"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
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! 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
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
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. 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
