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June 2009 - Posts

29 June 2009
When Your Carpet Cleans The Air In Your House
This article was originally in Ken’s Korner in August of 2000. This issue is another one that we still see all the time. Do you have light carpets? Are you noticing darkening strips under bedroom doors, along the baseboards or the edges of stairs? Read More...
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26 June 2009
Bay Area Home Price News - As Seen On TV!
Sorry. I just could not help myself with that headline. Because Libby is so well known in real estate out here and because she knows the market so well, she was recently interviewed as part of a channel 5 news story on home prices and foreclosures in Read More...
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23 June 2009
More Water Heater Info
This article was originally in Ken’s Korner in July of 2000. However it is still very relevant as I get questions about this issue almost daily. I have written about water heaters in previous issues and thought I had pretty much covered that subject Read More...
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18 June 2009
El Nino's Surprise - Look Under Your House!
In dry years water under the house never seems to be a problem. However in those wet years people can be in for surprises. This Ken’s Korner article was originally in our July, 1998 newsletter. When I was young, I used to work for my grandfather Read More...
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18 June 2009
Your Furnace - When Delay Is O.K.
This Kens’ Korner article appeared in our August, 1998 newsletter. I still run into this issue a lot. Some time ago, Libby and I got a phone call from a young couple who had just moved into their first home. I guess frantic would describe the call. Read More...
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17 June 2009
The Final Pop!
This article was written in September of 1997. Unfortunately it references a previous article that explained what water heater “pop-off valves” are. That’s why the title “The Final Pop!” I cannot locate that article and I’m Read More...
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17 June 2009
Good Stuff Coming - Newsletter Articles!
I have been writing a very popular newsletter that we send out to a large readership since 1997. I write the whole thing myself. it's not one of those boilerplate newsletters a lot of real estate people use. Besides being a real estate agent, I have Read More...
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09 June 2009
$8,000 First Time Buyer Credit - Yes You Can! Maybe.
First they said you could. Then they said you couldn't. Now they say you can. Well, maybe. As I said previously in my post of June 2nd, the apparent go ahead given by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D.) earlier in May to use the Read More...
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02 June 2009
First Time Home Buyer Credit Used As Down Payment - Not True!
There is a lot of confusion going on right now about whether the $8000 first time home buyer tax credit, (see my earlier post on this) can actually be used for down payment money. A number of people wanting to buy Antioch real estate and other real estate Read More...
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