Posted by admin on June 16, 2009
Recently Sold by the Dan Johns Group
217 Rainier Ave South San Francisco, Ca 94080
Sale Price : $587,500.00
We saved our client $$6,000.00
If you are looking to sell you rhome please don’t hesitate to call the Dan Johns Group to have a dedicated Listing Group represent you in the transfer of your home.
We specialize in South San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae and Burlingame.
Call 650-291-4085 or visit http://www.danjohnsgroup.com
Posted by admin on June 8, 2009
Bay Area patients diagnosed with benign and malignant tumors 3 centimeters or less in size have a new option for treatment.
South San Francisco and state officials took a tour Friday of Kaiser Permanente’s new Cancer Treatment Center, the 20,000-square-foot Northern California Regional Center for Radiosurgery, located at 220 Oyster Point Blvd. It is the fifth cancer center in the Kaiser Permanente system.
“We now have a center with state-of-the-art equipment to treat patients with cancer,” said Dr. Joseph Song, director of Radiation Oncology Services. “We can help by curing them or relieving them of suffering if we can’t cure them.”
The facility, which has seen about 40 patients since it opened May 6, is equipped with linear accelerators that are capable of targeting tumors that move. It also employs stereotactic radiosurgery, a form of radiation therapy that allows for the noninvasive and highly focused treatment of malignant and benign brain tumors.
Later this year, the facility is expected to begin treating inoperable early-stage lung cancer and spinal tumors, as well, Song said.
Kaiser Permanente in Northern California did not have radiation oncology as recently as eight years ago. These services were contracted to outside hospitals, and staff members had to manually send paperwork and images to treatment sites. The new center brings this treatment in-house.
South San Francisco Mayor Karyl Matsumoto said one-third of South San Francisco residents are Kaiser members. The center is expected to treat as many as 1,000 cancer patients per year.Song predicted that the demand for the center will escalate, because people with incurable cancer are living longer as chemotherapy and other treatments improve, and they can benefit from radiosurgery.
Meanwhile, the center was also lauded for its eco-friendly design and construction. It has carpeting free of harmful polyvinyl chloride, recycled materials for insulation in the walls, and PVC-free rubber flooring to obviate the need for harsh cleaning chemicals.
In addition, the facility uses energy-efficient lighting and occupancy sensors to turn off lights when they aren’t needed.
Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, called the center a “cutting-edge asset.”
“It’s incredible to hear about the stature of this place,” Hill said. “Hopefully, many of us won’t have to use this facility.”
Mark Nagales, a spokesman for Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Hillsborough, was also in attendance. The new facility has “state-of-the-art medical technology that insures patients have the care and love they all deserve,” Nagales said.
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Posted by admin on June 2, 2009
If you look at the Sunday paper or a Homes and Land magazine, you will see countless Realtor’s displayed and homes that they have “listed”.
We are not is the business of listing houses, we are in the business of selling houses. An agent who claims they have 10 listings has 10 houses that haveb’t sold. Now in this market it is somewhat normal to see a few listings that are averaging 3-6 months becuase people just aren’t biting on homes.
We have a way to get the most exposure to your home within a weeks time. It is all done without placing an add in the Sunday paper having my picture floating around every Real Estate magazine and it’s done correctly. While I can’t give the exaxt secrets and tactics I use, I will tell you that our marketing is done 100% on the internet. Anyone who is not doing so, is not going to do the best job for you.
Look forward to future posts on success stories from around the Peninsula!
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Posted by admin on June 1, 2009
Discount Brokers started to emerge as early as the millenium. What these brokers saw was a dramatic increase in sale and a dramatic increase in new brokers -thus more competition. SO, real estate started to become a volum game. If I could discount my commission and do 35 deals a year instead of compete with others in hopes of doing 15-20 a year my bottom line would be about the same if not better.
But what happened was a small group of discount brokers began to get a large volume of business and alot of market share, but in turn started to feliever horrible service and sneaky tactics that gave Realtors a bad name.
There are really good agents out there that do an amazing job for their clients, saving them more money then they would save by selling their home themselves. That is where the true value of a good agent comes in. So is there a middle ground between getting a good discount broker while getting exceptional service. We think -YES
So how do you deal with the large volume of business that comes with being a discount broker and still provide first class service people are happy with?
1. Create Options – Give your clients the choice on how they want to sell their homes.
2. Find a Dedicated Listing Agent – Agents like to flaunt that they provide every service under the sun. Well that’s not such a good idea. Find an agent that deals directly with listings. Odds are you will gt a much better experience. If they offer buyer services as well, make sure they outsource it.
3. Make sure they have Excellent Online MArketing Skills – most transactions now come from some online source. Make sure your agent has online marketing experience (and yes, more than some generic website that some realty-web company mass produces.)
Stay Tuned for the next series of how to best sell your home!
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