Real Estate Darwinism

In case you were wondering ... THIS is Pikes Peak ... and it is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Read More about the "The Republican U.S. Senate candidate [Bob Schaffer] on Wednesday [who] unveiled his first television ad, with the theme "Colorado is my life." "I proposed to my wife, Maureen, on top of Pikes Peak," Schaffer says in the ad, gesturing behind him as the couple's picture appears with a snow-covered mountain in the background.

The mountain pictured in the ad, though, isn't Pikes Peak; it's Mount McKinley in Alaska."

http://www.gazette.com/articles/peak_36330___article.html/pikes_schaffer.html

LOL.

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The gloves are off!  It's now or never.  I need your vote on VarBuzz's First Annual Blogging Brawl.  It's San Mateo against Foster City.  Yee Ha!

Voting ends on Wednesday night, 11:59 PM eastern, 8:59 PM pacific.  Vote more often in you have access to more than one computer.  I want to win this.

What's really interesting is that is whole thing has been done thorugh the Virginia Board of Real Estate and there aren't any Virginia blogs left in the contest.  There are some really good bloggers in Virginia, too.  Go Figure.

Vote at VarBuzz right now.  Vote for San Mateo Real Estate News.  Please!

Hopefully, you know the drill by now.  One vote per blog.  I'm still in Zone 4 but there's only one other blog against me this time.  I need your help to win.  Win what?  Prestige, Power, and Whatever.  This is an East v. West contest.  Okay, maybe there's a mid-west contingency too, but that doesn't count. This is coming down to California versus Virginia and California must prevail.

Voting ends on Sunday night so you have until 11:59 PM eastern daylight time.  That's 8:59 PM our time, just in case you're a little challenged by time zones. 

Have access to more than one computer?  Vote more than once!  Get your friends and family to vote for me.  This is serious business.  Please, vote for me now. Just click on the Blog Brawl logo and vote for San Mateo Real Estate News, zone 4.

The VarBuzz Real Estate Blog Brawl is being run like the March Madness of college basketball.  It's a contest of other real estate blogs written by Realtors like me, who live in other states and communities.  It's a chance for you to read about other places around the country.  I've been really honored to have been nominated for this and some of the blogs that I've been in competition against are considered heavyweights in real estate.  Your help in moving up the ranks has been amazing.  I am only going to be asking for it one other time, assuming I am able to move up to the Final 4!  Please help me get there!!

If we get into the Final 4 we'll party!  Pouring California, wine hand crafted by Alex & Lenore Wilkas!  It's great.  I promise.

So, you're out there looking at houses every weekend, but you're sure we haven't hit the bottom in the real estate market so you're afraid to make that offer.   I hate to tell you, but there's no way to know when we hit bottom until after it's happened and the market is rebounding.  Forget trying to time it, it won't work.  It's time to play Let's Make a Deal!  Make that offer, make it low, because who knows, you just might be able to buy that house you're coveting in Hillsborough or Burlingame.

The Seller's Market days are gone and if the house you like, or even the house you're not totally in love with but can deal with, has been on the market for a while, make an offer.  You might be surprised and get it.  It's time to wheel and deal.  Remember Monty Hall urging you to do something?  Now is one of the best times in the past fifteen years to really make a deal in your favor.

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Woo Hoo!!  I'm in the Sweet 16.  If you were one of those who voted for me, thank you all and one.  Now, I need you more than ever!  San Mateo must win over Virginia!  We must, we must, we must. Vote for  me.  I'm against a Wild Card and those of you who know how these contests go, know  my odds aren't looking too good.  But, with your help, and vote, I intend to move up the ranks.

Voting is going on right now.  You can vote only once from each IP your computer is attached to.  If you have a laptop and go to hot spots, vote more often, one from each place sounds good to me. I'm against some great real estate blogs from other locations in the country so your help is needed here.

Click on the logo to the left, vote for one of the two ranked in each zone and when you get to Zone 4, vote for me, SanMateoRealEstateNews.  I am sad my friends who were also in the first round didn't make it.  I voted for them but alas, such is life. But I have prevailed and need you to help me move forward.  I'm begging you.  Vote for SanMateoRealEstateNews! 

When I win, I am offering you, my voter friend, a glass of wine, hand made by Alex and Lenore Wilkas, as a thank you for your vote.  It's good wine.  We made it.  We give it to clients.  So, if you'd like a taste, vote and come to celebrate!