If you hadn't planned on going to the California State Fair in Sacramento...reconsider! I went there today with my granddaughters and mother and had a great time! We pet llamas, wallabys (even the baby in the pouch), fawns, goats, pot bellied pigs, roosters, a donkey, and sheep. We looked at mi
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08/22/2009
It is always exciting when there is a new infill project in a city. Sacramento is no different. We have some remarkable infill projects going...one of them the largest in the United States. The Railyards has it's own set of challenges. It is a downtown infill and must deal with parking, city
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08/20/2009
Okay..I will be the first to admit that I am no computer genius. You might guess that by the title of this blog! I love Outlook! Not exactly intuitive for other things, but nothing better for receiving e-mails! It had started acting up a little of late and I couldn't figure out why. I looked t
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08/12/2009
Sacramento is known for a few things...the midway point between Lake Tahoe and San Francisco...our tomatoes...Arnold Schwartzenneger...the Sacramento Kings. Our best kept secrets...Music Circus...Railroad Museum...more trees per capita than anywhere else in the world (including Paris)...the Broad
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08/12/2009
There has been a lot of confusion about HVCC and what it means to our industry. I would like to present a "basics" blog to explain the repercussions of these well intentioned guidelines. First: a glossary of termsHVCC - Housing Value Code of ConductAMC - Appraisal Management Company Andrew Cuomo
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08/09/2009
It sounds like a crazy title, but read on... I grew up sitting at a table with my parents, brother and grandmother. We talked about our day, our thoughts, and laughed...a lot. I didn't appreciate it at the time, but we "got" each other as a result. I wish I could have a "do over" and recreate th
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08/01/2009