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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Remember the childhood game called "Limbo?" We started with two people holding a stick about head height and everyone else would try to walk under it without falling down. After everyone went through once, the stick would be lowered to shoulder height and everyone would walk under it again. And o...
01/22/2009
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San Diego whale watching season is in full swing! There are about 26,000 gray whales that travel back and forth between the Arctic Sea and various lagoons in Baja California. They live in the colder waters up north but travel south to warmer climes to breed and birth their young. Adult gray whal...
01/22/2009
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San Diego County has long been home to various branches of the military -- Top Gun, the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School, was located here, and the 1986 Tom Cruise movie of the same name was filmed here -- so it's not unusual that title reports will occasionally show the property as previously b...
01/22/2009
The Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego is currently having a raffle with the grand prize being a $1.9 million dream home in Encinitas, California, a tony northern suburb of San Diego. For those who might not be familiar with Ronald McDonald House Charities throughout the nation, they p...
01/22/2009
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My marketing guru sent me an email about this blog. I've been looking for a way to write up information about the 40 condo complexes in my farm and incorporate them into an electronic booklet. This looks like it might be the tool I've been looking for. I love to collect widgets and wadgets, and ...
01/22/2009
Are you facing foreclosure and not sure which way to turn? It can be a daunting process and a life-altering event, so help is on its way. Starting Saturday, January 24, and continuing for the next three months, several San Diego County libraries will be hosting free counseling events about the C...
01/21/2009
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This is such a great post by Debbie Hutchins of Pelham, Alabama (near Birmingham). I realize that only so many posts can be featured, and since Debbie's wasn't, and I thought it was worthy, I've re-blogged it here to give it some additional explosure. Thanks, Debbie. You have made your plans t...
01/21/2009
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My marketing guru -- who is also a home inspector -- found this site and I've been scrolling through it for the last hour looking at the pictures, reading the captions, and laughing. Now I'm an hour late getting my day started. I'll have to have a talk with my marketing guru about my next paymen...
01/21/2009
I found this helpful post over at Colleen McConnell's blog. Colleen is from Tallahassee, Florida. I first read this post of hers back on January 12 and found it somewhat incredulous. After doing my own research as it applies to California, I have found that it is, indeed, true. As with all contr...
01/20/2009
I found this helpful post over at Kristi DeFazio's blog. Kristi is from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Thanks, Kristi. If I had a nickel each time I told a Client that real estate is a great investment for the long term -- including pictures, pie charts, bar charts, line charts, etc. -- well, I coul...
01/20/2009
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Jim Frimmer
Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist