Yours truly scored a handful of free passes to the West Coast Green Conference! (I had mentioned the conference in a recent post.) Most days of the conference are open to the trade only, but Saturday, September 22nd is Homeowner's Day. You can get FREE passes while they last by emailing me with y
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09/14/2007
News & Politics: The Snitch - Putts From the Past For all of you miniature golf fans... especially FREE miniature golf fans, swing by the vacant lot at Hayes & Octavia this Saturday. (Don't wait till Sunday, it will be too late). Each hole represents a different era of the Hayes Valley neighborho
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09/14/2007
Not all mortgage news is bad news this week. Interest rates for conforming loans (those $417,000 and under) are dropping... and this is great news for homeowners whose ARM's (Adjustable Rate Mortgages) were just about to reset. This means that they have a damn good chance of not facing the "F" wo
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09/14/2007
One of the many reasons that I love real estate so much is the amazing variety of architecture we have in the City. September in San Francisco is an entire month dedicated to the City's architecture and design. You'll find films, home tours, studio tours and much more. I know where almost half-w
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09/12/2007
Totally unrelated to this post... but before I start, I ran into someone today, a fellow agent, that recognized me from my blog! How cool is that? I'm getting famous! :-D OK... on to somewhat serious matters... I received a link today to this Dream House Raffle in Marin. First, I'd like to point
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09/12/2007
There's worse things that can happen to a real estate agent than a little mortgage upheaval. You might not think of it, but as a REALTOR®, I put myself at risk quite often. We are often put into contact with strangers, and most of us work alone. Recently, I have been reading about all kinds of sc
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09/10/2007
This coming Sunday, I will be hosting an Open House out in the Richmond District. It's an extremely well priced single family home, and I know that it will likely draw hundreds of potential buyers. The biggest draw to the place? It's a probate sale. A property ends up in probate if a property ow
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09/05/2007
A client of mine has been reading a lot of the doom and gloom real estate mortgage crunch articles, and has been sending be some emails that reflect his concern. He's been keeping up with the Case Shiller Index and believes that all data points to an upcoming crash in the San Francisco real estat
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09/01/2007
If I'm already working with you on the sale or purchase of a home, you already know the answer to the question. :-) Otherwise, the answer can be really simple, or it can be really complicated… it depends on the situation. Sometimes I’m the seller’s agent, sometimes I’m the buyer’s agent… and on r
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08/31/2007
So it's officially September now. Indian Summer is in full force here in the City, the Labor Day weekend is here and August sales data is officially available! People are always asking me how the market is doing and I am always more than happy to talk about it (in fact, San Francisco real estate
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08/31/2007
