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By Todd & Devona Garrigus, Broker / REALTORS®
(Garrigus Real Estate)
Redlands CA Market Report As Of June 20th, 2013 - Redlands CA Realtors This is a quick market report for Redlands, California as of June 20th, 2013. This market report will highlight sold Redlands homes throughout the year so far, how many active Redlands homes that are on the market, and how many pending and back-up status homes are in Redlands: Since January 1st, 2013, there have been a total of 363 total homes sold in the city of Redlands, according to the Multiple Listing Service, or CRMLS. One 238 of those sales were standard sales, 60 were Redlands Short Sales and 54 were foreclosures. And there are currently 124 active homes for sale in Redlands. 102 of those active listings are Standard Redlands Sales, 12 are Redlands short sales, or Notice of Default and In Foreclosure listings...
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By Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR, (909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning
(Berkshire Hathaway California Realty)
Social Etiquette with Business Emails   Over 125,000 billion emails are sent and read each day and approximately half of all these email are read on a smart phone or tablet. Emails have replaced a lot of snail mail which is why the USPS is in financial trouble. What does an email communication say about you? Do you have an email signature with the name of your business and your contact information or does it just end with the message? Are there typos or colored fonts in your email? When you send an email, it should be clear and concise and include a signature line or lines just like a header on a regular letter would have that you type and send. Does your email include a picture or your business card at the bottom? This is a nice feature as readers will remember your picture and company...
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By Todd & Devona Garrigus, Broker / REALTORS®
(Garrigus Real Estate)
Redlands CA REALTORS know that the Redlands CA real estate market has stabilized and Redlands CA home values are on the rise. This is great news for Redlands home owners looking to increase their equity and sell their homes for a profit. In the recent two years we have seen Redlands home values stabilize from the market crash that began in 2007 and 2008. Now, with real estate inventory so low in the Redlands area, buyers are fighting over and over-bidding on reasonably priced homes on the market. In a "normal" real estate market, there is typically about six months of inventory on the market at any given time, but in today's Redlands real estate market we are seeing only one to two months of inventory at any given time. In fact, homes are actually selling, or going into contract, within...
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By Todd & Devona Garrigus, Broker / REALTORS®
(Garrigus Real Estate)
We are Redlands short sale agents, and we can help you in this difficult time. Redlands short sales are declining as the real estate market stabilizes, but that doesn't mean a short sale process can't help you if you are struggling to make payments or if you've endured a hardship like losing a job or loss of income or unforeseen medical bills. Redlands real estate consists of many short sales, and we have helped numerous distressed home owners unload that cumbersome mortgage and regain control of their financial future Are you: Underwater on that Redlands home? Struggling to make large mortgage payments? Realizing that the home is not worth what you owe? If you need advice about how the Redlands short sale process is handled call us and let's talk. We have worked with many banks, situat...
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By Todd & Devona Garrigus, Broker / REALTORS®
(Garrigus Real Estate)
Redlands short sale agents   Redlands California Short Sale Real Estate Agents - Redlands CA Short Sale REALTORS - Redlands Short Sale --------------- Call Us Now: 1 (888) 9-LIST-IT --------------- Many homeowners in Redlands California are having trouble paying their mortgage every month. Many houses and homes are worth considerably less than the mortgage owed. Some homes are worth less than half of the mortgaged amount! You may be behind in your house payment, or maybe not yet, but don't let your house foreclose! A more prudent solution is to short sale that Redlands CA house. But first you need to hire the #1 Redlands Short Sale Agents to help you with your difficult situation, and we offer our real estate services to you for free! We make our commission from the bank's proceeds. We ...
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By Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR, (909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning
(Berkshire Hathaway California Realty)
World War II Lovestory....A Nice Ending 70 Years Later In 1944, Thomas and Laura Mae had gone to school together and were in love. When Thomas joined the US Marine Corp in 1943, Laura Mae gave him a diary to carry with him. Corporal Thomas 'Cotton" Jones, a machine gunner, was killed on September 17, 1944 in the Pacific Islands. Mary later married in 1945 but always remembered Thomas. Recently, she was at the National World War ll Museum in New Orleans looking for some mention of her lost love Thomas and his unit when she came across the dairy she had given him in 1944. Aparently it had been given to the museum by Bob's sister back in 2001. Mary didn't know Bob's sister very well but was surprised the diary had not been returned to her.     In Thomas' diary, his last entry read " My las...
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By Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR, (909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning
(Berkshire Hathaway California Realty)
    Print Campaigns Can Be Gold if You Are Consistent   I have consistently used 3 types of printed marketing; Internet, Farming Materials on doors, and Postcards through snail mail.   All three work well together but the important thing is to get your name out there to the community over and over again and brand yourself in their brains.         There are various types of Postcards which include recipes, nature pictures, holiday images, and then the basic real estate themes; Listed, In Escrow, Sold, and What’s Your House Worth. I learned very early in my career that people want to see what you are selling and not a picture of a cute puppy. I advertise what I do so the general public sees I am a busy Realtor who markets consistently and sells real estate.       I also use printed market...
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By Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR, (909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning
(Berkshire Hathaway California Realty)
  Summer Fun....Splash Kingdom Water Park         Splash Kingdom is a great place for the entire family to go and have fun during these hot months.       The park opens Saturday May 11, 2013 at 9:00 am. Go to the park and have lots of fun and season passes available too. Fun for parties or special occasions too.     Splash Kingdom Water Park  1101 California Avenue  Redlands, CA 92374  909-335-7275  www.splashkingdom.net https://www.facebook.com/seaworldsandiego?from=Footer_Nav#!/SplashKingdomWaterpark?fref=ts  Kristin Hamilton DRE #014092138 Keller Williams Realty – I am a full time agent and deal in all types of real estate transactions. Trusts, Probate, Short Sales, Standard Listing, Single Family Homes, Apartments 1-4 units, Duplexes and Condos. I am also an experienced REO agent. I...
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By Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR, (909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning
(Berkshire Hathaway California Realty)
  Real Estate Sales in Redlands, CA from Jan-April 2013   Please let me introduce myself. My name is  Kristin Hamilton and I’m an experienced and local Realtor from Keller Williams Realty in Redlands. I am also involved in many community programs to better this area. I sit on the board of several organizations and I work 24X7 for my real estate clients. Call me at 909-557-6966 to list your home!   I have prepared a chart showing how many listings there are in the city of Redlands, CA, for Jan-April 2013. I have broken it down by the type of listing; Standard Sale, Short Sale. REO-Bank Owned.    This chart shows a trend of standard sales dominating the market and the prices are rising. If you are ready to sell, call me to give you a comprehensive marketing analysis on your home.       Kr...
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By Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR, (909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning
(Berkshire Hathaway California Realty)
    Places to Celebrate Cinco De Mayo in Redlands on May 5, 2013   Here are three delicious restaurants in Redlands to go for delicious Mexican food.         La Costa Mariscos   621 West Colton Ave. Redlands, CA 92374 909-792-1337 t www.facebook.com/pages/La-Costa-Mariscos/167875093288764         Oscars Mexican Restaurant   19 N. 5th Street Redlands, CA 92373 909 792-8211 https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Oscars-Mexican-Restaurant/117870771559458?fref=ts       Las Fuentes Mexican Grill   336 N. Eureka St. Redlands, CA 92373 909-798-0900 t 909-792-6610 f https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/las.fuentes.3/photos     Kristin Hamilton DRE #014092138 Keller Williams Realty – I am a full time agent and deal in all types of real estate transactions. Trusts, Probate, Short Sales, Standar...
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By Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR, (909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning
(Berkshire Hathaway California Realty)
  National Scrapbooking Day May 4, 2013..Stop at Collective Journey for supplies The first Saturday in May is National Scrapbooking Day! This year it is on May 5, 2013. National Scrapbook Day was started in 1994 by the well-known album company, Creative Memories and is celebrated on the first Saturday each May. Since 1994 scrapbookers all over the county celebrate their passion for Scrapbooking on this day!      Collective Journey1755 Orange Tree LaneRedlands, Ca 92374909-793-2200cjgirl@cjscrap.comwww.collectivejourney.comBusiness Hours: Tues- Friday 11am-7pm, Sat. 10am-5pm, Sunday 12noon- 5pm Closed Mondays!       Kristin Hamilton DRE #014092138 Keller Williams Realty – I am a full time agent and deal in all types of real estate transactions. Trusts, Probate, Short Sales, Standard Lis...
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By Christina Sanchez Hood, #SiliconValleyHOODS | Inspired Living
Homes for Sale in Redlands, CA:  May 2013 New Listings on the Market Are you searching for a home in Redlands, CA?  Good news!  There are over 100+ homes for sale in Redlands, CA.  Spring is here, despite the cool temperatures this week, and buyers are out searching for homes for sale in Redlands, CA.  Will you be one of them? Here are a few of the homes for sale in Redlands, CA:          
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By Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR, (909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning
(Berkshire Hathaway California Realty)
  ©Purple....My New Favorite Color©                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Kristin Hamilton DRE #014092138 Keller Williams Realty – I am a full time agent and deal in all types of real estate transactions. Trusts, Probate, Short Sales, Standard Listing, Single Family Homes,  Apartments 1-4 units, Duplexes and Condos. I am also an experienced REO agent. I sell real estate in the Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties. I am a trained and experienced Short Sale agent. If you are looking for a professional and experienced agent, I am just a click away. Google me at Kristin Hamilton-Real Estat...
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By Todd & Devona Garrigus, Broker / REALTORS®
(Garrigus Real Estate)
Redlands Short Sale Many Redlands home sellers, whether they are selling the property as a standard sale, short sale or just curious about price-setting, have many questions and reservations. But the real estate market climate in Redlands is not much of a mystery, its just hard sometimes to filter through the abundance of information to get simple answers. Redlands homes are selling faster than listings are hitting the market. This creates a seller's market. Home prices have firmed up and are slowly rising. Also, standard sellers, or equity sellers, are still reluctant about selling due to still-low home values and their own mortgage loans that may keep their net profits from being able to clear cost of sale. Redlands short sales are still hitting the market and are a large percentage o...
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By Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR, (909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning
(Berkshire Hathaway California Realty)
    Women’s Council of Realtors Annual Charity Tea East Valley WCR held its Annual Tea on April 26, 2013 at the Redlands Country Club. Our cause this year was ‘Youth Hope’ group which cares for Homeless Teens in the Redlands area. Heidi Mayer who founded Youth Hope graciously attended and spoke to the audience.     Through donations, Youth Hope helps the teens get back into school, a pair of new shoes, clothing for school, food 3 times a week at the park, spiritual and therapeutic counseling and tries real hard to find them a home or a bed to sleep in every night.  Heidi has many high school graduates who have gone on to trade schools and several who have graduated from a 4 year college. Heidi gives her heart to these kids and WCR is here to give financial donations 3-4 times a year. Fo...
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By Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR, (909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning
(Berkshire Hathaway California Realty)
  Is Your Carpeting Worn Out on the Stairs?   Several weeks ago I fell in my house coming down my stairs. Luckily the only injury was a cracked rib but it was very painful for a couple of weeks and it still hurts when I bend over.   Anyway to make a long story short, a contractor was at my house that Saturday morning and he took a look at the stairs. We both could notice a lighter color in the center and it really did look shiny. I thought, well it is not old but when I looked on the computer, I found it was 7 ½ years old and even for very nice carpeting, that is old.       I ordered the carpeting on Monday for the stairs and the downstairs bedroom as most of the house is hard wood flooring and some carpeting upstairs in the bedrooms. I had planned to replace the carpeting in about 1 ye...
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By Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR, (909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning
(Berkshire Hathaway California Realty)
©Where Did Sunflowers Come From?©           Where did sunflowers come from? This has interested archaeobonanists for many years.                 Researchers suspect they came from South America around 4600 and were brought to Mexico and later to the US.               Linguists say the groups of people in South America have words in their different languages for the plant.             According to linguists, the plant resembled the sun so the groups had sun names.   Today we just call them ‘Sunflowers’.                 Kristin Hamilton DRE #014092138 Keller Williams Realty – I am a full time agent and deal in all types of real estate transactions. Trusts, Probate, Short Sales, Standard Listing, Single Family Homes,  Apartments 1-4 units, Duplexes and Condos. I am also an experienced REO ...
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By Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR, (909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning
(Berkshire Hathaway California Realty)
  Buying and Selling...The Ripple Effect   Every time someone sells a house, there is a ripple effect that puts money back into your community, your county, the state you live in and across the nation. Be part of that ripple effect by selling or buying.       Kristin Hamilton DRE #014092138 Keller Williams Realty – I am a full time agent and deal in all types of real estate transactions. Trusts, Probate, Short Sales, Standard Listing, Single Family Homes,  Apartments 1-4 units, Duplexes and Condos. I am also an experienced REO agent. I sell real estate in the Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties. I am a trained and experienced Short Sale agent. If you are looking for a professional and experienced agent, I am just a click away. Google me at Kristin Hamilton-Real E...
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By Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR, (909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning
(Berkshire Hathaway California Realty)
I Made My First Video with Music & Text…Hooray! I had wanted to learn to make videos and tonight I figured it out. I started with the Animoto app on my iPad and downloaded the pictures. Made sure they were in the right order and selected the style.   Voila….I then hit ‘Create’ and here is my results.   http://animoto.com/play/GXTWwVmemjjxWZzAskDGCA I have not figured out how to add text to all the pages but maybe that is not available unless I upgrade plus it did not want to let me embed so I left a link instead. I am really proud of myself and it only took me an hour!!   Kristin Hamilton DRE #014092138 Keller Williams Realty – I am a full time agent and deal in all types of real estate transactions. Trusts, Probate, Short Sales, Standard Listing, Single Family Homes,  Apartments 1-4 un...
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By Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR, (909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning
(Berkshire Hathaway California Realty)
   ‘Run Through Redlands’ April 21, 2013   Runners, Walkers & wheelchairs are welcome in all events. Three exciting courses mark the 30th Anniversary of the run in 2013. The 5k, 10k and half marathon courses wind through beautiful Redlands tree-lined streets past historic homes with breathtaking views of the San Bernardino mountains. The 5k course is almost entirely flat. The 10k course features fewer climbs and will include running through historic Smiley Heights. The half marathon course will also be faster (less elevation gain) than previous years and will include running through Prospect Park, the Redlands Country Club area, Redlands Community Hospital and Smiley Heights on the way back to downtown Redlands and the finish at the Redlands Bowl.   Food Truck EventSaturday April 20th 1...
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