Once again, on September 10th of this year, Dennis Stewart with Realty World NCA gathered the agents who signed up for the prestiges Eagle course. The first week was all about getting used to each other and to Dennis’ rules.   Our assignments for the fourth week were to write an article about the Eagles. Instead of writing about the course, I decided that maybe it would be a good idea to introduce the group members individually as I see them.

 Meet the “Magnificent ourteen”:

Sue Langdon, she has to be the first not only because she is my broker, but also because Sue is one of the nicest people you can ever hope to meet.  Sue has her challenges to keep up with the ever evolving technology, but giving an extra effort to learn it.

Jennifer West: Jennifer is a very busy lady, her phone never stops ringing and she takes care of fifteen different things all at the same time, but you would never notice, because she always has a minute to listen to us. I don’t know how she does it…

Sharon Camilleri: Sharon always keeps a cool head and looking at things in a most logical way.

Susan Wilson: Susan never seems to run out of questions, which is a good thing, because that is how one can learn.

Debbie Rouhtier:  Although, Debbie’s challenge is to get up early in the morning, she almost always manages to come to the meetings on time.

Chiquita Redmond:  Chiquita looks, speaks and behaves as professional as one can be

Tony Sanchez: Tony has the most colorful personality; he makes jokes about everybody and everything

Sandy Frits: Sandy is the helping hand for Tony…..but she doesn’t seem to mind.  Sandy is always smiling, always friendly – great attitude.

Steve Davis: Steve is an admirable person with an admirable family…sends out emails to everybody.

Randy Elliott: Randy’s jokes and funny remarks are coming to him so naturally and easy, along with many good ideas.

Cameron Riegel: Cameron is the tallest man in the room, friendly and very professional.

Darryl Manson: the quite guy…Darryl knows more than what he makes us believe he does.

Yulanda Ong: she has a really nice personality. Yulanda brings goodies for everybody, which is very much appreciated  

Oh, and me, Eva Bradley: eager to apply all the new technology that Realty World provides, to differentiate us and helps us rise above all the other real estate companies.

Well, here we all are, learning to spread our wings, as young eagles do.  Hopefully, by the end of this course, we all will be soaring in the skies and looking at our business from a total different perspective.  We all owe a big thank you to Dennis Stewart and a big thanks to Realty World NCA to help us reach and supersede our performances as Realtors® and to provide the highest level of customer service our clients deserve.

Knitting as Stress-Therapy.…

I am not big on how to write posts, so I am just going to write about what first come to mind…. 

 When I go to Wal-Mart I always visit the fabric section to see if there are any newly arrived yarns, since my very favored hobby is knitting.   So, I checked the yarns and as I saw this beautiful, fall colored yarn, it was an instant inspiration: Hmmm…I could make a nice sweater for my grandson out of this!  This sort of thing happens to me all the time, ever since I got pregnant with my first child thirty six years ago. 

I am a knitting freak!   As soon as I see a ball of yarn that catches my eye, I can’t resist, have to have it.  I could talk about yarns and knitting for hours, it is my all time favored subject.    For me, knitting is the best stress relief therapy and, on top of that, I get the best ideas while knitting.  Especially this time of the year, when the weather is cooling off, and the foggy Tracy days and long, dark winter evening are just around the corner.  Like the squirrels stacking up on walnuts for the winter, I am stacking up on yarns to work with.  Nothing is gives me a better feeling like when, after I’m finished with the garment, which is more likely a sweater, a cap, or a jacket for one of my grand kids, and I give it to them, and their eyes lit up and they thank me for it with a big hug and next day my daughters tell me that the kid slept in it, wouldn’t want to take it off, not even for the night! It lets me forget all my troubles and puts a smile on my face!   

 Please, do not take this as bragging, but I have to share this story with you:  We have a group of Realtors in Tracy, who are involved in the Brighter Christmas Fundraiser event to raise money for the less fortunate.  I am a member of this group for the past six years.  I never was in a position to be able to contribute money, but instead, I knitted a sweater every year that was auctioned off on these events.  Every year, repeatedly, the same person was able to secure my knitted sweaters for his niece.  Before the fundraising event, he used to approach me and wanted to make sure that I will make a sweater again this year.   And when I asked why, he told me that his niece just can’t wait to wear those beautiful sweaters that no one else has.  It gave me such a nice feeling to know that my creations are being so much appreciated.

So far, the christening outfit for my grand daughter was the most labor extensive piece I have ever knitted: it took me 2 full years to make it.  As you can see it on this picture above, it was worth it: a lot of stitches, many, many hours….but it turned out so beautiful….:)

Eva Bradley

If you are a San Joaquin County homeowner in California, by now you should have received a letter from the County Assessor’s Office, stating the newly assessed value of your property. For the most of us it means that the value of our homes has declined and a new value has been determined and a new base for you property tax assessment has been set.

For those of you out there, who do not agree with the newly set value of your property: you can appeal to the Assessor’s Office and get your home revaluated. All you need to do is visit the Assessor’s Office website and fill out the appeal from. This form has to be mailed and received by the Assessor’s Office, no later then October 31^st and has to be accompanied by a list of comparable properties or an appraisal report.

Please feel free to contact me in case you think this applies to your situation, but don’t know where to start. (NO obligations).

 Kindest regards,

Eva Bradley

You will find more information by visiting www.tracydrybeanfestival.com.

See you there…

Eva Bradley