My latest listing in Fairmount Heights, a district within Glen Park that is up a hill yet very close to the Noe Valley border, has created a bit of a stir for the letter my clients wrote to potential buyers. While buyers often write letters to sellers and include them in their offers, it is unusual for sellers to write a letter to prospective buyers. Potential buyers looking at the condo like the fact that my sellers took the time …
Carol Solfanelli | Compass | DRE License # 01347033 |
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2022 Real Trends America’s Best Real Estate Professional
Top 1.5% of 1.6 Million Agents Nationwide
2022 Real Trends America’s Best Real Estate Professional
Top 1.5% of 1.6 Million Agents Nationwide
Category: Selling
Today on Broker Tour I saw a number of properties on the south side of the city in Glen Park. I’m bringing my new listing on the market at 125 Randall Street in Glen Park this Saturday and Sunday from 2-4. I like to see the competition. What I learned is that there isn’t anything on the market right now quite like my unit in this neighborhood. It’s an Edwardian two bedroom condo in a two-unit building, loaded with charm …
Normally, January is a very slow time for the market. Agents are typically wary about bringing properties on the market before Super Bowl Sunday. The feeling is that buyers are still getting over the holidays and not ready to go out and look. As a result, sellers feel like they won’t get enough interest in their properties if they put them out to the public so early. This year is different. There is a lot of pent-up demand out there …
At my sales meeting this week, the topic of bitcoin currency came up. This has become a hot topic, so much so that the San Francisco Association of Realtors just held a seminar entitled “Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain” to better inform real estate agents and investors about this phenomena. One agent at my meeting said she had recently received a pre-emptive offer in bitcoin. Since her client had instructed her not to review any pre-emptive offers, the agent followed her …
Back in 2007 when the market was peaking, clients of mine struggled to find a home. Then, one day a home popped up on the MLS in the Forest Hill Extension neighborhood and we went to see it. They weren’t really looking in this neighborhood; in fact, I don’t think they even were aware of it. But I could tell from the look on the face of the husband that he had found his dream home. His wife was excited, …
I was gratified to receive the Five Star Home Professionals Award for the fourth year running in the November real estate issue of San Francisco Magazine! The final list of 2017 San Francisco Five Star award winners represents 9 percent of real estate agents in San Francisco. Five Star Home Professionals partnered with San Francisco Magazine to identify agents who deliver outstanding service and customer satisfaction by contacting thousands of recent homebuyers and other consumers who rated agents on criteria …
Believe it or not, no property is perfect, but some are closer than others! There can be a number of obstacles when selling a less-than-perfect property, however there are ways I can help you eliminate or lessen them. Things that come to mind are lack of light, many steps up to a home or unit, being on a busy street, an annoying HOA member, a difficult tenant – and the list goes on! While these can be obstacles to some …
Pacific Heights is the first neighborhood I lived in when I moved to San Francisco in 1987. As you can imagine, SF was very different then; it had more of a small town feel. My husband, who is from New York, used to sarcastically call it a “cow town.” I guess compared to Manhattan, it was back then, before it became the sophisticated city it is today. We felt lucky to snag an apartment in Pacific Heights with its proximity …
It’s no secret that inventory is low in San Francisco right now. One reason is that people who would like to downsize (and sell that mansion) after their children go off to school are hesitant to do so. I summarize an article here (cited below) to make people aware of a once in a lifetime tax benefit that could help them downsize. In California, Proposition 13 limited their annual property taxes to 1% of the sales price of their property, …
Great customer service is something I am passionate about! I love taking someone through the process of listing their home or helping them find a property to buy in the city. And if a former client calls me up and needs anything at all, I am happy to help that client in any way I can. Not everyone is so customer service-oriented. More than a week ago, I called someone at a roofing company so I could make an appointment …