Traci Ferguson's (centralcoastrealtor) Blog

San Luis Obispo - Investor Tip: Making it easier to buy a home! How can home buying be easier in San Luis Obispo?  In my last blog post I touched on the HomeStyle® Renovation Mortgage. A program available for home buyers or investors who need to make renovations to a home. A HomeStyle Renovation ...

Are you on the Home Buying Grid? Did you know you could afford your own home? I know what you are thinking, NO WAY! I don't make enough money! As a Real Estate resource to my clients and friends,  I have put together a scenario that will illustrate how I believe you too can live the American drea...

Goal Setting Made Easy! We all set goals and have visions of what we want, need or hope for. When setting goals the key ingredient is clarity. Most of us set broad ambiguous general goals that seem so far out there that there is no way we can reach them. By setting clear understandable goals with...

Creating your Authentic Why What is your "why" when it comes to your goals and focus? As you move through your career and life setting goals and dreaming about success, what reflection do you do to get your goals on the right path? Here are some helpful questions to ask yourself when you are sett...

  Fool Proof Tenant Screening Process I read Wallace's Blog post called "Trust but Verify..." about doing your due diligence on tenants. They may be feeding you a load while they are smiling your face. Do the home work on them and get the facts. Her post got me going on my technique that I share ...

Know Your Numbers to Control Your Emotions!   As trusted advisers in the business, we need to get a little perspective on our market and business situation. This includes knowing our industry facts and figures and your business facts and figures. We need to have perspective on our market to bring...

Arroyo Grande California Home For Sale! You want this Charming French Country Canyon Crest Estates Home! Located in Arroyo Grande on a premium lot with over $80K of interior improvements.  This warm 4bed/3bath home w/detached Office/Studio is perfect for entertaining & enjoying views of the Ocean...

Move-Up Buyers In San Luis Obsipo   In San Luis Obispo we have wonderful diversity of home styles, amenities and locations. You have the luxury of living on top of a mountain, the vast beauty of a low lying valley over looking vineyards or the privilege of living at or by the ocean. Our county of...

I Just Got Audited in San Luis Obispo! Today our home got a Whole House Energy Audit.  Thank you Try Spindler and Paul Manconi from Central Coast Green House who came to give us a free Home Energy Audit, paid for through PG&E. Our local non profit Sustainable organization, SLO Green Build, has se...

San Luis Obispo Condo for Sale! Calling All Cal Poly Parents... This Condo on Exposition Drive is the perfect investment property for your Cal Poly incoming student or for you first time home buyers.   This clean end unit in the Convenient Woodbridge Condo Complex. It's a 2 bedroom 1-1/2 bath wit...