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Green Tips

     Most of us are concerned about global warming and preserving our earth.  We want to be responsible consumers and citizens.  In a recent edition of Connections, the publication of the Women’s Council of Realtors, Marilyn Urso, in Green:  It’s the New Black, briefly lays out some interesting points and suggestions.  She lists several immediate actions […]

Another Awesome Display

It’s been an interesting day - awewome, to be truthful.  We hiked in Redwood Regional Park again today.  The Trillium is going to seed; no more triads of white.  Then, to my surprise, a pale violet-tinged iris appeared.  It was beautiful!  Wait!  There’s another!  What a delightful gift!  The remainder of the walk was spent seeking […]

Para Nuestros Amigos Hispanohablantes / To Our Spanish Speaking Friends

   Me encanta el idioma español.  Me he esforzado mucho para aprenderlo.  Y quiero extenderme a Uds. tal como a toda la gente interesada.  Por eso estoy dispuesta a escribir en español tal como en inglés.   Mi esposo y yo tenemos muchos amigos y familiares hispanohablantes y sabemos que Uds. también son interesados en […]

Real Estate Industry Working to Ensure Everyone Shares in the American Dream

The traditional white picket fence has long been the universal symbol of the American Dream.  The concepts behind that vision remain more important than ever. The notion that Americans become self-realized when they enter the ranks of homeowners is not simply a myth created to prop up the economy. Yes, the housing industry constitutes about […]

People Musings. . .

   I’m a people watcher by nature, and Open Houses are a wonderful place to observe. . . folks come in and out, the “lookie-loos”, the “just starteds”, the “serious buyer” and so on.  My modus operandi is to welcome visitors, ask them to sign in (so I can send them a Thank You card […]

If You’re About to Work With a Realtor. . .

     I was REALLY impressed with the information presented by Pat Kop0wich on his blog site, www.SiliconValleyBroker.com.  Pat presents a regular television program on which he interviews various professionals on different topics to do with real estate.  In his article, “Hiring a Licensee” , he inludes the various important aspects to consider a real estate […]

A Tale of Loving Change

My elder son and his wife (Jay and Maru Cosper) bought a little home in the Cambrian Area of San Jose in about 2004. At the time, they had just started their family with a set of beautiful twins: a boy and a girl, Alejandro and Kathryn (Ale and Kay). Housing being what it is […]