real estate: 20 Cities You Don't Want to Live in ...Yet.... - 03/22/11 11:22 PM
Fresno made the list on this CNBC report.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42135402?slide=17
On a positive note, we didnt make the "bedbug infestation list"
Sometimes I do wonder WTF I'm doing here and if it wasnt for the majority of our 6 kids being here.... I'd probably exit stage right.
BUT THAT'S JUST ME.
Need to buy or sell a home in Fresno???
Call me: 559 - 301 - 1 6 4 7
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real estate: Fresno - One of America's Worst Cities For Business.... - 12/23/10 07:15 PM
.... according to this article A bad year for California - MarketWatch.
Geesh, look at the list. Fresno came in dead last. PATHETIC!
Well, when I moved here and they were building the new city hall that looks like Darth Vader's hat
I knew there were problems.
Then there was Operation Rezone, a selection of sordid tales of bribery and corruption.
Mayor, Ashley Swearengin, acknowledges we have problems. You can listen to her response here.
Nevertheless, if you're stuck here in Fresno (like me :) and need to buy or sell, give me a call: (559) 301-1647
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real estate: Real Estate Agents a Waste of Money... - 12/06/10 06:16 PM
Its only a matter of time before the market eleminates the middle man and agents are no longer needed.... at least not employed to the degree they are at present.
When the service becomes available that allows the owner to represent themselves in an efficient manner - THEY WILL.
Come on... If you are paying an agent to sell your property --- lets say a $100k home --- and you are paying 6% commission: $6,000.00.... and they take pics like this:
Do you REALLY need them?
Any owner with a $50.00 cameral could do better.
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real estate: I'm a Fan of Clusterfuck Nation.... - 12/06/10 04:39 PM
you can be too!
CLICK HERE TO READ KUNSTLER'S LATEST BLOG
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real estate: Real Estate Is “For Sure” Double Dipping … - 12/06/10 04:35 PM
I have often said that we hit a bottom but I wasnt sure if we would bounce along the bottom and go up or bounce along the bottom and drop off a cliff.
Here’s an opinion from someone smarter than me:
Nouriel Roubini: Real Estate Is “For Sure” Double Dipping, And Another $1 Trillion In Losses Is Coming.
There's a reason they call him DR. DOOM!
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real estate: Fresno is a Bed Bug Free Zone! - 10/28/10 04:45 PM
Folks wishing to make a visit to Fresno California should be able to enjoy a bed bug free stay. According to the Bed Bug Registry there are no reported incidents of outbreak:
http://bedbugregistry.com/
If you would like to buy a home while you're here, feel free to give me a call: Lazarus @ 559:301-1647
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real estate: Country Living - Taken at the intersection of Kings Canyon and George Smith Rd in Squaw Valley CA - 01/21/10 01:58 AM
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real estate: Another BAD MLS PICS Blog... - 12/08/09 01:33 PM
Haven't done one for awhile and could not resist these. I'm sure I could find worse ones if I look but these just happened to land in my email box moments ago.
I think this means there's a shower:
THIS MUST BE THE SHOWER DOOR - NICE :)
NO EXPLANATION NEEDED HERE: THIS IS A ROOM
AND THIS IS A _____________________ (fill in the blank if you know)
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real estate: Major Home Builder Agrees With Little Known Real Estate Broker - 11/19/09 01:37 PM
Back in April I called:
FHA – THE NEW SUPRIME LENDER Now I'm not alone. Toll Brothers Inc. Chief Executive Officer Robert Toll said. “Yesterday’s subprime is today’s FHA,”
It's crazy! It's OBSCENE! A first time home buyer puts in an offer for quarter of a million dollar home, puts up $8750.00 and asks the seller (more often than not: A BANK) to pay the closing costs. Closes on the the home then gets a $8,000 tax credit. Assuming you have the credit and income, buying a $250,000 home today is almost without risk and can be done … (0 comments)
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real estate: Wordless Wednesday - my granddaughter - 09/02/09 02:19 AM
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real estate: More Juicy Statistics on Commercial Real Estate than the Average Joe Can Swallow - 09/02/09 12:41 AM
Its Been a Beautiful Summer --- and as much as I feel its important to blog, I dont care to feel OBLIGATED.
-- I'M BACK ... and I am going to offer you a link to some Commercial Real Estate Statistics that are very FUGLY!
CLICK HERE
COURTESY OF THE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES ASSOCIATION.
If you're bore by stats and graphs -- don't bother with this one. But if you are curious about the current state of the Commercial Real Estate Market, then have at it!
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real estate: IRS Succesfully Prosecutes First-Time Homebuyer Credit Fraud - 07/29/09 02:53 PM
If you're thinking of cheating on your taxes by applying for the First-Time Home Buyer Credit -- BEWARE.
Today the IRS released news of its first succesful prosecution of fraud for doing so and the perp, who happens to be tax preparer, faces the possibility of up to three years in jail, a fine of as much as $250,000, or both.
Ain't worth it folks.
Read the press release from the IRS website: CLICK HERE
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real estate: Wordless Wednesday - 07/29/09 01:01 PM
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real estate: Have We Dodged THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE 21st CENTURY? - 07/27/09 02:26 PM
In a former blog I proclaimed we were in the beginning of the Great Depression of the 21st Century. [ GO HERE TO READ BLOG ].
Recent economic data indicates we are are on the cusp of a recovery, the only question is what kind of recovery. [ GO HERE FOR THE LATEST ECONOMIC DATA ].
For now, I'm going to stick to my guns. I'm more inclined to believe we are in the eye of the storm then OUT OF THE STORM. If so, what is to come, can wreak greater financial havoc than what we've witnesses so far.
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real estate: Two Blog Referrals This Week - 06/23/09 03:02 PM
Proof that I need to keep my blog alive. It's summer though and that's not easy. It seems as though just about every weekend is booked with wedding, family reunion, or some sort of get together. I've been trying to get up to Yosemite and that hasn't worked out yet either. The day my wife and I scheduled to go up there she didn't feel well.
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real estate: Fresno Meet in the Middle 4 Equality Rally - 06/03/09 06:26 PM
Fresno Meet in the Middle 4 Equality Rally
May 30th, 2009
Off Topic: Meaning this has nothing to do with the Fresno Real Estate Market.
I went downtown on Saturday to check out the Revfest at the Fulton Mall and on the way there I saw huge crowd gathered so I decided to check out what was going on. What was going on wast the Meet in the Middle Rally.
I figure I better post these pictures before they become obsolete.
Click the box in the lower left corner if you would like to see the slide show with my captions.
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real estate: A Taste of India: The Tarangini-Indian Dance Ballet performs in Fresno California - 05/04/09 08:15 PM
Saturday at Sunnyside High School. The event was sponsored by the Central California Cultural Society of India.
I was under the weather all last week with a cold or allergies and on Saturday I finally felt well enough to get out and do something so I browsed the Fresno Bee online and found the advertisement for the event.
See Photos Below
I will admit that when I read this: Music composition is done using a sixty-piece orchestra and is presented in full stereophonic sound. I took it to mean there was going to be a live orchestra. Wrong. Just a recording. But the dancing was stunning and offered LOTS of camera … (2 comments)
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real estate: Fresno Now California's Fifth Largest City... - 05/01/09 06:27 PM
... and you thought this was just a podunk hick-town full of raisin farmers.
NOT!
According to the latest statistics released yesterday by the Department of Finance Fresno's population grew by 10,578 people in 2008. That was enough to bump the city up over Long Beach and make it the fifth largest City in the State with a total population of 495,913.
TOP 10 CITIES IN CALIFORNIA
California's 10 most populous cities as of Jan. 1, 2009, with percentage of growth since 2008:
1. Los Angeles, 4,065,585, 1.1%
2. San Diego, 1,353,993, 1.5%
3. San Jose, 1,006,892, 2.2%
4. San … (0 comments)
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real estate: What If The Contractor You Hired Is No Longer In Business? - 04/30/09 12:10 AM
Fresno California
When your purchasing a home there is a good chance that either your agent or the agent may hire a contractor to do work on the home prior to closing. Contractors in California (and probably most other states) don't need to be well capitalized in order to start up a business to begin with. They are only required to have to have $2500.00 in liquid assets, so its no surprise that so many of them go under, especially in this market.
So what do you if the contractor that was hired to do work on the home is no … (1 comments)
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real estate: Fresno Ca Real Estate Market Bleet - 04/29/09 12:16 AM
Was busy doing showings this afternoon in an area where sales have been brisk. The volume of REOs in this particular neighborhood has been so high that I noticed prices drop 10% in a matter of about 2 or 3 months. I noticed a lot of homes with non-mls lock boxes --- meaning that the homes are being foreclosed on and will be coming to market soon.
Looks like another wave of homes is set to hit the market soon. I spoke with my insurance agent today who told me there were 6 pages of NODs (Notice of Default) in the … (0 comments)
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