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A Day Off From SF Real Estate 2007-09-23 21:11:03 So this is a little off topic from San Francisco real estate… but I’m a few hours away from SF real estate. In fact, as I type, I’m sitting in a hotel room in Monterey listening to the sounds of sea gulls squaking and sea lions barking (or whatever that sound they make can be called.)
I’m in Monterey for a seminar for REALTORS® that teaches us how to get more referral business and spend less time trying to seek out new business. Since a good chunk of my business comes from referrals as it is, the seminar only mildly intrigues my interest. But I paid for it a year ago (then rescheduled a bunch of times) and I decided that going was a good excuse for me to go and play in Monterey… which is exactly what I’ve done today!
I spent the a good part of the day walking the Monterey Bay Coastal Trail and the rest of the time kayaking!
I took a three hour tour from Monterey Bay Kayaks. I had an awesome time, and learned a lot from my guide Spence Read more:Estate
, Real Estate
600 Goats Invade San Francisco! 2007-09-23 01:40:40 OK… so maybe it isn’t an invasion, maybe they were invited. And maybe they’re not all over San Francisco
, but confined to a hillside that’s part of the Laguna Honda Hospital Campus in San Francisco
’s Forest Hill neighborhood.
But when I drove down Laguna Honda Boulevard today, I nearly broke my neck when I caught a glimpse of the goats grazing on the hillside! The goats didn’t run away from home to party in the City, but were brought in from Sycamore Farms of Monterey County to gobble up some the hazardous grass on the hillside that might, under the right circumstances, end up as fire hazard.
Apparently, this is the third year in row that the goats have visited Laguna Honda, but just the first year that I wasn’t too oblivious to notice that they were there. They’ll be staying through the end of the month, so if you want to catch a glimpse for yourself, here’s how to get there:View Larger Map
Read the full update:
Laguna Ho Read more:Invade
That Chicken Took My Parking Spot! - PARK(ing) Day 2007 2007-09-21 01:42:40 If your usual parking spot has a chicken running around, or has a park bench, or looks like an art gallery, don’t be surprised.
September 21, 2007 - PARK(ing) Day
Conceived by REBAR, a San Francisco-based art collective, PARK(ing) Day is a one-day, global event centered in San Francisco where artists, activists, and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks.
Check out these links for more info:
Got Eggs
PARK(ing) Day 2007
PARK(ing) Day 2007 Locations
PARK(ing) Day 2007, Turning Parking
Spaces Into Parks
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11 Steps to Buying the Home That’s Right for You - Step 2: Choosing Your REALTOR® 2007-09-21 00:13:03 So you’ve made your list of wants and needs and preferences about your dream home. You are now ready for the next step in your San Francisco real estate hunt!
Your job now - look for an agent to represent you in the purchase of your home. There are many reasons to work with an agent, from having someone that can help you find your home, to someone that will negotiate for you in the purchase, to someone that will make the escrow process smooth and problem-free for you - a good REALTOR® can help you every step of the purchase process, and it doesn’t cost you a dime!
So how do you find the REALTOR® that is perfect for you?
Start by asking friends for referrals. Real estate is not just about business, it’s about relationships. A good agent will not just help a buyer buy a home, but will be there for years afterward to make sure that their home ownership needs are constantly being met. Ask your friends, family and co-workers about their experience with the Read more:Right
, Buying
To Rent or Not to Rent - That is the Question! 2007-09-20 17:30:01 Rents in San Francisco are (surprise) on the rise! As less people qualify for loans due to the tighteninig restrictions in the mortgage industry (restrictions that I agree with wholeheartedly), more people need to rent, rent, rent their homes in San Francisco. And what happens with supply & demand? As demand goes up, supply goes down, and prices skyrocket.
One analysis points out that “In San Francisco, a full-time worker needs to earn nearly $30 an hour to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment. In West Virginia, the same “housing wage” is about $10 an hour.”
Check out these thoughts from across the internet on the San Francisco rental market:
Bay Area rental market roars back
Rents on the rise in San Francisco
As rent prices rise, families seek shelter
Read more:Question
Zephyr Weekly Sales Reports - September 19th, 2007 2007-09-20 16:06:12 Below is Zephyr Real Estate’s sales data for the previous week. These are NOT properties that have closed, just listings on which a purchase agreement has been ratified and the property has gone into escrow.
This week, Zephyr Real Estate’s pending sales have gone up by 272% from last week’s reported sales!!! I’d love to say the market has taken a huge jump in sales numbers, but this is common for the San Francisco market. Summer inventory is low, so the first two weeks after Labor Day show slow sales. But by mid-September
, all of the properties that came on the market after Labor Day are starting to accept offers and go into contract. This means that we are back in full swing in real estate sales market. And homes in SF are selling!
Here’s this week’s numbers, and check back next week to see how they change.
43% of sales received multiple offers
16% of sales sold under the asking price
26% of sales sold at the asking price
58% of sales Read more:Weekly
, Sales
The Fed Lowered Rates Yesterday… So Why Are They Up Today? 2007-09-19 18:48:30 So&hellip
; occasionally, I ask a fellow professional to write a guest post. Sometimes, it’s because I’m tired. (I am human after all.) But other times, it’s because someone else’s experience lends more credibility to the discussion. Please take a minute to read Monica Di Perna’s post on today’s interest rate situation and how it affects the real estate market in San Francisco and beyond:
The Fed met and lowered rates this week. They lowered the Funds rate (or the rate at which banks lend to each other.) While in the near future, this change may lower rates in the mortgage industry, today, rates are actually slightly higher higher than they were yesterday.
WHY? Well, the Fed isn’t the only influence that plays a hand in the interest rates that average borrowers see. Bonds also play a major role. But bonds are going the opposite way than we had hoped and now, they sit at 4.55%? So why is this the case? Well, a couple of reasons.
Fi Read more:Rates
, Yesterday
, Today
11 Steps to Selling Your Home Successfully in San Francisco- Step 2: Get Your Property Evaluated, Then Do It Again! 2007-09-19 03:06:16 So, you’ve read Step 1 to Selling Your SF Home, and you’ve defined your needs. Now it’s time to figure out what your home might be worth!
There’s lots of ways to go about this. First, start with something like Zillow.com’s Zestimate. Keep in mind that this is a VERY rough idea of how much your home will cost. Yahoo has a similar feature which I used to look up a home in Golden Gate Heights. Yahoo’s estimate came back between $264,902 (for a HOUSE in the City with over 3,000 sq feet of living space) to $1,935,128 (for that SAME house!) I think these sites are a great place to start, but as you can probably see from the ridiculous range of values these sites provide, you NEED to get a professional opinion, or two, or three.
So… how DO you get a professional evaluation of your home? Start by asking friends, neighbors and relatives that have had good experience with a REALTOR® for a referral. Hopefully, you can get one or two solid n Read more:Again
, Francisco
, San Francisco
Rates Are Going Down Baby! 2007-09-18 17:15:32
As many people predicted, the Fed lowered its benchmark interest rates today. But while many people predicted a quarter of a point drop, the Fed actually reduced it by half a point, going from 5.25% to 4.75%. Not bad for the first rate reduction in 4 years!
While across the country, the upward trend in mortgage rates and the fallout of subprime lenders had caused a serious downturn in housing markets, San Francisco real estate has managed to stay sheltered from the storm with high demand and little supply - keeping our market going strong.
The lower rates will likely not bail out the entire country’s housing market, but here in San Francisco, where we haven’t really needed a bailout, we can only see positive effects as buyers reap the benefits of a slightly lower interest rate. If you’ve been sitting on the fence about buying or selling, it’s safe to jump off and take the plunge into the market.
Read more:Rates
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The San Francisco Real Estate Report - August 2007 2007-09-17 22:15:45 It’s been a hectic Monday. Trying to function in the real estate world without email is like trying to catch a criminal without the ability to process fingerprints. It’s possible, but it sure is hard work. Our IT department is still trying to rebuild our email database, so that still means, no email for Luba. The first phase was denial, then it was anger, then it was acceptance…. now it’s just patient waiting. In the meantime, my “Official” The San Francisco
Real Estate
Report was just released so I thought I’d give you access to it.
This is more thorough than the feature I recently started in September that I plan on publishing on the 1st of every month. Those numbers are rough, while the numbers in The San Francisco Real Estate Report are complete, and have pretty charts and graphs to go with them.
A quick summary of the report:
The median price for condos in San Francisco in August
rose 0.6% to $820,000 from July, up 10% compar
How to Save Money by Remodeling Green 2007-09-29 02:13:33 Occasionally, I like to invite a guest blogger to share some insights about their field of expertise. Today’s guest blogger is Chris Connors of San Francisco’s Design Solutions, a team of Certified Green
Building Professionals.
Remodeling
an existing home, rather than building a new one, is the ‘greenest’ decision a homeowner can make. Open land is preserved and the energy required to make the materials for a new house (concrete, lumber, metals, plastics) is saved.
Making an existing home more “green” is easier nowadays than ever before. There has been a proliferation of products, systems, and materials designed to reduce energy and resource consumption. Such products reuse materials rather than extract virgin resources.
These “green” solutions help:
lower utility bills
improve indoor comfort and air quality
control and mitigate unwanted air and moisture intrusion
and can save you some cold hard cash in the form o Read more:Money
Zephyr Weekly Sales Reports - September 26th, 2007 2007-09-28 21:38:07 Below is Zephyr Real Estate’s sales data for the previous week. These are NOT properties that have closed, just listings on which a purchase agreement has been ratified and the property has gone into escrow.
It was another busy week, but the lowest number of multiple offers we’ve had in about 6 weeks. This seems to mesh with my theory that there are still plenty of serious buyers in the market, but the tire-kickers have taken a break. Also to note that while only 16% of sales had multiple offers, 40% sold over asking. So sellers are still pricing low in order to have buyers offer over asking. (And yes, a seller has a right to refuse an offer at asking price… there’s no law against it).
Here’s this week’s numbers, and check back next week to see how they change.
16% of sales received multiple offers
33% of sales sold under the asking price
27% of sales sold at the asking price
40% of sales sold over the asking price
Read more:Weekly
, Sales
, September
Get Emergency Information No Matter Where You Are! 2007-09-28 02:08:44
About a week ago, the area around Post and Larkin was blocked off to traffic and MUNI was rerouted. I’m not really sure what happened, but I received a notice on both my cell phone and email letting me know to avoid the area, just in case I was heading that way. I still don’t know what the hell went on, but I knew to stay the hell away!
AlertSF is a great new text-based emergency notification service that sends emergency updates directly to your cell-phone or handheld device. During the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina, phones didn’t work, but text messaging did!
I won’t even begin to try to explain how texting works… I can’t even figure out the technology behind my phone working, (let alone how I hit “publish” and this blog is magically updated on the internet!) and I barely understand lightbulbs. But I do know that in an emergency, when most other communication methods fail, you are likely to be able to let your family know you Read more:Emergency
Got San Francisco Building Permit Questions? 2007-09-27 04:28:15 If you have questions about permits and inspections in the San Francisco
building process (and who doesn’t?!), The annual Department of Building
Inspection Summit is right around the corner!
Get the answers at the “Meet the DBI Pros” Summit, on October 11 and 12, 2007, between 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco Civic Center. The summit will offer free public workshops on:
how to obtain a permit
residential kitchen and bathroom remodels
earthquake safety
landlord and tenant responsibilities
training on the new International Code standard
…and more
Cosponsors of the Summit are the American Institute of Architects, the Building Owners and Managers Association and the San Francisco Association of REALTORS®.
An RSVP is required through DBI’s web site: www.sfgov.org/dbi by Friday, September 28, 2007. You also may call 415-558-6401 or e-mail DBISummit@sfgov.org.
Click here for a sample of categorie
Take the Stress out of Moving Day - How to Move Without the Drama 2007-09-26 21:30:28 Whether you’re moving into or out of San Francisco, or Timbuktu, moving can add a few more gray hairs to anyone’s head. I was looking at the Gilbert Guide after a reader from the company posted a comment on my blog, and ran across a great post that can help even the biggest stress cases maintain a sense of sanity during a move.
On the lists of stress-inducing events, moving is usually one of the highest, with move day being the climax. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are two categories of needs that occur during move day. The first encompasses transactional needs, the types of activities that you find on checklists. The second category comprises emotional need. Finding solutions for emotional needs is often more complex. By planning and anticipating both types of needs, you can reduce stress on move day and create a smooth, positive experience.
What’s the secret to planning and implementing stress-free moves? Start with the big picture; everything else Read more:Moving
11 Steps to Selling Your Home Successfully in San Francisco- Step 3: Chosing YOUR Agent 2007-09-25 01:17:55 So you’ve gotten your property evaluated by several REALTORS® And you now have a ballpark figure of what to expect to put into your pocket (or your lender’s pocket, depending on how much you owe) after your home sells.
Now comes one of the most critical decisions during the whole process. Who will you choose to represent the sale of your home? I touched on the importance of having the right agent in a segment I have about buying a home. And choosing the right agent to represent you in the sale is JUST as important!
The wrong REALTOR® can end up wasting your time and theirs! And can leave your home with a nasty reputation in the market if it doesn’t sell within a reasonable time frame (and you with an even worse reputation as an unreasonable seller - which means other agents may not take your listing at all if the first agent isn’t able to sell it.)
So, how DO you pick YOUR agent???
If you’ve already been following along with the series, you Read more:Francisco
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, San Francisco
Defaults on Loans are Stabilizing 2007-09-24 22:02:03 According to CNNMoney.com, Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary Darlene Williams states that loan defaults are stabilizing, and while we do see a market correction in some areas of the country, the overall economic forecast is not gloomy:
“Our economic fundamentals are strong. Loan defaults are half of what they were in the 1980s and interest rates are low compared to the double-digit rates of 20 years ago,” she said.
Subprime mortgages must stay despite the current crisis as they play an important role in increasing U.S. home ownership, Williams also said.
“Subprime mortgages democratize credit, and so we don’t want to throw that option away,” she said. “Not all of these loans result in foreclosures.”
About 5 percent of all U.S. mortgages are subprime, and only a fifth of those subprime mortgages are in risk of default…
Go here to read the full article:
Housing official: Defaults
are stabilizing - Sep. 24, 2007
Read more:Loans
Go Wild this Halloween - at the SF Zoo! 2007-10-04 03:49:30 Spend Halloween
with Your SF REALTOR® at the SF Zoo
!
You’ve got lots of options to party on down in SF this Halloween even if the annual Castro Street Halloween Party isn’t an option this year.
This year, the weekend before Halloween, I’ll be all dressed up in costume and spending time volunteering at the San Francisco Zoo’s annual Boo at the Zoo (and Dia de los Muertos) festival!
This year’s event will be held on October 27 & 28 (Saturday and Sunday) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Rain or shine!
Come on by, have some fun, see some animals, and stop by and say “Boo!” if you see me!
Looking for an “un-BOO-lievably” wild way to celebrate Halloween and one of the most important celebrations in the Hispanic culture, Dia de los Muertos?
Then make plans to join the animals for two days of not-so-scary, high-spirited fun at Boo at the Zoo and Dia de los Muertos presented by Spanish radio Estereo Sol, Recuerdo, La Kalle and K
Zephyr Weekly Sales Reports - October 3rd, 2007 2007-10-04 01:32:46 Below is Zephyr Real Estate’s sales data for the previous week. These are NOT properties that have closed, just listings on which a purchase agreement has been ratified and the property has gone into escrow.
Multiple offers are back up (way up) and offers over the asking price are back up too. We’re on par with sales compared to this time last year, which surprises me, because inventory is lower this year than it was last year. Overall, the San Francisco property sales are doing well, in spite of the drama across the country.
Here’s this week’s numbers, and check back next week to see how they change.
55% of sales received multiple offers
22% of sales sold under the asking price
14% of sales sold at the asking price
64% of sales sold over the asking price
Read more:Weekly
, Sales
, October
11 Steps to Buying the Home That’s Right for You - Step 3: Get Pre-Approved! 2007-10-03 01:51:39 So you’ve made it through the first two steps in the home buying purchase and you’ve picked your REALTOR®. You’re on your way to buying your own little piece of San Francisco real estate. But you’re not ready to get out there and go home shopping just yet.
First, you need to know how much you can afford. It’s scary how few people are out home shopping without having a clue as to what price range they should be shopping in. When I first meet clients, I always ask them how much home they think they can afford. The answers NEVER match the truth - they are either WAY more (I had a client come to me thinking they were in the $600-700K price range when they were in the $1.2M price range) or WAY less (another client thought they could swing $700-800K but couldn’t afford $500K) than reality.
Either way, if your impression of what you can afford doesn’t match your reality, then you are, frankly, wasting your time.
So, before ebmark on your Read more:Buying
, Right
San Francisco Home Sales Data - September 2007 2007-10-02 03:41:02 Holy Crap… does anyone else realize it’s October? I realized it must have been October when I walked into a Macy’s and there were already Christmas trees. Can someone tell me when we decided to skip Halloween and Thanksgiving and jump right into the jolliest time of the year? I’d like to carve my pumpkin before I start making pie from it. Wait…. there was something else that made me realize that it’s October…. THAT’S RIGHT! MLS September
sales data is officially available!
Here’s this month’s summary of home sales pulled directly from the MLS. Remember, these are all closed sales and not pending sales. And there may still be a few lingering sales that haven’t been updated in the MLS just yet… most agents update the MLS data immediately, but there are always a few stragglers. But the bulk of the data is here!
Check back monthly to get the latest facts and figures - and if you have any questions and t Read more:Sales
, Francisco
, San Francisco
Tour All 86 San Francisco Neighborhoods - From Your Computer 2007-09-30 16:18:24
I’ve been meaning to begin my own little tiny weekly post devoted to telling my loyal readers about all of the little neighborhoods that exist in San Francisco
. There are 86 of them according to the San Francisco
Association of REALTORS® (they’ve been kind enough to carve up our City into tiny little chunks for us and then we, REALTORS®, further carve up the City and add fun little names to neighborhoods like “Tender-Nob” or “Baja Noe Valley”.)
But as the weeks have gone by, I’ve found myself to be too busy to get out there and take photos of all 86 nooks and crannies that SF has to offer. Not to mention the witty descriptions I’d have to post alongside the photos, or the in-depth statistics that I’d have to compile and post. My clients come first! My blog comes second! And so I’ve procratinated just long enough for someone else to take on this enormous task, and frankly, to do it better than I would have!
sfnewsl Read more:Computer
Journey to the 8th Continent with the San Francisco Zoo and Earthwatch 2007-10-13 18:38:04
Please join Co-Chairs, Barry R. Lipman andMerrill L. Magowan "under the canopy" as we…Journey
to the 8th Continent
October 18, 20076:30 PMThe Lipman Family Lemur Forest at the San FranciscoZoo
1 Zoo Road - San Francisco, CAPresented by Earthwatch Institute and the San Francisco Zoological SocietyPurchase tickets and sponsorshipsInformation on the event——————————————————————————–5:30 PM VIP Reception6:30 PM The Journey Begins…7:00 PM Welcome, Special Guests, Silent Auction and more!——————————————————————————–Manuel A. Mollinedo, Executive Director and President, San Francisco Zoological SocietyEdward Wilson, President and CEO, Earthwatch Instit
Take a Bite Out of Crime in Your SF Neighborhood 2007-10-12 05:20:45
San Francisco is an urban city, so to pretend that crime doesn’t exist would just be silly. But last week, my neighbor’s house was broken into and burglarized, and I was still somehow surprised. I’m not sure exactly what they took, it was listed as a petty theft, but frankly, it has me, and the rest of my neighbors on edge.
Luckily, no one was home, and no one was hurt. But it got me thinking just a little more about protecting my home from a break-in, and it made me more aware of crime activity in my neighborhood (you can check on your neighborhood my looking on SF CrimeMaps) and the steps that I (or you) can take to not become a potential victim. Read on for some tips and suggestions on what you can do to protect your home.
Security Alarms - Security alarms come in all shapes and sizes and have all sorts of bells and whistles. That doesn’t mean that you need a fancy alarm to protect your home, but it probably doesn’t hurt either. Some alarm Read more:Neighborhood
How to Save a Buck on Your Title Insurance 2007-10-12 03:36:20 I just discovered a new web site that let’s you shop for (drumroll please) title insurance. I know! This is probably the most excitement title insurance companies have seen since, well, probably ever, really.
CLTA Title
Wizard(tm) lets you search title insurance rates. This new service is being brought to consumers and real estate professionals by from Closing.com and the California Land Title Association.
You might be wondering that exactly title insurance does for you. Well, unlike most types of insurance that protect you from events that might happen in the future, title insurance protects you from what may have happened in the past. Specifically, it ensures that the title to your property really is free and clear and there are no liens, claims or encumberances that affect the ownership of your home.
There are two types of title insurance policies - CLTA and ALTA. CLTA provides basic coverage, ALTA provides more.
That’s the description of the two policies
Zephyr Weekly Sales Reports - October 10th, 2007 2007-10-11 04:00:59 Below is Zephyr Real Estate’s sales data for the previous week. These are NOT properties that have closed, just listings on which a purchase agreement has been ratified and the property has gone into escrow.
It’s been a busy week, and I almost forgot to post this data today! But here it is, for your statistical pleasure.
Sales
are up again a good chunk from last week… so for those Chicken Littles , nanny nanny boo boo! The San Francisco real estate market is still going strong and SF homes are still selling. Multiple offers are down from last week, and properties selling under asking price are up a little. But over all, things are still moving and properties are still selling.
And just a reminder, take these statistics with a grain of salt. Lots of things will affect these Zephyr sales statistics, including the fact that it’s JUST Zephyr sales, and frankly, not all of us can make every weekly meeting. Sometimes we have to be in a property ins Read more:Weekly
, October
11 Steps to Selling Your Home Successfully in San Francisco- Step 4: Getting Your Home Ready For the Sale! 2007-10-10 04:05:55 If you’ve picked your agent already, they’ll be able to guide you through Step 4 of Successfully Selling your San Francisco
Home. And right about now, you should be taking the first steps to get your home ready to put on the market.
You are probably thinking about what to fix, what to paint, what to do with your furniture…. but before you do a single thing to get your home ready for the sale, STOP!!!
I can’t tell you how many times I have walked into a seller’s home and they have already started remodeling their home for the upcoming sale. The problem is, they’ve picked the wrong appliances, chosen the wrong colors, have spent money where it doesn’t count and have skimped where it does.
Let your REALTOR® take a look at your place and give you advice on where to spend your dollars sprucing your place up. Some things will be obvious, (peeling paint for one), but please, please, please, let your REALTOR® guide your decisions. For instance Read more:San Francisco
How to Settle Your Real Estate Disputes - The FREE Public Seminar 2007-10-07 20:22:04 So you hate your landlord, or your tenant? Or maybe you own a TIC and you and your co-owners can’t seem to agree on anything? Or is your neighbor the neighborhood nuisance? No matter what the situation, Elizabeth Erhardt, a litigation attorney and partner of Sideman & Bancroft LLP will provide you with answers at the upcoming FREE public seminar sponsored by Zephyr Real Estate
and yours truly.
The presentation will feature attorney Elizabeth Erhardt. Liz concentrates her practice on resolving real estate disputes including:
landlord-tenant matters
co-owner disputes
purchase and sales agreements
boundary disputes
nuisance actions
probate disputes involving real property
Ms. Erhardt will be discussing recent legal decisions affecting real property acquisition and retention and will be available to address real estate questions and concerns for you.
When: October 20th - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Where: Contract Design Center, 600 Townsend Street, S Read more:Settle
, Public
, Seminar
, Real Estate
11 Steps to Buying the Home That’s Right for You - Step 4: Fine Tune Your Needs & Wants 2007-10-19 04:24:40 So if you’re following my steps, you are now pre-approved, and know exactly how much home you can afford in San Francisco.
Now would be a good time to pull out your wish list from Step 1 of Buying
the Home That’s Right
for You. And take out your loan pre-approval…. now go to your REALTOR®’s office and put together a realistic list of goals that match both your price range, and your preferences.
You’ll find that now that you have both of these critical pieces of information, your REALTOR® will be able to take a look at your homeownership goals, and see how they match up with your price point.
Of course, the first place to start is with what you don’t want!
I don’t want to live on a busy street.
I don’t want a 100 year old home that needs maintenance.
I don’t want to live in a place that I can’t rent out if I need to.
These are all excellent places to start. Your dislikes will help narrow down your searc Read more:Needs
Forgot You Not! 2007-10-18 03:07:36 To my loyal readers (and random readers that visit my San Francisco real estate blog on occassion)… I just wanted to let you know that I haven’t forgotten about you, or about my blog!
I’m a full time San Francisco REALTOR® and a part time San Francisco blogger… and this week, duty calls, so the blogging is on hold. I’m busier than usual, with several properties in escrow, and a few new listings that need to be juggled too… so clients come first, and the blog comes second.
But I wanted to let you know that I missed you all, and I’m thinking of you, and that I’m remembering you!
And hoping that the “forget me nots” (one of my favorite flowers that grow at a secret place I take my doggies in the springtime) will somehow make up for the lack of communication you’ve had from me in the last few days. It might be another few days before I can pick back up at my full blogging speed… but please be assured tha
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