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January 19th, 2012
Rancho San Pasqual and Rancho Vistamonte Open House Extravaganza
Rancho San Pasqual and Rancho Vistamonte
Open House Extravaganza
Come out and join us on Sunday 1/22/2012 from 1:00-4:00pm for a fun filled afternoon of open houses!
These two beautiful neighborhoods have so much to offer a potential buyer. We will be hosting 7 open houses.
4 of the homes will be in Rancho San Pasqual. This gorgeous gated golf course community is comprised of approximately 580 homes. We have homes available for viewing that range from 1500 square feet to 3600 square feet, there is something for everyone! Just minutes to the freeway, nestled in the San Pasqual Valley, you will love discovering this hidden jewel!
2485 Fallbrook Place ~ $350,000-$385,000. 3 bedrooms, 2 bath, 1536 sqft, large lot, upgraded floors and granite counter tops!
For more photos click here!
2319 Orchard View Lane ~ $599,000-$629,000. 4 Bedrooms, plus a den and office, 3600 sqft. Gorgeous views of the 18th hole at Eagle Crest Golf Course.
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3320 Holly Oak Lane ~ $499,000-$529,000. 3 Bedrooms, plus a loft and an office, 2900 sqft. Fantastic yard, with views and custom built hot tub, built in bbq and more!
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3625 Rosewood ~ $570,000-$620,000. 3 Bedrooms plus a large loft and office, 3300 sqft. Gorgeous views from the front and back yard, custom built pool and hot tub.
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For more information about living in this fabulous community call or email Jennifer directly. Jennifer has lived in the area for over 10 years! As part of a nationally award winning team, there is no one better positioned to assist you with your real estate goals. CAll today! Jennifer 858-229-2965 or email JennBurroughs@gmail.com
December 27th, 2011
Rancho San Pasqual Market Update For 2011
Rancho San Pasqual Market Update For 2011
Here we are at the end of yet another year. This is always such a good time to take a minute and look back over the year. Looking back over 2011 gives us a chance to really compare it to 2010 and see how the market actually played out. Throughout the year, there are lots of opinions about what the market will do, how interest rates will effect pricing, what short sales and foreclosures will do to the market, etc.. Instead of speculating, sometimes it is better to wait and see what the market actually did. As we look back at 2011, here is what we know for sure ..
1. 35 homes SOLD in 2011. This is down from 2010 when we saw 52 homes sell.
2. The average market time was 92 days in 2011. This is up from 87 days in 2010.
3. The average sale price was $462,283 down slightly from $469,392 in 2010.
4. Homes sold for 96% of their asking price on average in 2011.
What does all this mean? Well, it appears that not much changed from 2010 to 2011. The market appears to have stayed somewhat stable in this particular market area. There were considerably less homes that sold, however, that could be due to the fact that the neighborhood actually saw less short sales and foreclosures in 2011 than it did in 2010. Prices have not dropped much more, leading one to believe that we are still bouncing around the bottom. If you have been waiting for the “bottom” this could possibly be it!
There are currently 6 homes for sale in Rancho San Pasqual. That represents roughly 10% of the entire market. Of the homes on the market the smallest home is 2169 square feet and is listed for $378,000, the largest is 3641 square feet and is listed for $639,000 (click here to see a tour of the home).
Rancho San Pasqual remains a wonderful place to call home. Nestled in the San Pasqual Valley, this gated community of 580 homes offers residents tree lined streets, surrounded by hills covered with avocados, a large community pool, play ground and more! Kids attend the well known San Pasqual Union School District. With low HOA fees and no Mello Roos, this affordable community may be Escondido’s best kept secret!
For more information about living in Rancho San Pasqual call Jennifer today. As a long time resident of the area, Jennifer is happy to share information about the area. If you currently live in Rancho San Pasqual and want to know what your home is worth, a confidential valuation meeting can be scheduled.
November 8th, 2011
Mark Burroughs Named San Diego County Teacher of the Year
One more reason to LOVE living in San Pasqual Valley
Mark Burroughs, Teacher at San Pasqual Union School District, is name San Diego County Teacher of the Year.
There are many reasons to love living in the San Pasqual Valley, especially for residents whose children attend San Pasqual Union School District. One of the best and most recent reasons is education. Last month, at a gala event, A Salute to Teachers, Mark Burroughs, was named as one of 5 San Diego County Teacher’s of the Year.
Mr. Burroughs, has taught at San Pasqual Union for the past 7 years. He currently teaches a 4-5 combo class. Mr. Burroughs is an innovator, leader and inspiring teacher. His love for technology, knowledge and education all help him in creating a learning environment for his students, that fosters an amazing amount of excitement and enthusiasm in the classroom.
Shortly after being named as one of San Diego County’s Teachers of the Year, Mr. Burroughs was notified that he was also one of 12 teachers state wide (out of 350,000 teachers), that were competing for the title of State Teacher of the Year. Although, he has since been notified that did not make the “final cut” for the state competition, Mr. Burroughs still has a number of events that he will be attending here in San Diego.
One of his most recent events, was an interview conducted by Dr. Randy Ward on “Issues in Education” on ITV. If you are interested in viewing the interview click 
on the photo!
For kids who live in the Rancho San Pasqual and Rancho Vistamonte neighborhoods, and attend the local school, Mr. Burroughs will surely touch their educational path in one way or another.
For more information on living in either of these communities, feel free to contact Jennifer directly at 858-521-7277 or by email at JennBurroughs@gmail.com.
September 23rd, 2011
Does Having Solar Panels Increase the Value of Your Home?
Does Having Solar Panels Increase the Value of Your Home?
As a real estate agent, I get asked this a lot! With the increase in the cost of electricity and the emergence of solar technologies, we are seeing more and more home owners installing solar. As a homeowner (and future solar owner) I would love to say “absolutely”! The truth is however, not necessarily.
If you are considering installing solar in your home, my best advice would be to do it for you and NOT for what “perceived” value it adds to your home. As I write this, I have a solar company installing panels on my home. We interviewed a number of companies and reviewed tons of options for purchase, lease, etc. We ultimately picked the company based on their reputation, number of installs and customer service. We did the math over and over again and we are confident that within 5 years we will have recouped our cost and be on the “savings” side of solar.
Our financial break down, estimates that after 5 years we will save anywhere from $300-$400 a month in electricity bills. As a home owner, I would love to believe that with numbers like that, I could get an additional $20-30K for my home once the solar is installed! Why not, at today’s interest rates a $300-$400/mo savings is at least the equivalent of $80,000-$100,000 in loan. As a real estate agent, I know the harsh reality is that if I had to sell my house tomorrow, I will NOT get $20k-30k more than I would get today (without solar).
If the real estate agent in me had to have REAL conversation with the homeowner me, I would have to tell myself. That in this market, having solar is a wonderful added bonus. Buyers love the idea of having solar and they will pay for it, just not what the “homeowner me” paid for it. The harsh reality is that they may not even give it a dollar value, they might just be willing to give us an offer as opposed to writing on the home down the street.
As our economy stabilizes and we move back into a more healthy economic time, there is a chance that my “solar” home might fetch more than my neighbors “non solar” home, but that is pure speculation and the truth is we don’t really know when the market is going to turn around.
This brings me back to my original point, if you want to put solar on, the real estate agent me, and the homeowner me, say, GREAT! I think it is a great investment, especially if you are planning on staying in your home for more than 7 years. Having solar on your home, has lots of perks, but increasing your home’s value, is not one of them, today!
This might be controversial, I can imagine that the solar companies would disagree and I have seen their marketing that tries to convince you that it does add value. The reality is, that in today’s real estate market, buyers are not willing to spend that much more for a home with solar. This could change, and I expect it will, but don’t buy solar thinking you are going to get a return on your investment if you had to sell.
If you are thinking about adding solar to your home, I would be happy to chat with you about our experience, the companies we met with and why we ultimately chose the one we went with. Just to be clear, I am a FAN of solar, evidenced by the fact that we are installing it on our home. I am just NOT a fan of someone doing to for the sole purpose of “increasing the value” of their home.
September 22nd, 2011
September ~ 2011 Housing Trends Newsletter
SEPTEMBER – 2011 Newsletter Housing Trends eNewsletter
Welcome to the most current Housing Trends eNewsletter. This eNewsletter is specially designed for you, with national and local housing information that you may find useful whether you’re in the market for a home, thinking about selling your home, or just interested in homeowner issues in general.
The Housing Trends eNewsletter contains the latest information from the National Association of REALTORS®, the U.S. Census Bureau and Realtor.org reports, videos, key market indicators and real estate sales statistics, a video message by a nationally recognized economist, maps, mortgage rates and calculators, consumer articles, plus local neighborhood information and more.
Please click here to view the SEPTEMBER – 2011 Newsletter Housing Trends eNewsletter.
If you are interested in determining the value of your home, click the Home Evaluator link for a free evaluation report.
September 9th, 2011
Wall Street Journal and Real Trends Name Top 1000 Agents/Teams in the Country
Wall Street Journal and Real Trends
Name Top 1000 Agents/Teams in the Country
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal partnered with Real Trends to compile a list of the top 1000 agents/teams in the country. We are thrilled to announce that our team (Teti & Olenik) has been named #240 on their top 1000 list.
Our team is comprised of 4 full time agents and one assistant. Based out of the Rancho Bernardo office of Real Living Lifestyles, this team offers services to families all across San Diego and South West Riverside counties.
Upon being told of the honor, Susi Vickery was quoted as saying, “Being part of a such an incredible team means so much to us as professionals and to the clients that we serve. Each of us brings a different talent, strength and area of expertise to the table, which only strengthens the tools we are able to offer our clients”
This truly is a team effort with each team member bringing their own unique style and talents to the table. Diane Teti and John Olenik have been serving the real estate community for over 25 years and offer their clients a tremendous amount of area and real estate knowledge. Their excellent service is best echoed by the large number of referrals and repeat clients that they service.
With just under 10 years of real estate experience, Jennifer Teti-Burroughs and Susi Vickery bring additional skills to the team. With prior careers in law enforcement and sales/marketing, clients are treated to an enormous amount of area knowledge, information and cutting edge technology to support them in their real estate ventures.
When asked about the market and why they have been so successful in such a tough real estate market Susi commented, “There is no magic bullet in this market! It doesn’t matter if you are buying or selling today, you need to cast a large net and be creative in your marketing and your negotiating to get the best for your clients. Knowing our markets and business helps us offer a whole host of options to our clients to help them achieve their real estate goal”
Serving families in both San Diego and South West Riverside counties, the team offers a vast array of options to clients. It doesn’t matter if you are looking to buy, sell, invest, upgrade, or downsize, this dynamic team of professional and full time agents can help you.
When asked about the families that help them earn this incredible honor, Jennifer was quoted as saying , “The families that we served in 2010 came from all walks of life, our clients range from investors, to first time home buyers, to CEO’s of companies being relocated to live in San Diego. We don’t cater to any one group, we enjoy getting to know each of our families and helping them achieve whatever their specific goal is”
If you or anyone you know is in need of real estate assistance, please have them call or email us today! We are happy to help!
April 26th, 2011
San Pasqual Union School District 2nd Annual Carnival
San Pasqual Union School
2ndAnnual Carnival
“SPRING FLING AMERICANA”
Join us in Celebrating the American Spirit with a good old fashion Carnival at San Pasqual Union Elementary May 21st from 10 am – 4pm. There will be plenty of food (pizza, hot dogs, cotton candy etc) entertainment by the kids from the school and GIANT inflatables. There will also be raffle items, drawings and GAMES, LOTS OF GAMES!!!
As we did last year we are offering the sponsorship of the games and booths . These sponsorships help to offset the cost of running the event, and will go along way to ensure that the San Pasqual Foundation reaches it’s Fund raising goal of $100,000 this year. As you know, with the ever tightening budgets that our little one school district works from, your participation and donations to events such as these, enable our kids to have PE and Art programs that otherwise might not exist!
Here is how how you can help us out this year. If your family would like to sponsor one of the games, a sign will be placed in front of the Game, thanking your family!!! This year we are featuring a couple of new games!!! Inflatable JAIL and The Cannonball Arena!!!!
GAME SPONSORSHIP IS 100$
TICKET BOOTH-300$
RAFFLE/AUCTION SPONSOR-300$
DUNK BOOTH SPONSOR-400$
STAGE SPONSOR-500$
The following is the list of games available for sponsorship. Pick a game and email, Chris Adams at woohoo21@cox..net. Or drop by your request at the Foundation box at the school office.
Call Chris at 760 532 6491 with questions.
Please share this info with friends and family!!
Kiddie Zone ~ Hair/Tattoo ~ Feed the Dog ~ Basketball ~ Football throw ~ Can Toss ~ Soccer ~ Cannonball Arena
Inflatable Jail ~ Wrecking ball Inflatable ~ Bay Slide Obstacle Course ~ 15×15 bouncy ~ Shade Area ~ Duck Pond
Spinning Wheel ~ Washer Toss ~ Lucky Key ~ Guess How Many Eureka Mining ~ Penquin Fish Finger ~ Disc Drop
Bean Bag Toss ~ Lollipop Tree ~ Surprise Wall ~ Pencil Pull Balloon Both ~ Face Painting ~ Fish Pond ~ Dino Dug ~ Coloring Station
Thanks again,
to those of you who have been so kind to donate your time and cash to our events this year!!!
March 26th, 2011
Cash is King… or is it?
Cash is King
or is it?
Lately we have been found that we are competing with “cash” buyers m
ore than ever. What does this mean to you if you are not a cash buyer?
We have all been told that “cash is king” and in some respects it is. Having “cash”, especially in a real estate transaction, does definitely have it benefits. For example, cash allows
a buyer to move quickly, close quickly and to buy a home without a loan contingency, or even an appraisal contingency (although I would not ad
vise the latter). Additionally, having cash says quite a bit about the financial strength of the buyer. It is not an easy feat to have that amount of cash and the
buyer should be recognized and appreciated for the determination and accomplishment of having cash.
From a sellers perspective, be it a bank, or a regular home owner, there is a com
fort in selling to a “cash” buyer. That comfort comes from knowing that they will not have hoops to jump though for the new lender or an appraiser. For a seller that wants a quick, smooth escrow, a “cash” buyer can be a great option. But not in all cases….
It is not uncommon for a “cash” buyer to expect financial consideration (i.e lower sale price) for the “benefit” of working with them. In most situations where there are multiple offers, it is rare for the high bidder to be the “cash” buyer. The truth of it is, it is all cash to the seller once escrow closes. With that being said, every seller will have their own threshold for what they are willing to “discount” the home to for the “cash” buyer. Is cash worth $10,000 in sales price? or maybe $30,000, we don’t really know, each seller is different.
From our experience, sellers are not typically willing to sell at a huge discount just for the “cash” buyer. They may give a small financial break to the “cash” buyer, but rarely is it more than 2% of sale price of the house.
For those buyers who are trying to buy a home right now and find themselves up against “cash” buyer, our advise is don’t get frustrated, stay the course, prepare offers that fair and reasonable based on other comparable sales in the neighborhood. Don’t 
get caught up in outbidding the “cash” buyer, just put your best foot forward and then wait! There are other things you can do to make your offer stronger in order to compete with “cash”.
If you find out you are competing with a “cash” buyer, you can shorten your contingency period, increase your earnest money deposit, don’t ask for seller concessions or a home warranty, etc. These are all options, they are not appropriate for everyone, but can be helpful in some cases.
We find that our clients are up against “cash” buyers all the time, we have successfully negotiated many of these through to closing for our clients. If you want to chat with us about the process and how we are able to help many of our buyers, call or email us today, we are happy to help.
March 23rd, 2011
Windermere Exclusive Properties Becomes Real Living
| We are excited to share some news with you! There has been a major change in our local real estate market and of course, we are part of it. The company that we have been affiliated with has decided to change its affiliations and name. In April, we will become part of Real Living! This affiliation will allow us to continue to deliver our clients the most cutting edge resources in terms of technology, marketing and real estate strategies. Read below for more information. We hope you know, that we would only agree to make this change if we were sure that it would benefit you!
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| Windermere Exclusive Properties, one of the largest, most successful and respected residential real estate firms in San Diego County, today announced it has selected Real Living as its new franchisor. Additionally, the company announced its name will change to Real Living Lifestyles in April when its franchise agreement begins.
Ranked as one of the top five residential brokerages by the San Diego Business Journal, the company has experienced unprecedented growth, increasing in size to nearly 400 full-time sales professionals, eight offices. During 2008-2009, they experienced 77% growth in Sales volume with an impressive 50% growth in 2009-2010.  The company expects significant growth this year bucking the real estate downturn by adding offices and agents throughout the county. “With our extreme growth the past few years, we attracted quite a bit of attention and were presented with numerous opportunities to expand even further,” said Steve Rodgers, president of Windermere Exclusive Properties. “Real Living is a tremendous fit, allowing our agents even more tools and resources at their fingertips to better serve home buyers and sellers.” Rodgers knows about picking a real estate franchise. Prior to becoming president of Windermere Exclusive Properties, Rodgers was president and CEO of Prudential California Realty, Southern California, a Berkshire Hathaway-owned firm. Founded in 2001 by longtime San Diego real estate industry owners and executives Mark Loscher and Jim Browne, they are poised for further expansion as Real Living Lifestyles. Loscher and Browne will continue as owners playing key roles. Real Living’s second major franchise agreement in Southern California in under two months, in January Dilbeck Real Estate, a prestigious Los Angeles County firm, selected Real Living. Combined, Dilbeck and Windermere Exclusive Properties add more than 1,000 agents and annual sales of $2.3 billion to Real Living’s national network. “Our new Real Living franchise allows our agents to immediately benefit from being part of a much larger agent focused and driven organization: Brookfield Residential Property Services, Real Living owner and leading global provider of real estate and relocation services, and technology,” said Rodgers. It is a division of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., a global asset manager with more than $100 billion of assets under management. Rodgers continued, “Having the Real Living and Brookfield network behind us will serve to strengthen our locally owned, run and operated brokerage.” |
| RLLIFESTYLES.com |
February 24th, 2011
San Pasqual Union School District Names Teacher of the Year
San Pasqual Union School District Names
Teacher of the Year
As the kids came back to school on Tuesday, they were treated to an award ceremony honoring one of their teachers. Mark Burroughs, was named San Pasqual Union School District’s, Teacher of the Year!
After a 10 year hiatus, Gary Wilson, the school’s Principal and Superintendent, brought back the award, last year. Last year, 2nd Grade teacher, Marcia Kelly, received the honor and this year it was awarded to 5th Grade teacher, Mark Burroughs.
San Pasqual Union is a unique one school district. Grades range from Pre School to 8th Grade, and kids are schooled in a state of the art facility that looks like a school barn from the outside.
Walking distance to both gated communities of Rancho San Pasqual and Rancho Vistamonte, the school is the hub of most neighborhood activities.
For more information about the school or living in one of these two fantastic communities, call or email Jennifer at JennBurroughs@gmail.com or 858-229-2965.
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