Sheri Dettman's (sheri_dettman) Blog

I just wrote a blog on my website about how Trulia® and Zillow® value homes. In this case, a friend had asked me to look at his both sights as one had valued his home at $515,000 while the other indicated $999,000!  In this case I had sold the majority of the homes in the nieghborhood so I had a ...

Please understand my intention is not to brag here. Instead I offer what I feel are the pro’s and con’s of becoming the number one agent team within your brand. My brand is Sheri Dettman & Associates and we’re located in La Quinta, California and serve the Palm Springs Real Estate market. We are ...

Philosopher Francis Bacon is quoted as saying “Knowledge Is Power.” Today’s Internet certainly delivers a lot of knowledge and frankly from what I see on a regular basis–a lot of junk. I’m amazed at how much inaccurate information is presented daily on so many of the big national real estate sear...

Today I'm taking a look at sales so far this year at The luxueious Hideaway Golf Club in La Quinta. Hideaway Golf Club in La Quinta features two distinct and dramatic golf courses and some great views of the Santa Rosa and Chocolate Mountains. As one of the younger clubs in the desert, Hideaway G...

The Palm Springs new home market is doing well again after a multi-year pause. New home developers in several Palm Springs area cities have re-launched construction of new homes that had been on hold. Several luxury golf communities have also increased their production of new construction homes. ...

Truth is, the person whose opinion matters most is the buyer who makes an offer to purchase your property. Properties priced to high receive no offers. Properties priced a little to low generally receive multiple offers thereby driving the price up by receiving offers up to the real market value....

Last April I wrote about our visit to Cliffhouse and the fact that Cliffhouse had changed ownership as of January 1, 2012. This local favorite was taken over by the longtime owners of Pacifica Seafood Restaurant in Palm Desert. The new owners closed the restaurant for a major renovation this summ...

Virgin America, the California-based airline that is reinventing travel, today announced that it is bringing more of its upscale, low-fare flights to Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) from both San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airp...

Our Sheri Dettman & Associates marketing team has been hard at work updating thousands of photos and hundreds of videos on our website. So grab some popcorn and enjoy these newly updated 2-Minute HD Videos (many more are in the works). These HD Videos can also be viewed on iPads and most mobile d...