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Featured Inspiration Saturday: Character
Featured Happy Chinese New Year! If you’ve visited Chinatown in San Francisco, you know what an amazing place it can be to experience Chinese culture, food, and more. They really do it up for Chinese New Year, complete with an amazing parade. The festivities begin on Feb. 1st this year, with the parade taking place on Feb. 19th. It is […]
Featured Inspiration Saturday: Quiet Mind
Featured Tips For Listing Photographs Several years ago, a Better Homes and Gardens blog was written about taking good photos of your home. It re-surfaced with a PDF from real estate photographer Alex Chuzhoy (see below). I wanted to share some of the best tips from both sources below! Inside the Home: De-clutter as much as possible Depersonalize the house […]
Featured Inspiration Saturday: Success
Featured Los Panchos Opens In Danville Los Panchos opened in Danville, with the same menu they use in Pacheco (but with more seating and cocktails). Los Panchos is a staple for my crispy taco addiction, so I wanted to check out this new location and compare and contrast for myself! Here’s a previous blog on the taco hotspot. I tried the […]
Featured Inspiration Saturday: Grateful
Featured The Housing Inventory Crisis, Explained Jay Vorhees at JVM Lending wrote a blog about the “Housing Inventory Crisis” recently, and I wanted to share a lightly edited version of it. Read on below: Picture yourselves walking into your local Whole Foods and seeing 2/3 of the shelves entirely empty. That is exactly the state of the single-family residential real estate […]
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Featured Time To Take A Moment Time to take a moment and experience something new! Take a trip, go somewhere new, or just see the old in a new light. The Sierras got dumped with snow the week of December 13th and continues to get pounded with new storms. That first huge drop of snow came just in time for a […]
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Featured Why You’re Getting Unsolicited Offers On Your House Recently, on BHG.com, there was an article I found both timely and interesting. It was about why you might be getting offers on your house, even when it’s not for sale. Personally, I get these calls all the time. All I have to say is, “I’m a realtor,” and most hang up on me. One […]
Featured Inspiration Saturday: Awesome
Featured Holiday Outreach For The Homeless Every year, I try to do some volunteer work to benefit the homeless in the Bay Area. This year, I worked with Hope 680 and Trinity Center. Trinity used to want coats and miscellaneous clothing items, but they are now a bigger organization with a list of items on Amazon that you can donate to […]
Featured Inspiration Saturday: Amazing
Featured A closing in Walnut Creek! I recently closed on a home at 536 Coralie Dr. in Walnut Creek. My clients, Kim and Adam (I have known Kim since the 90s!), had been living in a small flat in San Francisco for many years. But their last child recently went to college, and they decided the East Bay would be a […]
Featured Inspiration Saturday: Nod
Featured A Celebration At Galpão Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse This was my first time eating here and it is definitely a place for celebrations. I took my son, Ryan, who was turning 30, and his girlfriend, Emma, for his birthday. He was out visiting high school friends for a long weekend and stayed at my house on Sunday.  This is a high-end restaurant with a fixed-price […]
Featured Inspiration Saturday: Thanks
Featured Turkey Trivia Time! It’s almost Thanksgiving, so it’s time for some turkey trivia! How many of these 10 trivia questions did you get right? How long was the first Thanksgiving celebration? What meats were served at the first Thanksgiving celebration? Who was the first President to pardon a turkey? How many calories on average are consumed, per person, […]