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Entries from May 31st, 2007

Opening the Door to Homeownership ~ FREE Workshop

May 31st, 2007 · No Comments · Events

Consumer Credit Counseling Services ~ Presents a First-Time Home Buyer’s Workshop ~ Saturday June 2, 2007 ~  8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. ~ Brea, CA Important news, if you have not owned a home in the last three years, you may qualify as a “first-time buyer”. Helpful information will be available on pre-purchasing and budgeting especially [...]

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Positioning vs. Pricing Your Home For Sale

May 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Real Estate Info

Pricing for Today’s Market… Or Getting Ahead Of the Pack When evaluating a property and pricing a home properly how often do you consider  how you will be positioned for competitive properties? In today’s market it’s not enough to look at the comparable sales, while looking at the competition; it’s about getting ahead of it, getting [...]

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Home Remodeling & Avoiding Costly Mistakes

May 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Real Estate Info

As a Real Estate Broker I’m constantly asked about the remodeling and value of home improvements. Normally my answer is, it depends. Many different factors including geography can me a difference on your return of investment. Meaning your local, where you live in the U.S. Some improvements may be more suitable for one part of [...]

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Paying Tribute ~ Memorial Day Week-End

May 28th, 2007 · No Comments · Misc

Memorial Day 2007 ~ This is a series of photos I took over the three day Memorial Day week-end. The photos include top right, the Chapel at Forest Lawn in Cypress. Photo on the left was taken at Memory Gardens in Brea, CA. The photo on the right is the spectacular 90 foot flag at [...]

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South OC Loses a Local Landmark

May 27th, 2007 · No Comments · Orange County

South Orange County ~ Now you see it, now you don’t. We lost a piece of recent history with the demolition of the 40 foot Leisure World Globe last week in Laguna Hills. The steel and fiberglass structure was originally constructed in 1963 and stood as a landmark for almost 45 years. Not suprisingly, many [...]

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