Community Home Buying & Selling Real Estate Guide
Insider's Guide to Real Estate Research & Home Owner Information
Retrofit Rip Offs! What do I mean by the term Rip Off? As part of the Los Angeles Residential Property Report 9a application, Home Sellers in Los Angeles are required to declare that they have made certain required retrofits to their home prior to selling their home. There are only 6 items that are required […]
In this edition of Home Inspection Nightmares Vol 1 we are going to take a look at a common item on older homes that many home inspectors frankly, do everything to scare home buyers rather than explain the why and the solution. It is also a missed item, meaning the inspections miss the item and […]
If you are planning to sell your home, if your home is currently for sale or if you have accepted an offer, the following items are the most common home inspection items that show up on a home inspector’s inspection. While you are not required to fix most of these items, most buyers will ask for […]
(Simi Valley) – Is Auto Detailing vs Home Staging a NO BRAINER for Home Sellers? Consider that when people decide to sell their used car they will have no qualms in spending $200 on an auto detailing job. If the car they are selling has a $10,000.00 asking price, that is 2% of the asking […]
Most homeowners have a desire to fix up and improve their property with the primary purpose to make it a more comfortable place to live. Homeowners need to be careful with how they choose to spend their money on home improvement projects if they are expecting the investment to pay off. The following six items […]
Are you thinking of putting a Solar System on your home? Before you do, make sure you consider that it may have no positive impact on the value of your home and may possibly have a negative impact on the value of your home. Currently the Average system for the average home in Simi Valley […]
This might be my shortest real estate Blog post and it must be true that a picture is worth a thousand words. I promise this has not been Photoshopped or altered in anyway. I shot this set on Average White Balance and you can look at the sky and the no parking sign to see […]
Getting ready to Sell your Home? First, I want to congratulate you for least considering strategies making your home more attractive to potential home buyers. You only get to make a first impression once and the exterior of your home is the first thing a potential buyer is going to see. So if you’re painting […]
If you live in the City of Simi Valley and need wood chips for your yards, the City of Simi Valley’s Free Wood Chip Program is just a phone call away. By calling (805) 583-6400 or sending an email to PW-WorkOrder@simivalley.org, you can request either an approximate 8 cubic yard load or 16 cubic yard […]
Beginning July 1, 2011, the Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act brought by California Senate Bill – SB 183 now requires all single-family homes with an attached garage or a fossil fuel source to install carbon monoxide alarms by July 1, 2011. In Simi Valley almost every home I have been in, has a natural gas […]
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