by Leila Mortaz | Jul 16, 2014 | Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential), Silicon Valley life style
We spotted the following video on Bloomberg West where some of the Silicon Valley’s successful VCs have invested in a company called OpenDoor. The company plan to offer a service to buy homes in 30 seconds. The idea sound a bit amusing and unbaked since...
by Leila Mortaz | Jul 11, 2014 | For Sale By Owner, Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential)
In a March 2014 survey of Marin County home owners 59% expressed an interest in selling their own home. Those are very strong indicators of the a developing trend to allow home owners to sell their own home. But what’s missing is the resources to help FSBO...
by Leila Mortaz | Jul 8, 2014 | Home Buyer Tips, Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential)
California Energy Commisison has introduced all new standars for newly constructed residential and commercial buildgs. These measure that took affect in January 2014 will require that all new buildings should have solar-ready roofs. Solar-Ready roofs will offer both...
by Leila Mortaz | Jul 3, 2014 | Home Buyer Tips, Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential)
Let’s face it. All of us have put up with the limitations and idiotic requirements of local MLS boards for far too long. Like the 4 line descriptions of the property and the constant policing of why “showing instructions” could not be included in...
by Leila Mortaz | Jun 27, 2014 | Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential)
http://youtu.be/D7t_ZSb11VU Pharma, Healthcare and High-Tech companies have started using Big Data tools and applications to help them fine tune their offerings to their customers. So, we were not surprised to see Big data and Analytics being offers to help Realtors...
by Leila Mortaz | Jun 25, 2014 | Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential), Silicon Valley life style
Some owner are still on the fence about selling their home thinking that with continued rise of home prices, they might be better off selling in 2015 rather that 2014. Well, according to Sam Khater, deputy chief economist for CoreLogig, “the weakness in home...