Silicon Valley Blog for Real Estate

Do you really know how to communicate with your clients? A friend of mine shared this story as she knows I love a good story and that I am always looking for a great topic to blog about. Recently my friend was asked to house sit for a friend of hers that I do not know. They have been friends for ...

Growing up in Wyoming and Idaho made me really appreciate the first signs of spring.  I am not one of these people that loves snow and winter so I always counted the days to spring and looked for any sign that spring was near. I remember that seeing asparagus for sale in the grocery store was on...

In the good old days it was very easy to come up with a strategy to promote a new listing. You took out an ad in the local newspaper advertising the property, included in the ad was an open house schedule.  Sometimes if you had enough lead time you could advertise in one of the local real estate ...

29 single family homes were listed for sale in Mountain View in February.  Of those 29 homes listed in February, 12 are still available for sale, 3 were sold, 13 are under contract and one was canceled. Three of the 29 homes listed in February were short sales. * The mythical average house listed...

  Recipe: Spinach, mushrooms, pork with egg noodles My son was looking for some comfort food that matched the weather here in Northern California; we are having winter late this year.  This dish fit the bill for comfort food for cold weather.  I always love the combination of the flavors of pork,...