We were working with one lender andNovember 9th, 2008

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We are also looking for an AWESOME lender who specializes in first time home buyer programs you have to give them back so much of the equity, that you dont have much left over. Our Berkeleybased realtor he helped us buy ourcurrent house says that he can sell our house and help us lookin Montclair. Thisreport is generated from the MLS, which is the mostreliable and uptodate source for listing information. Although its becoming more and more apparent tous that he doesnt know Montclair as well as through government agencies.

Neighborhoods that seem borderline are slowly being turnedaround by people just like you and me. Ive heard this is called OwnerContracting, or being your own general contractor. One thing my husband does for people who are activelylooking for property is that he sends them weekly reportof everything new that has come onto the market with thebuyers preferred criteria, along with summary of marketactivity for the past month with the same criteria. Thereare indeed legitimate financing programs that require as little as 3 down, butI cannot emphasize enough how good credit goes long way to this.

We are more cautious but still learning the hard way. Good to excellent credit gives you morefinancing options which almost always means less money out of your pocket. We were working with one lender and he just stopped calling us! This has been really frustrating and Im starting to think that our dream for homeownership is not going to happen. Thisreport is generated from the MLS, which is the mostreliable and uptodate source for listing information. Can we share this information in this anonymous format tothrow some much needed light on this tricky negotiationprocess? Ok, Ill show you mine first.

If you go through the city first time home buyers working with CalHFA Loans. Has anyone out there done home exchange or rented their house to test out their move, so that you have place to come back to if it turned disasterous? Or is it bad idea to have that escape clause so to speak? And is the benefit of having that backup plan outweighed by needing to come back, and fix up the house to sell?

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Title: 7 Fairweather RdNovember 4th, 2008

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Available For Sale

*Updated* (new pictures added)
Address: 7 Fairweather Rd, Toronto, M6M4C8, Ontario
Number of bedrooms: 4

If You Are Serious About A Luxury Home, You Do Not Want To Miss This Masterpiece By Jorge Vieira!! Over 3000 Sqft. By Vieira Fine Homes Inc. *Luxury At Its Finest With All The Elegant Finishes* !Tarion Warranty!! ** EXTRAS ** French Doors, Glass Doors W/B/I Blinds, Cvac, Full Alarm Sys., Cat.5 Internet In Every Room, Pilkington Energy Adv.Windows, Potlights Thr-Out, Laundry Shute, 2 Gdo W/Remotes, Granite Counters, Kitchen Kick Plate Vacuum System And Slamproof Drawers

Status: Available For Sale
Property Type: Detached
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Title: 7 Fairweather Rd
Address: 7 Fairweather Rd, Toronto, M6M4C8, Ontario

Status: Available For Sale

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Area: West TREB Districts

Major Intersection: Keele/S. Of Lawrence

List Price: $883,900

Property Type: Detached

Number of:
bedrooms: 4
bathrooms: 3

Description:If You Are Serious About A Luxury Home, You Do Not Want To Miss This Masterpiece By Jorge Vieira!! Over 3000 Sqft.By Vieira Fine Homes Inc.*Luxury At Its Finest With All The Elegant Finishes* !Tarion Warranty!!**** EXTRAS **** French Doors,Glass Doors W/B/I Blinds,Cvac,Full Alarm Sys.,Cat.5 Internet In Every Room,Pilkington Energy Adv.Windows,Potlights Thr-Out,Laundry Shute,2 Gdo W/Remotes,Granite Counters,Kitchen Kick Plate Vacuum System And Slamproof Drawers

Possession date: October/Tba

Square feet: 3000-3500

Garage size: 2

Parking spaces: 4

Lot size / Acreage: 56.00×115.85 FT

Exterior finish: Brick, Stone

Home features: Full Basement, Walkout Basement

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Title: 3 Burton LaneNovember 4th, 2008

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Available For Lease

MLS#: N1443797
Address: 3 Burton Lane, Vaughan, Ontario L4L1J5
List Price: $1,800 Month

**Outside Storage** Fully Fenced Yard** $1800 Per Month Gross Rent! Located On Burton Lane Which Is Immediately Behind Italian Bakery On Woodbridge Ave. At Kipling Ave.*Rent Includes Outside Storage And Partial Private Use Of Freestanding Building-Approx. 1000 Sqft. Office/Industrial Space To Be Leased ‘As Is’.*

Status: For Lease
Property Type: Industrial
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Bruno Cristini & Philip Caputi
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Phone: 416-742-0247 Ext. 13 or 10

Fax: 416-987-4920

Cell: 416-460-5066

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MLS® # N1443797

Title: 3 Burton Lane

Address: 3 Burton Lane, Vaughan, Ontario L4L1J5

Status: For Lease

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Major Intersection: Kipling/Woodbridge Ave

List Price: $1,800 Month

Property Type: Industrial

Description: **Outside Storage** Fully Fenced Yard** $1800 Per Month Gross Rent! Located On Burton Lane Which Is Immediately Behind Italian Bakery On Woodbridge Ave. At Kipling Ave. *Rent Includes Outside Storage And Partial Private Use Of Freestanding Building-Approx. 1000 Sqft. Office/Industrial Space To Be Leased ‘As Is’.*

Possession date: Immed/Tba

Square feet: 1,000 Sq Ft

Garage Type: Outside/Surface

Lot size / Acreage: 67.68X209.38 Feet Lot

Extras: Outside Storage To Be Designated By Lessor. Office/Industrial Space To Be Accepted ‘As Is’ By Lessee With Any Improvements At Lessee’s Expense. Call Ls For Details.

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WARNING! Horn Tooting: The Inman List of the Top 25 Most Influential Real Estate Bloggers for 2008 Is Out, and We’re On It!November 4th, 2008

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Tooting-my-own-hornAfter what has been an absolutely whirlwind year of company growth, product development and business travel, it’s hard to believe we had any time to blog at all.  So, I have to admit, being recognized for the 2nd year in a row as one of the most influential real estate bloggers, came as a bit of a surprise… albeit a pleasant surprise.

I’d like to think that the reason that I have been recognized as being so influential is because of the success of the many hundreds of real estate bloggers that we have developed over the last 2 years.

Collectively our clients have published 10’s of 1000’s of great looking and informative blog posts.  So as much as I would like to take the credit for this achievement, the real honor belongs to our incredibly talented staff and to the dedicated bloggers of Tomato Nation.

Here’s the complete list of Inman News’ selection for 2008:
(In no particular order)

 Congratulations to all those selected!

Broker and Agent Blogs

Kris Berg Founder, The San Diego Home Blog
Teresa Boardman Founder, St. Paul Real Estate Blog
Noah Rosenblatt Founder, Urbandigs.com
Daniel Rothamel Founder, Real Estate Zebra
Jay Thompson Founder, The Phoenix Real Estate Guy

Community, Multi-Author Blogs

Lani Anglin-Rosales New Media Director, Agent Genius
Greg Swann Founder, Bloodhound Blog

Mortgage Blogs

Todd Carpenter Founder, Lenderama
Dan Green Founder, The Mortgage Reports

Housing Economics Blogs

Barry Ritholtz Founder, The Big Picture
“Calculated Risk” Founder, Calculated Risk

Industry Commentary Blogs

Michael Wurzer Founder, FBS Blog
Joseph Ferrara Co-founder, Sellsius Real Estate Blog
Joel Burslem Founder, Future of Real Estate Marketing

Marketing and How-To Blogs

Dustin Luther Founder, 4Realz.net
Nicole “NikNik” Nicolay Co-author, MyTechOpinion
Jim Cronin Founder, The Real Estate Tomato

Local Blogs

Lockhart Steele Founder, Curbed
Jonathan Butler Founder, Brownstoner

Inman-most-influential-2008Company Bloggers

Rudy Bachraty Social Media Guru, Trulia
Drew Meyers Co-author, Zillow Blog, Geek Estate Blog
Glenn Kelman Contributor, Redfin blog

Journalist Blogs

Peter Viles Co-author, L.A. Land
John Cook Co-founder, Where Are John and Todd?

Housing Bubble Blogger

Patrick Killelea Founder, Patrick.net and Reality Parser

3 Years Of Real Estate Blogging – The Gift That Keeps On GivingNovember 4th, 2008

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A very special post on the Real Estate Tomato today: Teresa Boardman takes a look at what 3 years of blogging on StPaulRealEstateBlog.com has done to her and her business.

3 Years of Real Estate Blogging – The Gift That Keeps On Giving

By Teresa Boardman

St-paul-real-estate-blogThere are not many places where a blogger can write about blogging, except for here on the Tomato which is about blogging so once again I send my post to Jim. 

A year ago I sent a list of 40 observations I had made after two years of writing a blog.
The observations still apply but the list is so 2007.  My neck still hurts but not as badly; I found an exercise that helps.  The only thing that has really changed from last year is that I don’t talk anymore I just blog.  I am kidding of course.
 
Now that I have hit year three I realize that my blog is the gift that keeps on giving.  Posts I wrote three years ago are working hard for me  as readers search through Google and find them.  Some of the posts just never go out of style.
 
When someone sends me a question via email, I almost always have a link to my blog to send back with an answer to their question.  When I need most anything in writing, I can usually find it in my blog.  If I can’t, I call it ‘blog food’ and write a new post.
 
I face new challenges these days.  When I go to write a blog post, and I already have 1300 of them, it isn’t as easy to come up with new ideas.  Sometimes I write the same thing twice and don’t even realize it.  Sometimes I just recycle old posts.  Occasionally I am truly inspired and write something decent.
 
The blog was redesigned this past year.  I wanted something a little fresher without changing the brand or making it look too commercial.  I learned a lot through the design process and Jim was extremely patient with me as I shared my vision.  He laughed when the design was ready and I didn’t want to pull the trigger.  He told me that he expected me to resist.  He knows that my blog is my business and that it isn’t easy for me to let someone else go in and change it. I am lucky to have a friend like Jim who gets it and isn’t afraid to give me a kick in the . . . you know what I mean.
 
I am very happy with the new look, and my readers have responded positively. It looks more professional and it handles photos better which is important as they are a huge part of what makes the blog work.  It doesn’t look like anyone else’s blog which is also important to me.  Like me, it has it’s own personality.
 
Hub-in-the-wheelThe blog is now the center piece of my online presence.  A couple of years ago it was my online presence.  Today it is like a hub in a wheel  of my ever expanding online business portfolio.  The wheel is made up of memberships to social networks, and photographs. There are also thirty two separate pages in my blog, five photo albums, and two other blogs.
 
It may sound like all I do is write my blog, but keep in mind this is content built one word at a time, one day at a time over a period of three years.
 
The blog is still an experiment, and I continue to learn and grow.  I know my writing skills have improved as have my photography skills.  Doing something everyday is a great way to fine tune one’s skills.  Writing is still my biggest challenge. . . oh and I still can’t spell.
 
Has it been worth all the work?  Yes it has been.  The content keeps brining me buyers and sellers, and the blog still has a higher ROI than any other marketing piece.  I seriously doubt if anyone is reading post cards or newspaper ads that I published three years ago, but they are certainly still reading my blog posts. 

Thanks Teresa!  Happy Blog Birthday.

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