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To preserve the privacy of my friend his name has been changed to Jake.Jake was my CPA for as long as I can remember.  He owned his small private family business. He is such an incredible person. A family man. Loving husband, father, grandfather, friend, etc.Sometimes in life, we just take an ext...

Many members of the ActiveRain community that I know personally have pets. Some have several pets.  In my book, anyone who has pets, loves animals, and advocates for them is a GOOD person. That does not mean that anyone who does not have a pet is not a good person. Those of us with pets know how ...

I will never forget the day I first heard about ActiveRain. The person I was speaking with was shocked that I was clueless about this real estate community.His message rang loud in my ear. Anyone who is somebody in real estate is a member of ActiveRain.At that moment, suddenly, I was a nobody. Wh...

I decided to post this today because among the many things about nature that I love are full moons. They mesmerize me and bring me joy. Friday, November 19, 2021, we experience the Beaver Moon. It reaches peak illumination at 3:59 AM EST. This moon is accompanied by a partial lunar eclipse. Prior...

I am not big on traveling. Perhaps all the traveling I did working for Corporate America burned me out on travel. My lack of interest in travel is not a COVID thing. I do enjoy a full honest day off with no phones or computers. For me, that is a Daycation.  One full day with no business recharges...

Sometimes in life, we do not find clients - they find us.  Sometimes in life, we do not choose - we are chosen. When I started my real estate business in January 2003 I did not set out to specialize in Probate Real Estate Services. Even though I had listed homes in probate early in my real estate...

We serve Santa Clara County and provide probate real estate services.   What that means is we list homes in probate, trusts, and conservatorships.  We do not, despite many requests to do so, represent buyers on the properties we list or any other probate homes. We focus on representing sellers ex...

After 64 years, the successor trustee for the original owners SOLD their single-story family home.  Certified Probate Real Estate Specialist, Kathleen Daniels, had explicit instructions, among them, no open house. The title to the home was held in the family trust. With the death of the trustee, ...

The August 2021 Santa Clara County probate homes sales activity report is published. The data consists of properties sold in probate and homes sold by successor trustees. There were no conservatorship sales in the month of August. This report is presented by Certified Probate Real Estate Speciali...

The July 2021 Santa Clara County probate homes sales activity report is published. The data consists of properties sold in probate and homes sold by successor trustees. There were no conservatorship sales in the month of July. This report is presented by Certified Probate Real Estate Specialist, ...