home: Rancho Santa Margarita Home Sales - Prices Improve - 10/18/09 04:37 AM
Have we reached the bottom?
Have prices started to climb?
I did a quick comparison of sold condos for 3 different time frames in Rancho Santa Margarita. I looked at condos from 900 to 1200 square feet. I pulled sales data from the three following time frames:
12/1/2008 through 1/31/2009
1/1/2009 through 3/1/2009
9/1/2009 through 10/18/2009
Anyone who is working in this market can attest to how it's changed over the last 9 months. We have gone from a lot of bank owned properties, to almost none.
We are seeing HUGE demand in this sector with several offers on every condo … (0 comments)

home: Your Computer Data - Are YOU Backed up? How I lost over 300GB (& got it back) - 03/22/09 12:40 PM
Go to the bottom to skip the technical details, see - "SKIP TO HERE:"
During my 30 years as a licensed Realtor, I sometimes worked Real Estate on the side while working in the tech field. The only thing I have been involved in longer than Real Estate has been computers. I like to think of myself as pretty good with these machines. I did world wide pre-sales support for Unisys corp for their Dell Server resale division. I reviewed and recommended huge external fibre (yes, we spelled it 're' not 'er') attached backup solutions for large enterprise corporations. I advised technicians … (0 comments)

home: What is the World in Mello Roos? - 02/28/09 03:21 AM
When I moved to South Orange county in 1994, I had never heard of Mello Roos. Most people looking for a home in this area are familiar with Mello Roos, but many areas of the state are not.
Mello Roos - is not a tax technically, it's a "special assessment" Because of it's not a tax, many people feel that it's not tax deductable, but I'm guessing that most people write it off.
Mello Roos tax (oh, I mean Special Assessment) is used to pay for an areas infrastructure - sewers, parks, schools etc.
Mello Roos acts similar to Real Estate tax … (0 comments)