Overcoming Obstacles
NOT MY USUAL M.O. — SELLING A HOME WITH AN ILLEGAL UNIT, AS-IS
If you’ve followed my newsletters, you know I make strategic updates to a property in order to sell faster at a higher sales price. This case was different. The Sunset District house was occupied by an elder whose health was failing. Her husband, who’d been in a...
THE TRICKY TIC SALE – EDUCATING BUYERS ON SANCHEZ ST.
This TIC apartment was the middle unit in a lovely Queen Anne Victorian. Situated where the Mission and Castro meet, it was in a super location at Sanchez and Market. I was excited about getting it on the market. Built at the turn of century, it had been completely...
WHY SELLING A CO-OP IS DIFFERENT
The seller of this one-bedroom Union Terrace co-op needed to relocate—quickly. Her attorney referred her to me and we got to work. The Russian Hill building, almost a city block long, had several phases of construction underway. Of course, we’d rather not go on the...
WHAT YOU’RE OVERLOOKING IN YOUR PROBATE SALES
At 192 Nueva Avenue, I found the usual probate home landmines and more. The property, tucked in near the Bayshore Freeway in SF’s Little Hollywood neighborhood, offered these challenges.
AWKWARD, BEAUTIFUL AND FLAWED
It started out as a straightforward transaction—the sale of 373 6th Avenue, a 2-bedroom, 3.5-bath contemporary home in the Inner Richmond.
Why Estate Sales Are So Last Century
Recently, I was consulted on the sale of a beautiful home in trust on 25th Avenue in San Francisco. The home was bursting with more than 40 years of accumulated furniture, antiques, Asian art and memorabilia.
