Ed's Blog

  Years of experience, study, and research have given professional realtors® some knowledge and insights that I hope will be of some help to the typical home seller or buyer:Overpriced properties (above market value) take longer to sell and usually sell at a lower price than similar properties th...

                  HOUSING marketwatch         Mountain Area Single Family Home Sales for        Six Month and Two Month Periods Ending April 30, 2008 ­with Month-to-Month and               Year-to-Year Comparisons   Compiled from MLS RecordsCourtesy Ed Bailey, Broker Associate, Oakhurst Real Esta...

  You have a four volume novel, arranged in order - left to right, on your bookshelf.  The pages of each volume measure exactly 2 inches. The hard covers (two per book) each measure exactly 1/6 inch.  A bookworm starts eating on the first page of volume one and eats a straight line to the last pa...

It started out innocently enough.I began to think at parties now and then - to loosen up. Inevitably,though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a socialthinker.I began to think alone - "to relax," I told myself - but I knew itwasn't true.  Thinking became more and more impo...

 "Real estate is an imperishable asset, ever increasing in value. It is the most solid security that human ingenuity has devised. It is the collateral to be preferred above all others, and the safest means of investing money."         HETTY GREEN                                                   ...

Buying a home can be stressful.  It is the uncertainty that comes with it that troubles most buyers.  A home seller can do much to remove the uncertainties that often stop a buyer from signing on that magic line.  Here are a few things one can do:•1.    Get a thorough home inspection by qualified...

 Thanks to the generosity of Robin Ralston, we are invited to a unique and wonderful experience several times each year. What began as a whim is now a blip on the cultural oscilloscope of the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Couched in 80 acres of heavily forested land near Yosemite Nati...

It was due to downsizing that we had an oak dining table and chairs for sale.  We tried selling the set ourselves by advertising locally.  We got two inquiries, but not serious ones.  Then we placed it with Oakhurst Furniture on consignment.  In a few weeks it was sold and we had our original ask...

Have you tried one of those ‘free' home value websites advertised on TV?  Give them your name, property address, e-mail address, telephone number and lots of other information and they will tell you how much your home is worth - NOT LIKELY!They will, however, put you in touch with someone, or rat...

Art Mecca in the MountainsThe Southern Yosemite area has become a Mecca for the arts. Someone has said that the Oakhurst area has more artists per square mile than any other community in the United States.  Painters, writers, musicians, actors, sculptors, poets and photographers find inspiration ...