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bakersfield real estate: Bakersfield Real Estate Caravan, Northwest - 03/22/08 01:46 AM
Today, Friday March 21st, we had a Real Estate Caravan, and who should arrive but The Easter Bunny? Somehow, I never see The Easter Bunny and Sheryl Gallion of Ticor Title in the same place, and this has been going on since 1984?!?!?! The Bakersfield Real Estate Caravan looked at houses in Northwest Bakersfield today, between Allen and Coffee, North of Rosedale Highway. In other news, I found out that the LA Times only posts articles on the public website for a week, so all the links I have been putting in my Bakersfield Real Estate blog are getting broken. I … (0 comments)
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bakersfield real estate: When the Buyers, like the swallows of Capistrano, return to Bakersfield - 03/21/08 06:00 AM
March 17th, St Patrick's Day, and then two days later, the swallows return to Capistrano. Someone I know has a birthday on March 19th, so I incorporated a little of the Capistrano legend and lore into a birthday greeting. Did you know that the swallows fly all the way from Argentina? Legend has it that they carried twigs in their beaks, so they could rest in the water, using the twigs as little life rafts. Saw a great blog from the Real Estate agents of San Juan Capistrano, who tied the story into their observation that the buyers seemed to be … (2 comments)
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bakersfield real estate: Home Tours, Mortgages, and Auctions - 03/20/08 02:49 AM
Home Tourshttp://www.bakersfield.com/137/story/388543.htmlIn the Bakersfield Californian, there was a story about home tours. That is where an agent rents a bus or van and then takes a group of buyers out to look at houses. I have noticed a lot of activity lately, with buyers out there looking for bargains. Some are waiting to see when the market hits the bottom, but others are out there now, getting great deals, and having a lot of options to choose from, with so many houses on the market now. I am reminded of the joke about, "No one goes downtown anymore. It's too crowded." … (1 comments)
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bakersfield real estate: Financial Forecast - 03/12/08 02:54 AM
I am constantly scanning the media, looking for signs about which direction our economy is going, and wondering how that will affect the housing market. They say that Economics is "the dismal science" but I find it exciting--especially when you translate all the numbers, graphs, and trends into cold, hard cash. It's all about the Benjamin's (as in Benjamin Franklin, the face on the $100).
Here are a few articles I have found, and not all the news is bad.
Playing the Housing Slump: Is It Time to Make Your Move?
The article in the Wall Street Journal actually says that NOW is … (1 comments)
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bakersfield real estate: Leap Day for Bakersfield Real Estate Caravan - 02/29/08 09:34 PM
On Leap Day, The Bakersfield Real Estate Caravan leaped from Thursday to Friday, and from Hometown Buffett to the Bakersfield Association of Realtors.
We looked at nine properties South of Ming Avenue, between Hwy 99 and Gosford Avenue. We call this Area 52, or Southwest Bakersfield.
Prices ranged from $176,000 to $317,000, and there were Short Sales, REOs, Resale, and New Construction.
Houses were on Chesire Dr, Westporte Ct, Half Moon, Plaquemines, Rio Viejo Dr, Whitegate Ave, Domingo St, Brazil Ave, and Trentino Ave.
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bakersfield real estate: Brian Tracy $ales $eminar in Fresno on Valentine's Day 2008 - 02/14/08 10:01 PM
Armed with only an overhead projector, some water based felt pens, and a few transparenceys, Brian Tracy gave an excellent sales seminar at the Raddison Hotel in Fresno, California on Valentine's Day 2008.
Chris Craddock, Realtor, of Bakersfield, California attended and was inspired to stay until the bitter end, picking up lots of great sales techniques. Closing sales is the one topic that Mr Craddock is going to focus on, and he hopes to show major improvement by August 8, 2008, or 8-8-08!!!! That is just under 6 months away.
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bakersfield real estate: The Rise and Fall of the BLS - 12/14/07 09:17 PM
For those of you who don't live in Bakersfield, this story might still be of interest because it shows what happened when a privately owned Multiple Listing Service was created to try and compete with the already existing one.
The Bakersfield Association of Realtors has been around a long time, for more than a century. Since early on they have had a Multiple Listing Service, where all of the various Real Estate offices and agents would list all of the houses currently for sale. Before computers, this list would be printed out in big binders, and the agents would sift through the … (1 comments)
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CA
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