Entries from November 2008

November 25, 2008

The Mt. Carmel Holiday Home Tour is BACK!

  It’s that time of year! On Saturday, December 13th, from 11am to 3pm, visit four beautiful Mount Carmel area homes splendidly decorated for the holidays.  Even if you can’t make the Tour, come shop the expanded Gift Boutique at the school (301 Grand St.).   The boutique is open to the public from 10am to [...]

November 14, 2008

Snow is Coming to Redwood City?

Well, ok, so it’s not falling out of the sky, but it’s snow nonetheless!
Must be that time of year for RC’s annual Hometown Holidays
Each year on the first Saturday of December, Redwood City’s Downtown Business group throws a party in celebration of the Holiday Season! We have a parade, entertainment, SNOW, Santa Claus, and a [...]

November 13, 2008

New Podcast — Carole Rodoni Returns To the Gory Details

 
This month’s episode: She’s back! For the third time on the Gory Details Podcast, my special guest is the dynamic Carole Rodoni,  a highly regarded speaker, author and advisor in Bay Area real estate. Formerly president of Fox and Carskadon Realtors, COO of Cornish & Carey Real Estate, President & COO of Alain Pinel Realtors, Carole [...]

November 6, 2008

Recent Sales in Mt. Carmel – Q3 and Beyond

Price it right, and it will sell.
A simple, but extremely critical notion to think of when selling ANY house these days.
The reason I mention this is because there actually were a few homes that recently sold in Mt. Carmel for OVER ASKING price.  Yes, you read that right.  Pricing is THE most important factor these [...]

November 6, 2008

New Podcast Next Week — The Return of Carole Rodoni

Back for an unprecedented THIRD time on the Gory Details Podcast, next Monday I will be interviewing the dynamic, illustrious and always interesting Carole Rodoni.
For those who don’t know her, Carole is an author and advisor in Bay Area real estate. Her illustrious career includes roles as President of Fox & Carskadon Realtors, COO [...]

November 3, 2008

How Not to Get Sued (aka, Top Tips for Disclosing)

This comes from a great article I saw last week in the Los Altos Town Crier. Talked about a recent panel of real estate lawyers (now THAT’S a bit of a scary combination of 3 words), discussing numerous issues, chief among them, disclosures.
Here were the highlights:

In today’s economic times, when much of the market [...]