Lorraine and Loretta's Real Estate Auction Blog

Content Is King, But Does It Ka-Ching?

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:01:07 -0600

Good content converts prospects into leads. Here are five E-Z ways to turn visitors into customers.

•1) Speak directly to the reader. It's best to address your audience directly. Such as: "We take your needs seriously" or "We care about you. "This casual approach is not only becoming a web standard it's also a way to show your customer that you do care about their needs.

•2) Less is more. One of the biggest web-content mistake businesses make is simply creating too much. General rule of thumb is that your website copy should have no more or less than 200-400 words on a page.

•3) Write in common everyday language. If readers can't understand what you're offering in 60 seconds they won't stay/buy. Use plain language, the simpler the better, it's best to us very short sentences, and short paragraphs with action verbs instead of nouns.

•4) Focus on benefits to the visitor. Too many websites show off the great features of services or product and fail to describe how they help customers. Features tell benefits sell.

•5) Use a casual narrative voice. To build intimacy with your reader, use "WE" and "US". This casual, second-person narrative voice makes you seem approachable rather than cold and formal.

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Local "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" Homeowner Facing Foreclosure!

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:23:35 -0600

Local Encinitas, California homeowner Brian Wofford a windowed father of 8 was chosen by ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition in 2004. His home went from 1212SF to a rambling 4337SF. With added amenities such as a gym and backyard hot tub with a built in 15inch flat screen TV. Originally purchase in 1989 for $186,700. Brian trouble began when the county reassessed his property, and the local San Diego county econony started to plummeted into a major recession. His current financial obligation is $770,000.

One West Bank has postpone the auction date on Brian's home until January 2010, due to local media coverage. Brian in the mean time has been working with the bank for over two years too modify his home loan, and to this end he has not been successful.

On the recommendation of his adviser at One West Bank the best way to achieve getting a loan modification is to stop making his mortgage payment.

Due to high medical expenses for his wife, that is deceased and the reduced rates the insurance companies are willing to paid for his Chiropractic skills, Brian is working hard to save his family from what looms on the horizon.

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Coming To Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, Ca, New Barracks.

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:14:40 -0600

The US Marine Corps is moving ahead with plans to build 24 new barracks for single Marines at Camp Pendleton in Southern California. The service plans to add 22,000 Marines from FY 2010-2013, and intends to build modern barracks to accommodate the expected 4,000 Marine increase at Camp Pendleton. The new housing is expected to bring single Marine quarters up to the same standard as married quarters. It's part of a $2 billion makeover that also includes new training facilities, a fitness center, electrical and sewer improvements, and other facilities.

Camp Pendleton, the Marine Corps' largest West Coast expeditionary training facility, encompasses more than 125,000 acres located approximately 38 miles from downtown San Diego in North County. More than 38,000 military family members occupy base housing complexes.

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How to Turn on InPrivate Browsing and Filtering in Internet Explorer 8.

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:00:22 -0600

Internet Explorer 8 has been loaded with new safety features to protect you and your privacy, such as InPrivate Browsing and Filtering. When you turn on InPrivate Browsing and Filtering, you're telling IE that you don't want it to save information about your browsing session, such as cookies and your browsing history. InPrivate Filtering also allows you to block or allow specific sites that collect information about your browsing habits

The easiest is to go to your tool bar and select the Inprivatefiltering option, click on it and answer the menu of choices that you will get.

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Fast Facts On California Real Estate Market.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:24:50 -0600

Calif. median home price - October 09: $297,500 (Source: C.A.R.)
Calif. highest median home price by C.A.R. region October 09: Santa Barbara So. Coast $970,000 (Source: C.A.R.)

Calif. lowest median home price by C.A.R. region October 09: High Desert $118,580 (Source: C.A.R.)
Calif. First-time Buyer Affordability Index - Third Quarter 2009: 64 percent (Source: C.A.R.)

Mortgage rates - week ending 12/03/09 30-yr. fixed: 4.71% Fees/points: 0.7% 15-yr. fixed: 4.27% Fees/points: 0.6% 1-yr. adjustable: 4.25% Fees/points: 0.6% (Source: Freddie Mac)

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Are You A Consumer Survey Taker?

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:07:55 -0600

I have been asked recently to take at least three surveys; one was for Sears, Wal-Mart, and my local cable company. Two of the surveys offer a chance to win XXX dollars for your opinion, as an incentive.

I have not been a consumer survey taker, in the past, but recently I have been much more intrigued and can see the need for these surveys. I often puzzle over if these surveys have any impact on the companies customer service.

I would love to see the results of these surveys.

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San Diego Chargers are Winners, Local Eating Contest Winners & Amazing Race Winners.

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:58:37 -0600

San Diego is on a roll this week -and we our proud of the San Diego Chargers winning this weekend over the Cleveland Browns, which makes the seventh straight win, for the Chargers. Go bolts.

San Diego, Ca-- National Eating Contest, held locally in La Jolla @ Jose's ---and the winner, is

Ben Monson who ate 65 Flauta's in eight minutes. Winning $2,000. Go Ben.

Amazing Race Winners Meghan & Cheynes who hale from the San Diego, Ca area are winners --- taking home $1 Million dollars in prize money.

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Tweaking & More Tweaking Going On With FHA Upcoming Guidelines For Borrowers.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:23:07 -0600

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is proposing raising minimum credit scores for borrowers who receive FHA-backed mortgages, increasing down payment requirements, and limiting the amount of money sellers can provide toward closing costs. The proposed changes are part of an effort to shore up the agency's finances, which have been hit with rising defaults to its mortgage insurance program.

MAKING SENSE OF THE STORY FOR CONSUMERS

Historically, the FHA has played a critical role in propping up the housing market by insuring lenders against default after the mortgage market failed. Currently, the agency guarantees approximately 30 percent of all home loans and 20 percent of refinancings. In the past, the FHA has resisted raising down payments or insurance premiums, fearing it would be shutting out qualified borrowers and stunting the housing market's recovery.

The FHA is hoping that the proposed changes, including requiring that borrowers bring more cash to the closing table, will ensure that borrowers are less likely to default on their loans. Officials at FHA have yet to determine how much cash will be required.

Up-front cash can include down payments as well as other payments. Currently, FHA borrowers can put down as little as 3.5 percent. One lawmaker has introduced legislation that would require FHA borrowers to put down a minimum of 5 percent.

The agency also currently allows sellers to provide up to 6 percent of the home's value toward closing costs or down payments. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Shaun Donovan has said he wants the maximum permissible level to be lowered to 3 percent, in line with industry norms.

The FHA has decided "for the time being" to raise its minimum credit score requirements for new borrowers. The new requirements have yet to be determined. Presently, borrowers with credit scores as low as 500 may qualify for an FHA loan.

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San Diego to Get Newly Built Destroyer Today.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:50:36 -0600

A new Navy guided-missile destroyer, the Wayne E. Meyer is schedule to arrive at its new San Diego Naval Base home today. The ship is expected to arrive from Philadelphia where it was commissioned on 10-10. It is the 58th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built at the Bath Iron Work in Maine, all named for major figures in Navy history.

Wayne E. Myer is names for the retired rear admiral who led the development of advance Aegis combat systems for the current Navy's classes of cruiser and destroyers.

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Local Cal State San Marcos Campus Has Stopped Accepting Undergraduate Applications.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:42:57 -0600

Cal State San Marcos, yesterday stopped accepting undergraduate applications, the earliest the school has done so in its 20 year history. Since its inception back in 1961 California State University system has been all about access. Meet the minimum requirement, apply on time and for the most you got in. Not so any longer.

Competition has come in a big way to the 23 campus 450,000 student network ----the nation's largest college system. For students willing to stay close to home, the silver lining is a decade-old Cal State policy guaranteeing admission to qualified applicants of each university's service area.

There is a slight wrinkle, no longer can you miss any dead lines if you do you are eliminated --- period. Cal State San Marcos which has 9,700 students is looking to trim its enrollment by 6% for next year. Because of the guaranteeing admission to all qualified service-area students --those that live outside will see fewer spots available.

Cal State San Marcos, has seen a 22% increase in applicants for the fall 2010.

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Home Sales Continue to Slide Downward In The Local San Marcos, California, Community.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:03:31 -0600

Sales data for the month of November 2009 for sales in the local community of San Marcos, Ca.

Detached homes sold in zip code 92069 19

Detached Homes sold in zip code 92078 29

Attached Homes sold in zip code 92069 9

Attached Homes sold in zip code 92078 20

Total homes sold for the month of October Detached - 48

Total homes sold for the month of October attached - 29

Total Sold homes including detached and attached 77.

The community of San Marcos, is seeing a lag in home sales, this is the second month in a row. Inventory is tight, which might explain a 28% drop in sales from the Month of October or it could be that it is the time of year..

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Big Problems Loom On Horizon For Commercial Real Estate!

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:50:24 -0600

There is a dark cloud hovering over the financial sector; Commercial real estate. There are $3.4 Trillion in commercial real estate loans outstanding with more than half of that owned by banks. Banks have been slow to mark down the value of these assets.

Goldman Sachs recently raised it estimate for losses on commercial mortgage loans to $287 billion of which $180 billion or 63% will be absorbed by commercial banks.

The gloom in real estate circles is palpable. But is anyone listening? These problems have been on the radar of sophisticated investors for more than a year. But as residential real estate has shown signs of recovery, many investors seem to have lumped all real estate together, assuming the worst is over. We probably haven't yet seen the worst in commercial loan/mortgage defaults.

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Fish House Vera Cruz Restaurant Located In North San Diego County.

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:12:04 -0600

Fish House Vera Cruz Located In North San Diego County.

360 Via Vera Cruz, San Marcos, CA 92078

(760) 744-8000

Recently dined at the Fish House Vera Cruz in San Marcos, in what is know as California Restaurant Row on Sunday, we were seated on the patio; we chose to go mid afternoon. The weather was perfect for sitting out on the patio. The hostess that seated us was very pleasant, and the waitress came quickly to take our orders.

The menu consist of only seafood, from the exotic to the ordinary, price wise it is semi affordable, the least expensive item on the menu is the cup of soup and then if you want bread that is an additional cost. Which I must say is something new--- it use to be included.

Having dined at the Fish House Vera Cruz in Carlsbad, Temecula I find the location in San Marcos to be the nicest of the three also the San Marcos location is the first location that was launched of this restaurant chain.

As to the food I found it to be good and so was the service. The Fish House Vera Cruz serves lunch and dinner, seven days a week.

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Big Year For Park Development In San Marcos, California.

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:54:10 -0600

It has been a big year for park development in San Marcos, Ca. The beautiful 30 acre Hollandia Park opened in October 2008 near Mission Hills High School and construction began in September 2008 on the new 19 acre Sunset park near La Mirada Drive and Poinsettia Ave. Work has also begun on the 200 acre Double Peak Park in the San Elijo Hills, with completion slated for Summer 2009.

General Information and Features of Hollandia Park, San Marcos, Ca.

Two lighted softball fields
Lighted multi-purpose field
Off-leash dog park
Lighted Skatepark
Adventure playground with climbing wall
Picnic areas
Horseshoe pits
Amphitheater
Multi-use trails

For more information on recreational parks in San Marcos, Ca., give us a call @ 1888-882-1198 Ext 111.

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Crime Down By 26 Percent In San Marcos, California, This Year.

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:41:58 -0600

One of the most significant achievements that the City of San Marcos, enjoyed over last year is that the public safety has enjoyed a 10% decrease in its crime rate over last year. In fact, San Marcos had the most dramatic decrease in violent crime of all Sheriff's contract cities in San Diego---down a whooping 26%.

San Marcos, is growing, it is quickly becoming a mecca for being known for the many choices one has for some of the finest colleges. Crime is down, but not the enthusiasm that many residents, have for this growing community.

If you want to find out more about the City of San Marcos, Ca. Call Crescent Moon Realty & Land N Sea Auctions, @ 1-888-882-1198 Ext 111.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

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On Line Bidding More & More Homes Are Being Sold.

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:22:10 -0600

As technology provides more and more advantages to the real estate professional, I have witness the next futurist approach to selling homes and that is ON-Line Bidding.

It is becoming a fast growing segment of the real estate market, and has proven to be a successful weapon for those agents wanting to create buyers urgency. Establishing a sense of urgency has help sell homes in less than 90 days.

This might very well be considered a sub-niche in the selling of real estate; the results are starting to be amazing. Homes that were languishing suddenly have 20 offers. Yes, there is over bidding going on. Many times it levels the playing field, and heightens buyer's excitement. Sellers get faster results.

Here are the encouraging particulars about ON-Line Bidding .

Competitive Bidding. (Where buyers and sellers get more involved)
Amplifies the interest in properties..
World wide exposure. Bids coming from Canada, Japan, England etc.
Buyers are qualified before placing a bid is allowed.
Seller can see quicker --- tangible results.

Apparently, this sub-niche of selling is beginning to take a bite out of the traditional style of selling real estate. One of the advantages is the sense of urgency. .

Be ready to see more and more of this happening in your real estate market.

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Free Turkey Dinners Being Served @ Salvation Army In San Diego, Ca.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:52:38 -0600

Chef Joe Olmos ordered his 100 Thanksgiving turkeys in June so he could get the best price! It takes two 18-wheelers to deliver those 700 POUNDS of turkey to The Salvation Army Door of Hope Central Kitchen along with 13 cases of stuffing, 22 cases of green beans, 120 pounds of butter, 250 cases of pumpkin pie, 7 cases of whipped cream and everything else needed to serve Thanksgiving dinner to 2,000!

Chef Joe and his staff of four will start cooking soon to be ready for the annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner at Golden Hall on Thanksgiving Day. Golden Hall's seating capacity is 1,800 and in these hard time the Army is planning to invite overflow guests to wait until someone leaves to be served dinner.

"We don't want to turn anyone away," Divisional Commander Major Linda Markiewicz who will greet the guests as they are escorted to linen-draped table cloths to be served by 400 volunteers.

The physical address to Golden Hall ------3rd Ave & B St, San Diego, CA 92101--- Contact the Salvation Army @ 1-619-231-6000.

Get there early the line begins at 7AM, also if you would like a list of other locations, you can go on line 211SanDiego.org and get a list of other locations through out San Diego that will be serving Thanksgiving Dinner.

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Liberal Arts College Coming To San Elijo Community of San Marcos, California.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:16:07 -0600

A San Marcos philosophy professor and several supporters are hoping to open a non-denominational liberal arts college in the upscale San Elijo Hills community in fall 2010, in the hopes of filling a void in San Diego County. If San Elijo College succeeds, it will join a growing list of facilities that have helped turn San Marcos into a major education center.

San Elijo College founder Tim Mosteller said last week that the campus will be a classical liberal arts institution modeled after so-called "great books" schools in other parts of the country.

Examples include Gutenberg College in Eugene, Ore.; St. John's College in Indianapolis, Ind., and Santa Fe, N.M.; and New St. Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho.

"In North County, especially, there aren't any really traditional sort of liberal arts colleges,"

The school cannot start the multiyear process of seeking accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges until after it has opened.However, the college has registered with the state as a nonprofit corporation and recently received its nonprofit status from the Internal Revenue Service. Student are presently being recruited.

"We need at least 12 students, with a maximum of 35," he said, referring to the fall 2010 session. "We hope to end up with about 150 total (in five or six years)."

No textbooks

A San Elijo Hills resident, the 39-year-old Mosteller has bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in philosophy.

He is a full-time faculty member at California Baptist University, a private Christian university in Riverside, and teaches part-time at Cal State San Marcos and the Vista extension campus for Biola University, a private Christian university in La Mirada.

Mosteller said he selected San Elijo Hills as a home for the college because he and his family live in and love the 3,400-home community, and because the college can be incorporated nicely into the area.

The college's six-member Board of Trustees has talked with the owners of the San Elijo Hills town center and a local church about leasing administrative office and classroom space in those buildings, he said.

San Elijo College's catalog states that students will spend four years pursuing a rigorous, liberal arts course of study centered around the great works of Western civilization.

The planned curriculum includes English grammar, logic, rhetoric, mathematics, geometry, astronomy and music. Students also will be required to study Latin and Spanish.

Rather than textbooks, Mosteller said, students will read books and other materials written by people commonly recognized as Western civilization's "great thinkers." Examples include Shakespeare, Aristotle, Plato, Chaucer, Dante, Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov.

"For instance, biology ---- they would read the original experiments and the original books by the great biologists like Darwin," Mosteller said. "And instead of taking a class in, say, American History, students would go back and read the original writings of the people who were writing at the time of the American Revolution."

Life lessons

City officials began touting San Marcos as an "education hub" after CSUSM opened in 1989. The university joined Palomar Community College, which founded its Mission Road campus in 1946.

High Tech High School, the University of Phoenix, Coleman University, the University of St. Augustine and the North County Regional Education Center now call San Marcos home, as well.

Mosteller said he met with the founders of private liberal arts colleges across the country before developing a business plan for San Elijo College.

"Between all of them, I was able to get a clear path in my mind about how to go about starting a school," he said.

The Nicene Creed ---- a basic statement of beliefs used by many Christian denominations ---- is prominently displayed on San Elijo College's Web site.

Mosteller said the board incorporated the creed to give the college a philosophical breadth without tying it to a particular church.

Christian scriptures, well-known theologians' works and other religions' texts will be on students' reading lists, he said, but students will not be required to adhere to a particular religion or belief system.

San Elijo College's tuition will be $8,000 a year. Mosteller said graduates will leave with bachelor's degrees in liberal arts and the ability to apply critical thinking skills to all aspects of their lives.

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Unemployed Homeowners to Get Help From Tarp?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:25:49 -0600

Rescue plans are underway by Rep. Barney Frank. On Monday he said that he is pushing a proposal to use some of the interest the government collects from the financial industry bailout to give loans to unemployed homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages.

The lack of aid to jobless homeowners has been identified as a big weakness in the Obama administration's plan to tackle the mortgage crisis. A report by a congressional oversight panel said last month that the $50 billion program "was not designed to address foreclosures caused by unemployment," which are now the main cause of default.

These are people who are very responsible, very thoughtful. They got a home, it's above water, they've got equity, but they're unemployed, and you can't afford mortgage payments on unemployment," said Frank, D-Mass.

Frank said the program would be funded using interest banks pay on the $700 billion Wall Street bailout, known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

This program was actually developed by Congress in the 1970s but never funded. The proposal is now part of legislation introduced in September, called the Main Street TARP bill.

It would provide $2 billion in TARP money for low-interest loans to homeowners who have lost their jobs but who have good prospects for being able to resume mortgage payments in the future. The emergency loans would be provided for up to 12 months with the possibility of extending them for another year.

On Capitol Hill, many lawmakers have complained about the slow pace of loan modifications. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., said in an interview last week that his staff has been considering ways to make mortgage companies do more loan modifications.

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Sonic Drive In Fever Hits Vista, California.

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:51:15 -0600

Its not H1N1 or the Swine Flu ---- what is it ---"Sonic Drive In Fever" has hit the City of Vista, California. Cars are circling and circling around the corner location on Main Street in Vista, Ca., orange cones are up and employees of Sonic are out directing traffic.

Who would have thought that this novelty restaurant would be such a hit. Many customers wait an hour and half or more to get a chance to order from the call box and have their food delivered by a waiter or waitress on roller skates.

Sonic is running a special and it is::Two hamburgers, Tater tots and drinks for $7.99 plus taxes. Not a bad price --- which breaks down to about $4.00 a person. Hard to believe for this price you get to dine at one of the most popular restaurants in Vista, and get entertained.

Vista, California is now on the map for those that want to experience a hot dining event. .

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What Consumer Want On Real Estate Websites.

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:50:19 -0600

NAR has released a survey showing what kind of information most consumers want when visiting a real estate Website.

When participants were asked what info they considered critical 85.7 percent said that they wanted the ability to search for homes: 42.9 percent said they wanted school information: 57.1 percent said local crime rates and 28.6 percent said tax rates.

Also, this survey showed that most consumers were unfamiliar with the term "dual agency" and "facilitator". Apparently 50% of the respondents had no idea that there were different kinds of brokerage relationships.

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What Are The Advantages To The Seller In An Auction Situation?

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:15:30 -0600

Efficiency. Buyers come prepared to buy. "Lookers" are eliminated because most often bidders are required to pre-qualify with a bank prior to the auction. There is a sense of immediacy at auction. Sellers get maximum exposure for their properties. The auction marketing strategy differs from conventional advertising. It is more concentrated over a shorter time and therefore more intense and visible. High carrying costs are avoided. Through auction, the seller is in control and knows that if the reserve is set correctly, his/her property will sell on a certain day at a certain time and close usually within 30 days of the auction. By selling quickly, the seller is able to avoid high carrying costs such as mortgage, insurance, real estate taxes, security and maintenance and is also able to benefit from the use of the money to reinvest in other real estate or investment opportunities elsewhere.

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Back-Up Offers, Are They Similiar To Being a Bridesmaid Who Never Gets too?

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:44:42 -0600

Question, how worth while is it to place a back-up offer on a short-sale or a REO property? When listing agents tell you that they have an abundance of offers to select from ---- is it in your clients best interest to go into a back-up position? Will the listing agent be willing to take a back-up? It seems that there are several schools of thought on this subject:

How successful is it to be a back-up offer? Can your offer defy the odds and be the offer that gets chosen if the offer that was selected does not perform? Also, when an agent tells you that you can be the 10th back up offer ---- what are the risks?

Is being a back up offer like being a bridesmaid that never gets to make it down the aisle as a bride?

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This is The Day To Stop Worrying!

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:32:41 -0600

Be on the lookout for when you worry about problems rather than taking action to solve them. Notice when you worrying while presenting a calm, unruffled exterior. Notice the negative emotions you experience when you worry. Notice when others worry, fail to act (when they can) and instead waste energy in emoting about a problem. When you catch yourself worrying apply the Mother Goose rhyme:

For every problem under the sun.

There is a solution or there is none.

If there be one, seek till you find it.

If there be none, then never mind it.

It is remarkable how seldom people follow this sage advice.

Worrying never adds to the quality of your life, but it can certainly diminish its quality.

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California Meidan Home Price.

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:56:38 -0600

California Median Home Price---September 09: $296,090 (Source: C.A.R.)
Calif. highest median home price by C.A.R. region September 09: Santa Barbara So. Coast $750,000 (Source: C.A.R.)
Calif. lowest median home price by C.A.R. region September 09: High Desert $117,820 (Source: C.A.R.)
California First Time Buyer Affordability Index. - Second Quarter 2009: 67 percent (Source: C.A.R.)
Mortgage Rates - week ending 11/5/09 30-yr. fixed: 4.98% Fees/points: 0.7% 15-yr. fixed: 4.40% Fees/points: 0.6% 1-yr. adjustable: 4.47% Fees/points: 0.5% (Source: Freddie Mac)

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