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Cody Evans, I miss you so much and will basque in my memories of you and your tractor and your sweet crooked smile which was always beaming. Your light will always shine when I think of you. God Bless you as you journey forward on your way to Oneness.

This is officially Giving Season and today is the season's biggest day! This year, California Association of Realtor's Housing Affordability Fund (the cool kids call it HAF) raised over $325,000. And here's where those dollars went: $50,000 grant program for active duty military, teachers, health care workers, fire and police personnel who are first time homebuyers $50,000 in grants to offer a fire insurance premium for first time homebuyers $50,000 grant program for publ...ic employees who are first time homebuyers with closing cost assistance $50,000 grant program to help veterans & active duty personnel with closing costs $30,000 for a down payment assistance program for first time homebuyers $50,000 grant program to help first time homebuyers with closing costs Since its inception, thousands of first-time homebuyers have received help from HAF solely because of the determination and generosity of our REALTOR members. See more

Don't forget your mask!

Celebrating the 100 year anniversary of Women's Right to Vote. https://youtu.be/fe2QRvDq6Sk

Vote YES on 19 in November!

THE NUMBERS ARE BEGINNING TO COME IN There's a significant time lag between when housing activity occurs and the data becomes available to the public. At the end of each month, analysts must collect, extrapolate and organize the data before it can be released. March data is only just now available for June publication. The effects of the nationwide quarantine and economic shutdown are just beginning to be reflected in home sales, contract cancellations and prices. 8.5% DROP I...N EXISTING HOME SALES FROM FEBRUARY TO MARCH .08% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE IN HOME SALES MARCH '19 TO MARCH '20 "Unfortunately, we knew home sales would wane in March due to the CoronaVirus outbreak. More temporary interruptions to hoe sales should be expected in the next couple of months, though home prices will still likely rise." National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun See more

Hang in there. We will get through this together.

I'm hopeful we are almost through with Shelter in Place. Dorsey Marketplace was approved last night. Life will return to a different normal. Hang in there.

From Beth Z and her amazing App collection Recipe Collection Apps: Your View A random email from a community member sparked a fascinating conversation on Facebook about where to store recipes. Here’s the quick reference guide to all the ideas: Original Note:... I have long used (years) an app called Pepperplate to store my recipes. Pepperplate has been a free app that was supported by advertising. This month, they have decided to reinvent themselves as a paid subscription service. When you log in they let you know that you have a 14 day free trial and then after that you can pay $2.99 a month or $32.99 a year to continue using the service. It was such short notice that I didn’t really know how I wanted to handle it. I did know that I didn’t want to lose the 185 recipes that I had in Pepperplate. So far, I have looked at several apps and I found one called RecipeSage that will import directly from Pepperplate. Until I have time to research this more fully, I have imported my recipes into RecipeSage (they have reported that their requests for import from Pepperplate are up more than 100x see below). You may have some apps that you already like using for recipes. And, certainly, one option is to keep using Pepperplate as a paid service. At any rate, your reach is much further than mine for something like this so I thought I would forward it in the event that it is of interest. Joy J. from West Virginia

Kobe & Gianna RIP

Love when a Buyer Loves Her new Home! Such a Warm Feeling in my Heart Knowing many Years of Love and Fun will Follow.

Congratulations to my Clients on the Purchase of their New Home in Nevada City! 2.5 Acres with a lovely home, gorgeous outcroppings and fabulous views. I'll be over to check out your new digs after you've had time to settle in!

The Robotic age is here. Stay tuned!

Check out these cool tech items for the Smart home coming into our future!

List of countries by homeless population From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It is estimated that 150 million people are homeless worldwide.[1] Habitat for Humanity estimated in 2015 that 1.6 billion people around the world live in "inadequate shelter".[2]...Continue reading

Good time to Sell? Good time to Buy? See what others are saying!

Prop. 13 Could Be Partly Undone in 2020Here’s What You Should Know By Matt Levin | CALmatters A coalition of good-government groups, social justice organizations, affordable housing advocates and teachers unions held press conferences across the state this week announcing they had submitted signatures for a measure that would significantly increase property taxes on California businesses and generates tens of billions in revenue for local and state governments....Continue reading

Happy Holidays Everybody!

We found the right house after previewing 24 homes!

2019 closing meeting of the Nevada County Board of Directors December 5, 2019. Great group of committed Realtors working hard to protect home ownership. At your service!

3 Tips for First Time Home Buyers

Say, has anybody out there got the TikTok app yet? Great for short videos!

What to pack for emergency preparedness. Simple. Short. Sweet.

You can see the Loma Rica Ranch Conceptual Draft right here. Steve Garrett of Castle Company, development company spoke at Nevada County Association of Realtors this morning. Proposed 500 homes total, mostly single family, 250 Disneyland home style first phase, a few single family - town homes (2 side by side), trails throughout and a commercial area. (okay, you might need a magnifying glass to read it) Construction to begin next spring to summer, they hope.

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A must see performance every few years!

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Why home buyers should tread lightly in negotiating repairs with sellers #realestate #forsale #househunting #homesale #properties

Why many older home buyers are ‘smart sizing’ rather than downsizing #realestate #forsale #househunting #homesale #properties

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At 5:45 PM on September 30, 1955, 24-year-old actor James Dean is killed in Cholame, California, when the Porsche he is driving hits a Ford Tudor sedan at an intersection. The driver of the other car, 23-year-old California Polytechnic State University student Donald Turnupseed, was dazed but mostly uninjured; Dean’s passenger, German Porsche mechanic Rolf Wütherich was badly injured but survived. Only one of Dean’s movies, East of Eden, had been released at the time of his... death (Rebel Without a Cause and Giant opened shortly afterward), but he was already on his way to superstardomand the crash made him a legend. James Dean loved racing cars, and in fact he and his brand-new, $7000 Porsche Spyder convertible were on their way to a race in Salinas, 90 miles south of San Francisco. Witnesses maintained that Dean hadn’t been speeding at the time of the accidentin fact, Turnupseed had made a left turn right into the Spyder’s pathbut some people point out that he must have been driving awfully fast: He’d gotten a speeding ticket in Bakersfield, 84 miles from the crash site, at 3:30 p.m. and then had stopped at a diner for a Coke, which meant that he’d covered quite a distance in a relatively short period of time. Still, the gathering twilight and the glare from the setting sun would have made it impossible for Turnupseed to see the Porsche coming no matter how fast it was going. Rumor has it that Dean’s car, which he’d nicknamed the Little Bastard, was cursed. After the accident, the car rolled off the back of a truck and crushed the legs of a mechanic standing nearby. Later, after a used-car dealer sold its parts to buyers all over the country, the strange incidents multiplied: The car’s engine, transmission and tires were all transplanted into cars that were subsequently involved in deadly crashes, and a truck carrying the Spyder’s chassis to a highway-safety exhibition skidded off the road, killing its driver. The remains of the car vanished from the scene of that accident and haven’t been seen since. Wütherich, whose feelings of guilt after the car accident never abated, tried to commit suicide twice during the 1960sand in 1967, he stabbed his wife 14 times with a kitchen knife in a failed murder/suicideand he died in a drunk-driving accident in 1981. Turnupseed died of lung cancer in 1981. " Image may contain: one or more people, car and outdoor

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A nice rainy day on Saturday to entertain an open house in Rough & Ready!

How to invest in real estate

First-Time Home Buyer Benefits #realestate #forsale #househunting #homesale #properties

Weekly mortgage applications rise as buyer's market takes hold #realestate #forsale #househunting #homesale #properties

Stop Renting, Start Owning!

Home Upgrades Millennials Couldn't Care Less About #realestate #forsale #househunting #homesale #properties

Ways homebuyers view the real estate market #realestate #forsale #househunting #homesale #properties

Fall housing shifts quickly to a buyer’s market #realestate #realtor #forsale #househunting #homesale #properties

Recent homebuyers may find 'significant' savings by refinancing now #realestate #realtor #forsale #househunting #homesale #properties