Monthly Archives: October 2014

Highly demanded TOP floor condo at Aloft on Cortez Hill featuring an open loft inspired floor plan with amazing view towards Balboa Park, energy efficient triple pane windows, pergo flooring, high ceiling, A/C and an updated kitchen with corian countertops and stainless steel appliances which are all included. Amenities include a resort style pool and spa, cabanas, outdoor fire pit, large courtyard w/ BBQ and a fitness center. Conveniently located in downtown not too close or too far from the night life. Truely a must see! VA Approved! 1 bedroom 1.5 bath 845 sq.ft. HOA $308

3 Things You Should Know About When Choosing The Right Realtor When choosing the right realtor there is a couple things you must know before you decide to hire someone for your San Diego real estate needs. Below are 3 things you should know if the realtor is worth hiring as your agent. 1) Are They Experts In The San Diego Real Estate Market? There will be many agents to choose from. Sometimes we go and choose our family member who is part time agent just learning the ropes to hook them up. I totally get that. But understand. This is the probably going to be one the biggest investments in your life so hiring your cousin probably might not be the best decision to make sure your well taken care of by a San Diego real estate expert. I would suggest that you hire only agents that have at least 5 years’ experience and are still in business after the 2008 crash. The real agents who know there stuff are the ones that didn’t quit even after taking that hit in the market. 2) Do they understand and use social media marketing? No one would argue on this one that social media is the now and future. Many agents especially in the older demographic don’t even have a Facebook profile. They are totally missing out on a lot of exposure when selling their properties or looking for buyers. Yesterday I was at a San Diego real estate conference with over 3,000 San Diego real estate professionals. One of the main speakers was talking about social media marketing specifically in blogging. He asked us “how many of you agents have a blog and are blogging?” Out of the entire room only 7 raised their hands me being one of them. So basically a lot of agents are losing out on internet exposure. If you are selling your home with an agent that doesn’t know social media marketing they will most like be advertising just on the MLS multiple listing service. If the agent knows social media though, they will be creating YouTube videos, social media targeted ads, keyword tool search, and blogging content marketing to make sure more eyeballs see your home on the internet. 3) Where is there heart? This one is the most important. At the end of the day high integrity needs to be engraved in the realtor’s heart. I suggest you research them. Look at their Facebook profile. Find out where their hearts at. What do they do with their free time and money? Are they living a selfish life or are they giving back to their community’s volunteering plugging into their local church. This will help a lot because if you choose the agent that is all about the money than they won’t be really serving you but themselves. They will not show you the love that you deserve especially with this big decision in life. You want somebody that genuinely cares about you. Want…

https://youtu.be/cE-5E_Z_Oew Money reveals the heart in a person. Today I was tested, I had the privilege to walk into the fire in my business. I could have made over $11,000 but I choose to turn it down. Why you ask…? I am currently working with a family of 3 kids. They are excited because they are looking for their home where they plan to grow in and also invite family and friends from church for life groups/bible studies. While looking at over 7 properties this weekend they found one that they really liked. So we made a strong offer on the property, giving the seller what they wanted while getting closing cost for my client. The listing agent had another offer before the offer I presented from my clients. The agent said that we just had to change the offer date in order for our offer to get accepted, but I couldn't do it. You see, I had a feeling inside me saying, don't lie, don't do it. I could feel my heart pounding as if I was choosing Money over Truth. I felt my heart sinking as I was thinking about the options and I just knew I couldn't lie by changing the date even if I knew my client would get the house they wanted. 1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. As I shared this with my client, I said to them that I was sorry but I cannot lie even though they would have an opportunity to open escrow the next day. I could feel the Holy Spirit counseling me through this guiding me with love and understanding. Thank goodness my clients had also agreed and they will keep looking at other homes unless this property comes back on the market.I later contacted the listing agent, letting them know that I was not going to change the date of our original offer. I explained to them how I felt and the reason behind it. The agent told me that it was kind of funny that I mentioned that, because the agent themselves felt that Karma would bite them in the butt. I like to say, we reap what we sow. I am a true believer that God will provide. I also believe that, in life we will be tested and within those test we will either become sharper or dull. I Choose to be sharpened by a Two Edged Sword. Thank you for reading, leave a comment, I’d love to know what you thought about this experience.