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gardnerville: Wordless Wednesday... Friday Night Lights ... Or Alien Eyes - 09/16/09 08:57 AM

Photo by Jim Valentine, RE/MAX Realty Affilliates, 1320 Highway 395, Gardnerville, NV  89410.  www.carsonvalleyland.com   dpwtigers@hotmail.com    775-781-3704   Lisa Wetzel and Jim Valentine Serving Northern Nevada for 30 years - Carson Valley, Gardnerville, Minden, Genoa, Topaz, Smith Valley, Carson City, Dayton, Stagecoach.  Land, ranches, residential, short sale, REO, investment, and development properties.
 

 
 

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gardnerville: Wordless Wednesday ... Hanging Out At the "Water Cooler" - 09/09/09 08:50 AM

Photo by Jim Valentine, RE/MAX Realty Affilliates, 1320 Highway 395, Gardnerville, NV  89410.  www.carsonvalleyland.com   dpwtigers@hotmail.com    775-781-3704   Lisa Wetzel and Jim Valentine Serving Northern Nevada for 30 years - Carson Valley, Gardnerville, Minden, Genoa, Topaz, Smith Valley, Carson City, Dayton, Stagecoach.  Land, ranches, residential, short sale, REO, investment, and development properties.
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gardnerville: Wordless Wednesday... Took The Long Road Back To The Office For Some Think Time - 09/02/09 06:19 PM

Photos by Jim Valentine, RE/MAX Realty Affilliates, 1320 Highway 395, Gardnerville, NV  89410.  www.carsonvalleyland.com   dpwtigers@hotmail.com    775-781-3704   Lisa Wetzel and Jim Valentine Serving Northern Nevada for 30 years - Carson Valley, Gardnerville, Minden, Genoa, Topaz, Smith Valley, Carson City, Dayton, Stagecoach.  Land, ranches, residential, short sale, REO, investment, and development properties.
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gardnerville: Speechless Sunday ... Ladybug Patrol In The Alfalfa - 08/23/09 05:39 PM

Photo by Jim Valentine, RE/MAX Realty Affilliates, 1320 Highway 395, Gardnerville, NV  89410.  www.carsonvalleyland.com   dpwtigers@hotmail.com    775-781-3704   Lisa Wetzel and Jim Valentine Serving Northern Nevada for 30 years - Carson Valley, Gardnerville, Minden, Genoa, Topaz, Smith Valley, Carson City, Dayton, Stagecoach.  Land, ranches, residential, short sale, REO, investment, and development properties.
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gardnerville: Wordless Wednesday (on Thursday) ... Buckets of Crab & Shrimp - 08/20/09 08:16 AM

Photo by Jim Valentine, RE/MAX Realty Affilliates, 1320 Highway 395, Gardnerville, NV  89410.  www.carsonvalleyland.com   dpwtigers@hotmail.com    775-781-3704   Lisa Wetzel and Jim Valentine Serving Northern Nevada for 30 years - Carson Valley, Gardnerville, Minden, Genoa, Topaz, Smith Valley, Carson City, Dayton, Stagecoach.  Land, ranches, residential, short sale, REO, investment, and development properties.
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gardnerville: Speechless Sunday ... Peaceful Blossom Moment - 08/16/09 12:27 PM
 
Photo by Jim Valentine, RE/MAX Realty Affilliates, 1320 Highway 395, Gardnerville, NV  89410.  www.carsonvalleyland.com   dpwtigers@hotmail.com    775-781-3704   Lisa Wetzel and Jim Valentine Serving Northern Nevada for 30 years - Carson Valley, Gardnerville, Minden, Genoa, Topaz, Smith Valley, Carson City, Dayton, Stagecoach.  Land, ranches, residential, short sale, REO, investment, and development properties.
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gardnerville: Speechless Sunday ... High Tea Anyone? - 08/09/09 09:00 AM

 
Photo by Jim Valentine, RE/MAX Realty Affilliates, 1320 Highway 395, Gardnerville, NV  89410.  www.carsonvalleyland.com   dpwtigers@hotmail.com    775-781-3704   Lisa Wetzel and Jim Valentine Serving Northern Nevada for 30 years - Carson Valley, Gardnerville, Minden, Genoa, Topaz, Smith Valley, Carson City, Dayton, Stagecoach.  Land, ranches, residential, short sale, REO, investment, and development properties.
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gardnerville: I've Got A Short Stack ... Yeah! - 08/05/09 10:14 PM
I've got a short stack of alfalfa for my goats and to supplement my horses. 

We've been trading our alfalfa for grass hay for the past few years.  We also have sold to the last dairy in the Carson Valley - dairy hay!  What a compliment - that is the best.  They got a conservation easement, and sold the dairy herd.  there were once 22 dairies, now there are none. 
We haven't kept our wonderful alfalfa for a few years, but we've got some now ... a short stack. Yahoo!
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gardnerville: Wordless Wednesday ... Our Missing Duck Came Home ... With Company - 08/05/09 10:06 PM

Tuesday morning our missing duck came home ... with company!
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Lisa Wetzel and Jim Valentine are the authors of this blog.  Lisa, Jim  and Jessie are experts in Carson Valley, Carson City and the tri-county area of Douglas County, Carson City and Lyon County.  Call our team anytime at 775-781-5472 or 775-781-3704.  To Search for Homes go to: www.findhomesincarsoncity.com of visit our website at www.CarsonValleyLand.com
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gardnerville: If You Are Going Through Hell, Keep Going - 08/01/09 09:53 AM
Thanks to John Mulckey, TheHousingGuru, for this wonderful blog.  I found great perspective here that I want to share.

Via John Mulkey, Housing Guru (TheHousingGuru.com):
Winston Churchill, in a quote describing how we should face adversity, said, “If you are going through hell, keep going.” Nothing better describes how we should best respond to difficult situations. Don’t stop; don’t waste time lamenting; just forge ahead.
 
There was once a time we lacked the very things that many now feel they have lost. We’ve all had setbacks, temporary reversals that may have thrown us off track; but such vexations are in … (4 comments)

gardnerville: Speechless Sunday ... Shopping in Paris - 07/26/09 11:51 AM

Stores are pretty in Paris.  Department store ceiling - Gallerie Lafayette.
Photo by Jim Valentine, RE/MAX Realty Affilliates, 1320 Highway 395, Gardnerville, NV  89410.  www.carsonvalleyland.com   dpwtigers@hotmail.com    775-781-3704   Lisa Wetzel and Jim Valentine Serving Northern Nevada for 30 years - Carson Valley, Gardnerville, Minden, Genoa, Topaz, Smith Valley, Carson City, Dayton, Stagecoach.  Land, ranches, residential, short sale, REO, investment, and development properties.
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gardnerville: Wordless Wednesday ... Just How Long Are You Supposed To Heat Peas? - 07/22/09 09:06 AM

Where Else Are You Overcooking Your Peas?
Photo by Jim Valentine, RE/MAX Realty Affilliates, 1320 Highway 395, Gardnerville, NV  89410.  www.carsonvalleyland.com   dpwtigers@hotmail.com    775-781-3704   Lisa Wetzel and Jim Valentine Serving Northern Nevada for 30 years - Carson Valley, Gardnerville, Minden, Genoa, Topaz, Smith Valley, Carson City, Dayton, Stagecoach.  Land, ranches, residential, short sale, REO, investment, and development properties.
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gardnerville: Wordless Wednesday ... Too Hot Where You Are? Think Cool! - 07/22/09 08:55 AM

Think Cool ... Be Cool!
Photo by Jim Valentine, RE/MAX Realty Affilliates, 1320 Highway 395, Gardnerville, NV  89410.  www.carsonvalleyland.com   dpwtigers@hotmail.com    775-781-3704   Lisa Wetzel and Jim Valentine Serving Northern Nevada for 30 years - Carson Valley, Gardnerville, Minden, Genoa, Topaz, Smith Valley, Carson City, Dayton, Stagecoach.  Land, ranches, residential, short sale, REO, investment, and development properties.
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gardnerville: Are You Working With An Agent? ... A Perspective. - 07/16/09 07:26 AM
Agents usually ask right up front when they encounter a prospective buyer, "Are you working with an agent?"  Amazingly, "working with an agent" means different things to different people.  Not all agents see it alike, and certainly Buyers don't always understand what is being asked.  It seems simple enough yet the interpretation varies according to your filters.
 A Buyer may have been shown 50 homes by an agent and yet they'll respond "no" when asked.  An agent may have talked to a Buyer one time on the phone, given the price and acquired the Buyer's name, and yet they will perceive … (60 comments)

gardnerville: Wordless Wednesday ... Moral Support Helper For Grandpa - 07/15/09 08:14 AM

My grandson is always willing to help ... always.  He always wants to hold the paintbrush when painting, the saw when cutting, etc.  When he asks to help he says, "What can I do, Papa?"  I always say, "moral support!"  Here he is giving me moral support as we mow the lawn.  Fun times.  Some day he'll be big enough to drive and we'll work on morale support as he learns it isn't as much fun as he thinks it is.
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gardnerville: REO Landscaping ... A Sample - 07/04/09 08:14 PM
Here's a sample of REO landscaping complete with Canadian Thistle.  Canadian Thistle is a noxious weed as identified by the Nevada Department of Agriculture.  The can have an extensive "colony" underground and can be hard to eliminate as they keep growing back.  You have to hit them hard and often with herbicides like 2,4D and Roundup.  More fun for the ultimate recipient of the property.  This photo was taken for an investor that was considering bidding at the foreclosure sale.  They opted to pass on this one. 

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gardnerville: Wordless Wednesday ... Paris With A Teenager - 07/01/09 10:06 PM
 
Gotta love the Bistro life ... even if your 16 year old wants his bottle in the picture.  This is the second picture we took - the first was very Parisian if you know what I mean.

Serving Gardnerville, Minden, Carson Valley, Dayton, Carson City, Smith Valley and Northern Nevada for 30 years.  Call us with your Northern Nevada needs. 
Jim Valentine / Lisa Wetzel   RE/MAX Realty Affiliates, 1320 Highway 395, Gardnerville, NV  89410
775-781-3704     dpwtigers@hotmail.com   www.carsonvalleyland.com
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gardnerville: Make Hay While The Sun Shines ... And Then Cut It! - 06/23/09 09:43 PM
He finally came to cut my hay the other day.  We've been watching the hay grow tall and green ironically in keeping with our market recovery.  That has been our analogy for our real estate production as the market has shifted this spring ... when the crops started growing our business started growing.  It has helped us maintain our mindset as we acquired momentum in the market.  We watched the fields grow green as did our bank account. 
We had rain ... a good thing.  We had rain when we were going to cut ... a bad thing.   We had the … (5 comments)

gardnerville: Farming With Grandson ... The Eggs Hatched - 05/31/09 06:05 PM
I posted a blog about irrigating with my grandson last week.  We had many adventures including finding a nest in a tree that had eggs in it.  We peeked and left it alone. 
 This week we got water again and I was out by the tree.  I peeked and saw little birds, actually huge mouths waiting for their mother.  We invited my grandson for dinner last night and I mentioned that he should show his mom the "eggs". 
 We all walked out and lo and behold, they had hatched!  He was really excited.  Fun times.

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gardnerville: The Pasta Was Done And The Sky Was On Fire ... Another Beautiful Day - 05/31/09 10:17 AM
There I was last night, the pasta was done and I went out to put my wine glass on the table on the patio so I didn't have to juggle my dinner plate, salad bowl and wine glass.  Priorities, don't you know?  What I saw was the peak of another beautiful sunset over the Sierras.  Camera was handy so I could share the moment with you. 

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