Your Biggest Canvas, Your House. Need Help?

Trying to figure out what colors to paint the exterior of your home? Check out the links to see the wide variety of options availble to you.

Get Your Free Housing Market Predictions Here!

Towards the end of May, I tried to guess what the total homes sold or in contract would be for the entire month in Livermore.  My prediction was between 100 and 105, but  the actual total was 109, so I missed it by that much.  Then I noticed this post on the Huffington post that gave five reasons, [...]

Need Help on Figuring Out the Difference Between a Short Sale and a Foreclosure?

Find links to frequently asked questions about short sales and foreclosures.

What the Heck is the Deal on FHA Loans?

Here is an update on what is going on with the new FHA loans and how they might apply to you.  This information comes from our favorite Loan Broker, Mark Wharton.  Feel free to contact him with any questions you might have.
Hi Joan and Ted;

There is a lot of misunderstanding regarding the FHA loans and I [...]

84% of all those in Foreclosure Do NOT Contact their Lender.

WoW, did that statistic catch anyone’s attention?  It caught mine during a Department of Real Estate course on Short Sales.  I thought (and still think the instructor with 28 plus years in real estate) knew what he was talking about.  But I have since tried to find the source of that statistic and the best [...]

Fast Fix Up For Older Kitchen Lights.

  If you live in a house built before 1990, or if you have been shopping for affordable housing, you probably have seen the common kitchen recessed florescent lights.  When I see this as a Realtor, I always think we need to replace the old lighting with new recessed canned lights.  Now,while that is my [...]

‘OMG’ Real Estate Headlines Scream “Well There’s Bad News and Good News”

A huge headline in today’s Valley Times in super big type, best used for the death of a head of state, yelled UNDER WATER, unfortunately the big headline is missing from the on-line version of the article.  The basic thrust of the article was that two out of three homes bought since 2005 in the East [...]

Blood Brive in Livermore for Korrine Croghan

Just wanted to put up a link to a blood drive here in Livermore for Korrine.

Should you pick an Optimistic or a Realistic Realtor?

Recently Joan and I had an email conversation with a couple thinking about selling their home and wondering what it was worth.  We checked public records and their location and emailed back that we could come over and give them our estimate of what their home was worth, but we raised the question of how many [...]