I am a buyers agent. That means I sell everybody's "stuff". Trying to find the best buys and there are so many. Saw a great deal that another broker and agent has listed for 89,000 with a garage. Now that is a deal. In lake arrowhead there are pages of listings now under 300,000 even 250,000. Wow have not seen prices like this in many years. wow.

http://arrowheadcabinsales.com go to our site to view mountain mls. you do not have to fill in blanks to view. enjoy.

above shows waterslide and paddleboat area. there are swim beaches and great fishing.

Today is mom's 85th birthday. She takes swimming exercise every day, walks at least an hour fast and eats healthy!! She is a scrabble champ and loves the computer. She has a stack of books on all kinds of computer stuff and is much better many.

Again mom I thank you. Especially for your famous words. If it is going to be it will be and if not there is no use worrying about it.

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Click on above link to see images of Lake Arrowhead.

I am a real estate agent with Prudential of Lake Arrowhead.

Compared to here our market is strong and our home values are much closer to real value.

The area I am visiting has the most foreclosures in the country. More than any other county in the country. It is called Port St Lucie.

Lake Arrowhead holds its value as a retreat and valueable area to refresh, renew and just live a quality life. Please see our website for more information on the area of Lake Arrowhead. httpp://arrowheadcabinsales.com

We are so lucky to have this wonderful California forest to call home. I am a real estate agent with Prudential of Lake Arrowhead. Counting the days to get out of Florida!!!  Back home next week. Yeah!!

Blue jays and squirrels are cuter than alligators. Much cuter. Forest beats out swamp also!!

So we are out  on the deck. Everyone ate all the stuff Kele  left  out this morning.  She was at Snow Valleyth teaching  a little girl to ski bright and early  this morning. Then she headed up to Prudential to take two investors  on a tour of bank owned  cabins. You should see the one they found.

I guess we forgive her. She did fill up this basket after  she took these pics.

"The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that make no demands for its sustenace and extends generously the products of its life activity. It provides protection to all beings. Offering shade even to the axeman who destroys it." Buddha 525 B.C.  

Stop watching the news and look around you.

Look at what you have.

If you live in our mountain communities your lifestyle is already one to be envied.

I have so much. A great home, a great job, a super business partner , health, energy, spirtuality and most of all family.

Some times I feel like a mother hen with all the chicks.I am so greatful.

My son just moved back to California after a long university program out of state. With his degree he obtained a great engineering job and moved nearby with his nice wife and three kids.

Thanksgiving was special when I got to enjoy 8 grandkids with 7 being 4 and under. Oh, it was nice to see the big kids(mine) also. 

So real estate is a "little" different!!  My family and the joy they bring are a constant.

This is the time to be happy with what you do have, enjoy everyday and everyone. Let others worry and fret. They will end up the same place they started. While you will have had a great day, week, month, year and lifetime.

Like mom (who is healthy, well and turning 86 this month) used to tell me when I was in high school and worrying about the latest boyfriend----"If it is meant to be it will be and if it isn't there is no use worrying about it. "

I am an agent with Prudential of Lake Arrowhead. My website is http://arrowheahdcabinsales.com. I love our mountains. I would like to share  special places , recreational opportunities and unique retreats our mountains offer.

Here are some photos of the kids!!!

Cousins

cousins and brothers

The smiler

Brotherly love

The arizona kids

Girl stuff

These are the oldest. The twins.

In the most recent email from the California Assoication of Realtors and I quote "Through the C.A.R. Housing Affordability Fund Mortgage Protection Program (C.A.R.H.A.F. MPP), first-time home buyers who lose their jobs due to layoffs may be eligible to receive up to $1,500 per month for up to six months to help make their mortgage payments. A qualified co-buyer also can participate in the program, for a reduced monthly benefit of $750 per month for up to six months in the event of a job loss. Program benefits also include coverage for accidental disability and a $10,000 death benefit. C.A.R.'s Housing Affordability Fund is dedicating $1 million to the program this year, and estimates that as many as 3,000 families will benefit from the program throughout 2009.

To qualify for the Mortgage Protection Program, applicants must:applicants must:
. Be a first-time home buyer - someone who has not owned a home in the last three years
. Open escrow April 2, 2009, or later, and close on or before Dec. 31, 2009
. Use a California REALTOR® in the transaction
. Purchase the property in California
. Be a W-2 employee (cannot be self-employed or military personnel)

 applications are available thru your realtor."

What is good about this market is that it lets you buy exactly what you want. Inventory up. Prices down. Supply and Demand.

Start your search now in California for your first home.

Hi this is Gray!!

Ok I look like I am resting. I am trying to look disinterested because Kele is on the phone. She just found out lots of information about listing Bank Owned homes. Guess what it is very expensive. Why?  Well you have to pay to get the key from the home owner (sometime $500- really this means is they move out with there stuff and hand you a key), you need to pay for utilities, you need to pay for repairs , safety issues for sure, you need to pay to get cleaned up-paint-trash-yard-fix stuff!! And signs, lock boxes, open house food, flyers, lock boxes and sometimes to have people sit out your open house while you take buyers out.  Ok, all of this money is put out front. If and only if you find a buyer and sell house do you get this money back in commission. And many of these home are little guys where you can put out more money than you make. Risky.

We are buyers agents for Bank Owned homes. We prefer to spend money on gas to show you great homes, technology to obtain information, so we can  pass it on to you,quickly , advertising for our listings and play to balance our hard work.

So I (Gray) am laying here pretending not to listen to her on the phone. But this stuff is interesting and I never thought about it before. Makes gathering acorns and waiting for her to give me peanuts seem easy. Of course you don't have to complete with blue  jays for peanuts but that makes life interesting!!Have a good day. your buddy Gray