Andrew Walter's (awalter) Blog

      It’s happening. Bit by bit, little by little, new life is being breathed into the California real estate market. On Monday, October 26, the California Association of Realtors posted its sales and price report for the month of September, and it held some very, very encouraging news.   For th...

When you are driving down the road it’s okay to glance in the rear view mirror, but don’t stare. Our eyes are supposed to be on the road ahead of us and if we look in the rear view mirror too long, we’re going to crash.  This analogy applies not to just driving a car, but to anything in life.  I ...

  For as long as most of us can remember, buying and owning a home has been the hallmark of The American Dream. For some time, though, a significant part of that dream has been the ability to bank on a big return on investment, on the ability to “cash in” on the appreciation in your home’s value ...