SJ Downtowner

Nice picture Lynn.

Altura? Is that the one closed to SCU? Not the one in Dallas right?

According to this link:
http://www.movoto.com/real-estate/homes-for-sale/CA/San-Jose…
School district will be:
Trace (Merritt) Elementary 651 Dana Ave., San Jose 1.06 749
Hoover (Herbert) Middle 1635 Park Ave., San Jose 1.13 645
Lincoln (Abraham) High 555 Dana Ave., San Jose 1.13 715

Demographics:
~75% Hispanic - Thu Jul 3 2008, 22:49

That's the market price, if people are not willing to pay that price, you got no customer, then you have to lower your price to attract them. I agree with Wai, "you get what you paid for", that also implies if you bought a cheaper house, then you got less service.
To Ak, I believe Ron and Ulli are willing to help out with your house matter, others do only if you pay 33% and more, and bear in mind that most people got at least 1% rebate nowadays. - Wed Jul 2 2008, 14:36

I totally agree with Snmr.
Most informations are transparent, they're all accessible from Internet, you simply click on google button and type in what you want then you'll get what you had to beg from your agent years ago.
Buyers, do your research, you can check school district (from county gov or from schoolperformancemaps dot com), future city plan (san jose gov website) and all the sale histories which can help you to make the best decision for yourself. Your agent DOES NOT guarantee your gain or loss, you take them all. Your agent is only supposed to help you go through the buying and selling process, clean all the contingencies, law issues, after that, he or she takes their commission and leave. They are not those bonds managers who have to constantly work on your investment during your ownership.
Who would tear for those subprimers? for those who bought in Tracy, Stockton, Gilroy years ago? for those declining market buyers?? None. Maybe when they made the purchasing, they had good times with their agents, years after, they lost big bucks, their agents kept their 3%.
My point is, all my friends hired agents willing to do 1~2% rebates, and they are 100% satisfied with the whole process. - Tue Jul 1 2008, 10:29

You will still need a buyer agent if you're the first time buyer, period, you never know what's gonna happen next, and if you don't want your work and life got disturbed a lot. But you definitely can ask 1~2% of refund from them, especially if you do your research work a lot. Most of my friends who made purchasing recently got at least 1.5% rebate. - Mon Jun 30 2008, 23:54

You know the game. Agents are only allowed to make positive comments. If they tell you in public forum about where you mentioned is closed to the most unsafe area in San Jose, how they gonna sell houses there? See how smart they are, aren't they?? Nice picture Lynn. - Mon Jun 30 2008, 23:45

I absolutely agree with Charles, yes, homicide does not happen every day, not even every month. Let's read this:

Woman, 55, assaulted during home-invasion robbery in East San Jose, Mercury News, Article Launched: 04/30/2008 10:15:21 AM PDT
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Three men forced their way into an East San Jose home Tuesday evening, punched and tied up a 55-year-old woman and made off with cash and other property, police said. Just before 7 p.m., three men either knocked on the door or rang the bell at a home on Clearview Drive, near North Capitol Avenue and Mabury Road, and pushed their way inside after the woman opened the door slightly, according to police spokesman Jermaine Thomas. The men then punched the victim and tied her up, Thomas said. They spent between 20 and 30 minutes ransacking the house...//

Yes, Charles is right, not every day and not even every month, well, maybe bi-monthly.
As a Real Estate "Pro", your job is to tell the potential buyer not to jump into an unsafe area, isn't it? It's just about less than a mile away I doubt how you can ignore that? It's undeniable Berryessa is getting more and more unsafe and this will definitely have impact on your future resale value. - Thu Jun 26 2008, 20:05

FYI, read before you jump in.

Two shootings overnight in San Jose (Article Launched: 06/26/2008 08:29:45 AM PDT)
... The second shooting was reported just before 1 a.m. when a man with a gunshot wound was taken to a hospital, Garcia said. He told investigators that he was shot on the 700 block of Salt Lake Drive near the intersection of Mabury Road and North Capitol Avenue....
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9698452?source=most_viewed

Truth is, those who lure you to BUY won't inform you the ugly side, unfortunately, that's the case for those surrounding the newbies. - Thu Jun 26 2008, 14:20