Licensed since 1984, San Diego real estate broker Gary Kent is a recognized authority on real estate. In addition to selling over 5,500 homes for clients, he has been an expert court witness, trainer of other agents, and he does seminars on home buying, home selling, and investing. Gary has sold homes for The Salvation Army, dozens of major banks, and Fannie Mae, amongst others. You can find Gary on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

[VIDEO] Pricing Blunder #8: Waiting for Mr. Goodbuyer

Who Is This Mysterious Mr. Goodbuyer? Local San Diego Realtor Gary Kent reveals the costly mistakes people that make when selling a San Diego home. Blunder #8 is waiting for that one elusive buyer who will pay a premium for your home. By “Mr. Goodbuyer,” I simply mean a buyer who just so happens to love
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This Week’s Crazy Building: MI6 Building

MI6 Building by Dun.can licensed under the terms of the CC BY 2.0
This week’s crazy building is the MI6 Building in London, England. You may know this one better as the “James Bond” building. It’s been depicted in The World Is Not Enough, Skyfall and most recently as a ruin in Spectre. What you may not know is that this oddly-designed building really does house the British Secret Intelligence Service.
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[VIDEO] Pricing Blunder #7: Too Much Negotiating Room

When Is Negotiating Room A Bad Thing? Local San Diego Realtor Gary Kent reveals the costly mistakes people that make when selling a San Diego home. Blunder #7 is excessive “negotiating room,” or pricing too high because “you can always come down.” The problem with this thinking is that it assumes the people who would be
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[VIDEO] Pricing Blunder #6: Losing Objectivity

It’s Hard To Be Objective About Your Home Local San Diego Realtor Gary Kent reveals the costly mistakes people that make when selling a San Diego home. Blunder #6 is becoming biased and losing an objective view of your home’s value. Some people will come up with any reason they can to inflate their home’s value… all
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Borgund Stave Church

Borgund Stave Church by Tnarik Innael licensed under the terms of the CC BY-SA 2.0
This week’s crazy building is Borgund Stave Church in Borgund, Norway. The first crazy thing to note about this church is when it was constructed: around 1200 AD, making it 800 years old or more. Given that it’s made up completely of wood, it’s remarkable that it’s managed to remained standing (and never caught fire!)
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Umeda Sky Building

Umeda Sky Building in Osaka by Brücke-Osteuropa Licensed Under the Terms of the CC0 1.0 Universal
This week’s crazy building is the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka, Japan. Those strange construction cranes aren’t cranes at all. They’re actually a part of the building! Specifically, they serve as fire escapes, bridges and escalators to help get around the massive structure. You may think they look unsightly, but you can’t argue with the
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Pirelli Tire Building

Pirelli Tire Building by Gunnar Klack is used under CC BY-SA 2.0 / Cropped from original
This week’s crazy building is the Pirelli Tire Building in New Haven, CT. Built in 1969, this bold-looking building is a love letter to the architectural style known as Brutalism. Like other buildings in this style, the Pirelli building is cold and imposing, with a facade consisting largely of raw concrete. What makes this structure stand out
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Treehouse Apartments

25 Verde, Torino by hillman54 licensed under the terms of CC BY 2.0
This week’s crazy building is the Treehouse Apartments in Turin, Italy. Officially named 25 Verde (“25 Green” in English), it’s unlike any apartment building you’ve ever seen. Included in the structure are 150 massive trees, plus 50 more in the courtyard garden. Each of the 63 residential units are unique and include large terraces to
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Petrova Gora Monument

Petrova Gora Monument by Укларочить (Тоида) licensed under the term of CC BY 3.0
This week’s crazy building is the Petrova Gora Monument in Croatia. This strange and stark-looking structure looks like a surreal, topsy-turvy office building. In truth, it’s one of many oddly alien World War II monuments that dot the countryside of Eastern Europe. Built in 1981, it was dedicated to 300 Serbian peasants who gave up their
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Phra Pathom Chedi

Phra Pathom Chedi at Wat Phra Pathom Chedi, Nakorn Pahom, Thailand by ScorpianPK licensed under the terms of CC BY-SA 3.0
This week’s crazy building is the Phra Pathom Chedi in Thailand. At nearly 400 feet tall, this unusual structure has the distinction of being the tallest stupa in the world. What’s a stupa, you ask? Why, a dome-shaped Buddhist shrine, of course! This particular stupa has its origins way back in 193 BC. The Indian
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