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Internet pitfalls in real estate
Online real-estate data-bases have grown substantially within the last seven years or so. There are quite a few of these Internet sites popping up, and they seem to be popular particularly among bu...
May 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Technology complaints through the ages
I am in the age group that decries new technology. We are not only the un-wired generation, we are now becoming the un-wireless generation. When I had young children, I wished to be married to a pe...
May 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dealing with the states of grief
Dr. Elizabeth Kubler Ross wrote of the five stages of grief — denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. She attributed these to people dealing with their own imminent deaths. The popul...
Apr 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Economic report card: what the future holds
Bidding wars? That’s right — they’re back Most people will laugh at this, but believe it: bidding wars are returning, plain and simple. Those who choose to ignore this warning may lose the oppor...
Apr 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Guest view: Here comes the taxman
During the last few months of 2012, one of the hottest topics of discussion was the “fiscal cliff” — the potential doom created by a number of national financial issues all coming to a boil at the ...
Apr 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Adventures in Real Estate: What color is your house?
We really do not care what color you paint your house. Rather, we are driven by our passion to inform and update our La Jolla readers about changes affecting all areas of real estate, providing use...
Apr 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Simple upgrades, like fixing cracks and keeping a manicured lawn can make your house look more appealing to prospective buyers.
Adventures in real estate: Common sense ideas to prepare your home for sale
From the moment you decide to sell your home, consider it an inventory item — it is a product that you need to sell. In fact, you could argue that it is now a liability to you until it is sold. Wh...
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Author Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D.
‘Up’ may not be the only way to go!
I am often struck by the differences in value systems between the U.S. and the other countries I travel in. Because we can understand each other, live in similar circumstances, have more or less fa...
Mar 28, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letter to the editor
Watch where you draw lines In the March 1 issue, columnist Sandy Lippe (View from 52: “What’s in a name? For UC residents, plenty,” Page 9) is wrong to say, “West of Interstate 5 is La Jolla; eas...
Mar 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Relieving the burden of the sandwich generation
There is a generation of people with older children who may still need some parenting and aging parents who need to be intermittently — or frequently — taken care of. These people are called the “s...
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Adventures in Real Estate: Thinking about downsizing?
Are you an “empty nester” or retiree who has been considering purchasing a smaller home? After all, who needs all that work of a huge house? Although you still have an active lifestyle, maybe it’s...
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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What’s in a name? For UC residents, plenty
Remember when you read the complete text (or at least the Cliffs Notes) of “Romeo and Juliet” in your high school English class? You might have been caught up in the love story, while at this stage...
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letters to the Editor
Kudos for a job well done Thank you La Jolla TODAY and Don Balch for his excellent article (“Riding monsters,” Feb. 14) and photographs. A very balanced and interesting presentation, giving credi...
Feb 28, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ups and downs in real estate, community
We are in trouble. The US is losing its international edge. Our treasury-bond market is no longer the No. 1 safe haven of choice when the stock market suffers from bad news in the economy. It has ...
Feb 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Taking the place of a well-loved manager
If you have just been hired to replace someone who seemed to have had no faults and was well liked and respected in the company, it may look like an impossible act to follow. But there are strategi...
Feb 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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