realtor: Hottest neighborhoods in the United States? - 02/01/18 10:18 AM

I was reading the San Jose Mercury News the other day.  Well, not an actual newspaper, but the online real estate section.  An article caught my eye...
Instead of a news story about states or cities that have booming real estate markets, it was hyper-local forecast by Redfin.  It talked about which "neighborhoods" are the hottest across the US.  
It seems that 8 of the nations hottest markets are in the South Bay Area (Silicon Valley), one in the East Bay and one in San Francisco.  So basically, the top 10 neighborhoods are in the Bay Area of California.
Zillow is projecting San Jose has the hottest housing … (3 comments)

realtor: If you give a real estate agent a cookie... - 10/07/10 05:15 PM
If you give an agent a cookie, they will want a glass a milk to go with it.  I mean, they get thirsty after eating that big, soft, chocolate chip cookie...  I mean just like the MegaBite ones you can get on the airplane that cost close to $4.00...  But you eat it and pay for it anyways...  Then eat it really slow, knowing that smaller bites cost less.  If you take a big bite it could cost a buck a bite, so you try to do .25 cent nibbles...
If you give an agent a glass of milk, they will … (97 comments)

realtor: You just bought a new car, now you see THAT car EVERYWHERE! - 09/07/10 12:49 PM

Isn't that the truth!  You buy a new car, that you think is awesome and that everyone will love to see you in it...  Then as you are driving home, you notice that there are a lot of cars just like it on the road, and you are no longer "special".  Well, YOU are special, but you know what I mean. 
Your RETICULAR ACTIVATOR (That part of the brain that starts firing up and making you notice things that you may have otherwise disregarded in teh past) starts working in overtime!
We think the same way when it comes to … (19 comments)