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Keeping you update on the happenings of the real estate market in California (San Francisco/East Bay Area). Tips, market information, seminar information, lenders and a referral networking group, I belong too, called Le Tip Diablo Valley Chapter.
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We do many open houses, even though open houses don't always sell your home.  It is just another tool to hopefully find a buyer.  Sometimes the agents are busy doing their own open houses and they send their clients to our open houses.  Of course we honor these agents clients, good business rules...
03/18/2007
Both Alice and Lori are CRS Agents (no not CSI).  CRS stands for Certified Residential Specialist. To receive this designation, Realtors must demonstrate outstanding professional achievements - including high-volume sales -- and pursue advanced training in areas such as finance, marketing and tec...
03/18/2007
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Fast FactWhat is Generation Y?  I read that it is consumers born between 1974 and 1980.  The National Association of Home Builders expect the Generation Y people  will be purchasing homes in 2007 and that should be about 26%. Well, we can help this group of people purchase homes. You will be work...
03/18/2007
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GOT MOLD?There is no way to sugarcoat it:  Mold is an unwelcome guest in any home.  And like your unpredictable cousin Harry, it can show up without warning, evening the cleanest abodes.  Mold is a type of fungus that grows from tiny spores that float in the air.  It can grow almost anywhere ther...
03/18/2007
Just read about a new site www.completelandlord.com.  This site helps landlords manage their rental properties by providing valuable tools, information and an on-line community.  If you want to invest in property and would like to get a list of properties in your area, go to our website:  www.lor...
03/18/2007
In the March 2007 Realtor Magazine, David Leareah the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors gave a recap of last year, 2006.  He said that home prices were inflated, and that the property investors and speculators were ubiquitous, pushing to the side l...
03/17/2007
I have been living on the West Coast for over 30 years, but guess what I still have the East Coast accent.  Something of course that I never knew I had until I moved here.  My car has a GPS system in it and I can push a button to say "MAPS" and the car talks back to me and says I don't understand...
03/17/2007
Many of you know that parts of Antioch is in a Mello-Roos District.  It is a tax for the Community Facilities District kown to us as the Mello-Roos District.   In this district there is a special tax imposed on real property.  The district seeks public financing through the sale of bonds ofr publ...
03/17/2007
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Well, we have a few domain names and most recently one of our domain names is being used by another agent. When I called the agent, she said that she did not know how that happened.  Somehow it got pointed to her website.  Has this happened to anyone else?  We are still trying to get this resolve...
03/16/2007
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How to Choose A Real Estate AgentWhether you are buying or selling a home, this is one of the most important decisions you will ever make.  Ask the agent for their qualifications.  Have your questions ready.  Some of the questions you might want to consider are:  How many years have you been in t...
03/16/2007
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Keeping you update on the happenings of the real estate market in California (San Francisco/East Bay Area). Tips, market information, seminar information, lenders and a referral networking group, I belong too, called Le Tip Diablo Valley Chapter.