09/25/2026
🏡 JUST SOLD · 574 Broadmoor Blvd, San Leandro
💰 Listed at $995,000
✅ Sold for $1,175,000
📈 $180,000 over list, 18.1% above asking
As agents, we love to share how far over asking a home sold. But here’s the truth: pricing in our market works a lot like an auction. When the demand is there, buyers bid the price up. When it isn’t, no amount of marketing, social media, or email blasts will fix it.
Beautiful staging, curb appeal, and brilliant presentation all matter, but none of them will sell a home if the price isn’t right from the start.
It comes down to the market and a client willing to be guided to the right price. Get that right, and most problems solve themselves. Even though this home was a rental, it was in fantastic shape, well cared for, and full of upgrades.
I met my client just three weeks before we went on the market. She had received one of my letters about a year earlier. She was a little hesitant about the price I recommended, but in the end, she trusted me. I showed her why strategic pricing gives you a better shot at the highest and best offer than pricing too high and losing momentum while the home sits. I don’t make promises. I show people the data so they can make the best decision for themselves.
I feel lucky she trusted me with her investment property and let me create the best environment for the highest possible price. After 20 years in this business, I can tell you it doesn’t always go this smoothly.
🙌 Shout-out to Heather Duke, whose experience and professionalism made her offer the easy choice out of three. Her buyers wanted this home, and she got it for them.
📲 Philip Kaake · 510-397-8340
🌐 kaakeproperties.com
📧 [email protected]
🪪 DRE #01503852 · Compass
