Lisa Hayashi's Blog

Do you think shopping for a home has anything to do with buying your next home in a good school district? What if you don’t happen to have children? Or your children will be attending private schools their whole life? Granted, not everyone needs to live in a highly rated school district, but if y...

This Sunday, December 5th, from 9am to 3pm the CMR Street Fair will have a winter theme.  How exciting for area residents to start their holiday festivities! There will be about 150 vendor booths, carnival rides in a “kids zone”. Also, in the event there is a free classic car show. Then later in ...

10 Things to know in San Diego 1. Education San Diego School Districts  San Diego County Colleges    2. San Diego Major Employers 3. San Diego Chamber of commerces: Regional North county Coastal East county Southbay area Old Town Coronado   4. San Diego Utilities – San Diego Gas and Electric Wate...

For those of us that have been dealing with short sales, which is most of us, there are helpful "webinars" that Bank of America is putting out now, for those in the industry to learn how to help process them.  Recently, I was listening to their "Ten tips to a successful short sale" and the one th...

I was driving into the sun the other day.  Granted, I couldn’t see where I was going, but I knew the road was still there. So, I kept driving, pulled down my visor and proceeded with caution. The experience felt similar to where we are and where we’re going in this market. We may not know where t...

  "So, how are the rates lately?" I hear this question often from buyers, as well as friends thinking about refinancing the mortgages on their homes. I’m not a mortgage broker or a loan officer, but I do get to meet a lot of them and somewhere along my career, we were given this list below. 34 Cr...

When it rains, it pours… San Diego had a thunderstorm last week and although that’s not big news for the rest of the country, where we live, it’s an event! Lightening and thunder isn’t something we get to see and hear often in the metro inland, but as a county we actually experience an average of...

Do we really want to read everything straight and to the point? I know some people prefer to have someone else eliminate decisions for them, but it seems like some homes don’t even get showings lately, because of the way their marketing is being written. I was disappointed after reading through t...

TMI, “too much information”, we’ve all heard the acronym.  Most of the time it means we’re hearing something we don’t really want to, but lately I’ve noticed some instances where there really is too much of our personal information being tossed around. Take for example, if you pay a contractor t...

Sorrento Valley Townhome, Close to Corporate Qualcomm Price: 2150 Property Type: townhouse Beds: 3 Baths: 2 Sqft: 1553 Year Built: 1999 Property Address:10222 Wateridge Circle Unit 174San Diego, CA 92121 Highly sought after end unit in Wateridge w/a private greenbelt,& 2-car garage w/direct acce...