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There is good food - and then there is GOOD food... in Carlsbad!!!

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:20:55 -0600

Last saturday, I took my wife out, a little break from G - 2 years and on top of it can wear on ya... y'know.

We are all good, head down to Carlsbad, figuring there has got to be some good food (I shall say, that I have a hard time qualifying food online, reviews just don't do it for me). So we drive around a bit and I keep passing this one place - Fresco -...

Can I just say that I fairly picky, and I spent a long time behind the scenes in some nice Skandinavian eateries (yes, Danish is a nationality and we are famous for our pastries).

So - back to Fresco... This place was Phe-No-Me-Nal!!! Start it off with the service, impeccable, on time, but not hovering, I am not a bad tipper, but that night, I left it out there.

The food - I had the special, a stuffed chop on the bone, it looked fantastic when it came in and the flavors we are just amazing.
What about my wife? Ah, she LOVES her Chiopino soup, so when she saw that on the menu, she was sold... Then she was a bit surprised to see that they replaced all the fish with a lobster... Shall we say that was a pleasant surprise to say the least, and the flavors again was fantastic.

Finally, we tried out the homemade Tiramisu (remember - I am picky - and I KNOW what this tastes like in the old world - not many get this one right), They got it.

All I can say, is that if you are going to Carlsbad, this place has to be on your list.

The owner Leone D'arcangelo

Fresco
760-720-3737
264 Carlsbad Village Dr.

Bon Appetit.

Veterans Day!!! Enjoy it in Murrieta CA

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:51:39 -0600

Veterans Day is here again.

To me this is a day to Remember and Honor those who served and those who fell in the service to give us the freedom to think and do anything we want

I was thinking about putting music to this, but in my heart, I hear the last post played on a single horn, the tones ringing into a cold night, I for one can not think of any other music to set to this - so play it in your mind, and please take a moment and join me in remebering and honoring our brothers and sisters in arms.

Thank You!

and yes, my words got cut out when I posted this, so you will have them now

Monday morning crunch in French Valley, Temecula, CA

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:03:25 -0600

Welcome to the new week. Ya, I'll admit it, slow going this am, G is waking up in a few and I just want to make sure you hear from me.

I thought I didn't have anything to write about, but, what do you know... Remeber where the pumpkin patch is (was) on Murrieta Hotsprings and Winchester Rd? I drove by there, and my son said "pumpkin patch gone"... Keep in mind that he is 28 months, so if he is not formulated like an international correspondent of the NYT - it's ok.

It did however make me look twice - the pumpkins are gone - but the structure, tents and a lot of the business seems to remain in place. I think I know where the x-mas trees are coming from.

This morning I just finished my new utilities sheet, it has a LOT of local information you need if you are moving. I got tired of those handwritten notes with this and that number, this looks great and is useful.

Looking back at the weekend, the harvest festival in wine country looks like it was a huge success, this is the third annual and from what I can tell, every one who participated (hey, someone has to stomp those grapes - so all of them), was packed to roof beams.

That's it for today, have a great week, hit me up if you need anything.

Temecula Wine Country - 3rd Annual Harvest Festival & Grape Stomp

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:55:00 -0600

Did you know, this weekend is the 3rd Annual Harvest Festival & Grape Stomp in Temecula, CA.

To get into wine country, simply get off the 15 at Rancho California, turn your headlights East and start driving, after a few miles you will pass Vintage hill on your right and Chardonnay hill on your left (if that gives you any clues as to where you are going), when you pass Butterfield Stage Rd, you will see the entrance to Wine Country - Keep going and the Wineries literally start popping up all over.

Most all the wineries that I know of are participating. Expect to make reservations as they tend to be packed for this opportunity to get your feet dirty (or to walk in wine if you so desire), grape stomping is a big part of the festival and this can be quite entertaining.

For more info, check out the winecountry web site here: http://www.temecula.winecountry.com/special_interest/current_events/sep.html

Enjoy, and say hello when you go by.

Terkel

The New and Improved Home Buyer Tax Credit

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:26:06 -0600

So, you may have heard about the credit, here is a bit more information, and remember: this also applies in Riverside County, in Murrieta, Temecula, Lake elsinore, French Valley and where ever you are.

Via Claudette Millette - Metrowest Mass Exclusive Buyer Broker (The Buyers' Counsel):

The much-anticipated extension to the home buyer tax credit has finally been approved. The Senate's vote yesterday resulted in a 98-0 win and today it was passed in the house. The bill now moves to the President's desk for a final signature.

First-time home buyers have been eligible for tax credits of up to $8,000 since last January as part of this year's economic stimulus package. The newly backed program will expand the credit to include existing home owners.

Under the revised program, those who have owned a home for at least five years will be able to apply for tax credits of up to $6,500 when they purchase their next home.  To qualify, buyers will have to sign a purchase agreement by April 30, 2010 and close by June 30.

The maximum purchase price on a home will be $800,000 with vacation homes not eligible. Income limitations are $125,000 for single tax payers and $225,000 for joint filers.

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) have been lobbying hard for the extension and expansion of the tax credit. NAR claims that so far, about 1.4 million first-time homebuyers have qualified for the program and they estimated that 350,000 of these buyers would not have otherwise purchased.

The tax credit is also set to be extended for another year for military personnel serving outside of the United States until June 30, 2011.

Senator Johnny Isakson, who heavily pushed for the extension, along with his own version that would have increased the credit to $15,000 stated, "This is probably the last extension."

But, is this really true? When April 2011 comes around and the housing market is still not in full recovery mode, will the politicians be able to let this go and actually come to an end, or could it possibly become a more permanent subsidy?

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Shortsale interview - Why is a short sale important? French Valley, Murrieta CA.

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:56:38 -0600

Hi Folks,

As you know, I do a lot of video, and so does other people... Yesterday I had the pleasure of having lunch with Barbara Amstadter and her daugter Susi Scholl, they are a luxury agent team in Newport Beach CA. We were talking a bit about short sales, and Barbara whipped out her little video camera, so here I am on interview.

As you know I am a proponent of short sales, I believe the sellers win by not giving it all up and just tanking their credit, and this little interview tells you a few things about how the short sale can help us accomplish that.

Enjoy, and if you need additional information, please find me.

Getting your offer accepted in Paseo Del Sol in Temecula CA

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:36:56 -0600

This is very exciting, in response to many requests I am preparing to offer my Elite buyer program to clients who are seriously interested in buying a property and taking advantage of the good market.

Keep in mind that this program is limited to 10 buyers at any given time, so don't wait if you want to buy now - on the other hand, if you like writing offers... Feel free to carry on.

Essentially, the elite program is reserved for very serious buyers who meet certain criteria, as part of the program, I will show you how to make an offer that will get accepted. I recently put a client into contract in his first offer, and it was not that hard, you can get your next offer accepted too.
I have written winning bids on bank owned properties in French Valley Murrieta, in West Murrieta, Temecula and many other parts of the greater Temecula Valley.

To see if you qualify, call me today for more information at (951) 805-0773

You can also sign up on the web site at http://www.terkelsorensen.com, make sure you put a note in that you want to be in the Elite Buyer Group and I will get right back to you.
As you may be aware, video is down at the moment, but once it is back, I will explain in more detail.

What to do when your video cam breaks??? Camera less in French Valley, Murrieta, CA

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:59:11 -0600

Ok, so I am not the greatest writer in the world - surely - that is why I am in real estate and not trying to write my first novel...

It might also be one of the reasons I have picked up so much on the use of video... So much simpler for me to record a short clip, review it - and if I don't like it, I can redo it right away (yes, there have been 20+ cuts to pick from on occasion).

So, this whole Flip camera thing got me going - so fast that I never bought one - I realized that my point & shoot had HD video built in - the quality is arguably the same or better than Flip. Not to mention that the thing already went everywhere with me.

My choice in this category ended up being the Samsung tl220, you know, the one with the extra screen in front - I love it. My son goes bonkers when you turn the clown on too.

So far so good, now, what about when someone takes the cam away from you? Yeah... That's a bummer. In my case, the touch screen broke, nice little crack. Camera is new enough that Samsung offered to repair under warranty, great, my cost - the $6 something to ship it to them - they ship it back for free.
All this is great and dandy - even when they called me to tell me to ship it to QC instead, they are swapping me a new one "Hey - I got service here", screen is not supposed to break...
The problem... Is that I have now been without a video camera for a week, talk about withdrawals, this is horrible... I am writing a blog with no video to go with it - how can you do that?

So - I just found out the hard way what my most favorite tool is, I am curious as to what tools you use that are so essential to your daily routine that having it missing really makes you bounce off walls. As I look at houses in Temecula and Murrieta, I stop at places I would want to show my clients, and now I can't.

For now, I am just going to slump here in the office and wait for my cam to show up again - that knock on the door from UPS... Is that them now? Hey - this is kinda like x-mas - except I know what I am getting and I can't wait.

Now show me some video.

Early morning activities... Lugging a camera bag.

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:53:14 -0500

Hi Everyone,

Ok, so there are these days when I just wake up early - I know - who does that on a Sunday???

Well, the long story short is - I have been meaning to get a nice shot for my headers, both for the blogs and web sites and any other thing where I might want it.
Now, I didn't want just any old image, I kinda wanted something special - and something that shows off Temecula and Murrieta in a good light.

If you are a photographer, you know that we sometimes favor the early morning light (hence - getting up early). A while back I found this great location that overlooks my town, and thought about a nice panorama from up there.

Alas, this morning, I did the 20 minute hike up there, camera bag and tripod in tow and set up to shoot some nice images.

My thought is that I will run the images I got this morning through the HDR process (High Dynamic Range), you know, the kind with rich colors and piles of details...

So, I got the images, next up I have to work on them... Good luck with time for that one - but for one, I am happy that I got up at o'dark thirty and hiked. I think this falls into the category of what I will do to make myself look good... Hmm - that just sounds wrong.

Have you done anything like this? Is it crazy? Oh, yeah, as soon as I process it, I will show the results to you.

Your market value package

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:30:25 -0500

I receive a lot of requests for market evaluations and there is a bit more information I would like to get from you.

Especially, here in CA we have Prop 8 which allows us to ask for reassessment of our property value, this only uses comps from the first 3 months of the year, so if that is what you are looking for, please let me know.

Also, if you are upside down and distressed, perhaps a short sale or a loan modification is something you should consider, again, specific comps for that.

In addition, there are times when we really want to look at what the market it doing today, how the buyers are behaving and how that will affect your bottom line, in addition, how does the buyers ability to perform affect the price?

Please watch the video to get some more insight and feel free to ask questions!

The Comparative Market Analysis CMA

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:59:02 -0500

So there are more than a few people who sign up on my web sites for free market analysis, what we call a CMA, Comparative Market Analysis.

I want to write a little about it, since finding your home value in Murrieta and Temecula is not that difficult, however, the purpose of that house value may be something to consider.

Some people are looking for values for a Prop 8 tax re-assessment for their property taxes, in that case, we can only use comparables (comps) from the first 3 months of the year, and if I know this, I don't give you the wrong data.

If you are looking for a value for your French Valley home, simply because you want to know what it is worth. I will typically give you values based on what have sold with a slight eye to what the market it doing.

On the flip side, if you are looking to sell your home, standard equity sale or if you owe more than the property is worth. In that case, I want to make sure that you not only know what the market is selling for, but also that you have a good understanding of how buyers are behaving today and how that can affect your sales price. At writing time, there are hardly any homes for sale and lots of buyers, that drives bidding and if the market here has flatlined, there are definitely areas that are increasing in value as well.

So if you are requesting this, please feel free to give additional details on what specifically you want to do with the market analysis.

Here is brief video intro where I also explain that - and you have a chance to meet me in person - sort of...

If you have comments on the video format and such, please let me know, I am continuously making things better.

Da rain - da rain...

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:15:21 -0500

Ok, so that may not be proper grammar and all - but I will tell you this much - when it rains here, it is a big deal, and my 2 year old son this morning was quite excited to go stand at the patio door and look at it.

We live in the low desert in Socal, so hot and dry is the daily regimen, we know fall is coming as temps are now down to 60 degrees (I know - bone chillin' cold), being from the slightly chillier Scandinavia, I have a different impression of cold (did 5 winters with -35 - now THAT is cold).

I can't wait to bring my son out to see snow, something I used to live with 6-8 months of year, here, well, I don't think the weather people have an icon for snow...

Anywhoo - I so enjoy seeing the expressions on my sons face when new stuff like this pops up. When was the last time you did something with your child that made you full of joy?

How To Buy A Bank Owned Home! Via YouTube - This is Funny!

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:58:11 -0500

Now, on the days when you wondered what happened to the offer - we finally have a good logical explanation...

Via Lisa Wetzel CDPE carsonvalleyland.com (RE/MAX Realty Affiliates):

nother investment option - Episode 14

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:41:45 -0500

Yep, I am back, weekends and sunshine seems to keep my from dropping too many of these episodes up here. Today I am telling you about another good investment option, this one requiring a bit more work, which obvlously I will do for you. Buying foreclosed property to flip is a good way to make a quick buck - as you know - it is not my preferred way as I personally believe in holding the property over flipping... However, there is good oppotunity in it, so check it out.

Terkels Home Show, Episode 13... Investment 2

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:30:07 -0500

In this episode, Terkel is looking at a house in French Valley, by the numbers, this could be a good investment. Terkel also looks a bit at investment strategy #2, which is to hold and sell when the market is on top again.

It works like this, you buy when the price is low, and sell when high - so far so good. As far as timing goes, we had an adjustment in the early '80s, mid '90s and then the one we are in now. The cycle is roughly 12 years, so if we purchase today and hold for 8 years, we should be close to the top of the market - sell everything and wait for it to adjust, then go buy as much as you can again.

Join Terkel for another informative episode.

New Homes owners tell all....

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:00:22 -0500

Today we are talking to Kim & Rory, who just bought their first home. What is that like to own your own home, how was the process and what does this do for their future?Listen to Kim and Rory when they tell you just how important communication - and lots of it - can be in a real estate transaction.
Terkel also gets a little interest from Rory on investing in real estate, something Terkel can talk about for a very long time.

Take a look and see why they would work with Terkel again any day.

Terkel's Real estate shw - Investments - Episode 9

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:39:54 -0500

Welcome back, here goes another one. Note that I think I have figured out some quality issues and you are now watching in HD. This should help with some of the initial quality problems I was running into.

I am also working on getting the format under more control.

This episode is the 2 minute introduction to real estate invesiting, I am going to give you the 10,000 mile view of how it works and what you potentially can get out of it longterm. And for those of you who are my clients, yes, you have heard this before, but now you can share it with your friends too...

Bank owned home in Temecula - ready to list this week.

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:01:09 -0500

Yes, I am back again, this time I look at a home in the Temecula Real Estate market, this one is a bank owned home that is yet unlisted. Follow along and check it out, this would be a big part of how to get your offer accepted - get there before first... See you soon.

Another new bank owned home in French Valley

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:38:19 -0500

Hi Folks,

Ok, I am at it again, this time we are looking at a bank owned home in French vally by Murrieta and Temecula. 4 days on the market and probably with offers already...

Stay tuned for tomorrow when we look at a Temecula bank owned - that will list in about a week - price in the low 200's. If you are a buyer, you want to see this one.

Getting lucky with a short sale

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:08:46 -0500

Here we go again, another episode. I am in Lake Elsinore CA, looking at one of my short sale listings, this one has a finished back yard, patio and all.

When looking at homes in newly built areas, it is common to find backyards that are unfinished, some folks call them a blank canvas, I think this will be a nice bonus for the homeowner who gets it.

For those watching, now that this is getting more regular, I would love to hear some feedback, content, format - and naturally, my sparkling tv personality.

Enjoy.

2 days on the market and SOLD - this is the reality in Temecula / Murrieta Real Estate

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:30:53 -0500

Yes, I am at it again, You will see more and more of these videos, this time I am showing you a house in French Valley, it was on the market for a whopping 2 days... Again, if you want to get your offer accepted, you need special access.

This brings me to the early listings, as late as yesterday, I receied notificationthat a new property in Harveston is coming, it is NOT on the market yet, but we can start sending in offers.

What to do to get your offer accepted.

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:53:09 -0500

We know it is hard to get your offer accepted now, so here is a little about what you can do. More to follow.

The Importance of Real Estate Video- Part 1

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:16:32 -0500

So we have just spent 4 days talking about this - LOOK at the numbers.

Via Tara Jones- Atlanta, GA (Reel Productions TV- Real Estate Video ):

The Importance of Real Estate Video My Series: Part I

So what a surprise? The owner of a video production company specializing in real estate video is going to tell me why it's important to have video on my site. Before you go there, read on.

There’s more to video than just production. The more people using video in the real estate world, the better. Why? It elevates the industry as a whole and here’s how:

The more video on real estate sites, the more powerful the SEO results

The more powerful the SEO results, the more people viewing the sites

The more people viewing the sites, the more chances for you to gain a customer

The more chances for you to gain a customer, the more chances you have to make transactions

Transactions = money

Money = a stimulated economy and a stimulated industry

So before you look at the beginning and end and say, “Did she really just say real estate videos will help stimulate the economy???” Look at the facts:

Vital Video Stats:

Websites with video sustained a visitor more than twice as long than those without

Websites with video top the Google search results

People watch 100 million videos per day on YouTube

Web users are now downloading 8 Billion videos per month!

Nearly 74% of online users watch videos

More than 67% of online users watch video advertisements

65,000 videos are uploaded daily to YouTube

Over 70% of the US population now has high-speed Internet making online videos mainstream

There are over 108 million online video users today

*By 2010, that figure is expected to climb to 157 million users

*By 2012, 190 million...that’s 88% of the entire online audience

68% of Internet users have downloaded video in the last month

Now, let’s bring it home with a real world example:

Online retail website grew by 4% last year. But the number of visitors to retail websites who watched videos on that site grew by 40%. Nearly half of those retailers said they plan on increasing their online video for the following year.

What it means to the average small business owners:

Online video ads are now exceeding television ads dollar per dollar. In 2009 video ads attracted $0.17 per hour viewed, compared to $0.13 for TV. showing that business owners see more value in placing video online than on TV.

Fast paced market and all it holds

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:54:34 -0500

Ok, as you may have noticed - the market has shifted!

And I mean, SHIFTED, we are no longer in a buyers market, we are in a pretty hot sellers market with multiple offers etc.

So, if you are a buyer, what do you do about it? Here are a couple of ideas:
First off, make sure you get an angent to help you who has some experience, local knowledge is a benefit too - oh - and dare I say it, a good relationship with the lising agents who are putting properties out there.

Now, with multiple offers, some interesting things happen. The sellers start looking for the most likely offer to close and preferably at the best price, a low cash offer, is still very likely to close and can beat our higher financed offers.
On financed offers, those with larger downpayments will beat out ones with less down. This especially hurts those who have served us with price and are trying to use their VA loans with little down.

What can be done? For one thing, you can try to get to the listings before the go on the market, this is fairly effective as you can put in a full price offer right away and hopefully be the first one, if the offer conforms, there is a chance the decision maker will just accept it.

For more informaiton on how to get pre-list info, do call me directly. I cover the areas of Temecula, Murrieta, French Valley, Lake Elsinore, La Cresta, De Luz, Redhawk, Crowne Hiill, Morgan Hill, Paseo del sol among many others. If you are looking for Real estate here, visit my web site to look for more info.

Terkel

How important is your data?

Terkel Sorensen (Century 21 Award - Redhawk) — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:08:30 -0500

Yet another Sunday rolls around and as you know, technology takes a few more steps in a direction we would never have thought about 10 years ago. Think of the implications of wave, in how we communicate, both in the office and with clients/vendors - not to mention family - I for one, can't wait to get my hands on it.

While all that happens, have you considered what happens if your computer decides to go belly up? As you know, they rarely do this with warning and never when we want them to.

So - this week - I am going to tell you a bit about back up for your computer - I KNOW - Terkel, just how boring of a subject can you pick - we have foreclosures and call kinds of good stuff - and you pick this???

Ok, that is my own "why I don't want to talk about it" excuse too.
But the fact of the matter is, we don't back up our data NEARLY enough, as a matter of fact, I am going to guess that only 1 in 10 who reads this, have some sort of back up in place, and of those, only a few will have automatic back ups and recovery plans.

Why is this important? Well, for one thing, computers do cost money, and even if you can buy one, what about all your "stuff"?

So, let's break this down a bit, we are primarily looking for data here. And there are different types, such as the pictures from last summers trip to Disney land, or the contract that just came back last night, via emal - not fax... and what about your .pst file? (Ah, yes, a what file?), the pst file is the file where Outlook stores your outlook data, contacts, email, calendar... You name it.
Note - if you are on exchange, don't worry too much about your pst, it will be backed up on the server - if this is absolute gibberish to you, you probably don't have exchange and you can disregard this part.

So, 3 kinds of data, lets recap:
Personal files - Want to keep them, but the business would not keel over if they were lost.
Business files - Major headache if lost.
System files - Allows you to keep operating on a different machine.

Great, now lets talk about the back up options, generally, we are working with 3 different options, a disc array (RAID) where you can do very safe back ups, generally, this is reserved for geeks and/or people with access to corporate serves - it can be done at home, but it is not something you will be picking up at Radioshack anytime soon.
Portable drives, most of the portable drives out there, are made for just this reason, so you can transfer data, or back it up. I am staring at a .5T FreeAgent from Seagate (a harddrive manufacturer), these days I think you can get a 1T for about $100 on sale. That is a LOT of storage and it will take you more than a week to fill the thing. I kinda like these things, I use it as a back up to my disc array - just in case... It is also easier to move around.
Finally - Online backups, most tech companies out where you buy a computer, will have some flavor of this as does Norton/Symantec and a few other companies. The biggest benefit to this is one thing - your back up is off site and the back up is being backed up on their servers - if you want redundancy, this is the way to go.

Ok, so let's recap this one.
Disk Array - steep geek factor.
Portable drive - easy peasy desktop solution.
Online backup - probably the most redundant and safe storage solution.

Frequency... This is the other big deal with backups. Backing up once a year is great, as long as the important file showed up 10 minutes prior to the back up. So you want ot back up, probably once a week, as a rule of thumb, you can configure your system to do it automatically and to only add files that have changed, so you don't have to do the whole thing over and over, most systems will also let automate the process, so thursday morning at 4 am, it is done while you are dreaming of 5 escrows opening later that morning.

Now, I think this is it. Please ask questions if you have them. We have plans for most everything out there, including the road inPalos Verdes falling into the ocean...

Now go get your data backed up - and I mean NOW.

Terkel