by Leila Mortaz | Nov 7, 2014 | campbell rentals, Los Gatos Fixer Upper, Los Gatos Rentals, Property Management, Real Estate (Residential), San Jose Rental, Silicon Valley Rentals, Small Kitchen Remodel
If you own and manage rental properties, you know that every day that your properties are not occupied, you are losing money. That was our dilemma with one of our rental properties in Los Gatos where we only had a few weeks to re-surface the counter-top with a small...
by Leila Mortaz | Nov 6, 2014 | Los Gatos Fixer Upper, Real Estate (Residential), Silicon Valley life style, Small Bathroom Remodel, Small Kitchen Remodel
Are you building a new home in Los Gatos? Do you have a massive remodeling project in your home? Are you expecting bids from these home improvement projects? Well, whether you are doing a small kitchen or bath remodel or a complete new home; negotiating is an art....
by Leila Mortaz | Nov 5, 2014 | Home Seller Tips, Los Gatos Fixer Upper, Real Estate (Residential)
Are you thinking about staging your Silicon Valley home? Are you hesitant about the cost of staging? Well, you are not alone. We are seeing tear-down fixer uppers being staged in Los Gatos, Saratoga these days. Part of the reason is that most home owners have a...
by Leila Mortaz | Nov 4, 2014 | Los Gatos Rentals, Property Management, Real Estate (Residential), Silicon Valley life style
Just in time for the release of Dumb and Dumber2, Los Gatos code enforcement officials also released us a notice for violating the gas-powered leaf-blower ban. Yes, we were severed with a citation for $100 fine for a program that dose not take effect till January 1,...
by Leila Mortaz | Nov 3, 2014 | Home Buyer Tips, Real Estate (Residential), Silicon Valley life style
We’ve all been groomed to think that the best retirement places for seniors are Florida or Arizona. But some of the choices that Boomers are making to retire are intriguing to say the least. For instance, places like Sioux Falls, SD; Provo, UT; Iowa City, IA;...
by Leila Mortaz | Nov 2, 2014 | Real Estate (Residential), Silicon Valley life style
In a survey of 4,000 Baby Boomer households conducted by the non-profit Demand Institute, 63% of Boomers plan to stay in their current home once they retire. The sad part of this news is that baby boomers’ children are also moving back home along with their...
