Recent content by kite.even

The small sample is the main problem. I am tracking San Francisco villas for March 2025, but only within a $560,000 to $840,000 band around a $700,000 target, so a citywide average would not answer the question. Properties in this group are being marketed for about 87 days. I cannot tell...

The $37,000 may be comfortable or tight depending on income stability and what the building covers. I’d want the emergency fund to survive alongside a repair, not be the repair fund. Keep at least the insurance deductible—sometimes called the excess elsewhere—readily available, and don’t assume...

For mobile, run the same search on desktop and phone using identical boundaries and filters. Check whether results, map position and sorting remain consistent after reopening the search. I’d also watch whether saved-search alerts lead to a current listing or back to one whose status has already...