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2010
There have been many news reports about the results from the 2010 U.S. Census Among the findings California will not gain nor lose any seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Our growth rate was just about as average as the country. Average? Not, California! This is a first since 1920 acco...
12/22/2010
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A story in the Wall Street Journal this past weekend mentioned the many productions of "A Christmas Carol" that would be held across the country but highlighted a quite different version. "A Klingon Christmas Carol" For those uninformed(count yourself among the lucky?), Klingon is both a specie...
12/21/2010
December 21, 2010 Dear Condominium Homeowner Association: My name is Michael Jacobs and I am a Realtor and I have a favor to ask of you. Can you please review the rules and by-laws of your association and make a change to the lockbox policy for the complex? As you know, there are "xx" number ...
12/20/2010
Announcing Julian Asange Time Magazine Person of the Year Okay, Okay . . . Yes, I know it's Mark Zuckerberg but have you heard about the controversy that Mark Zuckerberg should have been named Person of the Year in 2004 or 2005 not 2010? Yes, we have all heard if facebook was a nation it would b...
12/19/2010
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Marc Gold You can read the story of Marc Gold at http://www.parade.com/news/2010/12/19-the-shoestring-philanthropist.html This is a story of a truly altruistic person. Mr. Gold has traveled to far away locales to hand out money to those most deserving. Sometimes a gift as little as fifty cents...
12/19/2010
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Yikes! How many times has this happened to you? It can be rather embarrassing to ask a client if they received your email --- maybe they did and it was sooooo boring or unmemorable they quickly read over and then deleted it or simply never really read it. Gary Woltal from Texas has some grea...
12/18/2010
Who is Dennis R Ferguson? You may have read or heard the stories about Dennis R Ferguson. Or maybe not. Mr. Ferguson did something that makes him rather unique. He "paid back" the state of California for the four months of unemployment payments he received after losing his job in the defense ...
12/18/2010
You probably have read the press release/news stories that ZipRealty is preparing to lay off all associates in its 35 markets and hire them back as independent contractors. As independent contractors, ZipRealty associates won't receive health benefits or pension plans but commissions will rise. ...
12/17/2010
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What's the most annoying word or phrase of 2010? "Whatever" you say and YOU would be right. At least according to a poll by researchers at Marist College in Poughkeepsie College. Others in the top five: "like" --- as in like, you know, it was like a really cool house and like it close to sho...
12/17/2010
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Of course when it comes to real estate and selling your home we know there is only a short amount of time we have to capture the potential buyer. Realtor Suzanne Welch from New York writes about holiday decor in this blog. My opinion is that curb appeal is very important so don't overload your...
12/16/2010
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