Rethink the Starter Home Strategy
Beginning homeownership with a "starter" home, has long been the traditional strategy for generations. Part of the logic behind starting with a smaller home; it gives you an opportunity to learn what it takes to maintain a house and helps y...
Your Tax Refund Could Open the Door to Homeownership
Open the Door to Owning a Home One of the silver linings to filing your income tax return is discovering Your Tax Refund Could Open the Door to Homeownership. Your refund could literally help you buy a home. If you're one of these fortunat...
Make Your Best Offer FIRST
Making your First Offer your Best Offer is a strategy that may be difficult to understand until you've lost a few homes to better offers. The reality of this real estate market is there just aren't many homes on the market. As co...
COVID and the Real Estate Market in the Coachella Valley
The Real Estate Market in the Coachella Valley and COVID Coachella Valley Single Family Homes. Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Thousand Palms, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, Bermuda Dunes, La Quinta, Indio A standard market...
Coachella Valley Real Estate Market Report 2019
2019 Coachella Valley Annual Real Estate Report and 2020 Projections Coachella Valley Real Estate Market Our market has become more year round with the number of sales during the summer months exceeding sales during “season” i...
Taxable vs Tax Deferred 1031 Exchange
Investment Properties – 1031 Exchange is a strategy used by real estate investors to defer capital gains taxes, and is allowed under IRS tax code 1031. By using a 1031 exchange, an investor can defer paying capital gains taxes on an inves...
Buying or Selling a Home with Solar Panels
Buying or Selling a Home with Solar Panels More than a 12 million homeowners across the U.S. added solar systems to their homes in 2018. As solar systems have become more efficient and less expensive, they’ve become more popular with ho...
Desert Real Estate Market Update
The Coachella Valley Real Estate Market is Strong. When we look at prices now compared to one year ago, we see that detached home prices are up 4.6% and attached home prices are up 7.3% from last year. Eight of Nine Valley cities ...