
"This Could Be You"
"I’m writing an offer on a Pacific Heights house and then snapping a photo of a homeless person asleep against the fence around a future multi-million-dollar development site."

What does "Luxury" mean to you?
My own definition of “luxurious” living involves doing more with less, giving more than getting, and welcoming the creative possibilities presented by modest deprivation.

Katie Scarlett, Better Call Off the Stager
Clever clients should insist their agents muster the courage to be brutally frank.

HouseStories: If Our House Would Talk
There's something very comforting about letting a house just be AS IT IS.

Open House "Boring" Says 7-Year-Old
Kids & open houses: "You might fool my parents, but you don't fool me!" #RealEstateHumor

The Gift of Staging
By creating an idealized version of a home, staging makes it easier for sellers to LET GO.


Highly Desirable Semi-detached Villa
I made my sketch, and my wife made hers. Her drawing and dining rooms were very large, nearly twice the size of mine…We soon found that there was no such thing as fitting our ideas together.

Throwback Thursday: 7 Ways Buyers Sabotage Themselves
To conclude, if you’re a real buyer and you’re not a liar (as the crude saying goes), start acting like a real buyer. Find your agent, get your financial ducks in a row, and buy something.

Heart and Home: Quietly In Your Room
When fantasy moves closer to reality things get trickier.
Throwback Thursday: Grrrrrrreat!
Beautiful, wonderful, great—also known as the three weariest adjectives in Realtorland…

Heart and Home: Just Look For Me Over By the Dairy Barn
Every year in January, real estate firms announce and congratulate their “Top Producers.” Press releases are issued. Articles are posted. Advertisements are placed. Rows of head shots sprout up like marigolds in a planter box.