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At 12:01am, in both Edwards and Festival Cinemas. Reminiscent of Star Wars, lines are forming NOW! I will be there, waiting anxiously for the second movie in the Twilight Saga-New Moon. This is crazy and silly and SO MUCH FUN!! I'm sure I will see some of you out there this
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Question: Do any of you work with Real Estate Investors?
I have an unlisted Bank Owner Property I'm looking to move in Santa Maria
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Would love to get local feedback on local hauntings here in the Santa Maria Valley. Many have heard of the White Lady who haunts the trees near Pioneer Park, the hauntings at The Santa Maria Inn and Santa Maria High School Ethel Pope Auditorium. Please feel free to add your own
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Paso Robles faces Righetti at Warrior Stadium tonight in a Pac-5 showdown in high school area football. 7:30pm. Traffic could be heavy at Foster and Bradley, with the St; Joe/PV game across the street!!
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This Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, the St. Joseph Knights host Pioneer Valley in a matchup of two undefeated Santa Maria Valley varsity football teams.
Kickoff time is 7:30 p.m. on Al Maguire Field at St. Joseph's Jay Will Stadium. A live webcast of the game will be available at www.santamariatimes.com. Elliott
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The heat is incredible here on the California Central Coast! Here are a couple of ways to beat the heat this weekend:
This weekend, Oct 16, 17 and 18, Goleta celebrates its history as a lemon growing region with the annual Lemon Festival at Girsh Park (Glen Annie exit, behind Costco).
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The Arroyo Grande Chamber of Commerce is seeking vendors for the Sixth Annual 50+ Expo set for 10am to 2pm, Tuesday, November 17, at the South County Regional Center, 800 W. Branch Street, A.G.
The trade show features Health, Fitness, leisure, and business services for seniors, their caregivers, and those wishing
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The Rock and Roll Diner, at 1300 Railroad St. in Oceano, is helping raise funds for breast cancer awareness through a special Pink Menu through the month of October-Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
10% of Pink Menu meal proceeds will be donated to organizations promoting Breast Cancer Awareness. For more information, call
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The Santa Maria Department of Parks and Recreation, in partnership with the Santa Maria Noontime Kiwanis, People for Leisure and Youth (PLAY), community art groups hosted a fantastic event yesterday in downtown Santa Maria. I am only sad that we do this but once a year!
I would love to see
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Buying a condo in Santa Maria, Ca. can be tricky. Now something that people are starting to look at are condos since they are usually a lot cheaper than a home. Just don’t forget that condos you have an Association fee that can be as little as $100.00 to as
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As I speak with friends and fellow Real Estate professionals one topic always comes up. "When is this market going to change?" I believe this market has changed and we as buyers and sellers of Real Estate can stop falling into the gloom and doom mindset the news media would like
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Rich Levin, top real estate trainer, sent me a great article that I just had to share! It's called "The Four Required Skills to Work with Buyers" and says "there are four distinct skills you need to develop to take full advantage of this tremendous opportunity with buyer leads:"
Contact the
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Don't you just hate it when someone posts slander or gossipabout you in an online public forum? Well, if they're professionals, they shouldn't. Why?
Because professionals have the courtesy to approach others directly. Professionals, like us ActiveRain members, don'tback-bite, gossip, slander, act passive/agressive, be a "sissy" by not confronting people, or
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I received this email from California Association of Realtors® Newsline today:
"U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan recently announced that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will allow home buyers to apply the administration's new $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit toward the purchase costs of a
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Recently I was blessed to attend a real estate investment seminar, Real Wealth Investor Expo with Scott Whaley. I highly recommend thatALL seriousreal estate agents attend investment seminars to educate yourselves. You (hopefully) have clients who are real estate investors, and you should learn their techniques and tools of the trade.
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I just received a counter offer back on a Bank of America property (formerly Countrywide) with a new twist that I haven't seen before in REO contracts. Countrywide officially became Bank of America Home Loans about two weeks ago. I've sold quite a few Countrywide REOs and was used to how
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Currently, there is intense competition among buyers in the Santa Maria market. If this is a buyer's market, it sure doesn't feel like it anymore. Indeed, with the banks calling almost all the shots in the under $300,000 market (short sales and foreclosures), it certainly feels like a sellers market.
There
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What would happen if we told our boss we were going to meet him at an appointment, but then never showed up? "You're Fired!"
What if we left a $500,000 company asset completely unsecured and at risk? "You're Fired!"
What if we barged in our boss in a private meeting behind
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No, it does not stand for "REO Speedwagon" thefamous pop music group from the 80's. ***I just wanna keep on lovin you*** Gotta love that long, curly guy hair -- betthey're allbald now!
REO = Real Estate Owned
It is the term used by banks and mortgagelenders to refer to real
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This article "Banks Walk Away On Foreclosures" was posted on MISH'S Global Economic Trend Analysis blog.
It's the story of a home owner who had tenants living in her house. She told them to move out because a foreclosure was imminent. So they moved out and left the home vacant.
The
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Houses sold in Santa Barbara County, California 1st Quarter 2009 includes Santa Maria, Orcutt, Guadalupe, Los Alamos, Los Olivos, Lompoc, Goleta, Solvang, Buellton, Santa Ynez, Montecito, and Santa Barbara.
For single family houses, the average sales price last year was $315,00 and this year so far is about $250,000. For condos,
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Today I attended Melissa Zavala's short sale seminar and was totally amazed! Her company, Short Sale Expeditors,handles hundreds of short sales and cranks outbank approval letters for thesetransactions DAILY!
With all of Melissa's experience, I learned so many things about short sale transactions: industry history, marketing to sellers, solving problems, submitting
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Home sellers often ask what they can do to make their home sell quickly for the price they want. I believe that this is a great market for realistic sellers. Realistic meaning sellers who do not expect to get housing boom era pricing for their homes. There is actually a shortage
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Hidden Pines is a lovely little gated community located in northwest Santa Maria. It boasts a private park and streets, and borders the Santa Maria Riverbed walking trail. The homes were built approximately 15 years ago and feature tile roofs and 2 car garages. The development is surrounded by other popular
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"Being good at anything is merely the combination of desire, knowledge, and practice," according to Recruiting Coach Steven Morris. He shows real estate broker/owners how to grow their brokerages through recruiting top real estate agents.
He shared the above KEYS TO SUCCESS with me recently when I told him that YES
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Iknow the media is saying that the real estate market is in the dumps. And I guess if you were hoping to get housing boom era prices for your home, it is. But if you are a Santa Maria or Orcutt home owner who needs to sell your home, you should
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