This year we decided to be a little different and instead of the big family thing with all the presents we decided to go to Yosemite and stay at the Wawona hotel. What a fantastic Trip! When we arrived there was snow though no chains were required to enter the…
I may have received the best Christmas present ever and I got it well before Christmas. For years I’ve been teasing Jaimie that I would buy the Leg Lamp from The Christmas Story and this year I finally did it. After Thanksgiving I ordered it from the christmas story house…
As you may know Jaimie and I are expecting our first child in March. I thought I would post the first ultrasound image for your viewing pleasure. First Ultrasound
In a recent Forbes magazine article (www.forbes.com) the City of San Jose California was rated best city for home sellers. According to the article: …tough regulatory measures make it difficult to overbuild. New home construction dropped 63% last year, while jobs grew by 1.2%. Home vacancies, which were already low…
Remember that day in high school when you took a survey and it magically produced recommendations of “what you should be when you grow-up”? Interestingly enough, it never contained any of the job titles I’ve actually applied for, but that’s another topic for another day. If I could go back…
On March 20th Jaimie and I took off from San Francisco to Miami headed for Lima Peru. After spending the night in Lima we arrived in Cuzco for out vacation to the Sacred Valley of the Inca. We spent a few days in Cuzco before heading off to the highlight…
A new video was posted at the Mercury News website regarding a few volunteers trying to maintain our rose garden. Check it out here: http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2007/12/17/rose-garden/#more-2402
I ran the numbers for downtown San Jose (including the Rose Garden & Naglee Park neighborhoods) for February and found some interesting info. Let’s start with inventory numbers. Inventory is up 82% in Downtown San Jose. Quite a big jump really. Sales were down 56% over this time last year.…
Last Monday and Tuesday I spent two days in Seattle attending the Buffini & Company Turning Point Retreat. The head of the company Brian Buffini is an amazing speaker and I walked away from the event not only pumped up about real estate but inspired in many aspects of my…