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This year, a trip to Ireland to visit family was purposely scheduled during "down time", Thanksgiving week, a week when most folks are concentrating on family and dinner preparations. We had our assistant put a new listing on the market that Monday while we were gone, assuming it would take at le...
12/12/2008
 In the town of Pleasant Hill is a neighborhood with an ambience so many crave; it is known far and wide as Poet's Corner. Why? Because many of the streets are named for famous poets of yesteryear. Known for charming late '40's moderate homes that have been expanded into rambling ranchers on larg...
06/01/2008
www.724Twinview.comWhen not chatting with and problem solving for my kids (now all young adults) we still are in the real estate business. And boy is that an ever interesting business to be in! March and April saw sales picking up, with pending sales in Pleasant Hill averaging one a day, giving u...
05/10/2008
Wow!  How long has it been?We put a new listing on the market last Monday and sold it Wednesday here in Pleasant Hill, CA, 35 miles inland from San Francisco, CA.  Pleasant Hill is a nice suburban town of about 30,000 primarily built up from farms to residential homes after World War II, with man...
03/30/2008
March is well upon us. Daffodils are blooming, fields of mustard provide color in the country, and the question is will the real estate market bloom as well?Reporting from the trenches in Pleasant Hill, California I have observed sales have picked up. Buyer's are bargain hunting and finding some ...
03/09/2008
Walnut Creek Restaurant Review My two friends and I are on the search for the BEST restaurant. Planning to create our own Top 100 Restaurants here in our San Francisco East Bay with a focus on the East Bay, more specifically central Contra Costa County, we have visited yet another well thought of...
02/27/2008
Pleasant Hill Real Estate and Area  Monday, February 18, 2008Hot New Lisitng!  Where can I get a good deal, you ask? Wherever you can find a realistic home seller; someone who is not emotional about their price, someone who is objective about the market and what it takes to sell. Here is one of t...
02/18/2008
While we specialize in selling homes in Pleasant Hill, CA our second home allows us time to hang out at beautiful Lake Tahoe, just over the California border in Incline Village, NV.  Here are two photos taken this week: one of the beautiful Aspen trees color and the other of Lake Tahoe itself.  W...
10/21/2007
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As our market gets tougher and tougher taking care of our health becomes as important as ever.  Bored with gym workouts I joined Bay Area Boot Camp.  Our group meets at a local park 6:30-7:30 am.  I chose to participate MWF but it goes five days a week.  Our coach mixes it up so nothing is predic...
10/21/2007
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While I specialize in selling houses in Pleasant Hill, CA, I am also proud to be in possession of a very positive attitude.  My glass IS half full, every cloud DOES have a silver lining, but this week Comcast has cast a dark cloud in my world and I don't like it.  What better place to rant and ra...
07/19/2007
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