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		<title>Coming Very Soon!!&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELLLLOOOOOO My Wonderful Beautiful Very Wet Outside Bay Area&#8230; Rain is Good, Rain is Good&#8230; Am so enjoying staying in and catching up on much needed computer work&#8230; yes realtors dont just sell properties we also use and work  on our computers LOL&#62; LOL&#8230; Today I have a heads up for all of you&#8230;   COMING VERY SOON TO MARKET&#8230;  [...]]]></description>
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<h6>Today I have a heads up for all of you&#8230;  </h6>
<h5 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff">COMING VERY SOON TO MARKET&#8230;  </span></h5>
<h5 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff"><a href="http://isiwu.com/files/2011/03/DSCF6231.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1075" title="DSCF6231" src="http://isiwu.com/files/2011/03/DSCF6231-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></span></h5>
<h6 style="text-align: center">A Gorgeous, Spacious Bi-Level Home  located in</h6>
<h6 style="text-align: center">&#8220;Distinguished <a class="zem_slink" title="Castro Valley, California" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.6941666667,-122.086388889&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=37.6941666667,-122.086388889 (Castro%20Valley%2C%20California)&amp;t=h">Castro Valley</a> Schools&#8221; on a quiet &#8211; private street&#8230;</h6>
<h6 style="text-align: center">3 Bedrooms &#8211; 2 Large Baths</h6>
<h6 style="text-align: center">2,364 sq.ft.  interior &#8211; 5,029 sq.ft. lot</h6>
<h6 style="text-align: center">( Huge Master Suite with Adjoining Office &amp; Master Bath upper floor)</h6>
<h6 style="text-align: center">List of Amenities &amp; Upgrades are too much to list&#8230;</h6>
<h6 style="text-align: center">(will forward to you upon request)</h6>
<h6 style="text-align: center">Move In Ready!!</h6>
<h6 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #2c8659"><span style="color: #008000">Must see to appreciate&#8230; you will Love This One!!&#8230;  </span></span></h6>
<h6 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #2c8659"><span style="color: #008000">Feel free to contact me for more information&#8230; </span></span></h6>
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		<title>Buying a Condo in Berkeley or Oakland&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[            HELLLLOOOOO My Wonderful, Beautiful Bay Area!!&#8230; Good Day to you&#8230; today I have another question and answer regarding buying  a condo in Berkeley or Oakland, CA&#8230; I hope my response is helpful for any of you who may be considering a purchase no matter what the price range or location&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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<div><strong>HELLLLOOOOO My Wonderful, Beautiful Bay Area!!&#8230; Good Day to you&#8230; today I have another question and answer regarding buying  a condo in Berkeley or Oakland, CA&#8230; I hope my response is helpful for any of you who may be considering a purchase no matter what the price range or location&#8230;</strong></div>
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<div><strong>Question&#8230; Where is a good place to look for a condo in Oakland or Berkeley for less than $300,000??</strong></div>
<div><strong>I would like to be in an area close to BART (preferably walking distance), reasonably quiet but has lots of places to walk to (and where I will feel safe walking around), and will be in an up-and-coming neighborhood as far as property value. I do not want a fixer-upper.</strong></div>
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<div><strong>I&#8217;ve seen some places in the Adam&#8217;s Point, Uptown, Jack London Square, Harrison St.,and Downtown areas that look good on paper at least, but I don&#8217;t know too much about them. Any advice?</strong></div>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Hello&#8230; These days its very possible to purchase a nice little place with the parameters you&#8217;ve listed&#8230; the areas you listed are some of the more popular areas to purchase in but not necessarily the only areas&#8230; when you look in the more desired areas you may end up in multiple offer situations (especially in the price point you&#8217;re looking at)&#8230;as well as other things to consider&#8230;Price points are naturally key but not the only criteria you should consider&#8230; you didnt mention how many bedroom/baths/sq.ft. you require&#8230; First and foremost I would suggest getting pre-approved for a loan before you do any looking&#8230; feel free to contact me if you&#8217;d to discuss your options further&#8230;<br />
Cheers&#8230;<br />
Isi</strong></span></p>
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		<title>One Light Bulb at a Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 00:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Day my Wonderful Beautiful Bay Area!!&#8230;          A physics teacher in high school, once told the students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn&#8217;t slow a train very much, a billion of them would. With that thought in mind, read the following, obviously written by a good American ….Good idea &#8230; One light bulb [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Good Day my Wonderful Beautiful Bay Area!!&#8230;</strong>          <strong>A physics teacher in high school, once told the students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn&#8217;t slow a train very much, a billion of them would. </strong><em>With that thought in mind, read the following, obviously written by a good American</em> ….<strong>Good idea &#8230; One light bulb at a time . . .</strong></p>
<p>Check this out . I can verify this because I was in Lowes the other day for some reason and just for the heck of it I was looking at the hose attachments . They were all made in China.<br />
The next day I was inAce Hardware and just for the heck of it I checked the hose attachments there. They were made in USA . Start looking &#8230;</p>
<p>In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else &#8211; even their job . So,after reading this email, I think this lady is on the right track . Let&#8217;s get behind her!</p>
<p>My grandson likes Hershey&#8217;s candy . I noticed, though, that it is marked made in Mexico now.. I do not buy it any more.<br />
My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico &#8230;Now I have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on everything ..</p>
<p> This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 W light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets . I was in<br />
 the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off-brand labeled, &#8220;Everyday Value&#8221; I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats &#8211; they were the same except for the price ..<br />
The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in &#8211; get ready for this &#8211; the USA in a company in Cleveland, Ohio…</p>
<p> So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here ..</p>
<p> On to another aisle &#8211; Bounce Dryer Sheets . .. .Yep, you guessed it, bounce cost more money and is made in Canada . The Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE IN THE USA ! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using  for years and at almost half the price!</p>
<p><strong><em>My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA &#8211; the job you save may be our own or your neighbors!</em></strong></p>
<p><em><strong>If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book so we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time! Stop buying from overseas companies!</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>(We should have awakened a decade ago .. . .. . . . )</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Let&#8217;s get with the program . . . .. Help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the U . S . A ..</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>I passed this on &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. Will you ???????</strong></em></p>
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		<title>YEAR OF THE TIGER&#8230; Happy Chinese New Year&#8230; Gung Xi Fa Csai</title>
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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 [...]]]></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>
<p><strong>Thanks for checking in&#8230; Your comments are always welcome!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Isi</strong></p>
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		<title>Stop Buying Crap&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just read this article by Gil Linton and thought it was pretty insightful&#8230;  It struck me that this same train of thought could be applied to how we view the business of real estate here in our beautiful cities by the San Francisco Bay &#8230; check it out.. http://tinyurl.com/yfy9onb Your thoughts???&#8230; As always&#8230; would love [...]]]></description>
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<p>Just read this article by Gil Linton and thought it was pretty insightful&#8230;  It struck me that this same train of thought could be applied to how we view the business of real estate here in our beautiful cities by the San Francisco Bay &#8230; check it out..</p>
<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/yfy9onb">http://tinyurl.com/yfy9onb</a></p>
<p>Your thoughts???&#8230;</p>
<div><strong>As always&#8230; would love to hear back from you&#8230; I welcome your feedback&#8230; Lets Start a Dialogue!&#8230;</strong></div>
<div><strong>Save Me in your Favorites and come back and visit all the time!!&#8230;</strong></div>
<div><strong>Thanks a Bunch for your time today…</strong></div>
<div><strong>Isi Wu… the realtor for you…</strong></div>
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		<title>Fast Facts &#8211; California</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calif. Median Home Price - August 09: $292,960 (Source: C.A.R.) Calif. Highest Median Home Price by C.A.R. region August 09: Santa Barbara So. Coast $828,750 (Source: C.A.R.) Calif. Lowest Median Home Price by C.A.R. region August 09: High Desert $111,770 (Source: C.A.R.) Calif. First-time Buyer Affordability Index &#8211; Second Quarter 2009: 67 percent (Source: C.A.R.) [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://takeaction.realtoractioncenter.com/ct/hd4HYLd1jrqU/">Calif. Median Home Price</a> </strong><strong>-</strong> August 09: $292,960 (Source: C.A.R.)<br />
Calif. Highest Median Home Price by C.A.R. region August 09: Santa Barbara So. Coast $828,750 (Source: C.A.R.)<br />
Calif. Lowest Median Home Price by C.A.R. region August 09: High Desert $111,770 (Source: C.A.R.)<br />
<strong><a href="http://takeaction.realtoractioncenter.com/ct/h14HYLd1jrqE/">Calif. First-time Buyer Affordability Index</a></strong> &#8211; Second Quarter 2009: 67 percent (Source: C.A.R.)<br />
<strong><a href="http://takeaction.realtoractioncenter.com/ct/hp4HYLd1jrqh/">Mortgage Rates</a></strong> &#8211; week ending 10/01/09 30-yr. fixed: 4.94% Fees/points: 0.7% 15-yr. fixed: 4.36% Fees/points: 0.6% 1-yr. adjustable: 4.49% Fees/points: 0.5% (Source: Freddie Mac)</p>
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		<title>6 Reasons Why You Should Buy a Home Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isi Wu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  1.   The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorizes a tax credit-set to expire in the fall-of up to $8,000 for qualified first-time homebuyers purchasing a principal residence.  2.   Builder incentives are aplenty; from including upgraded features to generous financing assistance (keep an updated list handy!) 3.   Your chance to move into the [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>1.   </strong><strong>The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorizes a tax credit-set to expire in the fall-of up to $8,000 for qualified first-time homebuyers purchasing a principal residence.  </strong></p>
<p><strong>2.   </strong><strong>Builder incentives are aplenty; from including upgraded features to generous financing assistance (keep an updated list handy!) </strong></p>
<p><strong>3.   </strong><strong>Your chance to move into the school district or neighborhood of your choice has never been better than now. </strong></p>
<p><strong>4.  </strong><strong>You can take advantage of historically low interest rates on mortgages.  Today’s rates are some of the lowest seen in the past (30) years.  </strong></p>
<p><strong>5.   </strong><strong>You have lots of inventory to choose from – take your pick from single family homes, condominiums, garden homes, gated communities, upscale homes, homes on the golf course, and many others.  </strong></p>
<p><strong>6.   If you are currently renting, a mortgage payment could be lower than your monthly rent, plus you could be building up equity and getting a tax deduction in the process</strong>. <strong> </strong></p>
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