July 4th was great here in Big Bear Lake!

Another beautiful day in Paradise! The Fireworks were the bomb! (no pun intended).

Business is definitely picking up! Bruce and I have been working with clients and writing offers in the last few weeks. I can tell you that Buyers are certainly in the drivers seat these days. As a Realtor, the shift from Sellers being in the drivers seat to Buyers making all the demands have been quite interesting. I am having to turn away some listings because I absolutely know that I can't sell the property at the price the Seller wants to price it. I also ask a Seller if they need to sell right now and I advise against it if they don't have to! (I tell the truth!). Sincerely if you are a buyer...This is going to be the best opportunity for you to find some excellent values. I heard a statistic the other day from Lawrence Yun (N.A.R. Chief Economist). He said that new housing starts will come back fiercely in the next 30 years. I thought, on top of that...There will be so many people on the planet exponentially over time and the earth as we know it will shrink by virtue of there being so many more people in existence. When I hear stats like that, I am so glad I live in a place like Big Bear. It's so perfect to me and literally I call it "A Jewel". When I see how perfect we have it up here I kind of realize that eventually this is going to hold so much more value in terms of where people will want to be full time. I believe there will be a shift and Big Bear will become a community with more full time retirees and will see even more "community" in the near future. I also see a need for Eco/Green awareness. We are behind the curve. Okay so I am kind of a tree hugger but not to the extent of being a radical okay? I also believe in Capitalism and that there are ways that both can exist on the planet. You are looking at a Resort market that is affected by Foreclosures, Short Sales and Some sellers are super motivated and others are just testing the market so in the end there are several factors that affect the market overall.