Kevin+Jonathan’s Blog Posts re SF Real Estate

September 8, 2012 Buy Now, Buyer Advice, Dolores Park, exclusive, Great Opportunity, Great Renovation, Home Buying, Hot Property, investment potential, Mission Dolores, notable homes for sale, Something Special, Undiscovered or Overlooked, Unqiue Properties for Sale, Vanguard Properties

ADVANCE FOR SALE: Sunny Dolores Condo on the 400 block of Dolores, $1.098 million

ADVANCE FOR SALE: Sunny Dolores Condo on the 400 block of Dolores, $1.098 million Mission Dolores Condominium with 2 bedrooms, + den,…

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August 22, 2012 Advice, Buy Later, Buyer Advice, First Time Buyers, Home Buying, investment potential, Mortgages, Real Estate Industry, Transitional Neighborhood

Big Changes to Short Sale Practices Announced

New Lending Short Sale Standards Coming From the California Association of Realtors Thhe Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) will realign guidelines for…

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August 1, 2012 Buy Now, Castro District, Duboce Triangle, Hot Property, investment potential, San Francisco Real Estate, Something Special, Victorian

Sneak Peak: Pink is the New Victorian. Pre-MLS for single-family house with income unit: $1.3 million – listed exclusively with Kevin K. Ho, Esq., Vanguard Properties

Get the advance on an exclusive new listing in San Francisco from Kevin K. Ho, Esq., Vanguard Properties Built in 1887, this…

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July 27, 2012 Buy Later, Buy Now, Buyer Advice, hi end, Home Buying, Hot Property, investment potential, Mission Dolores, Multi-level home, notable homes for sale, Project Home, Real Estate Industry, San Francisco Real Estate, Something Special, Unqiue Properties for Sale, Vanguard Properties, Victorian

Music to Someone’s Ears: 552-554 Capp – HUGE Victorian at $1.359M

Detached, Massive and Stately Fixer Next to Music School on the Market Over by the Community Music Center on Capp Street where…

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July 13, 2012 Advice, Home Buying, investment potential, San Francisco Real Estate, Sellers advice, SF News

Sell It or Rent It?

With interest rates at record lows and rents at all-time highs, is this the time to sell? A lot of potential sellers…

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July 13, 2012 Advice, Good Value, Great Opportunity, Home Buying, Hot Property, investment potential, Lower Pac Heights, Major Renovation, Real Estate Industry, San Francisco Real Estate, SF Urban Planning, Single Family Residence, Unqiue Properties for Sale, Vanguard Properties

Renovating diamond in the rough – a Victorian diamond of course

For $969,000 this Victorian mansion at approximately 2000 ft.² could be yours! But don’t forget the $400,000 or $500,000 you’ll need to…

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June 19, 2012 Alamo Square, Buyer Advice, investment potential, Major Renovation, Project Home, San Francisco Real Estate, Single Family Residence

Single-family home circa 1884 in NoPa– prime for a renovation

Tour Notes: 1912 Golden Gate – single-family home, Victorian house from 1884. Definite fixer. Same family had the house for seventy years….

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June 4, 2012 Advice, Buy Now, Good Value, Great Opportunity, Home Buying, investment potential, Mortgages, San Francisco Real Estate, SF News, Undiscovered or Overlooked

Facebook effect on SF housing market – May. 17, 2012

You can argue against these absurdly high valuations all you want but thousands of liquid millionaires are being created before and after…

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June 4, 2012 Advice, Home Buying, investment potential, Loans, Real Estate Industry, Sellers advice, SF News

Putting the “Short” back in ‘Short Sale’

New Rules to reduce the murkiness of the ‘short’ sale.  Starting this month, that waiting game will have some new rules —…

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