Blog by Denise O'Dell, Real Estate Agent/Notary

There's a site where you can search to find the cheapest gas prices in your city.  It will even give you directions to the gas station. It's a network of websites allowing motorists to share information with others about lowest priced gas stations.  There's also a link at the top you can click on...

The Speed Trap Exchange http://www.speedtrap.org/speedtraps/stetlist.asp is where people on the internet individually post what they believe are speed traps in different locations all over the United States.  It's interesting to see where some of these are in your city.  I have actually ran into ...

Ever get frustrated calling a company and you just get transferred from one extension to another to another...?  You're in a hurry and your time is valuable after all.  Then... after all that bouncing around, you end up getting "accidentially" disconnected -- Oh that's the worst!  All you want to...

Here is a website I discovered where you can look up any area code (by numerical or alphabetical order) for any city in the United States, Canada or the Carribean.  Some of you may find it very helpful.  I know it came in handy a few times for me when I needed to find a certain area code for a ci...

I just thought this was nice and thought I'd share it with everyone.  I don't know about the "happiness for a month-get married" one though...lol  I don't agree.  I was merely trying to point out that it's always a good feeling to "help others" any way you can.  Even if it's just to put a smile o...

Wouldn't it be nice to go to one place and find most of your favorite websites instead of clicking here and clicking there?  Well, now you can through http://www.allmyfaves.com/. It's a site that has links to just about anything and everything you could imagine from tech stuff, finance, insurance...

Here's a great website some of you in the real estate industry may already know about, but for those of you who don't, you may find it beneficial. Just by typing in any U.S. postal zip code, you can find demographic information about any city, such as social and economic indicators, school inform...

A Notary Signing Agent is a commissioned Notary Public who facilitates real estate loan signings at the borrowers' convenience, ensuring that all documents are signed, notarized and/or initialed correctly, and forwarded to the appropriate company in a timely manner.  A Notary Signing Agent provid...

I posted the blog below back in 2007 about the new cell phone law effective 7/1/08.  Since then there have been a lot of others blogs on the subject.  So many of you already know this.  But below is a site where free headsets are being offered. Beginning July 1, 2008, all California drivers 18 an...

Beginning Jan. 1, 2008, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (including vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be: 50.5 cents per mile for business miles driven; 19 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes; and 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations. T...