Welcome to San Diego, America's Finest City, and the land of loads of paperwork! If you have done your homework, you know that there will be a lot of paperwork when you buy your San Diego home. I'm not exaggerating. I've had clients from other states tell me that San Diego (or California, in gene
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01/29/2010
When I began thinking about opening up my own real estate company in 2008, I wanted a name that would be meaningful and easy to remember. 'Gramm Realty' certainly was an option, but there are other Gramms in real estate in other parts of the world, and I wanted something unique. My wife and I bra
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01/29/2010
If you are planning to buy a home in San Marcos, CA, be sure to put Mahogany on your list of must-see communities. Mahogany is a new home community being built by Brookfield homes. I have taken several clients there over the last year or so, and one of my clients ended up buying a Mahogany home j
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01/26/2010
When you are buying a home in San Diego, it's important to review market reports and statistics to know what's going on in the marketplace. I ran this report on 1/21/10. My report showed that 21 listings closed escrow in the last 90 days (according to information from Sandicor) in the Little Ital
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01/25/2010
Electra is a luxury condo building in downtown San Diego built in 2007. The building is 43 stories tall with 248 units. Many of the units have phenomenal views of downtown and the San Diego Bay. I recently (July 2009) helped a client purchase a 2-bedroom (plus a den) condo on the 42nd floor. I wi
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01/23/2010
I received this email today from a prospective client I spoke with a couple months ago. One thing that's important for people to understand is that our philosophy is to counsel people to make the best decisions for themselves. As many new clients as I work with in a year, I am pretty sure that I
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01/22/2010
Click here to view all downtown San Diego real estate listings. Many of my clients have bought condos in downtown San Diego. It's one of my favorite areas of San Diego. My goal is to be a resource to San Diego home buyers, and I have put together a website for buyers like you who want to know wha
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01/21/2010
The highest-priced residential listing in San Diego County is a piece of land in Del Mar that is listed for $76,000,000. The property has phenomenal ocean views but no home. It is about 5.5 acres. The listing has been on the Sandicor MLS for more than 891 days without a price reduction. The secon
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01/21/2010
My goal with this blog is to make it a real resource for San Diego home buyers. My hope is that the content here is helpful in many ways to anyone who is buying a home in the San Diego area. I am trying to put myself in my clients' shoes and answer all their (and your) questions about the buying
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01/21/2010
I came across this video on one of my colleagues' (Ben Clark of Salt Lake City, UT) websites today. The video features an interview on CNN/fn (now CNN Money) with Stephen Israel, the president of an exclusive buyer agency in the Washington, D.C. area. I have never met Steve, but I learned today t
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01/20/2010