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2011
Santa Rosa Real Estate Market Report for January 2011 Santa Rosa is the largest City in Sonoma County, located 55 miles North of San Francisco and 23 miles East of the Pacific Ocean. With a population of approximately 160,000 residents, Santa Rosa has suffered a substantial drop in market value s...
02/15/2011
Cotati Real Estate Market Report For January 2011 Cotati CA, is situated 50 miles North of San Francisco and 23 miles East of the Pacific Ocean. Considered the "Hub of Sonoma County", Cotati was incorporated as a City in 1963, largely due to an effort to NOT become part of neighboring Rohnert Par...
02/15/2011
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I'd like to think I know Sonoma County pretty well, but once in awhile I'll travel down a road I haven't been on for quite awhile and find something new. As I was traveling past the Kenwood Restaurant and Bar, something shiny caught my eye. I glanced over to the right to see a huge sculpture in t...
02/13/2011
Flying in or out of the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport is a kick in the pants. If you have any type of wait, you can quickly pass the time by reading all of the Peanuts comic strips they have hanging on the walls. If you need some help, you can ask for airport advice from Lucy van Pel...
02/12/2011
I'm literally hanging by a wire. Buyers are afraid to walk under me. I work, but it sure doesn't look like it. If I had a little glass dome to live in I would be much prettier. The rest of the house just needs a little TLC, honest. Fix me please ... buyers take one look at me and walk away. S...
02/11/2011
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How much grief can three ZEROs make? Plenty if we are talking about an APN (Assessor Parcel Number). Here in Sonoma County, our APN numbers have a format of this: 144-450-015. This is how our APNs are represented in the MLS, in our contracts and in Realist, the public record data source for our M...
02/10/2011
My neighbor bought a beautiful new truck the other day. I walked down the street to take a closer look, it's huge! While we were outside chatting, the wife shook her head and said "we didn't think about measuring the garage ... the truck doesn't fit!" Oops. This type of boo boo occasionally happe...
02/08/2011
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What is your definition of LUCK? My dad used to tell us kids that the definition of LUCK is the ability to recognize an opportunity and the courage to act on it. He was always self employed, and prospered with all of his endeavors ... building homes, running a dairy farm and brokering land...
02/06/2011
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For the past 20 years, I have lived in Cotati across the street from a 10 acre parcel. On the property, at one time, was one of the first houses ever built in my small City along with a stone outbuilding. Historians tell us it was quite the party house, especially during prohibition. The property...
02/05/2011
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In California, an agent is required to perform a visual inspection of every home they sell that falls under the 1-4 residential unit category. Thank goodness this doesn't mean crawling under the house or climbing into the attic, it means a visual inspection of those areas that are "reasonably and...
02/04/2011
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