JoAnn Poole's (jpoole) Blog

Wishing all a very happy New Year!!   May 2013 be filled with happiness, good health, fortune and good times!   As for me, goals have been set, schedules have been tweaked, database cleaned out, and files arranged!!   “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words awa...

What a phenomenally phenomenal day! (written on Christmas Day)   After visiting a few minutes with A.J.and Kyra, I enjoyed a beautiful Christmas Brunch with a group of friends at a Simi Valley home in The Indian Hills Ridge.  Janeen and Jeff's hospitality is always at the top and today was no dif...

We all know that balancing work and play and family (in no particular order) is easy to say and sometimes difficult to accomplish.   This past holiday weekend, however, I found it to be extremely easy to forget about my real estate business and concentrate on family, which is what the holiday is ...

As I drove home to my Wood Ranch townhome from the airport the other night, the fog grew increasingly worse as I approached the Los Angeles/Ventura County boundary line.   Actually, it was very pretty as we approached the top of the hill and saw the Simi Valley sign on the freeway.  It's always n...

So much fun last weekend at my Wood Ranch townhome when we celebrated Hanukah's candle lighting, latkes (potato pancakes), applesauce, fun, family, love and laughter.   A.J. and Kyra, my grandchildren, also living in Simi Valley, and I always have fun when we are together.  This past weekend was ...

Many years ago even before my daughter was born, I was very involved in charity work.  I gave many hours of service.  We didn't live in a Simi Valley home just yet, we lived in our hometown at that time, Pittsburgh...you know, Steelers' country!   When Dawn came along, I continued.  When she was ...

Another New Listing for Me!   Check out my Virtual Tour of my listing at 630-F Kingswood Ln in Simi Valley, CA!       It is in the community we call Wood Ranch here.  A two bedroom, two bath upper unit in the Village on the Green tract.  Golf course views from the balcony, indoor laundry, built-i...

Attention Sellers!   Many of you are thinking, “Why list now, during the holidays and whatnot…”  Let me convince you why now is the best time and not after the new year…    -        Your house is decked out for the holidays, looking its best and smelling like baking and cooking, a buyer would wal...

 When showing Simi Valley homes and Wood Ranch town homes, my buyers have already been preapproved.  I'm not finding it difficult to obtain a loan unless credit is really an issue.   But the article below is saying it is a bit different for younger, single, first time home buyers.     When purcha...