Chile Hit With 8.8 Earthquake.

Here’s the latest on the devastating earthquake in Chile. This quake is 700 times more powerful then the one that hit Haiti. Twitter This Usuario: Password:

Reagan Office Building for Sale

I guess if you need money you sell your real estate? How about the State of California selling some of their real estate to raise money?  Do you think that’s a great idea?  In the bottom of the real estate market, the State is selling two dozen buildings in order to raise $2 billion to [...]

Toyota Recalls Runaway Lawnmower!

Oh my God, first it’s Lexus, Toyota Corolla, Corolla Matrix, Scion xD , Luxis and Prius have all been recalled.  Now it’s their lawnmower.  Take a look at this disaster that almost got this man killed!  Twitter This Usuario: Password:

Phony Fornensic Review for Mortgage Relief Latest Scam

Los Angeles-Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has joined the California Department of Real Estate (DRE) and the State Bar of California in warning Californians to avoid forensic loan audits, the loan-modification industry’s latest “phony foreclosure-relief service,” in which homeowners pay up-front fees for a forensic review of their lender’s practices, but are provided no [...]

Good Real Estate News: Home Equity is Rising Again

Numerous articles have reported that homeowners are underwater and that strategic defaults are increasing. However, a little known statistic by the Federal Reserve shows that home equity again is on the rise. KEEP THIS IN MIND • The Federal Reserve conducts substantial research on mortgage balances and home-value changes in hundreds of local markets nationwide [...]

China’s Building Bubble Bout to Bust

Another building bubble?  Yes, but this time it’s not the US that has a building bubble, we are way past the bubble and on the path to recovery. This time it’s China, with banks making as many loans as possible to get the mortgage upfront fees. (Does this sounds familiar to you?) Flipping properties, factory [...]

Our Nevada County Library

This is a great video about our Nevada County Public library. Twitter This Usuario: Password:

Home Price Reductions Level Off

By John J. O’Dell Are we finally be nearing the bottom of the market? I understand in talking to some real estate agents that inventory in some areas of Placer County are starting to get thin. Accoridng to Trulia.com, price reductions of homes on the market declined 21 percent as of February 1. This is [...]

Toastmasters – Helping 235,000 People to Become Stronger Leaders

By Lisa J. Lehr Would you like to have more communicative employees—or be one? Have a more effective sales force, or be a trainer with phenomenal presentation skills? Be a more confident, competent leader? Be persuasive, inspirational, and/or entertaining? That’s what 235,000 people around the world are doing right now, and it’s called Toastmasters International. [...]

Nevada County Fairgrounds Receives 25 Awards for Outstanding Work in Social Media, Fair Competitions

The Nevada County Fairgrounds received 25 awards at the 47th Annual Western Fairs Association’s (WFA) Achievement Awards held in Reno, Nevada, at the end of last month. The Nevada County Fairgrounds took home first-place honors for the Fair video created by Gold in the Foothills; its 2009 Draft Horse Classic event and several of its [...]