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Reports & Information

Gregoire’s makes great fries … and now shakes (of the earthquake kind)

"When the Napa earthquake struck on Aug. 24, Joshua Bloom had a 5-second warning. That’s because the UC Berkeley astronomy professor likes to tinker." And he put it all into a Gregoire's Box Read all about it in Berkeleyside's "Cal Prof Joshua Bloom make earthquake alert kit Continue Reading

Coffee With Ira …. an informal get-together Friday Jul 12th at Saul’s Deli

Curious about the real estate market?   Want to set up a site for neighbors to communicate with each other? Interested in inexpensive tips to make your home safer in case of a fire or earthquake? Thinking of relocating and need a referral to another great real estate Continue Reading

Thinking of selling your home in Berkeley? Be sure to have a home inspection!

  Thinking of selling your home in Berkeley?  Be sure to have a home inspection! We always recommend that sellers get a set of inspections before they put their home on the market. A home inspection by an American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI - Continue Reading

Prepare for Berkeley’s next earthquake – set up Facebook & Twitter accounts for redundant means of communications

I recommend everyone set up Twitter and Facebook accounts as redundant means of communications. We were watching TV Thursday night when a late-breaking news alert about  Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami popped onto the iPad ... pretty sure the news alert came from via Twitter Continue Reading

What a wonderful team of good looking home inspectors!

We have a very short inspection contingency for our buyers, so I pulled out all the stops and brought our "home" team of inspectors and contractors together. General of the Army George C Marshall was "noted as the 'organizer of victory' by Winston Churchill for his Continue Reading

We have just compiled the most perfect disclosure package ever made.

We have just compiled the most perfect disclosure package ever made. Just about every document is a digital original (printed to PDF rather than scanned), just about every signature is a digital signature. The cover sheet was created in Excel, so I calculated the PDF page Continue Reading

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