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When an investor exits the San Diego coast.
A coastal exit: the condition this buyer pool pays for, and the work it will not pay for.
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$750M+
career sales
15
waterfront closings
$47M
record La Jolla sale represented
Top 1,000
WSJ RealTrends teams 2020–2025
What will this buyer pool pay for?
Condition and location. They will pay up for a house that needs nothing in a location that cannot be reproduced.
They will not pay for a renovation narrative the work does not support. Cosmetic updates over deferred systems read as exactly what they are, and this pool reads them in one walkthrough.
As-is, or repair first?
Repair only the items that would otherwise return as a price reduction. The inspection headline, the deferred roof, the permit that was never closed.
A full remodel rarely returns inside a short listing window. The money is in condition that survives an inspection, not in a new kitchen.
How is a coastal exit timed?
By inventory and by your tax year. Not by the season, and not by sentiment about the market.
The only competitive question is how many houses like yours are available in your band that month. [VERIFY 1031 or tax treatment with your CPA.]
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Counsel from the desk behind $750M+ of this coastline
Fifteen waterfront closings. The buyer's side of the $47M La Jolla record at 6026 Camino De La Costa. The rest of it is on the channel, in full, with nothing cut.
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