Fiesta Gardens in San Mateo is well known for its unique School district, shopping and well kept up neighborhood. Fiesta Gardens streets are as well-kept as its homes. Click the link below to view Fiesta Gardens Properties for Sale: http://www.sfpeninsulacondos.com/listings/areas/48916/   The neighborhood includes Fiesta Meadows Park, with an awesome playground for kids. Very close to Highways 101 and 92 and is close to El Camino Real and less than a mile from the Hillsdale Shopping Center.  Foods). Fiesta Gardens real estate claims the same vintage as its heavy neighbor but could not be more difference. The southern part of the neighborhood is new development with Apartments, townhomes, and single family homes. The new development is near Hillsdale Cal Train station and across from 10... 02/24/2014

San Mateo- Downtown San Mateo Downtown San Mateo is a very family oriented place with many things to do. Real Estate Downtown is also very family friendly. This includes high end luxury high rise Condos and Single Family Homes. Click the link below to view Downtown San Mateo Homes for Sale: http://www.sfpeninsulacondos.com/listings/areas/48916/   Downtown San Mateo yields many attractions within strolling distance of Baywood including Draeger's market, Starbuck's and Peet's coffee, two  fitness centers, (24 Hour Fitness and Equinox) Edmund's Plaza Florist, well-established elegant restaurants such as Capellini's, 231 Ellsworth, Kingfish, and Viognier, as well as a veritable emporium of sushi and pan-Asian options, and casual family havens such as the ever-popular Jeffrey's Hamburgers, ... 02/24/2014

San Mateo- Baywood Baywood Community in San Mateo is a classic neighborhood on the San Francisco Peninsula. Baywood was planned with wide boulevards, lamp posts and big  trees that shade the sidewalks. Walking down the streets of Baywood, It has a simple yet luxurious feel to it. Click the link below to view Baywood (San Mateo) Properties for Sale:   http://www.sfpeninsulacondos.com/listings/areas/48916/   The collection of homes showcase a very famous character. Baywood residents are very passionate for their neighborhood and often stay in the same home for decades, benefiting from the fabulous school district and charming location close to town. As the axiom goes, "location, location, location." And this rings true for Baywood in many respects, it is strategically located within walki... 02/21/2014

Please take a look at the condos currently available below in San Mateo with 2 + Bedrooms. To view properties, copy and paste link into your browser window: http://www.sfpeninsulacondos.com/listings/propertytype/CONDO/maxprice/650000/beds/2/areas/34934/ Published by: Warmest Regards, Tony Ocampo with The Kevin Dalonzo Team Over 15 Years Real Estate Experience Century 21 Realty Alliance DRE 01069703 02/10/2014

Full program details on cost sharing program can be found here: http://goo.gl/tMXfP7 Learn More at www.MaryAnnT.com 01/30/2014

VA Mortgage Loans in San Mateo California and 100% VA Loans - the best loan program in the country! Designed for both active duty military and honorable discharged Veterans, VA Mortgage Loans are one of the best mortgage loan programs available today. Here are some of the main features of this great program: - 100% financing, no down payment required. - Monthly mortgage insurance is not tacked on to your payment. - Easier credit qualifying compared to other types of mortgage loans. - VA Mortgage Rates are low compared to other types of home loans.   So how do you qualify for a VA Mortgage Loan in San Mateo California? First of all, you must verify your eligibility. You can verify eligibility by ordering your Certificate of Eligibility or COE. An approved San Mateo California VA loan len... 01/07/2014

Chris Eckert of Keller Williams Realty was named one of REAL Trends’ Best Real Estate Agents in America in the newly issued national ranking report produced by REAL Trends.  REAL Trends’ Best Real Estate Agents in America ranks nearly 6,500 residential real estate agents solely based on their excellence in real estate sales during calendar year 2012. All production numbers are independently verified by a third-party in order to ensure accuracy and report integrity. This group of highly successful real estate sales agents represents less than 1 percent of all real estate practitioners in the United States. The real estate agents are ranked in four categories: • Individual agent — Sales volume • Individual agent — Transaction sides (in each real estate transaction there are two sides that... 07/30/2013

San Mateo CA - Multi-Family Fourplex for Sale - Open House Sunday.Great Investment Property in San Mateo to get started! Large 4 Unit Building with Approx. 4036 Sq Ft. buyer to verify.Upstairs two units two bedrooms and one bathroom. Downstairs has 2 unit and 2bedroom/1 bathroom. Four Carport Parking. Property sold "AS-IS."conditions. Three of the four units has new heating. Double pane windows,easy access to Highway 101, downtown Burlingame Ave and San Mateo. Tenants are on an MONTH-TO-MONTH rental agreement. Tenants pay for all utilities including Water and Garbage.Property to be sold "AS-IS" Three of the units are tenants occupied, and one unit is vacant. Easy to maintain, low vacancy. For more Information please call Maya 650-996-8961 Offered at $689.446.00 05/05/2013

It is a common occurrence in the Silicon Valley for homes that are in Probate to also go into default. For many older home owners there is scant cash in the bank, they may still have a mortgage, and without a trust a home goes to Probate. When that happens the bills, including the mortgage do not get paid until a Personal Representative is appointed by the court. This can be a lengthy process if there is a disagreement amongst heirs as to who should be in charge. Unfortunately that is a very common occurrence in San Mateo probate sales. So while the relatives are arguing over who rules the San Mateo Probate roost, the mortgage does not get paid and the lender starts the foreclosure process.    Once at least three payments are missed a Notice of Default may be filed on the San Mateo Prob... 01/28/2013

If you are the Personal Representative for a  San Mateo Home in Probate that has a delinquent mortgage, but there is equity in the home, DON'T BE AN OSTRICH!!!!!!   It is now very common for San Mateo homes that are in Probate to have mortgages. Many homeowners were enticed to refinance in the last decade because of easy money or low interest rates, many seniors have reverse mortgages on their  San Mateo Probate homes, and some people did not refinance because of low interest rates, but because they were helping out family members. When a mortgagee dies the mortgage still needs to be paid. Death does not eliminate the obligation. So what do you do if the mortgage is late, the home is in foreclosure, and the estate has no money to pay the mortgage? It is very common for San Mateo Probate... 01/08/2013

 Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act was extended. Good news for a homeowner who were worried about paying tax after a short sale, if the short sale was not complete until December 31, 2012. Fortunately, the Congress has extended the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act for another year. The extension of this new law will protect distress homeowner from paying huge tax bills on the amount of money forgive by the bank as a result of a short sale. I have three short sales in San Francisco and one in San Mateo waiting for bank approval. Most for of delays occur by the interaction of the holidays and some due to buyers’ delays obtaining loan approval. I wrote a letter our Congresswoman, Jackie Speier. She replayed to my letter saying that she was very confident the Congress will extend the... 01/02/2013

    After exchanging several emails, I found out that both the Mother-in-law and the house were 100 years old when she passed away. I was told that there had been very little updating done to the house in the past 50 years. The various family members were at odds over whether they should do some work to the house, or just sell it in its current condition. When you see the video, you will see that the house was in very poor cosmetic condition. It’s too bad that I waited a few days to take the initial photos. I really wanted to show the 1970’s artificial grass laid over a concrete slab in the front yard. In the middle of this fake grass was one of the biggest, most overgrown junipers that I have ever seen. By the time that I took the photos, the landscaper unfortunately had already remove... 11/28/2012

There is nothing I enjoy more than helping a family sell a San Mateo home left to heirs through probate. I know, it doesn’t take much to make me happy, but I am who I am. Over the years I have developed a system to sell San Mateo homes in probate and it works really well!    1. Look at a home and see if there are valuables that are worth selling in the San Mateo home in probate. Many homes are left with enormous amounts of personal property, sometimes with value and sometimes not. For example crappy cars have value, but beautiful over stuffed furniture does not.   2. If there is something of value to sell I usually recommend calling an auction house to come and take over the job of selling the personal property they believe will sell. I like DGW but there are others. They sell the prope... 11/23/2012

OK, I’m not sure that Short Sale’d is correct grammer and the Nuns from my grade school might disapprove, but you get my point. I recently sold this condo and the Seller did get $10,000 from the Lender: http://homesite.obeo.com/viewer/default.aspx?tourid=740014&refURL=http://admin.obeo.com/edit_tour.cfm?fn=Save&HouseID=740014&NextSection=Desc&SavePage=General&locale=en-US The owner of this condo called me a few months ago to ask if I would list their condo for sale. The problem was that they were underwater. (The mortgage was higher than what would be netted from the sale of the property.) The only reason that the Seller needed to sell was because they had to move to another city for work. Normally, I would recommend a Short Sale, but in this case, the Seller had never missed or been l... 10/17/2012

938 Shoreline Dr, San Mateo, CA 94404 - San Mateo Condo for sale. Just Listed Harbortown Condo! Open House Sunday.San Mateo Fabulous Harbortown 2 bedrooms two baths! Spacious Master suite with full bath. Ground floor attached one car garage with access to the unit. Cozy Wood Burning Fireplace in the living room. Living room/Dining Combo. Updated kitchen, lot of cabinets space, elegant plantation shutters. Two Small private patios, greenbelt & water views, relaxing garden & Water pond ideal for outdoor living. Alarm system, in-unit laundry. Clubhouse, pools, spa, tennis court, and trails along the water. Close to shops. Easy access to 92, 280 & 101.  Resort living a great price!! Features: 2 Bedrooms 2 Baths Built in 1979 Updated Kitchen HOA 495 Dishwasher Refrigerator Elegant plantatio... 09/27/2012

Americans have traditionally be pretty wasteful as a group when it comes to water conservation. As an appraiser for years I would walk into some homes where the occupants were way ahead of the curve and nearly always find a five gallon bucket in the shower. This was to catch water while warming it up so as not to waste it and they will water their flowers with it house plants and so forth. This is more commonplace than you might imagine. There are a couple of very good websites one in San Francisco where the city of San Francisco offers a gray water system design manual about 75 pages that seems very thorough and in-depth. University of California Davis  has some information on their website. In any case we are finding more and more people wanting to add gray water systems to their 203K... 09/11/2012

San Mateo CA -Central Park Music Series -Free Every Thursday Nights.If you are like many of us who like to enjoy activities outdoors, you will like to attend to San Mateo Central Park Musical Series. It's free - Presented by the City of San Mateo. Every Thursday Night San Mateo Central Park is proud to present the Central Park Music Series from June 15, 2015 – August, starting at 6:00 pm and end at 8:00 pm.  Mayra Espinosa Realtor  The San Mateo Central Park Musical series is a San Mateo signature summer event held every year. It is one of my favorite outdoor concerts. Every year I invite all my family and salseros friends. We are a group of salsa lovers, all over the Bay Area that love this type of outdoors festivities. We get together to share our passion for salsa. For more informtio... 07/15/2012

      Sellers often think that there is little risk in “trying a higher price, just to test the market”, rather than following their agent’s advice on a List Price. In this situation, the Seller assumes that they can “just come down in price in 2 weeks if we don’t get any offers”. They assume that they can still get the same price after 2 weeks as if they had priced it correctly in the beginning. In order to explain this, the best analogy to use is that of a Bus Full of Buyers. The most serious buyers load up the Bus and go looking at all of the new listings on the market. If a home is priced right, all of the buyers on that Bus fight over who is going to get it. This pushes the sales price for that home UP. If a home is priced too high, that Bus full of Buyers drives on to the next ho... 06/14/2012

The City of San Mateo Presents 2012 Central Park Music Series June 21, 2012 - August 9, 2012  Every Thursday Evening 6 - 8 PM     June 21: Take 2  Top hits from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s to current chart toppers.   June 28: Stompy Jones Vintage Rhythm & Blues   July 5: Pure Ecstasy  Motown, R & B, Jazz, Soul & Classic Standards   July 12: Rebel Yell   Ultimate Party Band. Plays top hits from the 80’s   July 19: Julio Bravo  Salsa & Dance Tunes   July 26: California Cowboys   Country-western band   August 2: Bud E. Luv Orchestra   Hottest Hits from Vegas   August 9: Busta-Groove    Party Band Playing Hits from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s & Today       Central Park Music Series  Annual Sponsor   Chris Eckert  Representing Buyers & Sellers on the Mid-Peninsula 650.274.1129 Chris@ChrisEckert.us www.Chr... 06/07/2012

Fences should not be considered an indication of property boundaries. Legal property boundaries are demarcated by surveyor pins or stakes. These are typically 1/2" to 3/4" round iron pipes flush or buried slightly below land surface. Newer pins might have yellow or orange caps that indicate the surveyor's license number. Locating property lines can be challenging. Older surveyor pins tend to erode. Older property markers could be metal posts, rebar, pipes or car axles. Those having difficulty locating their surveyor pins, also called corner pins, should contact their city or county government and get a copy of their plat map. A plat map will identify each specific lot located in a subdivision — as well as the shape and dimension of the lot — and where the surveyor pins are located. If ... 03/18/2012