QR Codes Eliminate the Need for Typing Long URLs QR Codes aren't going to win style points in a graphics competition, but they are so useful that we can overlook their visual failings. Within that gnarly black and white mess on the right is enough information to send someone to a web site or othe
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06/04/2011
Everyone's wondering about the double dip in housing prices that the Case-Shiller indices revealed. Their data is firm and their analytical approach is rigorous, so I think we have to accept it. There are pockets of the country that have bucked the odds, but 19 out of 20 regions are in the midst
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06/02/2011
Nothing sells a country property better than walking around on it. My experience has been that a couple of hours spent hiking the trails and perimeter is more effective at persuading buyers to embrace a property than any drive-around tour could hope to. I don't know whether it's a function of kno
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05/30/2011
I've seen lots of doors in my life, both as user and agent. This set of doors on my new listing has to rank as among the most spectacularly detailed I have seen. I'll let you guess in comments about where they originated, but they're currently in place high on a Healdsburg ridge with commandin
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05/29/2011
One of my favorite clients was able to summarize her house transformation with a simple drawing. She shared this plan with family and friends so they would understand how she was going to convert a house with multiple illegal additions into a decent home. I think this sketch does a better job ca
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05/22/2011
2010 was a slow time for lot and land sales in Healdsburg. Some months had zero sales, and the second best month, December, featured a grand total of two lots sold. The market was glutted with bank owned lots which squeezed out the market priced lots that regular owners might have wanted to sell.
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05/20/2011
The Russian River was famed for steelhead fishing for generations. Over the last few decades, the fishery resource has declined as a century and a half of logging, agriculture, and development have led to soil runoff that clogs streams and makes water conditions unhealthy for fish. Things are imp
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05/16/2011
Getting nature to cooperate with a clear day when the photographer is available is always a dilemma. This Sonoma County retreat property has had non-rainy days when I have tried to grab some pictures, but clear is a relative term when your viewshed includes mountains more than fifty miles away.
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05/15/2011
Sonoma County is a great destination At just under an hour and a half to San Francisco, Guerneville and the Russian River Valley are popular destinations for weekend visitors and outdoor enthusiasts. Within half an hour you can be abalone diving or kayaking in the surf along the Pacific Coast, mo
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05/14/2011
I love gardening and flowers, so I'm always pleased to find commercial building owners who are happy to landscape their building with more than the minimal juniper or other low maintenance plants. This happens to be the building where I take my dog for her regular maintenance so I have seen the p
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05/01/2011
