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    Coffee On Us! Thursday 10/6 9:30am
    Mark Pattison
    • Oct 3, 2016
    • 1 min

    Coffee On Us! Thursday 10/6 9:30am

    When: Thursday 10/6 at 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Where: Coffee Coffee 970 North Coast Hwy, Encinitas, California 92024 Need a wake me up next...
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    The Essential Pre-Pre-Approval Checklist
    Mark Pattison
    • Jul 27, 2016
    • 2 min

    The Essential Pre-Pre-Approval Checklist

    Pre-approval may be the first step towards getting a mortgage, but you’ll need to get some things in order first. When you’re ready to...
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    Home Not Selling? This Might Be Why...
    Mark Pattison
    • Jul 5, 2016
    • 3 min

    Home Not Selling? This Might Be Why...

    Home Not Selling? This Might Be Why Nothing is more disappointing to a homeowner than when their property sits on the market without...
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    10 Tips For Making Your Home Show Ready
    Mark Pattison
    • Feb 12, 2016
    • 2 min

    10 Tips For Making Your Home Show Ready

    1. No scent is the best scent. People, especially buyers, thinK scented products are “irritating.” Avoid irritating your potential buyers...
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    Top 14 Questions Home Sellers Like To Ask
    Mark Pattison
    • Feb 11, 2016
    • 7 min

    Top 14 Questions Home Sellers Like To Ask

    Selling your home can be exciting, but it also takes work. You’ll need to fix all those little problems you’ve let go for so many years...
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    The First Thing You HAVE To Do In The Home Buying Process... Items You Need For Lender Loan Pre-Appr
    Mark Pattison
    • Feb 4, 2016
    • 1 min

    The First Thing You HAVE To Do In The Home Buying Process... Items You Need For Lender Loan Pre-Appr

    Interested in buying? Not sure where to start? Well the first step in any home buying process is the pre-approval. Here is a list of the...
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    Four Great Tips When Buying Your First Home
    Mark Pattison
    • Feb 4, 2016
    • 3 min

    Four Great Tips When Buying Your First Home

    There are so many things to know before buying a home, and even if you have owned and sold homes in the past, there may be things that...
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    Six Reasons A Home Sale Doesn't Go Through
    Mark Pattison
    • Jan 30, 2016
    • 3 min

    Six Reasons A Home Sale Doesn't Go Through

    You fell deeply in love with an updated Victorian, knocked a few grand off the asking price, and maybe even bought a spiffy camelback...
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    Bank or Broker? How To Pick The Right Mortgage
    Mark Pattison
    • Jan 29, 2016
    • 3 min

    Bank or Broker? How To Pick The Right Mortgage

    Both are solid loan contenders: Here’s how to pick the best option for your needs. Ready to head to a lender and apply for your home...
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    A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Dollars
    Mark Pattison
    • Jan 23, 2016
    • 2 min

    A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Dollars

    Attention desperate home sellers. Don’t want to lower the price on your house? Consider better photos. Real-estate listings that use...
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    6 Small Purchases That Will Make Your Home More Sellable
    Mark Pattison
    • Jan 19, 2016
    • 2 min

    6 Small Purchases That Will Make Your Home More Sellable

    Home selling is not a cheap venture; you need to invest some money. The amount of money used in getting a property ready for sale can add...
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    How to Buy a Home With a Low Down Payment
    Mark Pattison
    • Jan 15, 2016
    • 3 min

    How to Buy a Home With a Low Down Payment

    It’s a big roadblock on the path to homeownership: the down payment. Now some lenders are backing away from FHA loans, the key program...
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    Rent vs Buy- Benefits of Owning
    Mark Pattison
    • Jan 14, 2016
    • 3 min

    Rent vs Buy- Benefits of Owning

    Buy vs. Rent Comparison Is it better to buy or rent? Whether renting is better than buying depends on many factors. The information...
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    Empty Nest? 5 Benefits of Downsizing To A Downtown Condominium
    Mark Pattison
    • Jan 12, 2016
    • 2 min

    Empty Nest? 5 Benefits of Downsizing To A Downtown Condominium

    There’s a good chance if your children have recently moved out that your home is feeling a lot larger than it used to, and perhaps you’re...
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    15 Upgrades For Huge Returns
    Mark Pattison
    • Jan 11, 2016
    • 3 min

    15 Upgrades For Huge Returns

    It doesn’t need to cost much to upgrade your home. And that small investment can lead to big returns at the closing table.If you’re...
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    If Your Realtor Says One Of These 6 Things, It Might Be Time To Fire Them.
    Mark Pattison
    • Jan 11, 2016
    • 4 min

    If Your Realtor Says One Of These 6 Things, It Might Be Time To Fire Them.

    Yes, If your agent says one of these phrases, they could be leading you astray. There are some things your real estate agent should never...
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    15 Signs Its Time To Move
    Mark Pattison
    • Jan 9, 2016
    • 5 min

    15 Signs Its Time To Move

    Moving isn’t anyone’s favorite thing to do. Aside from the physical process of shifting everything you own into a new space and/or paying...
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    How Overpricing Your Home Will Cost You In The End
    Mark Pattison
    • Jan 8, 2016
    • 3 min

    How Overpricing Your Home Will Cost You In The End

    There it is: your home! Just sitting on the market. It’s been like that for some time now, and it’s starting to look a little …...
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    Small Upgrades For Big Returns
    Mark Pattison
    • Jan 7, 2016
    • 2 min

    Small Upgrades For Big Returns

    Small Upgrades Now Mean Big Returns Later It's not uncommon in today's real estate market for sellers to make repairs and renovations to...
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    1031 Like-Kind Exchange- What Does That Mean?
    Mark Pattison
    • Jan 6, 2016
    • 2 min

    1031 Like-Kind Exchange- What Does That Mean?

    Like-Kind Exchanges (LKEs) are tax-advantaged vehicles that provide an efficient way to defer the tax on gains from the sale of real or...
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