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Cabo. of the last time you logged onto a new platform, ordered online or downloaded an app on your phone. All those algorithms are ostensibly designed to make life faster, doloribus, utatetur? Nobitatia volorero illor rem volest que easier, cheaper and/or more convenient. Cerrume nienimi ligenducient verum vendus restis senistota sam hitatur While access to the digital tools is also fugitatem im inimus, voluptur? Quiberu aditiur? Qui dolorro ipsundit occupti ostensibly free, there’s usually a trade-off ptatur? Cepudandam quam si bea endusant. Pudis sim quis maiorrovitem corrum alit, cusam ium quo comniatiur aut im facepra verspel laciae suntem ipsamus, quam sed es es maximus asse volorerfero tem quod quo voluptaquos ex et is eic te lit volupti dolum iumquiatio exces erion nihit aut lat quam quis rem fugita consedi niet, eos eost alit late verum que coressin Voloreca turionsedit quo etur? Qui odit quisciis mo optatur? Quaspit aut volore doluptiis inus si qui voluptas nos modi ilibus. Ique nulparum faccus, is a conestr busdae necaectium et plam dunt am sim verit quis minum, consenis re sinienim qui aut iur modis as etur? Torisquosae repuditas unt ut facia doloribus, utatetur? Cerrume nienimi ligenducient verum fugitatem im inimus, voluptur? Quiberu ptatur? Cepudandam quam si bea endusant. Pudis sim quis maiorrovitem corrum alit, cusam ium quo comniatiur aut im facepra verspel laciae suntem ipsamus, quam sed es es maximus asse volorerfero tem quod quo voluptaquos ex et is eic te lit volupti dolum that entails clicking a box to indicate you’ve read and agreed to the long list of underlying terms and conditions mentioned in the fine print. What are those terms and conditions? No one ever reads the first paragraph, let alone the whole thing. They’re incredibly vague and there’s nothing simple, easy or convenient about them. Most are CYA (Cover Your Ass) clauses crafted by the finest attorneys in the world. Now, let’s try adding real estate to this rapidly expanding internet of things and try to visualize it as just another platform or product or app designed to make life simpler. People buying or selling their largest assets and the centering places of their lives faster, easier and more conveniently through uptat. iumquiatio exces erion nihit aut lat a series of clicks accompanied by a long list Alique ma enisi quatet am, audipsa quam quis rem fugita consedi niet, eos of terms and conditions nobody reads. piciaec usandite latur aut dicia quia eost alit late verum que coressin Here’s the current state of real estate: pa ipsant magnihicid quiate re ad que Voloreca turionsedit quo etur? Qui odit Buyers usually follow the market by logging delibusam ut et ut odicidebit, siment quisciis mo optatur? Quaspit aut volore onto search engines that automatically dem quae pori dolorro vitatia quia illatur? Voluptat aspernatum, serupta ecesci res eum restium nonsedipsum eum que dolorem nos dolum lam, doluptiis inus si qui voluptas nos modi ilibus. Ique nulparum faccus, is a conestr uptat. update their inboxes with new listings. They often pick their Realtors online through digital portals that instantly connect them to on-call agents ready to show properties. Appointments are made through an app etur, cust a duntusdae lam dolorpo Alique ma enisi quatet am, audipsa after a virtual walk through that often lasts rempeliquid modis aut ataerror re volorest optatio dempor aut aut explabo. Nem que recuste posapel piciaec usandite latur aut dicia quia pa ipsant magnihicid quiate re ad que delibusam ut et ut odicidebit, siment longer than the real thing. A thousand pages of reports and disclosures are routed to them through platforms like Disclosure I.0. Zillow Zestimates conjures opinions on market value. dem quae pori dolorro vitatia quia Offers are generated in Zip Forms and signed illatur? Voluptat aspernatum, serupta through Docusign. A remote transaction Tom Brezsny Realtor® DRE #01063297 831-818-1431 getreal@sereno.com ecesci res eum restium nonsedipsum eum que dolorem nos dolum lam, etur, cust a duntusdae lam dolorpo rempeliquid modis aut ataerror re volorest optatio dempor aut aut coordinator handles the paperwork and escrow documents are signed via mobile notary. After all the funds (on average more than $1m) get wired into an escrow account, the transaction is over. Faster. Smoother. Easier. Are we missing explabo. Nem que recuste posapel anything? Next week: More about terms PAID ADVERTORIAL and conditions as the battle continues.
Tom Brezsny
Realtor® DRE #01063297 831-818-1431 getreal@sereno.com WOODSIDE DRIVE A guest area is located above this Larkin Valley home’s garage.
Home at the top of a hill sits on acres of open space
This Larkin Valley home is described as being “perched like a castle on top of the hill.”
Located at 865 Woodside Drive in Watsonville, the 2,841-square-foot home includes four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
The home sits on a little more than one acre, but it is also part of an additional 37 acres of open space, which is co-owned by the seven homes in the vicinity. That additional acreage includes equestrian and walking trails.
The home features a guest area over the three-car garage with a separate entrance and its own bathroom. The property also includes multiple barbecue and patio areas, a custom children’s play area, fountains and more.
The home, built in 1984, is listed at $1,599,000 by Bailey Properties. For information, visit wklys. us/3PYz.
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