Season Wrap Up & Season Start Up
If you’ve noticed, the sun is rising a bit earlier in the morning and days are getting longer. Birds are seen flying carrying twigs and bits of debris with which to construct their nests. Lizards are out of hibernation and there have even been a few snake sightings in the hills around our homes. This weekend, the thermometer is predicted..(read more)
OK, so you’ve heard the catchy buzz words and phrases—“staged,” “market-ready,” “move-in perfect,” and more—like a broken record from realtors. The goal is to give a buyer no excuse to NOT out in an offer. Although the "little" things are easy to fix, when they aren't prior to going into escrow it tells the buyer that this..(read more)
While there are varied opinions & widespread speculation about what is going on in the real estate markets locally & nationally right now, there are a few things that are indisputable:
1.) Interest Rates are DOWN --The Fannie Mae 30 Day Yield (basically an overall average of interest rates offered) had the interest rate on a 30 Year Fixed at 5.67% or about 5.79 APR for January..(read more)
Rob Northrup Sale #2 for 2008!
Cosmetic Fixer Needing $100K Upgrades &
Listed 2 TIMES BEFORE,
Sold by Best Homes Team for $760K...
1308 Hacienda Drive, Fletcher Hills!
Not even one month into January 2008 & the Best Homes Team has already closed on its second sale of the year! 1308 Hacienda Drive had been listed twice before with other “area experts”..(read more)
The Best Homes Team has been around for quite awhile with Rob at the helm as our fearless leader. The question that we are most asked is "How do you do it? How do you continue to sell homes even in this slow market???" So we thought we might just lift the curtain & share with you how we do make sales & the stories behind our recent successful sales. We'll be..(read more)
What day is it? Not sure - I could click the icon in the lower corner & find out, but who cares, really. What time is it? Don't know - the watch came off a few days ago too.
Tropical storm Olga is now well west of us. It is extremely sad that as I wrote of weathering her fury, she was leaving devastation and death on the islands to the west. 10 dead last time I checked. ..(read more)
If you read installment 2, you know by now that we've been experiencing a bit of weather. I have never claimed to be a great seafarer, yet I have spent some time on the ocean. Our sail into Cane Garden Bay on Monday afternoon was rather harrowing. I had the genoa sail (a large jib to you landlubbers) cranked in to about 1/3 of full, and we were still mildly overpowered in our little..(read more)
"The women and water are in short supply - there's not enough dope for us all to get high, but I hear it gets better, at least that's what they say, as soon as we sail into Cane Garden Bay."
The words of immortal Jimmy Buffett, from the tune Manana.
Those words have never felt more true than yesterday, as Suzy and I steered the "Chablis" into the harbor at Cane Garden Bay on..(read more)
Hola to all friends & clients of Rob & Suzy!
As many of you know, we are celebrating our 10th Anniversary. We left San Diego in pouring rain yesterday morning, flew ALL day - 12+ hours in airports & on planes - to reach the British Virgin Islands at 10:30 PM.
Our cab driver, Godfrey, delivered us safely to the Hummingbird House where we felt more at home than anywhere we've ever..(read more)
Well, as many of you who know us are aware, I have taken an interest in my kid's sports/recreational activities. I've spent many hours as a coach, assistant coach, shoe-tie guy, and equipment manager. It's fun. And rewarding. I get to see the growth of not only my own kids, but the other little rascals as well.
I have the opportunity to observe their development on the field..(read more)
