morning, I met with a brother and sister who are planning to sell their family home in the Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco. They have gone to a lot of trouble to renovate the home since it hasn’t been touched in many years. During our discussion, I brought up staging and strongly recommended that they stage their home. They seemed a little surprised that it would even be necessary. After all, it is a newly renovated home. Imagine …
One of the most common requirements my clients have when they are looking for a place to buy is that it be located within walking distance of cafes, shops, and restaurants. I can understand this need as I, also, enjoy being able to walk out my front door and find within a block or two all of these amenities. If I feel in the mood to get some exercise like I did this morning, I’ll walk eight blocks to Fillmore …
Buying into a building that is newly constructed offers someone a number of opportunities, one of them being the “hard hat tour.” If you have vision and imagination, purchasing a property that you have not yet seen can be thrilling. Imagine this, you walk into a sales office and are shown a floorplan; the finishes – appliances, cabinets, flooring, bathroom fixtures; and a simulated image of what your views may look like. But, until the building is substantially completed, you …
My new listing at Portside II in South Beach would make a sweet pied-à-terre or perfect urban retreat. It will be open this Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 4! www.Portside614N.com …
I recently spoke to someone who had a real estate horror story experience. I thought I’d pass this story on and urge everyone to carefully select their real estate agent to avoid situations like this. A father of two decided along with his wife that moving from California to New Hampshire to a less expensive place outside a city would be beneficial for their family. With all of their savings, they decided to put an offer on a six unit …
It’s complicated. I just came back from an amazing adventure in Cuba so I thought I’d pass on some of what I learned. I went there with my husband on an educational cultural tour with City College of San Francisco. Until the last few years, you could not buy a home in Cuba; however, you could swap homes with someone else. A three bedroom apartment in Havana today costs between $30,000 and $50,000. While by SF standards, this sounds like …
You never know what you are going to find when you enter a home for sale that is in probate and on lockbox. I took my client to see what in its day must have been a very charming Victorian cottage-like home in the central Sunset near the park. The owner had died and now the home was being sold. We entered after the sun had gone down so it was dark and the first light switch did not work. …
If you live in San Francisco, you know that closet space comes at a premium. There aren’t very many and the ones that do exist are way too small. On Broker’s Tour recently, I came upon a unique solution to this problem. The owners of an Ashbury Heights condo which is on the market turned one of the bedrooms – a smaller one but still a bedroom – into a walk-in closet. It was adjacent to the master bedroom. Although …
In real estate, when buying or selling property, everything is done in anticipation of the finale, known as the “close” or “closing.” California closings are very different from closings back east. For people who move to the west coast expecting a closing like they have on the east coast, they are in for a bit of a surprise. On the east coast, this is the day 60 to 90 days after the contract is signed where a half dozen people …