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1242 Bretmoor Way, San Jose, CA  95129 Lovely "move-in" condition home located in one of the most sought out areas in San Jose!  Cupertino school district includes; John Muir Elementary, Joaquin Miller Middle School and Lynbrook High School.  Fantastic opportunity to live in this wonderful neighb...
04/12/2010
I use to think that a 20% down payment buyer was a for sure thing.  In today's competitive market with 10 sometimes 30 offers on the table, a 20% down payment would be considered just the bare minimum (San Francisco Bay Area).  I've recently had my share of being out bidded in multi-offer situati...
08/19/2009
Don't miss out!  This lovely "Sunshine Gardens" home has been drastically reduced.  It is priced to sell quick...."run don't walk!  Conveniently located near restaurants, shopping, and transportation.   *  3 bedrooms*  2.5 bathrooms*  Reduced to $599,750*  1910 sq ft living space*  large eat-in k...
08/14/2009
I'm sure we all have sayings that we think of in certain instances. "You can't win if you don't play the game" is one of my favorite sayings that I often refer to ease my pain when: -I am over bidded -I lose a customer -I was not chosen for the listing agent -buyer backs out -buyer or seller is u...
08/12/2009
Sunnyvale, also known as the "heart of silicon valley" was selected in the top 100 best places to live as reported by CNN Money's list of Americans best small cities; in addition, in 2002 Sunnyvale was one of the finalist communities for the "All American city award" given by the National Civic l...
08/11/2009
I'm so glad that the schools decided to re-open.  In my opinion it was a bit of an over reaction to close the schools in the first place due to the "swine flu".  It really defeated the purpose as students were getting together to play, go out, and even go as far as have sleep overs since there wa...
05/06/2009
When it comes to all this new technology, gee whiz, I feel like I'm left in the dust!  Okay, first I was having problems with the VCR(now turned DVD) , I could barely get use to recording my favorite show.  When the cell phones first came out, they were fairly simple. Press the green button to ca...
09/26/2008
Who likes showing properties to clients on "hot" days.....I don't!  When the temperatures reaches 80+, I'm not a happy camper.  And to be showing property on top of that is no holiday.  I feel like I'm all out of my element; sweat running down my face while I'm going in and out of the car.  Hair ...
09/06/2008
We all need to start somewhere, even if it seems like the simplist things.  Alot of people say they already know this, but when we dig deeper, how many people are really doing it?  Remember "every little bit helps" and the more people that do it makes it "alot of bit helps" •1.        Install low...
09/05/2008
I'm sure we've all encounter this, we have a list of properties to show our Buyer and one of the properties is offering a lower commission to the selling agent.  Do we show or don't show?  That is the question.  I think as a good agent doing our fiduciary duty that we would show the mug.  But as ...
09/03/2008
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