Archive for July, 2008
California Going Green-er!
Monday, July 28th, 2008On Monday July 21, 2008, Governor Schwarzenegger signed a bill into law that will make it a lot easier for California residents to go green. Want to cut back on your electric bill? Assembly Bill 811, first introduced to the legislature in February of 2007 and just passed last week, creates an opportunity for California residents [...]
Desert Living is good for your health!
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Having grown up in the South, I’ve always enjoyed the summer and its heat. Now I recently read an article stating, “You’ll live longer if you enjoy heat”. Hey, this is good news for those of us who live in the desert year round. It’s yet another benefit of living in Palm Springs, with our [...]
Deluge In the Desert
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Rain is one thing you don’t often see here in the desert. After all that’s why it’s a desert! Usually we get about five inches of rain a year; some years it’s a little more, some years a little less. In the last few years less has been the norm, so much so that our [...]
Absentee Home Owners Read This!
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Quite often my clients have raised the issue of home security when they are buying a home here in the Palm Springs area as a secondary residence. This is particularly true if they are contemplating the purchase of a property that is not part of a gated community where HOA (homeowners association) fees most likely [...]
Real Estate becoming attractive to Investors
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008With the continued drop in the value of the dollar, the crazy increases in the price of oil, and the wild ride in the downward-trending stock market, a safe haven for investment dollars is becoming harder to find. More and more investors are turning to real estate as an alternative investment. In the last few [...]