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…
Just when you thought some relief may be on the horizon for that new home you’re thinking about purchasing, due to the adjusted conforming loan limits of to close to $750,00, you read this. This was e-mailed to me from a friend: Stimulus plan may lead to higher mortgage rates…
Quite a few people have asked me recently about the Economic Stimulus Package bouncing around Capitol Hill. The most important aspect of the package being “how will it effect the housing market, and more importantly, my ability to buy a home”. The answer is a little gray right now, but it could be…
While on vacation in Mexico, my brother Brett brought up how he had downloaded the “100 Greatest Film” list from AFI. (http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx) Which got us started on how we felt about the list and what movies had not made it. It was surprising to note that not one Mel Brooks movie…
Cabo Trip On January 3 we took off for a few days in Los Cabos. We had a fantastic time, caught (and released) a total of 11 marlin between the 5 of us, and got a little crazy at CaboWabo Cantina. The weather was great, around 80 degrees all week. And…
This tip came to me as a weekly e-mail from Keith Ferrazzi. I thought it was a good idea and made me start to think about who I would want to team up with. It’s a new year and 2008 is going to bring you what you want, I promise.…
As part of my goal setting plan for December, I’ve been reading a lot of info. I came across this article about setting clear goals on Brian Tracy’s Blog (http://blogs.briantracy.com/public/blog/187468). I hope you find it as helpful as I did. The Law of Clarity Clarity accounts for probably 80% of success and happiness…
Over the past couple of years December has become an important month for me. December is about looking back at the past year and planning for the year to come. As part of all this reflection and planning I decided to read One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way…
As part of our goal towards eating locally we tried to “hit two stones with one bird”. For part of our thanksgiving feast, we purchased a Heritage turkey from Mary’s Turkeys (http://marysturkeys.com/) through a local market Mollie Stones. In doing so we accomplished two goals. First the turkey was raised…