If your 2009 plans include relocating, selling, or purchasing a home or vacation/investment property, please let me know how I can be of help.

 

Thinking about SELLING your home?  Let me provide you with a complimentary price analysis of your home's current value and share my creative marketing strategies.  Selling a home in today's market requires a realtor with exceptional marketing and networking skills.  It is crucial to maximize today's powerful online marketing tools to expose your home to the widest group of potential buyers possible.   Did you know over 80% of home buyers begin their searching on the internet?   Coldwell Banker is an industry leader with worldwide online exposure.  I am a certified e-marketing Pro® who utilizes online virtual tours, captivating advertising, and creative marketing pieces to make your home stand out in a crowd.

If you are considering BUYING, I specialize in working with both first time home buyers and investors.   I have in-depth knowledge about Long Beach and other local communitites. Being a So Cal native, and my previous experience working with 75+ local school districts, has given me valuable insight into lots of wonderful neighborhoods throughout Southern California.

I believe there are many Long Beach neighborhoods that are still "well kept secrets" ...with room to grow in terms of investment potential...including The Peninsula (where I am lucky enough to live) Downtown, California Heights and others.  Long Beach's amazing and eclectic architecture (including Craftsman, Classic Spanish, Mid-Century, and traditional); its proximity to both LA and Orange County; its commitment to the arts with museums and theatres and the hip East Village Arts District;  and its excellent school system and vibrant neighborhood communities, make LB a great place to live.

A city on the move, last year LB became the new home to TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) who chose to relocate here from Monterey where they held their annual conferences for the past 20 years.  And there is exciting potential with movie studios being planned at the old Boeing plant, which is interestingly very appropriate, as some of the earliest studios (including Buster Keaton's) were right here in Long Beach.

No matter where you are thinking about buying, several factors make NOW a great time for buyers:  There is plenty of inventory of  homes to choose from, sellers are very motivated, we have historically low interest rates, there are several new (and some temporary) first-time home buyer's incentives, and there is always a bigger tax benefit by buying early in the year.