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Carlsbad Homes & Divorce!

My friend, Randy Hopwood, is a long-experienced family law attorney and mediator here in Carlsbad. He spent many years practicing law in Palo Alto before moving down to beautiful Carlsbad-by-the-sea. We often talk about the law as it impacts real estate and the family. I gave up handling family law matters after a view years [...]

California Homebuyer Credits Of $200 Million Approved

The President of the California Association of REALTORS(r) sent out the following announcement after the Governor signed AB 183: “AB 183 will provide $200 million for home buyer tax credits, allocating $100 million for qualified first-time home buyers of existing homes and $100 million for purchasers of new, or previously unoccupied, homes. The eligible taxpayer [...]

March Results Encouraging

It’s easy to be misled by housing articles in the newspapers that report that prices are going up or prices are going down. They always seem to use area statistics, but the information you usually would like to know is what is happening in your neighborhood! We’ve made it a bit more local by focusing [...]

Slipping and Slidin Solved

Joe and Christina Patterson were in a Yoga class on a chilly evening back in 2003. The floor was cold, and two women in the class were wearing socks. The Yoga instructor asked them to take off their socks because she was afraid they would slip and slide and, possibly, hurt themselves. That started Joe [...]

The Power of Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce Referrals

Bob Clark, a longtime member of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, is a financial planner who is a master at the art and science of networking. He’s a proponent of the concept of Netweaving, which is now being taught at the Carlsbad Chamber through Bob’s efforts. The next class is on April 23 at the [...]