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Seb | Thunderbird Real Estate | Frey Fern Flat Road, Watsonville, CA Exquisite slice of forested paradise 10 acres Vacant Land offered at $545,000 Lot Size 10 acres DESCRIPTION An exquisite slice of forested paradise in the hills of Aptos. Approximately 10 acres of land gives you plenty of room ...

Seb | Thunderbird Real Estate | Frey 64 Tharp Avenue, Watsonville, CA Ideal Investment Opportunity or First Home 2 Bdrm Single Family House offered at $329,900 Year Built 1919 Sq Footage 1,125 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 1 full, 0 partial Floors 1 Parking 1 Car garage Lot Size 5,053 sqft HOA/Maint $0 p...

Seb | Thunderbird Real Estate | Frey 800 Happy Valley Road, Santa Cruz, CA Don't Worry, be Happy Valley 2 Bdrm Single Family House offered at $545,000 Year Built 1960 Sq Footage 1,055 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 1 full, 0 partial Floors 1 Parking 3 Uncovered spaces Lot Size 19,210 sqft HOA/Maint $0 per...

Welcome, everyone, to 2008!  Was it just me, or were the sounds of champagne corks popping a bit more muted this year?  Maybe it's the fact that here in Santa Cruz, where I live, we've been having torrential rain and windstorms such as I don't remember having in years.  It's cold and miserable ou...

A couple of months ago, I sold an investment property I have here in Santa Cruz county, and decided that I'd like to invest the proceeds in some out-of-state property.  So, like 90+ percent of buyers out there, the first thing I did was hop on the internet and start researching a few areas I was ...

Everyone wants a deal!  I remember back a few years ago, I used to run into buyers all the time who wanted to get the killer properties for way cheap.  Of course, back a few years ago, this was pretty much impossible - even the dingiest knock-down shack was selling for $400K in these parts, and t...

Last week I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts by Vena Jones-Cox on WKNU Radio.  If you are interested in real estate investing, and haven't checked out the podcast, I highly recommend it.  Anyway, during the episode, a guy called up and was complaining about how, after spending a fortu...

A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with a friend of mine.  When my buddy had been younger, he'd worked with his father building spec homes.  He related to me that his father H-A-T-E-D Realtors, because they were just a bunch of blood suckers who came in and scooped up 6% of the home sale price...

Many Realtors are familiar with the CMA - the Comparative Market Analysis.  It's standard operating procedure:  when a home owner is interviewing a Realtor to potentially list their home for sale, most Realtors will provide a CMA that shows what the Realtor believes the property will sell for, gi...