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Best Design & Furniture Studios in San Francisco

Posted by Janet Speer // May 12, 2017

If you have a rental, a new home, or you just want to set up a home for a showing in San Francisco, you are going to want to work with the best of the best for furniture and design. Making your home look the best is extremely important, especially if you want to get […]


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How to Raise the Rent Without Ruffling Feathers

Posted by Janet Speer // May 10, 2017

Raising the rent is something that many landlords have to grapple with at some point. It is difficult, especially if you have to raise it a significant amount or you know that it means the person living there will have to move because they can no longer afford it. However, you have to do what […]


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5 Ways the Housing Market Will Change in 2017

Posted by Janet Speer // May 8, 2017

It is a tricky year to predict almost anything as things can all change at the drop of hat – but what are our best guesses about what the housing market will do this year? With everything at play, from changing climate to the stock market to the political climate in the United States, there […]


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Best San Francisco Neighborhoods for a Dog Owner

Posted by Janet Speer // May 6, 2017

When you think of dog-friendly communities, San Francisco should be one of the first names to pop into your mind. Many of the neighborhoods here are dog-friendly and make the ideal neighborhoods to raise, train, and play with your dogs. You don’t have to worry about people switching sides of the road when they see […]


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SF Home Sales Outpacing Nation

Posted by Janet Speer // May 4, 2017

Anyone who is buying or selling in the Bay Area and wants to find something before the interest rates go up even higher ought to hurry up and act quickly, because houses in San Francisco and the surrounding areas are selling extremely quickly – in fact, they are selling faster than anywhere else in the […]


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The Rise of AI Could Spell Trouble for Investors

Posted by Janet Speer // May 2, 2017

Technology is moving and shaking the world. So much so that almost every aspect of the real estate world has been affected by it. One of the facets of real estate most impacted by technology? Rental property investing. With the introduction of artificial intelligence and robots in the workplace, rental property investing has been taken […]


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The Fight Over a Redwood

Posted by Janet Speer // April 28, 2017

On Montclair Terrace, there is a fight brewing that you may have heard about. Just a few feet from Lombard Street is a tree that some of the Russian Hill neighbors want to honor. In fact, they want to go so far as to have the city declare that tree a landmark. So what do […]


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5 Things to Do for San Francisco Transplant Families

Posted by Janet Speer // April 26, 2017

When many families are about to move into the San Francisco area, they start with some of the same questions: What are the schools like? Are there a lot of other children? Will there be a lot of opportunities for my family here? While we are biased, we truly do believe that San Francisco is […]


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How to Find Your Niche in the Real Estate Market

Posted by Janet Speer // April 24, 2017

By now, you’ve listened to the podcasts, read all of the articles, and surrounded yourself with real estate professionals who can help you, but that isn’t enough. How can you truly find your niche in real estate? For many, it can be intimidating because there are so many: you can flip houses or you can […]


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How to Save Money on Your Flipping Materials

Posted by Janet Speer // April 21, 2017

Flipping houses can get quite expensive and there is a lot that goes into it that you don’t see on HGTV. Tarek and Christina show you a lot of budgetary talk, but they hide a lot of it as well. Especially when you first start out, it is going to be difficult to break some […]


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