Archive for April, 2008
Finding The Right Bed
April 21st, 2008 categories: Real Estate Fun
This is one of my Favorites.
If you ever need a good Laugh I recommend this. You got to watch if from start to Finish.
Enjoy!!
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FREE Foreclosure Magazine Vol. 2
April 20th, 2008 categories: Best Buys and Good Deals On the Market
Free Foreclosure Magazine is now available
This magazine offers the latest foreclosure properties in Orange County and the Inland Empire. This is a valuable resource for anyone searching for a new home.
I am happy to assist you in your home search. For a copy of this magazine, please email me or contact me and I will mail you your free copy.
This is a great time to buy a property.
Be a step ahead of the rest and CONTACT ME NOW!!
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Anaheim Hills
April 20th, 2008 categories: Neighborhood and City events/highlights
Anaheim Hills
The History of Anaheim
When Anaheim was given its name in 1857, it was derived from two words. The name “Ana” from the nearby Santa Ana River and the German word “Heim” means “Home.” translated, the name Anaheim can be interpreted to mean “home by the river” which adequately describes the city of Anaheim.
Founded by Bavarian families in 1857, Anaheim was originally called Campo Alemán (Spanish for German Camp). The city was incorporated on February 10, 1870, and was actually California’s very first planned community. Anaheim’s founders hoped to make the area a wine-growing region, but their vineyards were destroyed by insects in the late nineteenth century.
Orange groves eventually replaced the dying vineyards. With the orange growers’ labels advertising a sunny, California lifestyle, the city grew to over 5,000 residents by 1920. After World War II, Anaheim continued to grow as returning servicemen who trained in the area came back to build their homes.
It is true that the settlers of Anaheim were farmers working in the vineyards, farm work was not actually what defined these settlers. The first residents of Anaheim were also scholars, musicians, artists and writers. The first public buildings to be erected in Anaheim was a school and an opera house.
A major turn in the history of Anaheim happened in 1955 when Disneyland opened, setting off a chain of events that would change the Anaheim forever. Because Anaheim property was so inexpensive and interest rates were so low, visitors and investors began buying up real estate as quickly as the deals could be made and the area experienced an explosion of population.
From the early fifties to the early sixties, Anaheim’s population increased from just 14,456 to that of 105,000 residents. The increase in population drew big business into the area and Anaheim would never be the same.
In 1970, Anaheim made another monumental decision and the community established another 4,200 acres to create the community of Anaheim Hills. The neighborhood development was an awe-inspiring success and all homes sold out in just two years.
Today, Anaheim Hills is a distinguished community unlike any other. The area has the lowest crime rate in the city and one of the lowest in all of Orange County. The exclusive community environment provides its residents, with a safe and quiet place to call home. Featuring an abundance of shopping venues, entertainment selections and dining establishments, Anaheim Hills puts all conveniences within just minutes of its residents.
Anaheim Hills continues to grow and new construction opportunities are available. By the year 2008, the area is expected to reach a population of 100,000. Considering Anaheim Hills isn’t even an official city, that’s an impressive number.
There’s no doubt – Anaheim Hills may very well be one of the most desirable and esteemed communities in all of Orange County, perhaps even all of California.
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East Anaheim
April 20th, 2008 categories: Neighborhood and City events/highlights
East Anaheim
Anaheim is now the tenth largest city in California, which began in 1857 as colony of German farmers
and vintners. Founding member George Hansen surveyed the original 200 acres, which now comprises the city’s downtown area, bounded by North, South, East and West streets.
Between 1880 and 1960, Anaheim was host to several orange growers and processors who used their orange crate labels to identify their brand and advertise a golden California lifestyle.
The city was incorporated in 1876 with a population of 881. In the 1920’s, the population had risen to 5,526, an agricultural community. In 1887, the construction of the Santa Fe depot linked Anaheim’s citrus growers with the East, providing markets for their golden crops.
A local tradition, which began in 1924 and was recently restarted, again is the Anaheim Halloween Parade. At the height of its popularity, over 150,000 spectators would view the parade along the downtown streets.
In the early 1950’s, a man by the name of Walt Disney had an idea of creating a park for families, a unique playground where they could find happiness and escape the pressures of the day. He first took his idea to the city of Burbank, who denied his request, concerned that the project would become a permanent carnival.
Lucky for us, he drove down the Santa Ana Freeway to Orange County and found that Anaheim was a lot like his boyhood home in Marceline, Missouri. On April 2, 1954, construction of Disneyland in Anaheim, California, was announced. Opening day would be July 17, 1955.The grand opening was less than auspicious. About 33,000 people showed up while millions witnessed ABC’s live broadcast. Many things did go wrong that day, but they were all corrected and after only seven weeks after opening, Disneyland’s one-millionth guest passed through the turnstiles, into the tunnel and onto Main Street.
Anaheim became a modern day boomtown by the end of the 1950’s. Anaheim’s reputation as a good place to live, work or run a business has turned Anaheim into the 2nd largest city in Orange County, the 10th largest city in California and the 59th largest in the nation. The fact that the city operates it’s own utilities is one of the main reasons many of the businesses have relocated to Anaheim. The city has directly negotiated lower rates with companies as an enticement to relocate. Anaheim residents also pay considerably lower utility bills than their neighbors in surrounding cities.
In the 1960’s, Anaheim joined the major league baseball by announcing the Angels would start the 1966 season in a brand new stadium in Anaheim. Ground was broken on August 31, 1964, on the new stadium and the rest is history. Many changes have been made to the stadium since it was first built. The first major change came when the Los Angeles Rams football team moved to Anaheim and the stadium was enclosed and enlarged to 70,500 seats for the 1980 football season. After the Rams moved to St. Louis, the stadium was once again remodeled to it’s present look and renamed the Edison International Field of Anaheim.
Another impressive achievement that the city has produced is the building of the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim. Groundbreaking was held on November 8, 1990 on this $103 million area. In March on 1993, Walt Disney Company announced that the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim would begin playing in the Anaheim Arena in the fall of 1993. The arena has been used to host several events from concerts to sporting events.
The latest change to the Anaheim area has been the renovation of the resort area, the redevelopment of the downtown area and the building of Disney’s California Adventure Theme Park and the Grand Californian Resort Hotel.
Anaheim has been transformed from a small farming community to a major sport, entertainment, recreational, and industrial community. Anaheim is truly the best place to live, work and play.
Government The City operates under a City Charter with a Council-Manager form of government. The four City Council members are elected to four-year terms in alternate slates every two years. The Mayor is elected every four years and presides over meetings of the Council and has one vote.
The City Council appoints the City Manager who heads the executive branch of government, implements Council directives and policies, and manages the administrative and operations functions through the various departmental heads appointed by the City Manager.
Anaheim’s city hall is located at 200 South Anaheim Boulevard.
On July 17, 1955, the gates of Disneyland open before a live national television audience.About 33,000 people attend the event. In 1957, the City of Anaheim celebrates its centennial.
In 1960, Anaheim business leaders convene to form the Anaheim Visitor and Convention Bureauto maximize Anaheim’s year-round attraction.
On April 9, 1964, the Gene Autry-owned Angels announce their intention of movingto Anaheim for the 1966 Major League Baseball season.
On April 9, 1966, the Angelshost their first game in Anaheim Stadium, an exhibition game against the San Francisco Giants. Willie Mays hits the first home run in the stadium.
On July 12, 1967, the Anaheim Convention Center opens.
On January 12, 1967, while appearing at MelodyLand Theater, Jack Bennyand Johnny Carson were named “Honorary Mayors” and presented with a key to the city.
On June 7, 1970, the first rock concert performed at Anaheim Stadium is headlined by The Who.
In 1972, construction starts on the Anaheim Hills Planned Community by the Grant Company. The development was subsequently completed by Texaco Anaheim Hills and encompassed 4,200 acres and 15,000 homes.
In 1974, the General Plan Task Force was created to design a development plan for the futuregrowth of the hill and canyon area. The plan was adopted by the City Council in 1977.
In 1976, development started on the 402-acre Bauer Ranch, now called East Hills.The Planned community included 945 homes and a regional shopping center at Weir Canyon Road and Santa Ana Canyon Road
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Realtors That Complain
April 19th, 2008 categories: Realtors
If You Can’t Stand The Heat Get Out Of The Kitchen. “REALTORS” If you can’t stand the market get out of the business.
I am tired of other Realtors and agents complaining to me about the market. You guys are worse than the media. Most of you don’t know what your doing or saying. I would hate to know what your saying to your clients. Hmmmm, let me think on that. If you complain you obviously have no clients and you obviously have no idea how to go back to the basics. And if you do have clients you dislike them. You moan and groan how bad your clients are. Making you work, previewing homes, having to run searches, O my God and having to email those searches.
All I hear from you guys is its just going to get worse. The media are saying this, they are saying that, this much % is down, foreclosures are going to raid, pilage and plunder our Nation. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE WORLD?
I had an agent ask me to open up escrow and she would fax me the signed purchase offer in a day or two. I was Gob Smacked. Your asking me to open escrow with no signed (executed) contract. Yes she says. I then asked her “If it takes an Elephant two weeks to walk a week how many banana’s in a bunch of grapes? WHAT?
Yes, exactly what are you talking about.
What is the difference between a Buyers market and a Sellers Market? Nothing. This market is an excellent market. It is an amazing market. It is a market you can shine in. It is a market you can represent buyers that can finally afford a home. That can finally purchase their Dream Home. It is a market where the Sellers do not have buyers over a barrel.
Why can’t you be as motivated as buyers are right now. Imagine what that would 
be like? Imagine what that would be like? a Realtor to be as motivated as their client. What a TEAM that would be. Why not create a TEAM. A team of buyers. O Wait I forgot, you have to work for it. Lets forget that notion. Your job is to complain. Your Job is to annoy, bother all around you with your nonsense talk.
You should be the most excited you have ever been. And all you do is complain. Have you ever door knocked. Have you tried to door knock?
And instead of asking them do they want to buy or sell? Instead have a conversation. Have a conversation. Do you have the nerve to. Probably not. TO MUCH WORK. Or you don’t have any idea of the market and all its benefits when buying now. Which should be done in the next 6 months.
Read more regarding that in my previous post:
Guys, you can stand out like a migraine. Like you do already. But for the wrong reason. Stand out as a Realtor, stand out for knowing your market. Over load your clients with information. Its what they are looking for.
I have clients say, that one of the main reasons they enjoy the buying process with me and come back again and again is that I have been the only Realtor who has helped and has given so much information. Everyone else has not been as helpful. This I do not understand. Giving your clients information they do not want. Why are you not giving your clients what they are asking for?
Do you even listen to what your Clients want? WHY NOT? ARE THEY BOTHERING YOU?
If your clients ask for 4 bedrooms 3 bathrooms and no Pool, do not give them 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with a pool. If your clients ask for information give it to them. If you have a website and a buyer needs to sign up before any information is given, PLEASE keep doing so. Because when they get to my website they get everything with no registration. So when they need information they will know where to go. Won’t think twice about it. So again PLEASE keep it up. I’ll help those people even if you won’t. SO
Take advatage of the Buyers Market like you would a Sellers Market. Be as Motivated as a First Time Buyer. It’s a no Brainer. It’s a match made in Heaven.
How about this for all you Agent Moaners, I will help you, I promise. This is what I will do. All your clients that are bothering you and asking you to work for them (How dare they) give them my number 1-714-943-0444 and ask for Patrick Canavan and I will give them exactly what they are looking for, the HELP and INFORMATION they deserve.
OR, Be as Motivated as a FIRST TIME BUYER the feeling is great. It feels alot better than complaining.
Remember this if you ever open a Restuarant, it is all about the customer. If you lose sight of that concept your Restuarant will go down in Flames.
It is no different in Real Estate. “IT IS ALL ABOUT THE CLIENT” They pay your wage. Only for them you would not have a career. OR DO YOU ?
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Another Reason to List With Me
April 17th, 2008 categories: Seller's Advice, Tips for preparing your home for the market
If you notice when looking closely at the photo the Realtor took a photo of the photo on his computer and then had to upload that photo to his computer and then post it in the MLS.
I can picture his/her Presentation to the unfortunate Seller. “And I will send out my Professional Photographer who will take a photo of your Home download it to my computer, now here’s the kicker, I will then have my professional photograher take another photo of your home on my brand new DELL Computer Centro Installed chip set with 752 RAM turbo charged that I got second hand and then stick it up on the Orange County MLS for all to see your BEAUTIFUL HOME.”
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Best Deal in Anaheim Hills Orange County $489,900
April 15th, 2008 categories: Best Buys and Good Deals On the Market, Buyer's Advice
If You Are in The Market For A Great Deal This IS IT
Bank Owned Property. Just put on the Market today 04/15/2008.
Anaheim Hills in Orange County.
Single Story, single family home in prestigous Anaheim Hills.
This bank owned beauty features 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms,
direct access garage, laminate flooring.
Features
Bedrooms 3
Baths 2
ASqFt 1,470
YrBlt 1974
ALotSize 5,450
Acres 0.13
Garage 2
Please not hesitate to contact me for Further information. 1-714-943-0444
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A Realtor with Prudential
April 15th, 2008 categories: Seller's Advice
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Earth Day April 22nd
April 15th, 2008 categories: Buyer's Advice, Seller's Advice
Lets Take Care of The GREEN
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Five Tips for a Green Home
April 14th, 2008 categories: Buyer's Advice, Energy Saving Tips, Seller's Advice
Eco-friendly. Carbon footprint. Global warming. Energy-efficient. These catch phrases have become part of our lexicon as we’ve become more aware of our impact on the environment and our role in protecting it. As a homeowner, there are some simple, inexpensive steps you can take to make your home energy-efficient. Get started on the road to being “green” with these five tips:
Change Your Light Bulbs
By replacing just five incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs, you can save $100 per year on electric bills while using up to 75 percent less energy and removing greenhouse gases from the environment.
Buy ENERGY STAR® Appliances
ENERGY STAR-qualified appliances, such as refrigerators, washers and air conditioners, meet a higher level of energy efficiency set by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy than standard models. According to ENERGY STAR, if just one in 10 homes used ENERGY STAR-qualified appliances, the impact could be compared to planting 1.7 million new acres of trees. And, switching to these appliances is not only good for the environment, but easy on your pocketbook. Although these appliances may costs more, you can reduce your energy bill by $80 per year.
Seal Up
Cracks and air leaks represent cash seeping from your doors and windows. Get rid of air leaks in doors, windows and other areas by caulking gaps and cracks. This will help decrease your heating and air conditioning bill. But make sure you use silicone sealants. Acrylic caulk tends to shrink, while silicone sealants are waterproof and won’t shrink or crack, creating less waste.
Use Less Water
Did you know that roughly 60 percent of a home’s water consumption takes place in the bathroom, according to the C
alifornia Urban Water Conservation Council? The largest culprit is the toilet, which accounts for 27 percent of your household supply every year. By installing low-flow toilets, showerheads and faucets, you can save thousands of gallons of water each year. In addition, replace leaky fixtures. That slow-dripping faucet can waste as much as 2,400 gallons of water per year.
Adjust the Thermostat
When adjusting your home’s thermostat, the rule of thumb should be: turn up the dial in the summer and down in the winter. Lowering the temperature by just one degree will reduce your electrical costs. And if you use a programmable thermostat, you can program your air-conditioning and heating systems to reduce output while no one is at home or at night while you sleep. Ceiling fans are also helpful in circulating the air to keep the room cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Going green doesn’t have to be overwhelming or costly. By making just a few small changes within your home, you can help yourself and your Bills.
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