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Michael Jackson did not call Ventura County his home but  he did own an infamous home in the 805 area code called Neverland.  This 2,800 acre ranch is located north of Ventura County in Santa Barbara County.   Although Jackson transferred title to the Sycamore Valley Ranch Company in November of 2008, so much media attention has [...]

Many of us living in Ventura County are ‘transplants.’  We were born some place else and luck enough now to call Ventura County our Home.  This is the case for both of us.  Greg was born in New Jersey and his family moved to Ventura County (specifically Thousand Oaks – the Conejo Oaks tract before [...]

I wish I could tell you that the garden on the left is from our yard — no such luck or room.  Until our garden has more growth, I thought I’d use a photo we could aspire to. We used this past Memorial Day weekend to get our kitchen garden in the ground.  Ventura County [...]

It’s been awhile since we felt an earthquake – thank God – but last night we were reminded what an earthquake feels like.  We were gathered at Greg’s dad house in Thousand Oaks to celebrate his dad’s 91st birthday.  We were preparing a huge salad when all of a sudden it sounded first like a wind and [...]

It is already one month into the new year of 2009.  We have been reading, thinking, analyzing and talking about what this new year will bring.  We are very upbeat about the Ventura County real estate market for 2009 and our real estate business.  Although sales weren’t great for 2008, we have successfully ridden out [...]

For several years my children and I volunteered as ‘petal pushers’ with a local Ventura County church building a float for the Rose Parade.  We worked one day between Christmas and New Years from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Pasadena area. The work was dirty and usually very sticky since all sorts of glues were used to attach flowers, seeds, twigs, [...]

We say “Merry Christmas” but in this politically correct world who knows who celebrates what! In checking through several emails this morning, we discovered that today, December 23, is Festivus.  How could we forget the episode of Seinfeld where George’s father creates the ‘new holiday for the rest of us.’  It is so absurd – [...]

Maybe I should not be writing this post but it is the truth.  Realtor.com is a pain to use.  Yes, I know they just came out with the ‘new version.’  And granted it looks ‘prettier’ than the old version but it is still not user friendly.  Even as an agent who has used Realtor.com for many [...]