Appraiser Adjustment Matrix Area              Hemet - San Jacinto                                    Date 12/15/2010 Square Footage 0-3 Months 4-6 Months Difference 2800-3000 $175,000 $166,500 $8500 2600-2800 $165,000 $168,000 $-3000 difference $10,000 $-1500 ////////////////// 2400-2600 $162,000 $165,000 $-3000 difference $3000 $3000 ////////////////// 2200-2400 $155,000 $155,000 $0 difference $7000 $10,000 ////////////////// 2000-2200 $149,900 $150,000 $-100 Difference $5100 $5000 ////////////////// 1800-2000 $138,950 $143,500 $-4550 Difference $10,950 $6500 ////////////////// 1600-1800 $128,000 $130,000 $-2000 Difference $10,950 $10,950 ////////////////// 1400-1600 $120,000 $115,000 $5000 difference $8000 $15,000 ////////////////// 1200-1400 $101,000 $106,000 $-5000 difference $19,00... 12/15/2010

    If you're in the neighborhood on Saturday, December 4th, come see our City of Hemet Centennial Christmas parade.  Hemet is celebrating 100 years (and counting), and I'm sure that this parade will be nothing short of spectacular.  In reviewing the rules and regulations for submitting an application to participate in the parade, I noticed that their biggest rule is that no float nor any person in the parade may dress in a santa suit.  This, of course, is so that the children will not be confused with the "real Santa" bringing up the rear of the parade.                                   The parade will begin promptly at 10 A.M. at the corner of Florida and Palm, and travel west to Florida and Kirby, where it will end. These parades are always a lot of fun, and the kids love every minut... 11/27/2010

Appraiser Adjustment Matrix Area              Hemet - San Jacinto                                Date 11/17/2010 Square Footage 0-3 Months 4-6 Months Difference 2800-3000 $172,500 $170,000 $2500 2600-2800 $160,000 $168,950 $-8950 difference $12,500 $1050 ////////////////// 2400-2600 $165,000 $165,000 $0 difference $-5000 $3950 ////////////////// 2200-2400 $155,000 $153,000 $2000 difference $10,000 $12,000 ////////////////// 2000-2200 $151,100 $150,000 $1100 Difference $3900 $3000 ////////////////// 1800-2000 $139,900 $144,750 $-4850 Difference $11,200 $5250 ////////////////// 1600-1800 $129,900 $133,000 $-3100 Difference $10,000 $11,750 ////////////////// 1400-1600 $120,000 $120,000 $0 difference $9900 $13,000 ////////////////// 1200-1400 $101,000 $106,000 $-5000 difference $19,000 $14,... 11/17/2010

Hemet will host a Veterans Day observance Nov. 11 at the Veterans Memorial at Gibbel Park.The day will start at 9 a.m. with an opening ceremony that will include an address by state Sen. Bill Emmerson.Also scheduled for the opening ceremony are proclamation presentations to Sgt. Maj. William John Roy, who has more than 37 years of active duty in the Army, and Fermin Rios, a Marine veteran of the battle for Iwo Jima during World War II.To mark the moment the WorlAmerican Legion Post 53 will assist with presentation of colors. The national anthem will be sung by retired Marine veteran Charles Jackson.Interim Hemet Police Chief Dave Brown will play Taps. Also participating in the opening ceremony will be the Tahquitz High School ROTC and the Hemet High School Jazz Band.In the park after th... 11/10/2010

Beautiful Turnkey Pool Home in Hemet! Overview Maps Photos Description Market Stats $99,500 Single Family Home Main Features 2 Bedrooms2 Bathrooms1 UnitInterior: 1590 sqftLot: 6,969 sqft Location 43705 Rassle DrHemet, CA 92544USA To get updates on open home dates and other property events, please click the "Like" button below: Tom Bashe (951) 491-5052tom@scarealestate.comhttp://www.allabouttemecula.com Listed by: Tom Bashe, SCA Real Estate Our recent listings Beautiful Turnkey Pool Home in Hemet!Turnkey Whitter Single Story Probate Sale, Fully Rehabbed!Single Family Residential for $229,900 in La Quinta, CABeautiful Standard Sale in Winchester!Beautiful Foxstone Home in Indio Subscribe to our listing feed Nearby properties for sale 10/31/2010

A Short tale of purchase and an HOA nightmare. A buyer of mine purchased a Coach in an existing land owned senior, co-operative mobile estate of 62 units, with the land owned by the co-op, the homeowners owning their coaches and a share of the co-op.  The puchase was a seller financed transaction, with a large cash down payment. Seller and Buyer were in agreement as to the terms. The Buyers followed the required protocol and met with the board "HOA" for approval. All went well at the meeting until the Buyers were asked for their Identification to verify their ages, and it was discovered that they were not married. Suddenly there were comments made by a member of the Board, specifically, "This is not the Love Boat"! The Buyers were taken aback, but maintained their dignity and continued ... 10/23/2010

                                                                          Coming to Sunny HEMET, CALIFORNIA in December, is the 25th ANNUAL "Tinsel Triathlon".  This is always a great event, and a very popular venue for our fair city.  Grab your gear and sign up.  There will be CUSTOM MEDALS FOR ALL FINISHERS.                                            Race Info :.                                              Sunday... December 12, 2010Registration begins at 7:00 Start time: 9:00 am Come early! Race Venue West Valley High School 3401 Mustang Way Hemet , CA 92545 951.929.9691 TRIATHLETES : Before the start of the race, prior to entering the transition area:1. Pick up your race number and chip timing anklet at registration - we open at 7:00 am . Have your bib number out and ready to show... 10/21/2010

I am  fortunate enough to live in a town that has all the shopping I need, but also has some interesting characters around town.  I thought I would share some of the locals of Hemet, CA. For instance, this lady lives just right around the corner from me..... She has seven other siblings that look just like her... And, this guy lives in the hood, as well........... And then, if I walk my grandson to school, we pass by these ladies, and stop for a chat along the way.... Of course, among these characters, there are horses, a brahma bull, a donkey, dozens of sheep, an antelope, and several buffalo. You never know what you will see in Hemet, CA. 09/17/2010

I love being able to blog about this topic. I recently listed a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom home in the guard gated community of Four Seasons in West Hemet. I took the listing, recommended a list price, the seller agreed to my list price, as they always do, and I proceeded with inputting the listing onto the MLS This part never changes. I always fill in 100% of MLS data regardless if it is required to input the listing or not! I always use the full 500 character description, and input the maximum amount of photos (25 on the IMRMLS). My photos are taken by our in house photographer, who trained himself, he does use a very expensive camera along with a photo editing program, but the difference with him vs. other photographers: I get 50-100 high resolution photos to pick and choose from, whereas... 09/13/2010

(Day 16 in the 30 in 30 challenge!!) In a recent webinar I watched, the presenter talked mostly about how to find AND work your niche'.  What he meant was to find a group or community in your city, neighborhood, area, etc. and market specifically to that group. Now the city where I live, Hemet, CA, back in the day, was a retirement community.  Most folks moved to Hemet, CA to retire.  In fact, there are more banks per capita in Hemet, CA than most towns in the U.S., or so I am told.  All those retirees needed somewhere to stach their cash.  And, as you drive up and down the main drag, there is a bank on nearly every corner. Now in recent years, many of the younger generation have moved to Hemet, CA, because it is less expensive to live here than some of the more populated areas closer t... 09/10/2010

One of our flippers will get an unexpected face-lift on Friday.  Big Bertha The Magnificent Pine is to be brought down Friday morning.  This humongous pine has got to be 100 ft tall and is likely somewhere between 45 and 50 years old.  On Monday, she had a branch the size of a large tree come down into the neighbors Mulberry tree next to the front corner of their driveway.  The huge branch hovered over the neighbors home and had been a major cause of concern for the neighbor for many years.  When it finally broke, it spun away from the house and went 90 degrees across the yard and landed on top of the Mulberry.  It looks like a bridge 30 ft in the air from tree to tree.  Thank God it didn't land on the neighbors home... that could have got ugly.                                          ... 09/08/2010

The importance of great photos can never be underestimated! We chose to hire a photographer to shoot our homes as we feel the difference between traditional photos and photos taken and professionally edited is night & day. It can be the difference from your listing sitting on the market 1 day vs. 30-90 days! Buyers eyes immediately go to the vidid colors, and the "cartoon" feel as I like to call it. I feel in a down market, with less buyers and more sellers, the only way to stand out from the competition! Go the extra mile, take photos worthy of a magazine cover whether the home is a $50,000 home or a $5,000,000 home. You owe it to the sellers, to the family that entrusted you with selling their property in the shortest timeframe while getting the highest possible net. Look at the photo... 09/03/2010

I was reviewing comparable listings on a project we listed just last week in the Four Seasons 55+ community of Hemet when it brought a huge smile to my face. I was unsure of what price to go out at as the listings in that community are all over the place, from the 130,000 range to the 200,000 range. I realized that about 75% of those were short sales, which I do not consider competition. I then chose to see only Standard and Bank Owned homes, as those are homes where the seller has the ability to sell without needing approval of some sort. The following results made me jubilant (Yes, I get excited easily). There are 11 standard and 9 REO listings inside Four Seasons, which is a private guard gated community on the west end of Hemet. The lowest Standard listing was listed at $139,900 an... 09/02/2010

In football, there's the Super Bowl.  In Baseball, there's the World Series.  But for high school bands, there's the Bands of America Championship.  This is BIG, really BIG, for high school bands across America. Here in Hemet California our West Valley High School, sees as an even a bigger deal. West Valley High School has been chosen as the site for the Southern California and Southwest regional championship on October 23rd..Earlier this year, T. J. Hepburn, the school's band director received a contact from officials for Bands of America.  Turns out that they  saw the school's Website. On the site, they saw the aerial photograph of the school itself.  Seems this school site would be perfect for the competition. Wow, what an honor, not only to be the chosen site, but to also be one of ... 08/29/2010

Hemet, CA.  The Western Science Center, located at 2345 Searl Parkway in Hemet, CA is full of education, fun and excitement. This state-of-the-art museum complex has something for everyone.                     This museum is home to a vast array of history and ice-age beasts which have been unearthed here at Diamond Valley Lake.  Max, is the largest mastodon ever found in the Western United States, as well as Xena, a Columbian Mammoth. You will have a very eerie feeling when you walk on the temperer glass which has been placed over the "Little Stevie" exhibit, which is a large mastodon that has been re-buried beneath the museum floor to re-create the actual dig site. You will also see exhibits such as saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and many more artifacts.  As I said, there is somethi... 08/27/2010

Hemet is an old little town, and has all the charm of an old town.  One of the charming little places to go, should you be visiting Hemet, is the Hemet Museum, located at State Street and Florida Avenue, right in the heart of downtown Hemet.              The Hemet Museum is housed in the historic Hemet Train Depot right in the center of town.  The Hemet Museum houses many fine exhibits of old historical Hemet.  You can see agricultural displays, Native American displays and artifacts, railroad items, rare photos, treasures from the famed Ramona Pageant, and much much more.  One of the recent items added to the collection of the Hemet Museum is a "CREAM SEPARATER". 08/26/2010

This past Sunday was the last day for golfers hoping to catch a birdie, a bogey or an eagle at the great little 9-hole Echo Hills Golf Course in Hemet, CA The owner has had the golf course up for sale, but I guess no buyers.  In this economy, who wants to buy that much grass to water? It is sad though, I have many friends who enjoyed playing there, almost on a daily basis.  But the fences are up, the lake has been drained, the ducks have flown off to another pond perhaps on another golf course. Perhaps the Echo Hills Golf Course will eventually locate a buyer, and will be re-opened.                                                       08/18/2010

While running thru my workout this morning at my Curves, I saw they had posted a notice on on of the boards for all of us to see. Ramona Elementary School in Hemet, CA is asking for donations of the following items: 500 boxes of #2 pencils (1box=144 pencils) 2200 boxes of Crayola Crayons (16 crayons per box) 150 packages of dry erase markers (10 per pkg) 175 packages of dry erase markers (6 per pkg) 500 reams of notebook paper I think it is a great thing to get the community involved, but what happened, first of all, to giving parents a list of items for their child to bring to school. Second of all, where is all the federal school funding.  Oh, wait!  I remember.....we are giving it all to the politicians.  In fact, for those of you outside California, we are having quite a debacle ove... 08/18/2010

Market Conditions: Hemet / San Jacinto, CA         Date 8/18/2010 Square Footage 0-3 Months 4-6 Months Difference 2800-3000 $167,750 $168,250 $-500 2600-2800 $169,900 $165,000 $4900 difference $-2150 $3250 ////////////////// 2400-2600 $165,000 $165,500 $-500 difference $4900 $-500 ////////////////// 2200-2400 $152,500 $159,900 $-7400 difference $12,500 $5600 ////////////////// 2000-2200 $150,000 $149,900 $100 Difference $2500 $10,000 ////////////////// 1800-2000 $145,000 $142,500 $2500 Difference $5000 $7400 ////////////////// 1600-1800 $133,000 $130,000 $3000 Difference $12,000 $12,500 ////////////////// 1400-1600 $120,000 $117,000 $3000 difference $13,000 $13,000 ////////////////// 1200-1400 $105,500 $105,250 $250 difference $14,500 $11,750 ////////////////// Difference TOTAL $62,250 ... 08/18/2010

According to an article I just read on the website for Bautista Creek Elementary School, here in sunny Hemet California, they will be offering a savings program for their students (approximately 950 to be almost exact). The program, sponsored by Altura Credit Union, will be called My Money -- My School Savings.  What a cool thing.  I remember, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and I was in elementary school, we used to take a nickel for milk, and we also took money each week for our savings account.  We had the same type of program, I believe, with the local bank.  It was great.  We got our own little green passbook, (wow, am I dating myself or what?).  And we watched our savings grow. Altura Credit Union, in conjuction with the administration at Bautista Creek Elementary School, wi... 08/17/2010