Pete's Blog

Here is your chance to tour the Greystone Estate in Beverly Hills. As part of the Beverly Hills Garden & Design Showcase you may tour the mansion estate rooms decorated by American Society of Interior Designers and the gardens which were created by world renowned and celebrity landscape designers...

  Have you ever had an experience where you saw an ad or marketing piece for a Realtor and when you finally laid eyes on the person there was little to no resemblance? The other day I was in my driveway loading my car for work. A very pleasant women in her forties approached and handed me some Re...

As I was walking an open house the other day I had the pleasure of experiencing Realtor feet. The best part about it is that it occurred just as the listing agent proclaimed "this is an addition." You don't say, and not a very good one I thought to myself. If the fact that we were no longer eye t...

Do you find it odd that the person reflected in the glass isn't the person at the door? I don't, read on........I had a very pleasant conversation the other day. As I was sitting an open house a gentleman pulled up across the street, as he stepped from his car, I could tell right away be was not ...

I am so very excited about this! We are having a blood drive at our office to benefit the Blood Bank of San Bernadino and Riverside Counties. I was lucky enough to meet some area representatives at a local Business Expo here in town and knew right away it was something I wanted to do and that it ...

When holding an open house in a vacant listing I always like to have a few things on hand. It seems to me that vacant homes accumulate more dust and cob webs due to the lack of movement in the home. For tools and cleaning supplies I like to keep it simple so I'm not toting a big kit every time I ...

  Another mention of ActiveRain! This time in the Honolulu Star Bulletin Secrets to Success column. It touches on social networking and how small communities rather than the large social networks can be more efficient for reaching your audience. Even though it is just a link, it is another great...

To put you the buyer in the strongest negotiating position possible, you must get "Pre-Approved." Price is only one element in the negotiations of a home purchase, and not necessarily the most important one. Often other terms, such as the strength of the buyer or the length of escrow, are critica...

Since I posted earlier and now you can create your own animated GIFs, you might also want to create custom Flash banners or multimedia presentations. Here is another free site that will allow you to do just that. Toufee allows you to create movies, banners, e-cards, and presentations with a point...

This is one of the coolest things since sliced bread. Gickr is a site that allows you to make animated GIFs on line. It works by taking images from Flickr, you choose images which you’d like to use to create your animated GIF. If you don’t have a Flicker account, Gickr lets you upload up to 10 d...