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A client I have been working with for some time, from Lodi, CA, came up to look at our fair State as a possible retirement option.  Since I am a Santa Rosa transplant I was very interested in what he had to say regarding the Real Estate market there.  He is much more adapt at computer research th...
03/12/2010
With the advent of the deregulation of the banking system and the years of reckless lending which the de-regulation led to we are experiencing a depressed real estate market in a depressed economy.  Despite housing prices being lower than they have been in some years and iinterest rates making ma...
02/23/2010
Although we were a little behind the rest of the Nation in the slow down....here we are.  There are more foreclosures and short sales than in times past.  There are some really good opportunities for those who are in the market to build their Real Estate portfolio as well as realize instant equit...
08/31/2008
Am I the only one who experiences this thing which is akin to stage fright when preparing to meet new Buyers or Sellers for the first time? This business is my choice and it is right for me.  The earth and the houses we build upon it are an amazing thing to introduce people to.  Watching the magi...
07/30/2008
The escrow closed, the Buyers were happy.  A year later I get a call from the Buyer saying a neighbor had told them there was a violent murder in their garage prior to their occupancy.  My daughter lives in this community and the only murder I have been aware of in the town in the past 10 years w...
07/30/2008
Interest  is low, houses are plentiful, Sellers are motivated, rents are stable.  I don't know about you but I can guarantee you I am in the market for any property that I can buy that will cash flow.  Most of us put aside some healthy savings while the market was hot.  At least those of us who h...
01/22/2008
I am new to the community and need nelp.  I have structured an ad and really don't know who to target nor do I understand the pricing.  I would so much appreciate help from anyone who is doing ads or who has done ads comments as to pricing and/or how to set up the ad in such a way it will neither...
01/01/2008
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Wishing you all a very productive, healthy, happy, and fulfilling New Year.  If it is a fraction as good as 2007 we are so blessed.
12/31/2007
Today during an open house at a new development here in Douglas County, Oregon,  I was speaking with some local builders.  Thay came to see how I was doing and to talk about my read on the real estate market.  As we discussed the press and the impact it has on our industry a young couple came in....
12/30/2007
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