Postcards From Success - San Diego, CA

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Real Estate Agent - Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - CA BRE# 01261476
In his blog posts, Thomas invites you into his business, his personal life and his beloved city of San Diego, CA. He authentically shares about his life in San Diego as a husband, father, REALTOR® and real estate business owner. He enjoys living and working in both the Mission Bay Park area and the UTC/La Jolla area, the popular University Towne Centre community that hosts UCSD and one of San Diego's most robust Real Estate Market Areas. Enjoy the posts, share your feedback and please comment on his pearls of wisdom and nuggets of gold.
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Home Prices in San Diego, CA for December 2022Real estate market data for San Diego, CA provided by Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR®of  Big Block Realty San Diego America's Finest City - San Diego Home Prices We have seen 7 straight months of listing price softening on home prices in San Diego; however...
01/07/2023
I was pleasantly surprised on Facebook today by Big Block Realty, I didn't even know we did this type of thing, but all 3 owners of the company were behind it! I do not feel like a Top 10 agent, and I hope I never do. The motivation for me lies in the search for excellence, which I've yet to expe...
01/04/2023
You're Eventually Going To Run Out Of Suckers: "Inspired by Phone with Rome!"Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400 and I were chatting on the phone, not long ago, about a referral I gave her to a NorCal Agent, when we wandered into a broader conversation sharing a couple "war stories" about our in...
12/31/2022
Blogging Tips That Blow Their Skirt Up and keep them coming back to read more! I've been blogging for 14 years and I can share that my posts have earned me "Active Rain Fame" by being Featured and they have earned me Real Estate Gold by producing commission-earning referrals. While I'm not a famo...
12/24/2022
Gratitude Gathering 2022 San Diego Our Biggest & Best Ever! With over 70 in attendance, we successfully honored and thanked our most valued: Clients Teammates: Escrow, Title, Lending like Jason E. Gordon, etc. Service Providers Inspectors Tradesmen Friends & Neighbors            The last 10/19 ye...
12/20/2022
Do Open Houses Work? Do Open Houses Sell Homes?  Why do people still host them?  Open Houses Are Not Necessary to Sell Homes in San Diego. Here's The Dirty Secret About'em:By the way neither is Zillow necessary, but that's a topic for another blog on: wasting your time & energy.Open houses are a ...
12/19/2022
Headlines aren’t always great at telling the whole story.While home prices are down slightly month-over-month in some San Diego markets, it’s also true that home values are up not only in some San Diego and CA markets, but nationally too!Let's take the 10,000 foot view, because headlines are more...
12/14/2022
My motto is Facts Not Fears, because even though your family, friends, church group, co-workers, etc. love you and want to protect you - they inevitably project their fears on you and hold you back.The media has no expertise nor acumen to advise you on today's market, because that is the business...
12/10/2022
 You say you're waiting to buy? Waiting for what?Waiting because you think rates are going to rise, why wouldn't you lock/buy now before they do? Waiting because rates are going to drop, why wouldn't you lock/buy now, before the buyer frenzy returns in 2023 when rates do lower into the 5%-5.5% ra...
12/09/2022
This is a continuation from: Grateful For The Struggle (part 1)(Week 4, Post 3 of the Active Rain Challenge) In part one I discussed some of the challenges in my life and business I was grateful for, because of what they made of me (and revealed about me). Having gone through many challenges succ...
11/29/2022
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