Chris Neddersen's (neddersen) Blog

High Walk Score Homes: Great Social and Financial Investments First, here’s the investment motivation to buying a high walk score home. Opening the newspaper today, I ran across an article about urban populations.  After the census, they discovered that downtown areas are reinvigorated with thous...

Open from 2:00 to 4:00 Sunday March 20th This property is an attractive remodeled three bedroom (The MLS shows this as a two bedroom home, but that is incorrect) and two bath single level home built in 1984.  The spacious living room has a wood-burning stove and plenty of light.  The remodeled k...

Springing ahead to the Weeks Events On this rainy Friday, it’s hard to imagine that Spring will be here Sunday March 20th.  I’ll be celebrating by holding an Open House at 728 Masonic Avenue in Albany.  Come visit me if you’re in the neighborhood, especially if you’re looking for a high walk scor...

How Japan's Disaster Might Affect the Berkeley Area The events in Japan certainly put our own economic woes in sharp relief Many Japanese are experiencing crushing grief over the devastating loss of friends and family.  Not just homes, but whole cities, towns, and businesses fell victim to the di...

Why I love a High Walk Score Home Living through the sixties inspired a desire to treat my home planet well. Having kids increased my interest in making sure their future would be as secure as I could make it.  As a result, my family and I have tried to be more conscious about doing whatever it ...

Dancing through life when the earth is shaking Oh, man!  The Japanese earthquake has us all shaken up.  It’s difficult to talk about fun free events in the Berkeley Area in the face of this tragedy. However, I’ve always thought that the best thing to do when things are tough is get your energy up...

Teacher's Face Another Test Even in the Berkeley Area, teachers don't seem to get much respect. Many in opposition to labor unions talk of the shorter work days and long summer holidays that our educators enjoy, and how the teacher’s union creates a cushy job environment that most private workers...

Extracts from correspondance with a friend who wants to help out his sister.  She's having problems making mortgage payments  He wants to buy the house from her for what it's really worth--less than is owed the lender--and rent back to her for what she can afford.  This would require the lender a...