Signs of the Apocalypse in Santa Cruz
I plan to write a book that's a cross between Catcher in the Rye and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance . ... Speaking…
Category: Commentary
Is it safe to buy a house in Santa Cruz yet?
For example, our good, reliable, always-faithful friends at the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) report: C.A.R. reports sales decrease 28.5 percent, median home price falls…
There’s No Such Thing as Market Price
When people are looking to buy property and searching on the internet, I encourage them to search a bit, maybe a good bit, over the…
Santa Cruz Real Estate Industry Consolidation
And it's no surprise, either, that Flat Rate Realty closed an office - these discount brokerages do good when times are fat, but when times…
Notes from the Bay Area Foreclosure Auction
I'd turned my brother on to the foreclosure auction some weeks ago, and he'd actually taken the time to drive around to quite a few…
Advice for Santa Cruz Home Sellers in 2008
That's kind of the problem. There's a large school of thought that says one reason why home prices have not slid more than they have…
From Santa Cruz to Mount Diablo and Back
I've hiked pretty much all over Santa Cruz county (it took me years to see it all, or most of it, anyway), so this time,…
Stagflate your way to Greater Home Equity
So here I am, working on some reports about the properties I've got listed, and to cut down the monotony, I browse news web sites…
A Realtor, Verizon, and his Smart Phone
"Shouldn't you have a feature where you can get your system to send out a friggin' text message to let me know that I have…
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…