I’m a twit(ter)(er)

Well, I have s Facebook page, but about the only thing I get from it is "friend requests" from other Realtors, mortgage brokers, and folks…

Marisa Miller Loves Santa Cruz

Of course, I went to the site looking to find stuff to read, but somehow I got trapped in Marisa's gallery and stumbled around (blindly,…

Waiting for the bottom

This article is different, and really explores how it might be a good idea for you to buy now, or how you should put off…

Lawsuit over the Sale of Capitola’s Surf and Sand

They're suing the city of Capitola, claiming in federal court in San Jose that the city has illegally taken the underlying value of their 4-acre…

60 Minutes Reports on the House of Cards

Yeah, I didn't catch it on 60 Minutes because, even though I have Charter Cable with the HD package and a couple of hi-def flat…

Median Santa Cruz home price drops to $599,000

A third of the January 2008 sales were for homes less than $500,000, more than double from previous months, and the subset of sales over…

Local Girl Does Good

I was chatting with a friend of mine on-line today, and he said, "Oh, I saw your neighbor on the front page of the Santa…

Notes from Foreclosureville

I had a phone conversation with the nice listing agent of a house a few doors down from where I have an REO listing incubating,…

Real High Stakes Poker

A couple months back I wrote about knowing when to say no - that is, sometimes you just have to be firm and say "no,…

To TIC, or Not to TIC…

It's been around for ages, really - holding title as "Tenants in Common" is one of the most popular ways to hold title - for…