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		<title>Remembering My Friend&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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Hellllooooo My Beautiful Wonderful Bay Area&#8230; How are you all doing?&#8230; Today I&#8217;d like to bring up Friend-Friends-Friendship&#8230; over the course of our lives&#8230; there are many many people that cross our paths, some touch our lives in the most unexpected ways&#8230; some we only know for a very brief period of time&#8230;  I was [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Hellllooooo My Beautiful Wonderful Bay Area&#8230; How are you all doing?&#8230; Today I&#8217;d like to bring up Friend-Friends-Friendship&#8230; over the course of our lives&#8230; there are many many people that cross our paths, some touch our lives in the most unexpected ways&#8230; some we only know for a very brief period of time&#8230;  I was very blessed and fortunate to meet a woman of great warmth, care and stature but for a very brief period of time&#8230; we were only beginning to grow our friendship&#8230; this wonderful person Brigitte who always had nothing but warm loving words to share&#8230; had a very sudden illness which went into an equally sudden terminal status&#8230; was taken from her loving family and all who were touched by her in so many different ways&#8230; Brigitte was my Friend&#8230; I will miss her dearly&#8230; people who exude the warmth, care and friendship she did is sooooo rare these days&#8230; she&#8217;s someone I will keep in my heart and thoughts forever&#8230; I hope you&#8217;re blessed with a Friend like Brigitte sometime in your lifetime&#8230;  </strong></p>
<p><strong>Her loving Husband Steve told me she wept when she received her first bouquet of flowers from him&#8230; not because she didnt like them&#8230; she had never received flowers from anyone before&#8230; from then on he sent her flowers every Friday no matter what&#8230; that was the beginning of their weekend together every Friday&#8230;  What I failed to remind him is that Brigitte will always be his bouquet of  flowers&#8230; and what a bouquet she was&#8230; Cheers Brigitte!!  </strong></p>
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		<title>24 Ways to Make Quick Money When You&#8217;re Unemployed&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://isiwu.com/2010/04/09/24-ways-to-make-quick-money-when-youre-unemployed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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Hello My Beautiful Wonderful Bay Area&#8230; Its just a fact these days&#8230; many many people are in need of a way to earn some money for food, shelter and basic necessities&#8230; I happened to come across this article and thought it might be helpful and might shed some great ideas to keep going&#8230; at the bottom [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left"><strong>Hello My Beautiful Wonderful Bay Area</strong>&#8230; Its just a fact these days&#8230; many many people are in need of a way to earn some money for food, shelter and basic necessities&#8230; I happened to come across this article and thought it might be helpful and might shed some great ideas to keep going&#8230; at the bottom of the 24 ideas are various comments made by readers&#8230; pros and cons to ideas suggested but give it a whirl and check it out&#8230; <strong>Please share with others if you find it helpful&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://bit.ly/bDcUW7"><strong>http://bit.ly/bDcUW7</strong></a></p>
<p>I wish everyone a way to find some sunshine in their lives&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Thanks for checking in&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Isi</strong></p>
<p><strong>Isi Wu&#8230; the realtor for you</strong></p>
<p><strong>Serving Clients All Over the Eastbay!</strong></p>
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		<title>SOB</title>
		<link>http://isiwu.com/2010/03/30/sob/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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Helllllloooo My Wonderful Beautiful Bay Area!&#8230;  Part of all things wonderful here in our neck of the woods&#8230; is the awesome music and artistic talent that is seemingly endless and so rich with diversity&#8230; we can find music just about anywhere&#8230; in many forms and venues&#8230; one not quite yet a destination but wonderful quietly [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5157.JPG1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-712    aligncenter" title="DSCF5157.JPG" src="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5157.JPG1.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><strong>Helllllloooo My Wonderful Beautiful Bay Area!&#8230;  Part of all things wonderful here in our neck of the woods&#8230; is the awesome music and artistic talent that is seemingly endless and so rich with diversity&#8230; we can find music just about anywhere&#8230; in many forms and venues&#8230; one not quite yet a destination but wonderful quietly kept venue is a place called Zen&#8217;s in San Leandro&#8230;  known amongst karaoke aficionados as the place to be on certain days of the week to trip the light fantastic and test out your vocal skills&#8230;  on the last Saturday of every month there is a live &#8220;local&#8221; band that performs for your dancing and listening enjoyment&#8230; Just this past Saturday we went to see SOB (Same Old Band)&#8230; one of the better Top 40 local bands in the Bay Area&#8230;. here&#8217;s a sampling for you&#8230; Enjoy My Friends!&#8230;</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5177.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-713" title="DSCF5177" src="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5177.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDwafzUvLlM"><strong>watch?v=mDwafzUvLlM</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><strong>Thanks for checking in&#8230;</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><strong>Isi</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><strong>Isi Wu&#8230; the realtor for you</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><strong>Serving Clients throughout the Eastbay&#8230;</strong></p>
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		<title>More Help for First Time Homebuyers!</title>
		<link>http://isiwu.com/2010/03/23/701/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Morning My Wonderful Beautiful Bay Area!!&#8230;.  There&#8217;s just something to be said about working with clients who pay attention to their purchase and any legislation that might affect their transaction&#8230;
First thing this morning received a call from a client in escrow… he just heard on the news that there may be another $10,000 tax [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Good Morning My Wonderful Beautiful Bay Area!!&#8230;.</strong>  There&#8217;s just something to be said about working with clients who pay attention to their purchase and any legislation that might affect their transaction&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>First thing this morning received a call from a client in escrow… he just heard on the news that there may be another $10,000 tax credit for 1<sup>st</sup> x homebuyers specific to the State of California… was this true and could we get included??&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Personally I hadn’t heard so after checking with my local board, CAR, other sources including CAR Legal… IN CASE YOU HAVENT HEARD  … there is indeed an extension that will go into effect sometime in May of this year which will give first time homebuyers an additional $10,000 tax credit from our great state of California! In addition to the $8,000 tax credit from the federal government&#8230;  if your buyers are in contract by April 30&#8230; This piece of legislation is very very good news !!&#8230; we’re advised to wait a few days for the details to come out… </strong></p>
<p><strong>Keep checking in&#8230; Will post updates as more details roll out&#8230; </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>Hope this news comes in handy for you… It’s a bright sunny day… Cheers Everyone!!</strong></p>
<p><strong> Your comments are always welcome!!&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Isi</strong></p>
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		<title>A Beautiful Sunday at Farmers Market at Jack London Square, Oakland</title>
		<link>http://isiwu.com/2010/03/16/a-beautiful-sunday-at-farmers-market-at-jack-london-square-oakland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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Hellooooo My Beautiful Wonderful Bay Area!!&#8230;  Have been thinking about you lots&#8230; however my schedule became just a bit much with &#8216;To Do&#8217;s&#8221; lately&#8230;  Sunny bright days have been shining down upon us and I for one&#8230; feel re-energized!!&#8230;  rays of sunshine beaming down upon us does have that certain power it brings&#8230; Happy Just Happy [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Hellooooo My Beautiful Wonderful Bay Area!!&#8230;</strong>  Have been thinking about you lots&#8230; however my schedule became just a bit much with &#8216;To Do&#8217;s&#8221; lately&#8230;  Sunny bright days have been shining down upon us and I for one&#8230; feel re-energized!!&#8230;  rays of sunshine beaming down upon us does have that certain power it brings&#8230; Happy Just Happy <a class="zem_slink" title="Happy Days" rel="imdb" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070992/">Happy Days</a>!!&#8230; Spring is just around the corner!</p>
<p>The days are passing by quickly &#8230; those of you still pondering whether to get into the home buying market your wonder days are slowly diminishing&#8230; you still have TIME TO GET INTO CONTRACT BY APRIL 30&#8230; (in order for you to qualify to get up to $8,000 in tax credits)&#8230; but you must be in contract by April 30!!&#8230; You still have time but times a wasting&#8230; Get Going Now!!&#8230; <a class="zem_slink" title="Federal Housing Administration" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Housing_Administration">FHA</a> interest rates are rumored to be heading upwards and the requirement minimun of 3 1/2% Down to get into a house is fast going to be a thing of the past&#8230; rumor is&#8230; its going to be a minimun of 5% down&#8230; Better let your fingers do the walking and get qualified NOW&#8230;.</p>
<p>Please enjoy some of the scenes down at <a class="zem_slink" title="Jack London Square" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.7942,-122.2747&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=37.7942,-122.2747 (Jack%20London%20Square)&amp;t=h">Jack London Square</a> Farmer&#8217;s Market on any given Sunday&#8230; (one of my most very favorite things to do)&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5024.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-678" title="DSCF5024" src="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5024.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a><a href="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5021.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-677" title="DSCF5021" src="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5021.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><a href="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5013.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-676" title="DSCF5013" src="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5013.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><a href="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5011.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-674" title="DSCF5011" src="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5011.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><a href="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5007.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-673" title="DSCF5007" src="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5007.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a><a href="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5003.JPG.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-672" title="DSCF5003.JPG" src="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5003.JPG.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><a href="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5006.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-671" title="DSCF5006" src="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5006.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><a href="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5005.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-670" title="DSCF5005" src="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/03/DSCF5005.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
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		<title>YEAR OF THE TIGER&#8230; Happy Chinese New Year&#8230; Gung Xi Fa Csai</title>
		<link>http://isiwu.com/2010/02/14/year-of-the-tiger-happy-chinese-new-year-gung-xi-fa-csai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Good Day to My Wonderful Beautiful Bay Area&#8230;.
We have a double whammy to have a bright day today&#8230; Its a Day to Love and Be Loved and its the beginning of the Year of the Tiger!!&#8230;  The Chinese celebrate each new lunar year with an animal sign&#8230; 12 animals in all&#8230; every 12 years [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Good Good Day to My Wonderful Beautiful Bay Area&#8230;.</strong></p>
<p><strong>We have a double whammy to have a bright day today&#8230; Its a Day to Love and Be Loved and its the beginning of the Year of the Tiger!!&#8230;  The Chinese celebrate each new lunar year with an animal sign&#8230; 12 animals in all&#8230; every 12 years the same animal is welcomed for that year&#8230; there&#8217;s much meaning and celebration, optimism, hope and remembrance of the past&#8230; its a very exciting time for those whose birthdays falls within that year&#8217;s animal sign&#8230; </strong></p>
<p><strong>The Tiger is my sign&#8230; I&#8217;m very excited that its my year this year! its been 12 long years since it was the Year of the Tiger&#8230;  to make it memorable I had an opportunity to travel to the Kanchanaburi Province in Thailand and visit the Tiger Temple and commemorate this year with a foto with a Tiger!!!!!&#8230;   Very Very Special&#8230; Hope you enjoy this foto&#8230; and Enjoy this New Year along with other Tigers and myself&#8230; What sign are you?? Gung Xi Fa Csai!!&#8230; Gung Xi Gung Xi&#8230; Happy Chinese New Year to All&#8230;</strong></p>
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		<title>A Surprisingly GOOD Investment&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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Hello Hello My Wonderful Beautiful Bay Area&#8230;  Who would have ever imagined a helium &#8220;Love Day&#8221; balloon to stay afloat for a year&#8230;. proof is in the foto&#8230; this is the balloon my Honey got for me last year and here we are 2 days away from another Valentine&#8217;s Day and its still up in [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center"><strong><a href="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/02/1yr-later.pic_.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-631  aligncenter" title="1yr later.pic" src="http://isiwu.com/files/2010/02/1yr-later.pic_.jpg" alt="" width="280" height="271" /></a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><strong>Hello Hello My Wonderful Beautiful Bay Area&#8230;</strong>  Who would have ever imagined a helium &#8220;Love Day&#8221; balloon to stay afloat for a year&#8230;. proof is in the foto&#8230; this is the balloon my Honey got for me last year and here we are 2 days away from another Valentine&#8217;s Day and its still up in the air&#8230; Would you say this was a terrific return on the initial investment? </p>
<p style="text-align: left">Sending you Big Wishes for a very nice Valentine&#8217;s Day &#8230; dont forget to treat yourself  to something that will put a smile on your face.</p>
<p style="text-align: left"><strong>Thanks for checking&#8230; your comments are always welcome!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><strong>Isi</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><strong>Isi Wu&#8230; the realtor for you&#8230;</strong></p>
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		<title>Life as a Game&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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Good Morning My Wonderful Beautiful and Very Wet Bay Area!!&#8230;
&#8220;Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them -
Work, Family, Health, Friends and Spirit
and you&#8217;re keeping all of these in the Air.
You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Good Morning My Wonderful Beautiful and Very Wet Bay Area!!&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them -</p>
<p><strong>Work, Family, Health, Friends and Spirit</strong></p>
<p>and you&#8217;re keeping all of these in the Air.</p>
<p>You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.</p>
<p>But the other four Balls &#8211; Family, Health, Friends and Spirit &#8211; are made of glass.</p>
<p>If you drop one of these; they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered.</p>
<p>They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for it.&#8221;<br />
<strong><br />
WORK EFFICIENTLY DURING OFFICE HOURS AND LEAVE ON TIME. </strong></p>
<p><strong>GIVE THE REQUIRED TIME TO YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS &amp; HAVE PROPER REST.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><strong>30 second Speech by Bryan Dyson (CEO of Coca Cola)</strong><strong> </strong></p>
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<p><strong>Isi</strong></p>
<p><strong>Isi Wu… the realtor for you…</strong></p>
<p><strong>Serving Clients All Over the Eastbay…</strong></p>
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		<title>Go Raiders!!&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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Greetings My Beautiful Wonderful San Francisco Bay Area&#8230; Happy Sunday to you!!&#8230; the skies are a bit gray this morning but perhaps the sun will come out this afternoon&#8230; My Honey is a die-hard Raider Fan&#8230; like so many of you out there once a Raider Fan always a Raider Fan&#8230; right?!?x:??&#8230; Its been agony and rough for the [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center"><strong><img class="size-full wp-image-271 aligncenter" src="http://isiwu.com/files/2009/11/111509OAKvsKC12-nfl_thumb_145_80.jpg" alt="111509OAKvsKC12--nfl_thumb_145_80" width="145" height="80" /><img class="size-full wp-image-269 aligncenter" src="http://isiwu.com/files/2009/11/2004-wp-shield-100.jpg" alt="2004-wp-shield-100" width="100" height="100" /><img class="size-full wp-image-267  aligncenter" src="http://isiwu.com/files/2009/11/145x80_BoosterClubs-nfl_thumb_145_802.jpg" alt="145x80_BoosterClubs--nfl_thumb_145_80" width="145" height="80" /></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><strong>Greetings My Beautiful Wonderful San Francisco Bay Area&#8230; Happy Sunday to you!!&#8230;</strong> the skies are a bit gray this morning but perhaps the sun will come out this afternoon&#8230; My Honey is a die-hard Raider Fan&#8230; like so many of you out there once a Raider Fan always a Raider Fan&#8230; right?!?x:??&#8230; Its been agony and rough for the die hard true and blue forever Oakland Raider Fan &#8230; my Honey included&#8230; he&#8217;s out the door yet again&#8230; with deep hopes that today will be a winning day&#8230; I sure hope so&#8230; for all the Raider DieHards, the Raider Nation, for the new quarterback, for the team, for the coach, I guess even Al Davis&#8230; but most of all for my Honey&#8230; I&#8217;m hoping the sun will surely shine on them today!!&#8230; Go Raiders!!!&#8230; Cheers&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: left"><strong>Thanks for checking in… your comments are always welcome…  </strong><strong>Come back and visit all the time!!&#8230; </strong></p>
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		<title>First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Extended &amp; Expanded!!&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://isiwu.com/2009/10/29/110/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great News Everyone… the First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit due to expire the end of November has been extended and expanded!!&#8230;  This is awesome&#8230; Here&#8217;s another chance to get that extra boost and get that home you&#8217;ve been wanting in one of the Beautiful Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area&#8230;  Please spread the word [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Great News Everyone… the First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit due to expire the end of November has been extended and expanded!!&#8230;  This is awesome&#8230; Here&#8217;s another chance to get that extra boost and get that home you&#8217;ve been wanting in one of the Beautiful Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area&#8230;  Please spread the word to everyone you know who can use this extra incentive&#8230; H-E-L-P  is still here!!&#8230;  </strong></p>
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<li><strong>It appears that the &#8216;tax credit&#8217; for $8,000, which is due to expire Nov 30th will be extended</strong><strong>. </strong><strong><em>The Wall Street Journal reports today that: </em></strong></li>
<li><strong>$8,000 first time home buyer will stay til July 1, 2010</strong><strong>.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Existing homeowners will get a credit for up to $6500 on buying another home if you have been in your home at least five consecutive years.</strong><strong> This does not apply to investment property.</strong><strong> </strong></li>
<li><strong>This is great news for the move up housing market.</strong></li>
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<p><strong>As always&#8230; would love to hear back from you&#8230; I welcome your feedback&#8230; Lets Start a Dialogue!&#8230;Save Me in your Favorites and come back and visit all the time!!&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Thanks a Bunch for your time today…</strong></p>
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