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OK, I was all hepped up to get rid of my plain old telephone line.  I plugged in my MagicJack into my USB port on my computer.  Two days ago I had upgraded to cable modem, so I had plenty of bandwidth outgoing, and I figured this was going to be a slam dunk.  I called a few people, and the new VO...

I decided that with anywhere from 2 to 4 of us at home on the Internet at the same time, I needed to upgrade the Internet connection past basic DSL.  AT&T hasn't upgraded to fiber in the neighborhood, and the distance to the Central Office was too far to get anything more than basic DSL which is ...

I talked with the local rep of Vicaso.net tonight.  They are a company that is offering real estate HDR images for relatively low cost.  The base fee is $125, and $10 per HDR room image, and so for a 12 image shoot, it would be $245.  They offer panoramics for $30 each.  They have about a dozen c...

1st Annual AR Photography Group ContestCategories1) Best Home Interior Photograph  2) Best Home Exterior PhotographCriteria Photographs will be judged on their ability to market the property in the photograph.  Though "art" photos may be submitted and artistic creativity considered, the winning p...

We plot the foreclosure data on maps.  I've been watching it for the past year on the map.  This week I post the data and decided to look at the map today.  I don't like what I see.For the MOST PART, the map looks just like what it has been looking like for many months.  But I detect, unless I am...

We received a number of comments about the dining room photo that we took of that little condo, so I thought I would take the time to dig up the before picture so that it could be compared with the after-the-editing photo. If you want to see a big image of the after shot with some comments about ...

Here's the rental map for part of Encinitas and Rancho Santa Fe. As you can see, there are a LOT of properties for rent in Rancho Santa Fe. I was surprised at how many there were.Notice how few rentals there are in Encinitas except for the coastal area. THere are actually quite a few in Solana Be...

We are constantly looking for new ways to slice and dice the MLS data, so today I implemented our new Granny Flat/Casita/Accessory Unit list. There are many reasons why buyers want a place with a room (or building) with its own entrance and kitchen. So, we finally got around to creating this dyna...

I know that in some parts of the country, local rules ban leaving business cards when you preview a listing.  In San Diego, it is considered a courtesy to the listing agent.  We try to be courteous and leave a card behind.  An established agent whose listing we previewed with a client called us a...

Here is the full nationwide list of the HUD numbers for conforming loan limits that we've all been waiting for.   Realtor.com did a nice job of putting together the list, so here's the link: http://www.realtor.org/GAPublic.nsf/files/chart_hud_loan_limits_08.pdf/$FILE/chart_hud_loan_limits_08.pdfF...