Alameda California Real Estate Blog

Summer may not be officially over for another week or so but in my mind it does end with Labor Day here in the States. And Mother Nature didn't waste anytime in reminding us in the Bay Area that it was drawing to a close. Saturday morning the alarm via thunder and lightning awoke most of us just before the crack of dawn and what a show as it ...

Boy oh boy has it been a busy week. Unfortunately it hasn't been all positive news. Last week I wrote an offer on a home in Hayward as did many many others. It was listed at $264k and my client offered just under $300k on this 3 bedroom, 2 bath "flipped" home with a pool near Tennyson. After a multiple counter offer and an additional ...

It's been a few busy weeks since I've posted and I apologize. But it's been a good kind of busy few weeks. We are still massaging along the two income properties on Buena Vista Avenue. Slowly but surely they are inching closer to a closing date in late September. All but the loan contingencies have been removed. We're still having ...

We hope everyone had a safe and sane Fourth of July. The City of Alameda's 4th of July parade just keeps on getting better. This year it had close to 150 entries if memory serves me right. I sure would hate to be a judge and have to pick out a handful for awards. I can't even pick out my favorite, but if I had to it would probably be the ...

Last Saturday's golf outing was a great day as is any day on the links. Aside from a hiccup in everyone's start times the day went off without a hitch and everyone had a good time. The Chuck Corica municipal course was a hub of activity that day. There were two other tournaments being played and we had to wait for those in the earlier to ...

What a great time I had at this years camping trip to Lake Camanche. A few years ago I was invited by a friend to attend an annual camping trip called the Grand Poobah which is organized by a family from Auburn, Ca. It always has a theme and this years was called the "Trailer Park Poobah" other themes have included the Gods and Goddesses ...

I'll first start by apologizing for the tardiness and briefness of today's posting. We're having a lot of showings on the listing at 1115 Via Alamosa after a good weekend of open houses. I don't think it is going to be around too much longer but we will see. Click on the picture for a virtual tour and you will see why.Yesterday I ...