Jim's blog about Mission Valley and San Diego
Tips, tricks, ideas, and suggestions for buying and selling, marketing, home maintenance and safety, and much more.
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2009
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I'm upset with myself. Hope y'all do better than I did. LOLBelow is a quick four question test and post your results in the comment section. Have fun with this one and do your best not to look at the answers. I left gaps between the Q and As to help from seeing the answers. 1. How do you put a g...
09/30/2009
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Many Realtors out here, as well as the general public, drive various models of Lexus and Toyota, so the following is relevant to our safety and that of those around us on the streets and highways. Back on August 28, 2009, here in Santee, California, just a hop, skip, and a jump from me, a Califo...
09/29/2009
There's a condominium here that's been on the market since September 15 that is a possibility for one of my Clients. The showing instructions say, "Call agent then go." and "Lockbox on fence." Unfortunately, if you call the agent, you get voice mail and if you go over to the condominium there ar...
09/27/2009
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Our local newspaper seems to have turned into a newspaper about all things pets. Recently we got news of Pet Airways, and now comes news from Ithaca, New York, of a pilot project by the Tompkins County Dog Owners Group and Cayuga Compost. Their intent is to create a company to compost the tons o...
09/27/2009
I think that part of the reason why so many people have problems with getting good marketing for their businesses is twofold: They see marketing as a devious way to get customers They forget to ask for business Marketing can, indeed, be devious if one is using an image rather than an identity. An...
09/27/2009
Zoey the Cool Cat happens to be very photogenic, and she tends to find some interesting places for me to take pictures of her. As you can see from the picture below, I now have a book on sleeping cats in my library collection. If you have a book on sleeping cats, post it in the comments below and...
09/27/2009
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I've always liked talkative cats, and when we went to adopt a cat from the El Cajon Animal Shelter, I had just four requirements: Had to be an older cat. Had to appreciate being held upside down in my arms and having its chest and tummy rubbed. Had to be talkative. Had to be beee-you-tee-ful! We ...
09/27/2009
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Occasionally I hear something that I just can't buy because it doesn't make sense, violates the laws of physics, or is just plain stupid. I'm not sure which category this falls into, but I recently read online (and that might be the problem right there) about a person who burned his thigh becaus...
09/25/2009
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I've always found apologies by politicans to be a little less than an apology since they rarely apologize for what they did. Instead, they apologize for how someone else took it, or felt, or misunderstood, or didn't understand, something like this: I'm sorry if [name of group] was offended. I'm ...
09/25/2009
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One of the most common problems with the newly self-employed is their corporate identity and their image. Images can be manipulated, but your identity is who you are. Instead of creating an image, first determine how you want to be identified. A short sale specialist? An REO/foreclosure specialis...
09/25/2009
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Jim Frimmer
Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist