Project Blogger moves forward and in my post today on my LIVE IN LOS GATOS! blog, I discuss exercize in my fair town of Los Gatos, a pretty part of Silicon Valley. We happen to have a proliferation of cyclists who don skin tight, neon colored stretchy stuff that outlines every bump and curve. And
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04/11/2007
We're off and typing and I'm having a great time seeing everyone's blogging efforts and expertise. My fabulous coach, Frances Flynn Thorsen, and I have been having a communications glitch with emails that seem to disappear in cyber space (or get sucked up into spam filters). This has not made m
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04/10/2007
Hello from sunny California! I wanted to make my first post for Project Blogger on my blog, www.LiveInLosGatos, a good one that encompassed many of the reasons why living in Los Gatos is so cool. Today I spent some time discussing the parks (one county, one owned by the town) at the very center
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04/09/2007
Today's Easter Sunday, I just got home from Mass and lunch with my family, my dad, and his girlfriend, and I have a knot in my stomach.Tomorrow is the beginning of Project Blogger. Where's the Maalox?I love to write. One of my biggest challenges is not writer's block, but instead, being brief.
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04/08/2007
Now I have a silly question, but I'm still learning about AR. There are 20+ responses to my recent blog post about where everyone finds the great graphics used online - but my points summary is still saying 200 points for the entry. Other times I've done a blog and it gets 6 or 7 responses and I
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04/07/2007
Confessions of newer blogger: I have no idea where you all get the great graphics you use in your posts.My blogs tend to look like the white pages of the phone book - all words. That is, unless I happened to take the picture myself.Yesterday I was at Office Depot for supplies and I saw a CD with
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04/07/2007
In Silicon Valley, a lot of agents rely on the county records to give them the correct lot size. When the parcel is a rectangle, the county often has the size correctly recorded. When the parcel is irregularly shaped, however, things get interesting. Often, lots which are "pie shaped" or those
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04/07/2007
REInfolink, the local multiple listing service provider for real estate professionals, has provided us stats on March's sales and closing activity. How're things looking?In a nutshell, I'd say Los Gatos is fairly healthy. Homes that are in the lower to midrange prices and are nicely improved and
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04/06/2007
Saratoga, a scenic, suburban corner of Silicon Valley, is nestled into the Santa Cruz Mountains just 3-5 miles north of Los Gatos. It's an upscale town noted for great schools, fabulous shops & restaurants, and beautiful estates. Like most of the valley, this area was largely orchards 50 or 70 y
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04/05/2007
Don't we work in a funny industry?One minute, we're competing against the guy in the office across the street - either for a listing or in multiple offers, each of us representing our buyers. A day later, we're working together, in contract, to both represent your clients' interests and to pull
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04/04/2007
