Oh boy! I am so excited! San Bruno Park puts on concerts every Friday in August starting at 6:00 pm
For the last two summers I made homemade gourmet popcorn and put them in sandwhich bags for my kids to sell for .50 cents each. They were so darn cute! My 4 year old daughter carried her metal pail full of popcorn and my 8 year old son collected the money! I have pictures somewhere that I need to find and post!
Anyways, this year's 2009 schedule looks like this:
Aug 7th- Livewire (Dance Party Band)
Aug 14- Unauthorized Rolling Stones (Tribute Band)
Aug 21- Cocktail Monkeys (Classic Rock, Pop, Variety)
Aug 28 Dave Crimmen (50's Rock n Roll)
Be sure to come and if you see me or my kids selling popcorn, tell us you read our blog! Thanks!
Karin Cunningham-"Your San Bruno real estate specialist at your service!"
Lee Ginsburg-"San Bruno residential and investment specialist!"
Lee Ginsburg and I worked a booth at the San Bruno Farmer's Market last Sunday and had such a blast! We are always trying to think of ways to promote our buyers and sellers and when we heard that the San Bruno Chamber of Commerce was offering booths to promote businesses, we thought it was a great idea for us! Since our office, Prudential California Realty, is in San Bruno, I live in San Bruno, I do a good portion of my business in San Bruno, not to mention my kids go to school and play sports here, I knew a good amount of people that walked by! It was a really great experience!
San Bruno Farmer's Market
Peach Girls!
It was also great meeting the farmers and workers at the Farmer's Market! I found out how the different farms work and promote themselves. I learned which fruit and vegetables were in season like tomatoes are best in the springtime because in the summer they are quite ripe! Hierloom tomatoes, my favorite, are expensive for the growers therefore they are more expensive for the consumer. They are quite a specialty! Blueberries, peaches and plums are ready to go right NOW!
"Oh my gosh! The BEST blueberries in town!"
The San Bruno Farmer's Market is going on every Sunday 10-2 pm through October! Check it out! I hope to see you there!
If you haven't heard, the San Bruno Farmer's Market started on Sunday, June 21st and is continuing every Sunday through October from 10-2pm! Downtown Sundays will have live music, fresh fruit and vegetables, flowers, specialty breads and international food.
If you haven't checked it out, I highly recommend swinging by! I was there on the first day and enjoyed picking out a variety of strawberries, blackberries and blueberries. I also bought some carrots, all kinds of summer squashes, and peaches! They were all delicious!
There was also a kettle corn booth, a booth for coloring and laminating commemorative pins, and a featured business. This event is put on by the San Bruno Chamber of Commerce so a featured business is an appropriate and great way for a business to promote themselves! (That means you'll see me there one day, for sure!)
If you don't have plans on a Sunday this summer, try to make it to the San Bruno Farmer's Market! It's a great local event you won't want to miss!
From 1899 to 1964, the Tanforan Race Track had it's glories and it's depression. 1899-1918: There was horse racing, airplane racing and car racing. During WWI: The track was used as a training area and had tents to house the troops. 1923: A new grandstand was built. 1937-1940: Seabiscuit became the biggest money winner in horse racing. 1941: WWII began and became a gathering area for over 4,000 Japanese-Americans subject to relocation. Following the war, Tanforan re-opened and continued its racing schedule. 1964: After all racing stopped, a fire detroyed the track. 1971: Tanforan reincarnated as a shopping center!
The San Bruno Dale Wilson 4th of July Memorial Tournement was an awesome event! The 7-8 year old "Bruno" team came from behind in two of their games and won the championship title undefeated! San Bruno has always had a passion for Pee Wee leagues and All Stars. It's a great American feeling in San Bruno when you mix BBQ, legal "safe and sane" fireworks and lots of baseball games at San Bruno Park!
From the Skycrest Village, new homes in San Bruno, to the bank owned fixer uppers, San Bruno homes for sale are feeling the shift of a real estate "shake up"! Inventory over the past few weeks has dwindled down to a mere 40 homes for sale and 15 condos. That's not too many when you consider that San Bruno consists of 14,677 households.
Over the past 2 weeks 14 homes have "pending sales". That's one sale per day in just 2 weeks! We haven't seen movement in the market like that in quite some time. The recent average sale price according to the San Mateo County MLS (Multiple Listing Service) is $470,000.
Currently, there are 2 two bedroom condos for sale at the Peninsula Place Condominium complex listed at $279,000. Great opportunity for investment or living in close proximity to the airport and San Francisco. There are also still some great little ranch style homes for sale in the $300,000 range.
San Bruno real estate is prime property because of its nice weather, living on the better side of a fog belt, it's closeness to San Francisco and all of the conveniences and comforts of living in community that cares about its citizens. People are drawn to San Bruno for it's rich and diverse cultures, awesome parks and recreation activites, and dedicated school system, as well.
San Bruno bank owned fixer upper!
It's great to see this activity in the market. It's not centralized to the lower priced homes, either! Recently, I was involved in a "bidding war" for a house in the Rollingwood area of San Bruno which was handsomely priced at $564,000. This was a 4 bedroom, 2 bath home in average shape. We were up against 5 offers in less that one week!
The lower priced homes do generally get more multiple offers and a lot of them are being bought "all cash". Imagine that! I think the real estate "slow down" in San Bruno has pick up the pace and has buyers and sellers making new decisions of whether or not to buy or sell. It's a win win situation for both sides, it seems to me!
I am not one of profound wisdom, but I am hearing some positive signs of real estate making a turn around, a turn around for the better! Basically, the thinking goes like this, "Hmmm, real estate values are down, not only do I still have my job but I have some cash sitting around, and rates are very low - and may not go lower. So maybe I will stop renting and buy a place (or pick up that non-owner occupied property, or that vacation home), or at least see what is out there." The market will tell you that at some price, there is a buyer for everything.
San Francisco, the San Mateo Peninsula, East Bay and South Bay are experiencing a surge in homebuyers who are jumping off the fence to try and get their hands on property that they could have only wished they could afford a few years ago. Check out the news link below to see what I'm talking about!
Real estate therapy for the home buyer, home seller and home owner is a pretty common request these days. Some of the most frequently asked questions start from what the current value of a home is in order to make a decent offer or sale to how one could lower their property taxes. It's a different market out there in real estate but there are some interesting things going on!
What is the current value of the home you are placing a bid on anyways?We got Zillow telling us one thing and the seller telling us another! It's tough to come up with decent comparables in some cases where there hasn't been a sale in months. We know that the value has dropped but what should we base our offer on? In many cases we have to base the offering price on comparable "active" properties. We have to check how long these homes have been on the market and if they have had any activity! Comparing the "active" homes and their condition, square footage, and location should help determine the current vale of a home in this market. This is also helpful information for people trying to sell.
How can I lower my property taxes? There is buzz all over town about lowering our property taxes and the good thing is, is you CAN! All it takes is filling out one form with the current value of your home compared to the "higher" price you purchased it for along with some handy recent comparable sales that you get from your Realtor. This package is turned in to your county recorders office and put to review. This could save you hundreds of dollars per year!
If you are a full time real estate agent in the Bay Area, you may relate to some of what I am saying. It may not work for all "necks of the wood" but I have some strategies that really work. I know from experience. I had a lousy 2006 and 2007 in real estate sales...the worst ever even! Then 2008 came along and to my surprise, it started AND ended with a BANG!
The best thing I never stopped doing was prospecting. I took to heart a simple lesson that was bestowed upon us by our training broker, Michael Monozon, to prospect 2 hours a day, 5 days a week. The other lesson I used was Dirk Zeller's 5 x 5 rule which is 5 past client calls, 5 circle calls, 5 lead follow ups, 5 new contact calls, and 5 thank you or nice to meet you cards. I spent the rest of the time doing floor time, open houses, mall shifts, and learning about internet marketing including social networking!
Here is my simple business plan:
Monday- Friday
10:00 5 past client calls
10:30 5 circle calls
11:00 5 lead follow up calls
11:30 5 new contact calls (to farm and open house invites)
12:00 LUNCH!
1-3:00 Prepare my farming flyers for the month. These also go out every other month to absentee owners on the 1st. Prepare past client and circle newsletters which go out every other month on the 1st. Prepare property showings.
3:00 Farm 100 homes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, that's 200 per week!
Do 2 mall shifts per week 3-6 or 6-9 Monday- Saturday
Do 1 floor shift per week, no Sundays because I like to do open houses OR take it OFF as long as I do one open house per month.
That is how I do it! I made a comfortable living in 2008 by selling an average or 1-2 houses per month. I'm back on track and it's a great feeling! I hope that I can help someone who loves working in real estate like I do. It's not very hard but takes ambition, enthusiasm, and I know this is the corniest of corny "the power of positive thinking"!
Some have asked me, "Do you ever take time off? How do you make time for your kids or YOURSELF?" The answer is easy! I follow this plan and I get off work at 4:30-5:00 every day! I spend each and every night cooking a lovely dinner and enjoying it with my family. Not only that but we converse about the day around a large table and face a huge window which allows us to also enjoy beautiful sunsets together! I take a weekend a month off to go to Reno, San Francisco, birthday parties and other fun stuff that come up!
It was a great year in real estate for most of us who seriously work "full time". I am "positive" that 2009 will be even better!
This 3 bedroom, 2 bath home is listed for $259,900! This is the best opportunity we have seen in years for a home of this size! It's got large bedrooms, a large living room, and a nice yard. The kicker is, it's a little run down and it's across the street from the train tracks but imagine the possibilites! It's a great deal and could be fixed up quite nice and maybe even improve the look of the entire block! Gosh! That would be great if someone could do that! There is a 1 bedroom, 1 bath duplex on the same street for $380,000. Not bad, huh?
If you are not familiar with San Bruno, Ca., these prices have not been heard of since 2002 or maybe even before! There are some really great opportunities out there right now. It's just unbelievable!
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Bruno All Stars 4th of July 2009
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