Mark Lomas
MarkLomas.com DRE: 00898298 MARK DANFORTH LOMAS HomesOfSantaBarbara@gmail.com  “Practicing the Fine Art of Real Estate”  I have over 30...
Kirsten Wolfe
Kirsten Wolfe is a top-producing Realtor with over twenty years of helping buyers and sellers achieve their real estate goals. Tech geek and Realtor extraordinaire Kirsten Wolfe is one of Santa Barbara’s best real estate agents.
Kirsten was born in the USA, and shortly thereafter her family moved to Europe where Kirsten’s father was an executive with General Motors. Until the age of 14, Kirsten lived in France, Belgium, and Ireland. After turning 14 Kirsten and her family moved back to Michigan.
In 1995 Kirsten moved to the town of Sonoma in Sonoma County where she began riding her horse (Tess), and competing in Hunter Jumper events. Tess is now retired and lives on a beautiful ranch in Santa Ynez. In 2000 Kirsten moved to Marin County and began her real estate career which eventually led her to the Central Coast and Santa Barbara in 2011.
Kirsten works for Sun Coast Real Estate – Santa Barbara’s leading residential brokerage firm.
Kirsten can be reached at HomesOfSantaBarbara@gmail.com
The Ironic Truth About Zillow Zestimates
Zillow’s “Zestimates” can be tweaked if you know how to add improvements to Zillow’s valuation methodology. You need to be the owner, or owner’s agent to do this, or an unscrupulous hacker. Actually, you don’t even need to be a hacker, anyone can do it. Zillow does offer valuable information they gather from Public Records. But, you’re not going to get a bank to loan you money based on a Zillow “Zestimate.”
Where homes are very similar (condos/townhomes) sometimes Zillow’s “Zestimates” can be helpful. But, if you live in an area where the home styles vary, for real estate agents (your best source for what the true value of your property is) Zillow’s “Zestimates” can drive you crazy. Many home sellers and buyers  give credence to Zillow’s “Zestimates.”  Unfortunately the degree of accuracy of Zillow’s “Zestimates” can vary dramatically from neighborhood to neighborhood. To real estate professionals is what makes this video so hilarious, and wonderfully ironic…enjoy!
How NOT to Market Your Property
Here are some examples of how NOT to market your property. Amazingly many of these tired worn out pitches are...
Buying a Second Home?
 Your most important consideration is location.  All real estate is local. A home in a weak location will not serve anyone’s goals – if an investor can’t resell or rent the property it’s unlikely a vacationer or prospective tenant will enjoy it. Pay attention to market conditions in the area you choose while looking into the strength of the local economy, trends in house resale values, quality of schools, and the overall demographics.
Fly Fishing and Selling Real Estate
” A Fisherman’s Guide to Selling Real Estate!” The first time your fly hits the water will be the most...
Santa Barbara Realtors
Ellen Degeneres Finds Some Funny Real Estate Ads!
Ellen Degeneres Shows Why Realtors Should Proof Read Their Ads! Share this:
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