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Albany 4-plex | Open Thursday 10 to Noon

2011-03-30T17:44:00.000-07:00

Commercial Real Estate

975 Adams and 1041 Buchanan

Albany 4-plex open Thursday 10 to Noon.

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Description

Fabulous opportunity: great 4-plex in Albany with upside rent potential.

The property is 2 bldgs (2 units each) on a corner lot. Each unit is split-level with 2 BR's & 1 bath, in unit laundry room and attached 1 car garages.

The building exterior was painted 2 years ago and the sewer lateral was just replaced.

With a Walkscore of 86 the property is close to everything Albany has to offer including Albany' s highly regarded schools.

From the city' s website: Albany, California is a small city of close to 17,000 residents, located within the greater San Francisco Bay area. Albany today combines a small-town ambience with its central location in a major metropolitan region. Surrounded by the San Francisco Bay to the west, the Berkeley Hills to the East, and the communities of Berkeley, El Cerrito, Kensington, and Richmond, Albany' s 1.7 square miles offer a fascinating diversity within a small town community. Located next to the University of California, Berkeley and with a highly ranked public school system (Albany Unified School District) of its own, Albany provides a warm environment for families and students alike. Community events, the arts, and a vibrant commercial district cater to the needs of the community. Easily accessible to San Francisco by both freeway and public transportation, Albany residents enjoy world-class entertainment, shopping, and all the benefits of living within one of the most interested metropolitan regions.

Features

Units:	4
Bedrooms:	8
Bathrooms:	4
Year Built:	1941
Parking Spaces:	4
Square Footage:	3181
Lot Size:	6568
Floors in Bldg:	2.5
School District:	Albany
Broker:	Red Oak Realty
Agent Name:	Scott Bovard
MLS #:	40514984
Separate Meters:	Yes

Location

1043 Buchanan Albany CA 94706

vFlyer Id: 10398002

2011-03-30T11:47:00.001-07:00

Commercial Real Estate

975 Adams and 1041 Buchanan

Commercial Building in Albany for sale

2011-03-07T12:55:00.001-08:00

Commercial Real Estate

1071 San Pablo

2011-02-03T08:19:00.001-08:00

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25,000 vehicles pass daily

Reception area

Private office 1

Private office 2

Kitchentte

Garage 1 w/ roll-up door

Garage 2 w/ roll-up door

view from yard

Yard, view from San Pablo Ave

Description

Owner user opportunity: 3432 sf free standing building w/a fenced yard on a 5000 sf lot. The first floor is 2205 sf and has 2 private offices, a reception area, a kitchenette, 2 bathrooms and 3 enclosed workshop/garage spaces. The 1269 sf second floor (may have been used as a residential rental unit; although, no kitchen) has 4 separate rooms and a full bathroom. The fenced yard has direct access to San Pablo Ave.

This stretch of San Pablo is host to a wide array of retail, automotive and service businesses; has flexible commercial zoning and is traveled by 25,000 vehicles per day.

From the city' s website: Albany, California is a small city of close to 17,000 residents, located within the greater San Francisco Bay area. Albany today combines a small-town ambience with its central location in a major metropolitan region. Surrounded by the San Francisco Bay to the west, the Berkeley Hills to the East, and the communities of Berkeley, El Cerrito, Kensington, and Richmond, Albany' s 1.7 square miles offer a fascinating diversity within a small town community. Located next to the University of California, Berkeley and with a highly ranked public school system (Albany Unified School District) of its own, Albany provides a warm environment for families and students alike. Community events, the arts, and a vibrant commercial district cater to the needs of the community. Easily accessible to San Francisco by both freeway and public transportation, Albany residents enjoy world-class entertainment, shopping, and all the benefits of living within one of the most interested metropolitan regions.

Features

Total Square Footage:	3432
Lot Size:	5000
Year Built:	1982
Broker Name:	Scott Bovard
Floors in Bldg:	2
Parking:	10+

Location

1071 San Pablo Ave Albany CA 94706

vFlyer Id: 4073431

The New Green & a Chance to Win an iPad

2010-08-14T21:28:00.000-07:00

Come visit Oakland’s newest, healthy, sustainable and affordable home and enter to win an iPad. Sunday 8.15.2010 from 2:00PM to 4:30PM.

The New Green:

An industrious, LEED certified architect was looking for a home for himself and his growing family. He noticed a distinct lack of homes – new or old— that included elements of “green” construction, affordability, sustainability and style in the East Bay. He starts to think about that.

Form Function-Plus:

With concern for a thoughtful, efficient and well designed home he shaped the concepts of Form Function-plus: the harmonizing of design, energy efficiency, renewable materials, durability and ease of care.

He says, “I added the "plus" to L. Sullivan’s famous quote, “form (follows) function" to indicate that over time I think it was forgotten that at the core of this saying actually stands "beautiful is functional"! My feeling is that in the fifties... seventies... especially during the 1990s all too often any kind of sense and beauty was stripped away from architecture using "function" as an excuse.”

21greenHOME:

The result is 21greenHOME, Oakland’s newest, healthy, sustainable and affordable home – a green home readily available to the homebuyer.

I. Energy Efficiency

II. Resource Conservation

III. Healthy Space

IV. Intelligent Ownership

With the strength of his community, our green construction and sustainability champion decided to do it himself. He came up with a design that integrates green elements and collaborates with the dynamic pitches that make Montclair the place not just to create a home but a place of bliss and recovery.

Living There:

In the hills above Montclair, amongst the trees and the Bay views of Piedmont Pines rests 21greenHOME; a house situated for peace and solitude while being just minutes from the rest of the world.

Drive up, park and plug your hybrid into the charging station. Notice the elements of wood, concrete and steel throughout the 2++ bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home. Ascend the generous stairs to the entry – a green door, of course – and notice the renewable bamboo floors, high ceilings and steel railings inside.

Pass through the floor to ceiling sliding door to the master retreat where you will find a private deck, a separate office or studio space, access to the wine cellar, a walk-in closet and the master bathroom with a soaking tub, stall shower, dual sinks, European style wall mounted commode, and high quality lighting and fixtures.

Upstairs is the main living space; which includes the living room with a fireplace and a multi-media built-in and dining area, the open kitchen with a breakfast bar, laundry, the library, a guest lavatory and the second bedroom suite with a full bathroom.

To integrate the inside with the outside, all windows and exterior doors are thoughtfully positioned to maximize light, ventilation and outdoor access. Generous ceiling heights (9’ – 14’) increase the volume of the space and the flexible floor plan makes for easy entertaining. The kitchen is open to the main living area – perfect because the party always ends up in the kitchen.

For quiet meditation, reading or writing, go through a floor to ceiling sliding door, just off the living room, and you are in the library. This space may double as a guest room or media center. It’s part of the flexibility of the design; your house, your space, you decide.

21greenHOME is close to Montclair Village offering shops, restaurants, a weekly farmer’s market, local business and more. Abundant recreational activities available in the nearby parks; proximity to freeways; downtown, city life, country life – this is the good life.

What you can’t see:

Energy Efficiency

_Energy Star and Green Point Rated

_Efficient, insulated building envelope

_Back vented construction at exterior walls and roof

_Solar warm water & heating

_Optional: solar power*

_Highly efficient fireplace with passive heating design

_CF lighting

_Energy Star appliances/ equipment

_Kitchen range hood with no heat loss installation

Resource Conservation

_Right sizing of 1800 SF

_Manufactured structural components

_Hardie Board, durable and maintenance free siding

_Quality Bamboo flooring (fast growing resource)

_Reduced construction waste through precision off-site manufacturing and use of precut _lumber/materials packages

_Recycled content concrete

_“Eco-batt” insulation

_Native landscaping

Healthy Space

_Electronically controlled ventilation system with heat recovery [HRV]

_Radiant floor heat throughout

_Cross ventilation

_Zero* VOC paint

_Natural finishes (wax/oil based) on unpainted interior wood

_Back-vented building skin design keeps indoor climate balanced and healthy

Intelligent Ownership

_Prime location

_2++ bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms

_9’ to 14’ ceilings

_3 decks (2 front, 1 rear)

_Extra storage structures for ample storage space
_Contemporary European design

_Custom features throughout

_Electronic vehicle plug @ carport

_Fire Sprinklers

_Up to date engineering for seismic

Quality Brands

_Viking cooktop

_Kitchen Aid refrigerator

_Plumbing and Bath fixtures

_Duravit [P. Starck]

_Grohe

_Jeld-Wen windows

_Trex decking

_James Hardie siding

_Lighting

_Artemide

_FLOS

Additional Features

_Wine cellar

_Custom steel handrails/ guardrails

_Solid oak entry door

_Ample storage space

_Tile in all bathrooms

_Luxurious custom designed walnut built-ins in master bathroom

_Frameless glass shower enclosure

_Room height custom sliding doors for uninterrupted flow of space

_Custom design/custom built interior stair, solid bamboo finish

_Built-in media niche

_Designer closet system

_Lutron screw-less designer wall-plates throughout

_Custom designed door/window and wall trim throughout

_Custom track lighting details

_European style vent covers

_Solid core real wood veneer interior doors

_1920 avant-garde stainless steel door levers

_Beautiful fine carpentry wooden countertop in kitchen

_Custom stone countertop in kitchen, honed

_Integrated stainless steel hood

_Built-in oven

_Built-in dishwasher

_mpire professional quality stainless steel kitchen sink

_Pantry with washer dryer hook-up

Learn more about 21greenHOME at www.21-greenhome.com.
Learn more about the builder, Quantum Builders for Sustainable Living, Inc. at www.quantumbuilder.com.

And a little incentive to see the house, fill out an application to win an iPad. Yes, a brand new iPad. Forms are available at the house. The drawing will take place on 8/23/2010. Only one application per household. Other restrictions may apply.

Information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Square footage is per builder.

Bedrooms:	3
Bathrooms:	2.5
Year Built:	2010
Lot Size:	6151
Square Footage:	1880
Agent Name:	Scott Bovard
Broker:	Red Oak Realty
MLS #:	40482021

7050 Exeter Dr Oakland CA 94611

2010-07-26T15:07:00.001-07:00

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Description

Open Sunday 8/15/2010 from 2:00PM to 4:00PM.

Perched atop the Bay Area in coveted Hiller Highlands, this 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath townhome, built in 1994, is in move-in condition. The home includes vaulted ceilings,
an open floor-plan, Caldecott and wooded hill views and proximity to all the Bay Area has to offer.

The top floor includes an open floor-plan ~ the living room with a fireplace and dining area are excellent for entertaining guests and a generous kitchen awaits your inner gourmet.

Your own retreat ~ the gracious master suite includes a fireplace and a spacious bathroom with a large bathtub and a separate shower.

The lower floor offers two bedrooms, a bathroom, laundry area and the attached two-car garage.

Information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.

Features

Bedrooms:	3
Bathrooms:	2.5
Parking Spaces:	2
Year Built:	1994
Subdivision:	Hiller Highlands
Lot Size:	2233
Garage Size:	2-car
Square Footage:	1956
Agent Name:	Scott Bovard
Broker:	Red Oak Realty
MLS #:	40478755

Location

407 Hiller Dr Oakland CA 94618

vFlyer Id: 3485900

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Short Sales

2010-03-08T10:28:00.000-08:00

"Under the new federal program, a lender will use real estate agents to determine the value of a home and thus the minimum to accept. This figure will not be shared with the owner, but if an offer comes in that is equal to or higher than this amount, the lender must take it. "

Interesting quote from a VP at Wells Fargo which doesn't seem to be in line with the stated policy above - “This is not an opportunity for the customer to just walk away,” Ms. Huey said. “If someone doesn’t come to us saying, ‘I’ve done everything I can, I used all my savings, I borrowed money and, by the way, I’m losing my job and moving to another city, and have all the documentation,’ we’re not going to do a short sale.”

Full Article - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/business/08short.html?pagewanted=1

Protect Your Company's Most Valuable Resource

2010-03-03T14:25:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone,

Ever wonder what it would be like to be a Navy Seal? Or, wonder what kind of training is involved to become a Navy Seal? Or, even better yet, wonder what knowledge and skills Navy Seals possess and use to protect themselves from harm? If so, then next Wednesday morning (March 24th) is an uncommon opportunity to address some of these questions as well as other personal safety concerns you might want to improve. My friend and entrepreneur, Larry Yatch will be giving a free personal safety seminar between 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM at the Berkeley Association of Realtors.

Larry resides in San Diego and is 11-year veteran of the U.S. Navy Seals having graduated from the United States Naval Academy. Since leaving the dangerous life of a Navy Seal behind him, Larry has ventured into an even more harrowing engagement of small business entrepreneurship. His passion is to help business professionals and their families expand their knowledge to think and act securely across their corporate and personal lives.

In creating his company, Sealed Mindset (www.sealedmindset.com), Larry sought out to offer a unique and innovative approach to self-defense and personal safety for everyone who is concerned about the dangers and uncertainty of the modern world. Sealed Mindset empowers people with "fundamental knowledge and skill" that can be used ANYTIME by identifying and avoiding dangerous situations BEFORE they happen ANYWHERE in the world.

To think and act with superior thought and action, people must be open to invitations of superior knowledge and power and take every opportunity to accumulate it. Please consider this invitation to learn from Larry as uncommon, not ordinary, and highly valuable for expanding your "Mindset" in personal safety.

Please join me in attending Larry's seminar along with your guest.

** TO RSVP, please reply to this email by Friday, March 19.

Larry's subject matter expertise includes:

-- mindset and awareness

-- personal safety and security

-- mobile security

-- mission planning

-- and others...

Should you have any questions, please call or send an email.

Best regards,

Scott Bovard

510-280-2147

2010-02-17T17:19:00.001-08:00

The Ultimate Live/Work Loft in Oceanview

Location: Oceanview

This is the perfect place fir someone who is looking for a live/work space in Berkeley. There are separate entrances to the work area and living area which features skylights and a sleeping loft. This fabulous flex space has off-street parking, easy access to 880 freeway & transbay bus. Other nearby amenities include Jimmy Beans, T Rex and Picante restaurants as well as an eclectic assortment of shops.

~ Approximately 1380 sq ft of Living Space
~ Off-Street Parking
~ Half Bath in Workspace
~ Mulit-Level Living Space
~ In-Unit Laundry

Information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Square footage per builder.

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Scott Bovard

scott@scottbovard.com

510.280.2147

CA DRE Lic #01308792

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PRICING

Price: $412,000

Homeowner Dues: $250 per month

PROPERTY LOCATION

1450 4th St
Unit 7
Berkeley, CA 94710
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FEATURES

Bedrooms: 1

Bathrooms: 1.5

Parking Spaces: 1

Year Built: 1992

Square Footage: 1452

Agent Name: Scott Bovard

Broker: Red Oak Realty

MLS #: 40447758

ATTRIBUTES

APPLIANCES

Range/Oven

Full Refrigerator

Laundry Hook-ups

INTERIOR AMENITIES

Breakfast Nook

Skylight

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Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2010

2010-02-14T14:21:00.000-08:00

Wondering what is going to happen in real estate in the coming year? Check out the Emerging Trends in Real Estate report from the Urban Land Institute. I have but one response...invest in residential now!

Loan Modifications

2010-02-14T12:40:00.001-08:00

There is allot of talk about why loan modifications are so difficult. Here is a video that may shed some light on loan modifications and here is the FDIC's response to the video. I watched the video and reviewed the FDIC response and don't see how the response refutes the claims in the video. Food for thought.

Online Backup

2010-02-13T20:05:00.000-08:00

Today I realized it's been awhile since I last backed up my laptop and my office computer and since I am the IT guy for LMB Interiors those office computers too. I decided it was time to take care of my data and instead of using the unwieldy external hard-drive I researched online backup services and am excited to have found SugarSync. See how SugarSync stacks up to the competitors. I am excited about how this can help me to better care for my clients.