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Out & About San Diego with Jim Frimmer, Your Mission Valley Realtor — Testing the walk score on a Wordless Wednesday

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Real Estate Agent with HomeSmart Realty West CalBRE #01458572

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Walk Score

Our updated MLS now features a walk score which tells you how walkable the neighborhood is surrounding any specific property. If your MLS doesn't have a walk score, you can find out right here: Walk Score.

The walk score of my neighborhood is a 69, one of the highest that I've seen. Although they didn't have walk scores when we moved here, the walkability of a neighborhood has always been high on my list whether renting or owning.

Today was an absolutely beautiful day to put that walkability to use, and following are some pictures of flowers that I found along the way. The highways and streets are bursting with blossoms right now.

This is what I've always called a pincushion, and I usually only see them at the Zoo or at botanical gardens:

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My other half tells me that it's a protea. Whatever. Here's a close-up:

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Pincushion sounds neater.

There were many irises blooming. I didn't know irises grew this far inland, much less bloomed.

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I saw what I think was the tallest pencil cactus I've ever seen:

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Most of the pencil cacti are solid green, but this is a variety called "fire sticks." You can see why.

And lastly, although not a flower, the seed fronds on these ornamental grasses were daintily dancing in the mild breeze, apparently beckoning me to come over and take their pictures, so I did:

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It's okay to take some time out of your hectic days and simply enjoy the beauty that is all around us!

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If you're looking for a great real estate agent in San Diego, well,
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I'm available 24/7, so feel free to contact me by phone or email.

Jim Frimmer, Realtor
Century 21 Award Mission Valley
California DRE License #01458572
619-729-5701
jimfrimmer@century21award.com
Mission Valley Condos Information

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Comments (16)

Sondra Meyer:
EXP Realty, LLC - Corpus Christi, TX
See It. Experience It. Live It.

I wonder what my neighborhoods walk score would be?  Congrats on yours being a high one.  Beautiful flower pictures.  I tried to send you an email the other day, but it got kicked back. (I was officially notified earlier today.)  I'll try to get it to you via another means I guess.  Have a great day tomorrow. 

Mar 30, 2011 04:54 PM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Jim --- I think walk scores are important decision making factor for many buyers(I know it is for me as well).   Nice photo opportunities you found while walking in your high walk score neighborhood.

Mar 30, 2011 05:15 PM
Joni Bailey
101 Main St. Realty - Huntsville, TX
Your Huntsville / Lake Livingston Area REALTOR®

Wow! The pin cushion is my fav of all the photos. (Sorry, Russel! I can't remember the right name, probably couldn't spell it OR pronounce it right either! LOL! oxox)

Mar 30, 2011 05:28 PM
Maria Morton
Platinum Realty - Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Real Estate 816-560-3758

Jim, I always enjoy your posts and photos. The red pencil cactus is a new one to me!

Mar 30, 2011 05:50 PM
Belinda Spillman
Aspen Lane Real Estate Colorful Colorado - Aurora, CO
Colorado Living!

Hi Jim,  I do love those walk scores.  Walking, running, jogging, biking, etc is so huge in Colorado.  Could be because we have to hibernate like grizzly bears in the winter.

Mar 31, 2011 03:57 AM
Mike Kazi
AtoZTasks.com - San Bernardino, CA
AtoZTasks.com

Great blog ! Thank you so much for your nice sharing .Wil be glad to have some business with you .

Mike Kazi
ATOZTASKS.COM

Mar 31, 2011 08:05 AM
Steve, Joel & Steve A. Chain
Chain Real Estate Investments & Mortgage, Steve & Joel Chain - Cottonwood, CA

Jim,

The "walk score" of our community is quite low when measured by the normal conventions of scoring. We have discovered the score doesn't keep Leslee and I from throughly enjoying the value of walking our beautiful community.

Best,

Steve

Mar 31, 2011 10:30 AM
Tony & Darcy Cannon
Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT
The C Team

Jim, very nice photos!  That is a great walk rate!

Mar 31, 2011 11:17 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Jim, great points on Walk Score, as these numbers are pretty important for those wanting an urban life style!    Great photos of plants we don't have around here!

Mar 31, 2011 04:18 PM
Susan Neal
RE/MAX Gold, Fair Oaks - Fair Oaks, CA
Fair Oaks CA & Sacramento Area Real Estate Broker

Hi Jim - I have looked up walk scores for buyers for whom this is important.  Most people don't even know there is such a thing, and buyers are impressed when you can provide that.

Mar 31, 2011 05:26 PM
Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Jim--I grew up in small town, PA and we walked everywhere day or night.  Small towns were safe places to grow up.  I am happy to see that we are returning to those days.

Good post, Jim.

Apr 01, 2011 01:08 PM
Gloria Todor
Premier Property Sales & Rentals - Springfield, PA
& Doug Durren (484) 431-3686 in SE PA

Jim, That's great that your MLS has the Walk Score as part of their information.  I'd be happy if our MLS would make it mandatory to have photos, getting a walk score is years away here.  Not surprised that your area is so high with all of the great photos you and Russel offer us here at AR.  Beautiful pictures!  Thank you.

Have a great weekend.

Gloria

Apr 02, 2011 08:37 AM
Christine Hooks
Pino Agency - Pennsville, NJ
Celebrating 25 Years in Real Estate!

The photos are beautiful, as always, but what I really love is learning about the 'walk score'.

I'm hoping that it pertains to NJ, as well!

Apr 02, 2011 07:41 PM
Jim Frimmer
HomeSmart Realty West - San Diego, CA
Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist

Hey, Everyone!

Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

I’ll read through all the comments to see if any of them need a specific response. If so, I’ll respond below this comment. Thanks again for stopping by and commenting. I really do appreciate it, and I’ll be by your blogs soon to do some reading and commenting.

Apr 15, 2011 04:34 AM
Sidney Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula
Realty Works Temecula - Temecula, CA
Realty Works Temecula

Jim:  Max and I walk almost everyday....I think the "Walk Score", is due to the new generation of home buyers who want things within walking distance!  Great idea that SD MLS has!

Apr 26, 2011 04:34 PM
Jocelyn Milici
Walk Score - Seattle, WA

Hi Jim! Thank you for writing about Walk Score! Glad to hear that your MLS provider is using it.

We've just added a new feature that allows real estate agents to create a flyer with their own info and a map of neighborhood amenties. I'd love to get your feedback!

The coupon code 'ACTIVERAIN' can be used try it free for the first 20 users or contact me for more.

(Sorry if this is too salesy, I thought you might actually be interested. Please let me know if this a faux pas, I'm still getting my feet wet here on AR.)

Jun 20, 2011 10:24 AM