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About Me
32 year Monterey Peninsula real estate veteran Lynda Nichols has crafted a team of local real estate professionals designed to compliment each other's strengths and more importantly offer their clients unparalleled professional real estate services with a small town personal touch. The combination of an experienced long standing real estate professional, a internet savvy 14 year corporate sales and marketing manager and a full time client care manager brings more to the table when it comes time to prepare your home for sale and expose it to thousands of potential buyers. After all, there are only two reasons your house doesn't sell, either the price is too high or it didn't receive enough exposure to find the right buyer.
Whether looking for your primary residence or a weekend hideaway from the hustle and bustle of the bay area, Lynda's team is well prepared to find you the perfect home that meets both your emotional and physical needs as well as your financial requirements.
Please call, email or stop by our office at 501 Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove and ask for Lynda, Mark or Grace to experience all we have to offer to you during the process of buying or selling your next home.
Whether looking for your primary residence or a weekend hideaway from the hustle and bustle of the bay area, Lynda's team is well prepared to find you the perfect home that meets both your emotional and physical needs as well as your financial requirements.
Please call, email or stop by our office at 501 Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove and ask for Lynda, Mark or Grace to experience all we have to offer to you during the process of buying or selling your next home.
Testimonials
"Dear Lynda,
I wanted to officially thank you for the amazing work you and your team did in selling our house on Mermaid. You overcame multiple obstacles, a couple getting a divorce, a declining market, a deteriorating house and lastly a low-balling prospect. You proved to be nimble, able to change stategies in a split second. Lastly you were able to be an extremely tough negotiator.
From day one, I felt comfortable with your abilities and comfortable to step back and give you room to work your magic. I trusted in your knowledge and expertise. My trust proved to be more than well warranted as you far exceeded all of my expectations. Your marketing plan was phenomenal! You were able to find that perfect person for that home.
So again, I thank you so very much for all that your team has done.
Respectfully,
John "Jocko" Magadini"
John Magadini Fri Aug 18, 2006
John Magadini Fri Aug 18, 2006
"Dear Lynda & Mark,
We'd like to thank you for everything you did to help us sell our house! We truly appreciate all the tim and perserverance you put into that project and a special thank you for the generous gesture at closing - Our family will always be grateful.
Looking forward to the next time we do business.
Fondly,
Andrea & Kris"
Andrea and Kris Quist Sat Feb 10, 2007
Andrea and Kris Quist Sat Feb 10, 2007
"The Lynda Nichols Team Questionnaire
1. What did you like the most about dealing with our team?
- Frank and open communications
- Responsiveness
- Professionalism
- Strong negotiations during the contract period
2. What could we have done better?
- We believe all was done about as well as possible.
3. How would you rate our performance?
( A)
4. How did you hear about us?
- Via our friends, John and Jeannie Hall
5. May we use you as a reference in the future?
- Without hesitation!
6. Additional comments:
Thank you again for your efferts and great work!
Darnell and Jenine Paul"
Darnell and Jenine Paul Wed Mar 1, 2006
Darnell and Jenine Paul Wed Mar 1, 2006
"Dear Mark,
Thank you very much for all of your hard work & attention to our home for sale, it worked! You have a
gentle, persuasive nature about you, a benefit to both home buyers & sellers. Thanks too for having a
great sense of humor, it really helps to be able to laugh along the way! We wish you & your team the
best always.
Kind Regards,
Lisa & John Burke"
Lisa and John Burke Wed Aug 1, 2007
Lisa and John Burke Wed Aug 1, 2007
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Nichols/Bruno Team answered:
Hello Preeti,
I represent buyers and sellers on the Monterey Peninsula, which is only a couple of hours from the bay area. If you are looking for a great area to raise your family away from the big city, look no further. Either Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach or Carmel have exceptional schools and there are several great private school offerings here as well. Furthermore, the peninsula has never been more affordable than right now. Although we haven't seen the huge amount of foreclosures that the rest of the state has seen, we have seen prices come down significantly in the last few years, and the wintertime is the best time to purchase here (our off season).
Check out the top of our web page for instant seaches for the major cities down here and let me know if you have any questions. http://www.MontereyPeninsulaHomeTeam.com
Take care,
Mark Bruno
(831) 626-2277
I represent buyers and sellers on the Monterey Peninsula, which is only a couple of hours from the bay area. If you are looking for a great area to raise your family away from the big city, look no further. Either Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach or Carmel have exceptional schools and there are several great private school offerings here as well. Furthermore, the peninsula has never been more affordable than right now. Although we haven't seen the huge amount of foreclosures that the rest of the state has seen, we have seen prices come down significantly in the last few years, and the wintertime is the best time to purchase here (our off season).
Check out the top of our web page for instant seaches for the major cities down here and let me know if you have any questions. http://www.MontereyPeninsulaHomeTeam.com
Take care,
Mark Bruno
(831) 626-2277
Nichols/Bruno Team answered:
Hi Corey,
I was in this house over the weekend and have shown it several times in the past couple of months. Let me know if you have any questions about it or if you want to take a look at the inside. It looks like a pretty nice place for the $$. I also have the listing across the street from it at 898 Archer (needs some work) and another one just up the street at 855 Oak Street. I grew up just a few blocks away from here and know the area well.
Mark Bruno
831-626-2277
I was in this house over the weekend and have shown it several times in the past couple of months. Let me know if you have any questions about it or if you want to take a look at the inside. It looks like a pretty nice place for the $$. I also have the listing across the street from it at 898 Archer (needs some work) and another one just up the street at 855 Oak Street. I grew up just a few blocks away from here and know the area well.
Mark Bruno
831-626-2277
Nichols/Bruno Team answered:
In recent years, the Monterey Peninsula (Carmel, Pebble Beach, Pacific Grove and Monterey) has had a lot of second home buyers that are purchasing properties as vacation homes. Many of these buyers are paying all cash and have no loans to default on. This area is one of the most desirable areas arguably in the world, which certainly doesn't hurt the home values here.
Salinas houses the bulk of the work force for Monterey County. There is (or was) a huge discrepancy between median income and housing affordability in our county. If I remember correctly, in October of 2005, Monterey County was 1one of the 10 least affordable places to live in the United States! When the market was hot and qualifying for a loan was easy, many working class people in Salinas (as well as Seaside, Marina, North and South County) who never would have been able to qualify for a conventional loan (20% down, 80% financed) bought a house with 100% financing that they ultimately could not afford. I believe many were hoping to be able to flip the house in a year or two and be able to make enough money to afford to buy a home they could afford with a 30 year fixed loan. Unfortunately they were unlucky and the market caught up to them.
Salinas houses the bulk of the work force for Monterey County. There is (or was) a huge discrepancy between median income and housing affordability in our county. If I remember correctly, in October of 2005, Monterey County was 1one of the 10 least affordable places to live in the United States! When the market was hot and qualifying for a loan was easy, many working class people in Salinas (as well as Seaside, Marina, North and South County) who never would have been able to qualify for a conventional loan (20% down, 80% financed) bought a house with 100% financing that they ultimately could not afford. I believe many were hoping to be able to flip the house in a year or two and be able to make enough money to afford to buy a home they could afford with a 30 year fixed loan. Unfortunately they were unlucky and the market caught up to them.
Nichols/Bruno Team answered:
Hi Frank,
The advice regarding crime in Seaside below is good. Check with the local police department. They are the only ones who can give you accurate information regarding the current crime rate.
As far as whether the prices will continue to drop and if you should wait until next year, I would have to say that it depends on what you are looking to buy in Seaside. I think the market is starting to gobble up the larger homes. I personally have been involved in a couple of foreclosures transaction in Seaside that have had multiple offers the same day they hit the market and have gone significantly over the asking price (roughly 20% over in both cases). With that in mind, I would say that most of the foreclosure property is coming onto the market at aggressive price points and it would be a safe bet to purchase one of these properties today. There are other properties that are still over priced and do not have any activity as of yet. Those properties will be forced to come down to the level of comparable foreclosures.
I think it is safe to purchase now if you pick the right property. I also think this market will continue in Seaside through next year. So you will have time to find the one you like. That is the beauty of a buyers market.
Good luck with your purchase and let us know if we can help you.
Mark Bruno
Monterey Peninsula Home Team
The advice regarding crime in Seaside below is good. Check with the local police department. They are the only ones who can give you accurate information regarding the current crime rate.
As far as whether the prices will continue to drop and if you should wait until next year, I would have to say that it depends on what you are looking to buy in Seaside. I think the market is starting to gobble up the larger homes. I personally have been involved in a couple of foreclosures transaction in Seaside that have had multiple offers the same day they hit the market and have gone significantly over the asking price (roughly 20% over in both cases). With that in mind, I would say that most of the foreclosure property is coming onto the market at aggressive price points and it would be a safe bet to purchase one of these properties today. There are other properties that are still over priced and do not have any activity as of yet. Those properties will be forced to come down to the level of comparable foreclosures.
I think it is safe to purchase now if you pick the right property. I also think this market will continue in Seaside through next year. So you will have time to find the one you like. That is the beauty of a buyers market.
Good luck with your purchase and let us know if we can help you.
Mark Bruno
Monterey Peninsula Home Team
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Specialties
There are two areas we like to think we excel in that allow us to better serve our clients. We are exceptional listeners and we are extremely good at marketing your home.
Lynda has 33 years of local real estate experience! Over the years she has continually performed in the top 5% of all realtors in the business and has earned the long term loyalty of her clients. You do not become a long term success in this business without being able to listen to your clients needs, whether they are buyers or sellers, and deliver on their wants and needs.
Mark honed his listening skills while working in the corporate world for 14 yeas prior to taking up real estate. He worked in the mobile electronics field as a product development team leader, a regional sales manager, national sales manager and a managing director in a public company. He managed over 150 sales people in the field all over the country as well as drove product development teams all over the globe. This experience has given him the tools necessary to negotiate on his clients behalf and deliver their wants and needs time and time again.
From a marketing standpoint, we like to stand out from the crowd with exceptional photography and cutting edge video productions of our listings. We take all of our own photography. This allows us to come back on the right day to capture each home in its best light. It is not uncommon for us to visit a home three or four times just to capture the right lighting to get the shot we want. Compare that to a photographer that is hired to take 9 quality photos and makes an appointment at 12:00 noon. If it foggy that day, guess what...you get gloomy, dark pictures. The weather on the Monterey Peninsula is truly unpredictable. There are dozens of micro climates and catching a property at the right time is as much luck as it is skill. You always have to go back more than once!
We recognize that almost every buyer for one of our listings in the past three years learned about the property they ended up purchasing online before they ever spoke to their real estate agent. We like to give this buyer every bit of information possible in order to get them comfortable enough with our listings to want to make the next step and see it in person. We load as many pictures as neccessary to tell the story of a property and most of the time dedicate an entire custom website to that property, again with a real video production of it.
Lynda has 33 years of local real estate experience! Over the years she has continually performed in the top 5% of all realtors in the business and has earned the long term loyalty of her clients. You do not become a long term success in this business without being able to listen to your clients needs, whether they are buyers or sellers, and deliver on their wants and needs.
Mark honed his listening skills while working in the corporate world for 14 yeas prior to taking up real estate. He worked in the mobile electronics field as a product development team leader, a regional sales manager, national sales manager and a managing director in a public company. He managed over 150 sales people in the field all over the country as well as drove product development teams all over the globe. This experience has given him the tools necessary to negotiate on his clients behalf and deliver their wants and needs time and time again.
From a marketing standpoint, we like to stand out from the crowd with exceptional photography and cutting edge video productions of our listings. We take all of our own photography. This allows us to come back on the right day to capture each home in its best light. It is not uncommon for us to visit a home three or four times just to capture the right lighting to get the shot we want. Compare that to a photographer that is hired to take 9 quality photos and makes an appointment at 12:00 noon. If it foggy that day, guess what...you get gloomy, dark pictures. The weather on the Monterey Peninsula is truly unpredictable. There are dozens of micro climates and catching a property at the right time is as much luck as it is skill. You always have to go back more than once!
We recognize that almost every buyer for one of our listings in the past three years learned about the property they ended up purchasing online before they ever spoke to their real estate agent. We like to give this buyer every bit of information possible in order to get them comfortable enough with our listings to want to make the next step and see it in person. We load as many pictures as neccessary to tell the story of a property and most of the time dedicate an entire custom website to that property, again with a real video production of it.
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Our Team has over 33 years of local (Monterey Peninsula) real estate knowledge to help you buy or sell your home. We have over 14 years of corporate marketing experience to develop the proper story to get your home sold in the shortest time possible and for the highest possible price!
January 1975—present
Certifications & Awards
2005 Coldwell Banker's International President's Elite (top 5%)
2006 Coldwell Banker's International President's Elite (top 5%)
2007 Coldwell Banker's International President's Elite (top 5%)
2008 Q2 Top 1000 List, (Out of over 54,000 Coldwell Banker agents internationally)
2006 Coldwell Banker's International President's Elite (top 5%)
2007 Coldwell Banker's International President's Elite (top 5%)
2008 Q2 Top 1000 List, (Out of over 54,000 Coldwell Banker agents internationally)
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Lynda Nichols
Horses, animals (3 dogs, 6 cats, 9 horses), travel
Mark Bruno
Golf, Labrador Retreivers (2), Photography, Making his cars go faster!
Horses, animals (3 dogs, 6 cats, 9 horses), travel
Mark Bruno
Golf, Labrador Retreivers (2), Photography, Making his cars go faster!
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