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 liked the analogy presented here by Danny Thornton of Knoxville, Tennessee. Since we have a lot of casinos in San Diego County, I thought I would re-blog his post over here to help our San Diegans understand buying a home. Thanks, Danny.It is funny that when I talk to people today, they tell me...
01/11/2009
I love trying to get good pictures of Zoey the Cool Cat. At the top of my list, though, are some good pictures of her yawning. Because of the digital camera delay between pushing the "take the picture now, dammit" button and when the camera actually decides to take the picture, it's extremely di...
01/10/2009
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Toula Rosebrock of Forked River, New Jersey, is getting involved with animals and has started a new group. Animal lovers, come join us. Yesterday, I posted Don't be PET-rified, get INVOLVED! It outlined the problem of people leaving their pets behind, when they vacate a property. Resource inform...
01/09/2009
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I found this post by Marjorie Taylor of St. Augstine, Florida, extremely interesting and useful. Hope you do, tool. Thanks, Marjorie.We all know important it is to check our credit reports, especially these days. We can keep up with the health of our credit standing, FREE. And you know how much...
01/09/2009
A nice little post from Shon Smith of Atlanta, Georgia, about title insurance. Thanks, Shon.I just recently had a client ask me what was title insurance. This is the type of question I'd expect coming from a first time home buyer, I thought I'd share the answer with other inquiring consumers. Wha...
01/09/2009
This useful blog comes to us from Sheree Wilkerson of Wichita, Kansas. This is the first time I've seen anyone else state that cats shouldn't drink milk although I've known it for several decades. Thanks, Sheree.I love kitty cats! I've had cats since I was oh.... born. We've never been without a...
01/08/2009
I got my new business cards yesterday and though I’d remind Realtors from California that as ofJuly 1, 2008, the Business and Professionsl Code, Section 10140.6, requires us to put our real estate license number on all “solicitation materials intended to be the first point of contact with consum...
01/07/2009
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I have this really nice mortgage calculator that has to be the most difficult little thing I've every used. I think someone told me it uses Polish notation or something like that. A certain somebody I love dearly pointed me to Bridget's blog where she has a very simple mortgage calculator. Now wh...
01/05/2009
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I know that a lot of people in my farming area of condos, condos, condos, and condos -- did I say condos? -- are renting some of their properties, so I thought these two programs brought to us by Jane Grant up in Temecula, California, might be useful down here in San Diego. Thanks, Jane.At a part...
01/05/2009
I liked what Anthony Stokes of Nanuet, New York, wrote about buying home. Thanks, Anthony.Home-price adjustments in markets around the country have opened doors of opportunity for many Buying A Home - Tips for First-Time Homebuyersrenters. If you are transitioning from renter to homeowner, the pr...
01/05/2009
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Jim Frimmer
Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist