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My friend Ronda, who's also a real estate agent, told me a painful story yesterday that resonated deeply. I couldn't help relay it because it's not an uncommon story and I think most agents have had this experience at some point in their career. Several months ago Ronda met and developed a relat...
06/04/2009
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It may surprise you to learn that the Bay Area is ripe with strange and unusual customs when it comes to Real Estate practice. For example, in San Mateo county the buyer customarily pays the Title and Escrow fees on a purchase...in Santa Clara county it's the seller who pays. During the multiple...
04/21/2009
Does this wonderful and descriptive picture look familiar to anyone? I'll bet plenty of you have seen it alot! This is what happens when a real estate agent neglects to take any photos of his or her listing...the MLS puts this charming image there. Right now in Foster City there are 5 active lis...
03/12/2009
The San Mateo County Association of Realtors released their 2008 numbers regarding production statistics this week and I've got to tell you that I was astonished. Maybe the most astonishing thing to me was just how clearly I saw the value of experience for the public when it comes to selecting a...
03/03/2009
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In the almost 20 years since I've been a realtor, there's one phenomenon that I seem to see happen over and over again. It goes something like this...The  Jones's decide they want a bigger, nicer, better, smaller...whatever home. They then start looking, both online as well as at weekend Open Ho...
01/22/2009
You've probably heard this saga from Greek mythology before. Sisyphus was a King who was punished by the Gods by being made to roll a large boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll down again and having to repeat this throughout eternity. At the end of every year it always seems to me that I get...
01/05/2009
One of my friends alerted me to this house that came up in my community and I think it's worth mentioning. It's also worth mentioning that I truly don't know all of the facts surrounding this sale but what I do know is pretty darn interesting...and certainly unusual for Foster City. My friend fo...
12/30/2008
I've always been crazy about the classic 1946 Jimmy Stewart film "It's a Wonderful Life". I'm sure the vast majority of you know this flick...it's on frequently at this time of year. In a nutshell, it's the story of how an angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated George Bailey (St...
12/23/2008
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Three or four years ago an agent in my office was all excited about the idea of buying investment property in Oklahoma. He had been visiting there and discovered that you could buy a property cheaply, rent these places out and have the most amazing thing happen...you could have positive cash flow...
12/11/2008
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I'll bet you thought it was extinct! No, not the winged frog above...I'm talking about the multiple offer driven home that closes escrow over the asking price. Believe it or not there are still a few of those around this area. One of them actually closed $125,000 over asking recently! All togeth...
12/08/2008
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