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		<title>Independance Day for the Blog</title>
		<link>http://absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/independance-day-for-the-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lydia Leibs - Jim's Asst.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am going to attempt to move the blog later this evening to its new self-hosted home which means this site may be down for a few hours and will be closed to comments. With a little luck, you should notice very little difference the next time you visit other than the refreshing new change [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2648702&amp;post=407&amp;subd=absolutelyfostercity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Riding the Wave</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Minkey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How's The Market?]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Real Estate market this year in Foster City has been just like this&#8230;wavy! Up and down, peaks and valleys. Frankly, it&#8217;s made me a little nuts. Another thing that&#8217;s been true about it has been it&#8217;s unpredictability. Nothing will sell for weeks&#8230;and then 10 houses go all at once, and it&#8217;s been like that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2648702&amp;post=405&amp;subd=absolutelyfostercity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Funky Foto Contest Winner Week 15</title>
		<link>http://absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/funky-foto-contest-winner-week-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Minkey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funky Foto Contest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I know, I know&#8230;it was too easy. It certainly does prove the point that Chevy&#8217;s is Foster City&#8217;s preeminent landmark though! If you don&#8217;t believe me just check out some of those comments on Friday. Great stuff! If anyone else would like to check in with significant Chevy&#8217;s memories (but it has to be the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2648702&amp;post=395&amp;subd=absolutelyfostercity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Appraisals</title>
		<link>http://absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/appraisals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Minkey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buyer info]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of an appraisal works like this&#8230;when a buyer purchases a home and gets a loan, their lender sends out an appraiser to verify the home&#8217;s value and make it safe for them to lend you money. In the very hot market we&#8217;ve just departed from, it seemed like homes appraised for whatever amount [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2648702&amp;post=394&amp;subd=absolutelyfostercity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Funky Foto Contest Week 15</title>
		<link>http://absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/funky-foto-contest-week-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Minkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look familiar? I submit to you that it&#8217;s the most famous landmark in Foster City&#8230;it&#8217;s OK to argue that point too. Nothing like the water&#8230;it&#8217;s what makes Foster City so unique and wonderful. So, tell me&#8230;where and what is this place? Submit your answers in the comments below. All the rules of the road are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2648702&amp;post=393&amp;subd=absolutelyfostercity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Perfect Fixer Upper</title>
		<link>http://absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/the-perfect-fixer-upper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Minkey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buyer info]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com/?p=389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[            How about these before and after shots! Frequently, I&#8217;ll hear clients tell me that they would like a house that needs some work. They&#8217;ve heard, acurately, that buying a fixer upper is a great path toward building equity and thus maximizing their investment. The clients of mine that have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2648702&amp;post=389&amp;subd=absolutelyfostercity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open House Ads</title>
		<link>http://absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/open-house-ads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Minkey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Seller Info]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OK, this may sound like a bit of a rant. (some of you are saying&#8230;&#8221;what else is new?&#8221;) Open House ads in the newspaper make me crazy. Last Friday morning I called the San Francisco Chronicle and placed an ad in the Sunday open home guide for a new listing of mine. During this process [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2648702&amp;post=386&amp;subd=absolutelyfostercity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Funky Foto Contest Winner Week 14</title>
		<link>http://absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/funky-foto-contest-winner-week-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Minkey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funky Foto Contest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You know what? I drove by it 4 times this weekend, kept meaning to get out and run over and check out the plaque at the base of this sculpture to be able to give you it&#8217;s proper name&#8230;but I choked in the clutch! It&#8217;s a kid (a boy I think, Bill) sitting on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2648702&amp;post=378&amp;subd=absolutelyfostercity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FCTV</title>
		<link>http://absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/fctv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Minkey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foster City]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like everywhere I turn any more in Foster City I keep running into the local public access television station, FCTV. I see it in the Foster City Islander and I see it on-line and I saw their cameras out at the Arts &#38; Wine Festival so I thought I&#8217;d comment on it. Turns [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2648702&amp;post=375&amp;subd=absolutelyfostercity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Funky Foto Contest Week 14</title>
		<link>http://absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/funky-foto-contest-week-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Minkey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funky Foto Contest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  No, it&#8217;s not some new and creative picnic table at Sea Cloud Park. What is it actually? That&#8217;s for you to determine. Definitely extra credit if you can call it by it&#8217;s given name, but I&#8217;m OK with just what it is and where it is. This week&#8217;s winner receives a $30.00 gift certificate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=absolutelyfostercity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2648702&amp;post=365&amp;subd=absolutelyfostercity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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