Halloween will be here before you know it, so get ready to blog about upcoming events in your neighborhood! A great way to spice up your posts for this spooky holiday is to doctor a photo. A house is perfect, of course, but this works with pumpkins or almost anything else.So start by finding a ph
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09/29/2008
Sometimes photos are "almost right". Occasionally, I end up getting a photo at the wrong time of day or under bad lighting or sky conditions and want to fix it before publishing a pic.One of the free helps with the sky issue is Picasa. Below, please see a photo I took a few months back of a neat,
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09/25/2008
Willow Glen is an extremely popular area in San Jose which offers convenice, charm, and a strong sense of community. It is adjacent to downtown San Jose, and also borders the Cambrian Park area and the city of Campbell in Silicon Valley. The "downtown area" mostly consists of the many stores, sho
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09/24/2008
Got Frames?Recently I learned how to frame what's basically an RSS feed from our MLS (all allowed) and I was very proud of myself for figuring out how to do it. I want to make my sites "content rich", so this seems like a plus. Since I'm doing it through approved vendors and my MLS, which gives c
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09/23/2008
Statistics are all about tracking what is measurable, from "days on market" and "aborption rates" to "price per square foot" and "list price to sales price ratio". Today's San Jose Mercury News featured a headline story about the ten San Jose zip codes with large numbers of homes in foreclosure t
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09/18/2008
Cambrian Park is an area of San Jose that borders Los Gatos, Almaden Valley, Willow Glen, and Campbell. It is considered a safe area with good schools and is fairly affordable. Because of its proximity to Los Gatos and Willow Glen, and a vibrant community with lots of activities, a couple of Farm
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09/18/2008
In mid-August, I wrote a post here on Active Rain entitled "How Do You Write Your Agent Bio? Put Your Best Foot Forward & Write Something Unique (Lose the Boilerplate!)" My Rule # 1 was this: When you write your agent bio or promo pieces, find your own way of expressing why you have strengths t
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09/14/2008
A discussion of the Los Gatos condo and townhome market The landscape for Los Gatos condos and townhouses is varied and truly runs the gamut from simple shelter close to freeway walls and train tracks to newer or fully remodeled luxury homes with gorgeous views of Lake Vasona, the coastal mountai
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09/14/2008
Where are the earthquake fault zones in Los Gatos? (Did you know that the Shannon Fault runs right through Los Gatos? Many people only think of the large San Andreas Fault that runs through the Santa Cruz Mountains, often near the summit.) There are other geologic issues to consider as well - dam
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09/05/2008
Fall is a time when many of us check smoke detectors, clean out the rain gutters, and have our furnaces serviced. It's an ideal time to make sure the home is in good working order, well before winter sets in and those same tasks become miserable to perform. Life gets busy, money can run short and
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09/04/2008
