Archive for ‘December, 2008’

Renting Your Vacation Home – 7 tips for more profits

Renting Your Vacation Home – 7 tips for more profits

Every wonder what is the easiest way to rent your 2nd home,  Cabin,  Condo or Vacation Home? Renting your vacation home, in the internet age, could not be any simpler. Here is what I do with my rentals. Make sure the interior of your property is clean, clean, clean! Carpets, bathrooms, bedrooms, kitchen, everything must [...]

You can qualify for mortgage, it's just tougher (San Francisco Chronicle)

You can qualify for mortgage, it's just tougher (San Francisco Chronicle)

There is something that mortgage lenders want Bay Area home buyers to know: They are open for business. While it is certainly harder to get a loan today than it was two years ago, lenders say it’s far from impossible for would-be borrowers with the right…

Sink or swim (BizJournals)

Sink or swim (BizJournals)

High foreclosure rates and plunging home prices have struck hard in East Contra Costa County, but those same lower prices and recent changes in state law may be sparking the first stages of recovery.

You can qualify for mortgage, it’s just tougher (San Francisco Chronicle)

You can qualify for mortgage, it’s just tougher (San Francisco Chronicle)

There is something that mortgage lenders want Bay Area home buyers to know: They are open for business. While it is certainly harder to get a loan today than it was two years ago, lenders say it’s far from impossible for would-be borrowers with the right…

First-time home buyers driving higher sales (The Record Searchlight)

First-time home buyers driving higher sales (The Record Searchlight)

Bargain hunters and first-time home buyers taking advantage of increased affordability helped drive October sales in Shasta County.

O.C. real estate loses fewer jobs than other sectors (Orange County Register)

O.C. real estate loses fewer jobs than other sectors (Orange County Register)

Real estate related companies cut 16,100 jobs in October but job loss in other areas was 18,700

Rains ease drought conditions, farmers hoping for more wet weather (KPUA AM 670 Hilo)

Rains ease drought conditions, farmers hoping for more wet weather (KPUA AM 670 Hilo)

HONOLULU (AP) _ Last week’s rains helped ease extreme drought conditions in parts of Hawaii but farmers in those areas are seeking a little more help from Mother Nature.

Kentucky farmers endured tough growing season (High Plains Journal)

Kentucky farmers endured tough growing season (High Plains Journal)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)–Roller-coaster weather including a soggy spring, hurricane-induced high winds and drought had Kentucky grain farmers expecting the worst for this year’s harvest.

CARLSBAD: Saturday farmers’ market may change its hours (North County Times)

CARLSBAD: Saturday farmers’ market may change its hours (North County Times)

CARLSBAD —- A downtown farmers’ market that is held on Saturday mornings may shift its operating hours to the afternoon in hopes of booking more fruit and vegetable sellers.

Jamaica to triple agronomy staff to boost output (San Francisco Chronicle)

Jamaica to triple agronomy staff to boost output (San Francisco Chronicle)

Jamaica’s government plans to hire 150 scientists to help farmers boost output, more than tripling its agronomy staff by 2010. Agriculture Minister Christopher Tufton says most of Jamaica’s 200,000 farmers lack formal training and technical support, on…