Silicon Valley Real Estate Info

California’s 2007 Base API scores have been released and congratulations goes to our own Los Altos Elementary School District for having the highest district scores in the county with a score of 954.  Saratoga Union Elementary (953), Cupertino Union (930), Lakeside Joint School District (924), Palo Alto Unified (910) and Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary (909) all had scores over [...]

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Saturday April 17th marked the 61st anniversary of the Kiwanis Pet Parade.  My first recollection of the pet parade was back when I was at Oak elementary school.  I was in third grade and remember watching some of my friends walking their pets in the downtown Los Altos parade.  I still remember wanting to walk in the parade, but our family [...]

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RSVP, a Realtor Service Volunteer Program, is an annual community volunteer program supported and sponsored by the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors.  The nuts and bolts of the program is to provide household assistance like cleaning up neglected landscaping, washing windows, cleaning gutters, replacing smoke detector batteries, flipping mattresses and moving furniture for seniors or [...]

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I took off the first weekend of May to do my annual pilgrimage south to Lake San Antonio for the Wildflower Triathlon weekend.  Usually, I go down on Thursday to establish a camp site for our group.  Friday is set aside for wine tasting in Paso Robles.  Saturday is a rest day. Sunday is race [...]

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15, 10, even 5 years ago, the art of presenting an offer was a valued skilled that every agent tried to perfect.  There were benefits to both the buyer and seller.  A seller and his/her agent would meet face to face with the buyer’s agent, allowing the buyer’s agent to present his/her client and their [...]

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