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This is a great website for Small GREEN House builders!
Check out hte article on the top 5 things to avoid in small green hosue plans.
http://www.esmallhouseplans.com/top-3-green-building-mistakes-in-small-house-plans/

Check out our San Francisco Green Spaces, small tucked away community parks that may even be smaller than a City lot.  This is wonderful and necessary in a City as dense as ours.  We are 7X7 with lots of living space and now a chance for more open space.
http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/02/soon_to_be_sitting_pretty_in_a_series_of_plazas_and_par.html

In this Article from Realtor Magazine, the IRS has finally told us what documentation will be needed to qualify for, submit and receive the 1st time homebuyers Tax Credit and the Step-up Buyers Tax Credit.  Move through these pages and click on the additional links to go all the way to the IRS website which [...]

Here is a Great Link for Goodwill Industries. They propose a wonderful costume recycling idea. You can gather friends and families costumes and pass them along! Click on the link to find a center near you!
http://app.en25.com/e/es.aspx?s=1259&e=139&elq=01cab37cba7548a696917571c63b8853
Remember to pass the word along.  I pass along GREEN Tips, recycling information and any other resource I have, every [...]

Here in our San Francisco market, I urge all of my buyers to gain pre-approval for a loan before they begin their home search. Many people seem to think that pre-approval is like applying for your entire loan, but it is not.
Once you have chosen a direct lender, Bank, or Mortgage Broker, they will [...]

Here’s the latest on the first time home buyers tax credit!!!
http://www.edesignations.com/blog/2009/10/real-estate-loans-first-time-home.asp

Hey Folks!
Gavin Newsom just Twittered me about the launch of the new Green Cities Website, which is a collaboration of 10 cities GREEN Goals, we can participate in helping our City “Go GREEN”, read about Best Practices and keep up with what’s happening. Very inpsirational. I’ll be sure to post some of their San Francisco initiatives and [...]

We all use batteries at home and work-lots of them. In California, we buy over 500 million houshold batteries (anythingsmaller than a car battery)… by spending a little more for your home rechargeable batter set-up today, in the long run you will save time, money, and make your local community a safer, ehalthier place to live. That’s an investment you can get charged up about!

Are you a first time homebuyer? APPLY FOR THE MORTGAGE PROTECTION PROGRAM! This is a FREE program through the California Association of Realtors that provides you, a qualified first-time buyer up to $1,500 a month for up to six months in the event of job loss to help pay the mortgage; a $750 monthly benefit [...]

The Association’s web site for homeowners, www.sfbaywindow.com, contains more than 130 articles on subjects important to owners. From “Adding a Room” to “Zoning Districts,” it’s all there, making the site the most robust resource guide for San Francisco homeowners on the web.
Want to know more about sidewalk repair? What to do about barking dogs? Confused [...]