Katie Balderas serves the University Heights and Normal Heights real estate market through San Diego Castles Realty, an independent boutique brokerage operating under DRE 01853496 from its Park Blvd office in San Diego's 92116 ZIP. San Diego Castles Realty maintains two neighborhood locations — a metro office and a suburban office in Scripps Ranch — giving Balderas access to listing inventory and buyer referrals across the full urban-to-suburban spectrum of San Diego County. The tax treatment of investment property — depreciation schedules, passive activity loss rules, and the annual property tax reassessment triggered by a change of ownership — connects directly to the tax advisory at Murillo Services in Normal Heights, where tax preparers structure filings around real estate portfolio transactions. Her University Heights practice centers on the walkable blocks between Park Blvd and the Adams Avenue corridor, where proximity to Balboa Park and the Diversionary Theatre arts district gives the sub-community a density of cultural amenities that drives buyer demand. Balderas works with first-time purchasers navigating the 92116 market for Craftsman bungalows and mid-century condos, as well as investors acquiring small multi-unit buildings along the commercial corridors. Buyers and sellers working through complex title issues, boundary disputes, or trust-held property transfers engage The Law Offices of Michael J. Codner for real estate legal guidance within the same 92116 corridor. San Diego Castles Realty's boutique model keeps agent-to-client ratios lower than the national franchise brokerages, a structure Balderas uses to provide direct communication through every phase from accepted offer to recorded deed.