Downsizing on the Monterey Peninsula

There is a particular quality to the silence in a house that has been fully lived in. The rooms that held homework and arguments and Sunday mornings. The kitchen that has seen thirty years of ordinary meals. The garden that someone tended through every season. When the conversation about moving fina

Preparing Your Home for Sale: What's Actually Worth Doing

Consider two sellers on the same street, both listing comparable homes at $2.2 million within the same month. The first seller spent $80,000 on a full kitchen remodel in the twelve months before listing. New cabinets, new countertops, new appliances. She was proud of it. The second seller spent $28,

What Buyers Are Thinking When They Walk Through Your Home

The buyer pulls up to the front of your home. Before they have stepped out of the car, a process has already begun that you cannot participate in, observe, or (at this point) influence in any way. They are starting to form an impression. This is a highly emotional read that happens faster than consc