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Real Estate Agent - Alain Pinel Realtors
Primary home, vacation home and investment property purchase in Alamo, Blackhawk, Danville, Concord, Clayton, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Pleasant Hill, Orinda, San Ramon, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California.
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  Chris' safety tips apply to anyone unexpectedly coming to your home.   Recently, criminals have tried to trick PGE customers by pretending to be PGE employees and demanding money. Other times, crooks have posed as utility workers to try to gain access to homes. Stay safe - follow these tips •· ...
06/18/2010
Excellent points Karen! What was your first reaction when seeing this property? Assuming that you’ve been there in person before writing an offer, the initial price must have been within your reasonable range, or you would have skipped it altogether. Was there something objectionable about the pr...
06/12/2010
There are four Walnut Creek homes for sale that are over 3000 s.f., priced under $1 million.  Since the median price for this size Walnut Creek home is $1.4 million and curious minds want to know, I headed out with my camera to preview each home to answer the burning question, "Why are these home...
06/09/2010
As I woke up this morning, the first day of age 49, I decided to poke fun and mentally describe my qualities as a home for sale.   I had to laugh because I quickly realized I would need a buyer with vision. My ad would read: Not upgraded but well-maintained Strong foundation but some recent settl...
06/05/2010
Carolyn Capalbo Is A REALTOR In Northern Virginia That Needs Your Help   Carolyn Capalbo is a real estate agent in Northern Virgina that is being punished for having the wrong name. In 2008 a women with the same name as Carolyn Capalbo broke into the news, and it wasn't pretty. The "other" Caroly...
06/05/2010
Appraisal Reviews are becoming the norm in real estate transactions, yet most of our contracts have a standard time frame to remove our contingencies, on the California forms (CAR forms) it's 17 days unless adjusted. Often we find that sellers will shorten this time frame to 10 or even 7 days. B...
06/03/2010
5240 Concord Blvd., Concord, CA Come view this wonderful single-story home located close to Clayton.  Accepting FHA offers!                                   3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 bonus rooms         Huge 3 car garage PLUS workshop.  Multiple 220 amp outlets and extra overhead lighting.       ...
06/01/2010
This is an official rant to less-than-professional Realtors:  A lock box does NOT give you license to violate showing instructions! The ease with which a Realtor can show a home has a direct correlation to how often the home is actually shown.  I get that.  But there ARE situations where "leave m...
05/30/2010
  Some great information from Michael Thornton, Home Inspector.   The "M" Word...      Mold. A four letter word that is the "kiss of death" to most property transactions. And why not? With all the negative publicity and horror stories on the Internet, buyers head for the hills once the "M" word i...
05/30/2010
This is a tale of the interesting journey that started with my comments on Active Rain regarding the effectiveness of Open Houses.   Ironically, it started on the day I was inputting the internet marketing for my next Open House. I picked up the phone and heard, "Hi, This is Marcie with Realtor m...
05/28/2010
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