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San Diego Magazine Awards Real Estate Professionals in San Diego For Outstanding Service

March 20th, 2012 categories: San Diego Real Estate

The award identifies San Diego Real Estate professionals who score the highest in overall client satisfaction. The award is based on extensive surveying of home Seller and Home Buyers, mortgage and title companies on nine client satisfaction criteria also based on a review of regulatory history and a review of the list by industry experts.

I always feel a sense of pride that my clients give me such high service marks and makes the extra service I provide so worth the effort to give my clients and agents that I co-op with an excellent transaction experience.

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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act

February 20th, 2012 categories: San Diego Real Estate

Courtesy of Property ID Property Zone Reports

Senate Bill 183 Lowenthal (SB183) created the Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2010 (Act). The Act requires carbon monoxide (CO) detectors to be installed in every dwelling unit intended for human occupancy. A CO detector is a device that detects the presence of CO and emits a loud noise to alert occupants that CO is present in order to prevent CO poisoning. Detection of CO in a home environment is impossible without a warning device because CO is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and invisible (unlike smoke from a fire). It is often referred to as the “silent killer” because it is virtually undetectable without using detection technology.

Although the placement and location of carbon monoxide detectors in the home is not clearly spelled out in the Act, the packaging of your CO detector (which can be purchased at any home or hardware store) will provide for the proper placement in your home of your specific device. Installation locations will vary by manufacturer due to the degree of research conducted on that specific type and style of detector. Read and clearly understand the instructions specific to your unit – they are not all the same so PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.

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365 Days of Living In America’s Finest City, Day 2, January 2012

January 3rd, 2012 categories: San Diego Real Estate

The Salk Institute in La Jolla

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365 Days of Living In America’s Finest City, Day 1, January 2012

January 2nd, 2012 categories: Buying San Diego Real Estate, History, Local San Diego News You Can Use, San Diego Beach Communities, San Diego Events, San Diego Real Estate, Selling San Diego Real Estate, Things to Do in San Diego, William's Life in San Diego Musings

Each day of this New Year 2012, I will bring you a photo of an event, person, animal or activity that you will enjoy here in San Diego. As the dominant On-Line REALTOR® in San Diego and amateur Photographer, I will show you San Diego like it has never been seen.

On this first day of the new year, I visited the Hotel Del Coronado to bring you a most unusual experience. Ice Skating on the shore of the Coronado Beach. It was 70 degrees in the shade and the activity was enjoyed continuously through the day and evening. As you can see, the warm weather created a wet but glassy image on the ice , reflecting the Grand Dame of Hotels, Hotel Del Coronado on the shore of one of San Diego’s finest, deepest and cleanest beaches.

Ice Skating at the Coronado Hotel