Living In Sonoma County, CA

How do you like me now? In the real estate world, 2012 has become known as The Year of the Incredible Shrinking Inventory. So much so, my buyers are now sorting through their reject piles to reconsider homes they originally were not interested in. I've been getting e-mails from Sonoma County buye...

Holiday Lighted Boat Parade Petaluma CA - Dec 8 2012     A flotilla of decorated boats will illuminate the Petaluma Turning Basin in Historic Downtown to celebrate the holiday season on Saturday, December 8th, 2012. Individual boaters and local yacht club members join in the Petaluma Lighted Boat...

ACTIVE Homes for Sale in Rohnert Park CA - 12/3/2012     Rohnert Park, a City of approximately 45,000 residents, currently has only ten active homes on the market. This illustrates why every Rohnert Park home buyer has been tearing their hair out, trying to be the first to see and submit offers o...

ACTIVE Homes for Sale in Cotati CA - 12/3/2012   Eight ... count 'em ... there are only eight homes currently for sale in Cotati CA. Ever since January of 2012, there has been a buyer frenzy that has wiped out almost all available inventory. Home values have slowly but consistently risen while de...

  Holiday Lights in Rohnert Park CA I remember when growing up, my Mom would love to take us kids out in the car in search for the house with the best holiday lights. Of course, naming a first place winner is subjective to personal taste, but I've found my all-time favorite in Rohnert Park CA. M...

  What would you do for a pair of bunny slippers? I received an e-mail today from the California Association of Realtors®. One of their vendors is graciously requesting that I attend a webinar during the month of December. If I agree to spend an hour of my time with them, they will enter my name ...

Coming Soon! Three homes on 7 acres in Cotati CA If you have had the desire to live on a country property, yet still be close to civilization, this property might be a great opportunity for you. Located on Derby road near the intersections of Highway 116 and Stony Point, you'll find three legal ...

Do you have smoke detectors or flame detectors? Did you know that some smoke detectors really aren't smoke detectors after all? As it turns out, most of them aren't, they are flame detectors. There are two types of detectors, ionization and photoelectric. The biggest difference between them is h...

Candlelight Concert - December 7 2012 - Cotati CA   Absolutely FREE  -- 7:00 to 9:00PMChurch of the Oaks, Corner of West Sierra Ave and Page Street Church of the Oaks is once again sponsoring a free concert featuring vocal performances and beautiful holiday music. You need not stay for the whole ...

The Chamber Crawl - December 6 2012 - Cotati CA     The Cotati Crawl is a social gathering that happens every Thursday night in downtown Cotati. Usually, the "crawl" is where you'll find mostly young Sonoma State University students. But this one week during the year, members of the Cotati Chambe...