It’s not uncommon as real estate professionals to accumulate subscriptions and services, which become repetitively billed to our credit cards each month. For example, subscriptions we once thought useful, but are no longer of benefit to us. In the past I was one, who had signed up for access
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11/19/2014
On the mall area, adjacent California’s Capitol Building in Sacramento, there is a newer area between 15th and 16th street which had some interesting markers, created from iron rods, with circular glass disks on top. Closer examination of the disks, revealed various astronomical facts, certain d
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11/18/2014
Approximately 30 miles east of Sacramento, along Highway 80, is California Gold Rush era Old Town Auburn. In addition to the outrageous hilarity of the 1850s pioneer days, there is another neat fact that I like about the place, because I’m a John Travolta fan. Travolta’s movie, “Phenomena” was f
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11/17/2014
I woke to cooler Sacramento temperatures this morning. It’s a good time to cook up a favorite family recipe. Tuscan Medley is an adaption of Chicken Cacciotore. The difference is this recipe has ingredients like artichoke hearts, olives capers and roasted sweet peppers added. Perhaps your fam
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11/17/2014
There are times when I wish the thinking head of technology would simply knock their heads together and get along. Why is it they try so hard to be different. I’m not talking about the gadgets we use on a daily basis – I’m talking about the batteries that power them. As many real estate prof
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11/16/2014
Uh Huh - I know what you're thinking! You suspect this blog is going to be about a class of real estate investors, who buy homes with hopes of rehabbing and putting them back on the market for sale, and generating profit! But no, this piece is about another California flipper population numbe
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11/15/2014
It is often amazing how in our fairytale factory of the mind, we conjure one thing, when something quite different is actually going on. For example, my granddauter, Macie, reminds me of a delicate little flower. She was born into a family, where most play a musical instrument or two. There hav
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11/13/2014
Those that know me pretty well; also know I’m prone to mini fits of wanderlust. These fits don’t require great distances be traveled in order to quell the monster - Usually, only a tank of gas or so. However, during busy times, driving off at a moment’s notice isn’t really possible. But, that
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11/12/2014
California’s Shenandoah Valley, cradled in the rolling hills of Amador County, is a restful place in our state’s Gold Country. The sleepy little 1850s settlement of Fiddletown is barely changed from earlier decades. With the gold discovery in 1848, Amador County’s Shenandoah Valley became a key
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11/12/2014
Located on the northeast corner of Capitol Park on the grounds of California’s State Capitol Building at 10th and L Streets, is the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Artist Rolf Kriken is the creator of these bronze statues, which depict military life in Vietnam. On the memorial walls, ar
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11/10/2014
