Lodi, CA

Great news for City of Lodi residence. For a limited time, Lodi Electric Utility is DOUBLING rebates for all energy conservation measures listed. The funds for the new rebate program, effective January 1, 2010, may go quickly so act FAST.

Here is a list of the items and rebates:

• Whole House Fan-$200 rebate
• Attic Fan-$80 rebate
• Attic/wall Insulation-$.45/square ft. rebate
• Central Heating and Colling System Performance Test-$200 rebate
• High Efficiency Air Conditioner, 15+ SEER unit-$350 rebate
• Ultra-high Efficiency Air Conditioner, 17+SEER unit-$450 rebate
• High Efficiency heat Pump-$300 rebate
• Air duct Repair-$400 rebate
• Air Duct Replacement-$1500
• Radiant Barrier/Thermal Shield-$300 rebate
• Shad Screens/Window Tinting-$1.00/square foot rebate

The maximum rebate a residential customer may receive in this limited-time only program is $600, plus an additional $400 for air duct repairs or an additional $1,500 allowance for air duct replacement, if eligible. Rebates are one per customer of record, and are available on a first-come, first served basis. All products must be purchased/installed AFTER January 1, 2010 to qualify.

For more information, please contact Lodi Electric Utility at (209) 333-6815 or visit their website at www.lodielectric.com.

13th Annual Wine & Chocolate Weekend

February 13 & 14th, 2010 - Saturday & Sunday, 11am to 4pm

Spend your Valentines Day weekend sipping delicious Lodi wines and grazing on decadent chocolates. YUMMY! Over 40 wineries in the Lodi Appellation will be participating in the 13th Annual Wine and Chocolate extravaganza. Tickets are only $35 in advance and $45 at the door.

Click Here for a list of Participating Wineries.

Hope to see you there!

Cheers,

Corie

OK, first let us say THANK YOU, to all the agents that gave us great advice and support thought this journey of ours. Well we got our first listing assignment (whoooooooohooooo) late last week. We got lucky it was a great home that was well cared for, it has new windows, roof, paint and upgrades. We have done over 200 BPOs to date (still getting them) and see more listings on the way. We started this journey at the end of July and pleased we got a listing so fast. We were told by some that it would take us a year or more, but only took a few months. We learned so much, and know now what it takes. For anyone out there that needs help please don't hesitate to contact us, we will try to advise you the best we can

Have a Great Day

Bryan & Neilla Vargem

PS Thanks Robert S

Good Day

Well here we are, just as a re-cap we started signing up with companies about 60 days ago. We have filtered through the BPO mills and companies that issue REO Listings. We have had a wide variety of different BPO on both the commercial and residential side. This has been a great experience and we have learned a ton about our market and the future coming. Now with that being said we and not trying to learn our market by doing BPO's, our goal is to get listings. We started this journey to see if all the nay Sayer's were right, you know the agent that say" its too late to get REO Listings" That the market is saturatedwith agents like you trying to get listings. Now we are in-line to get REO listings and making good money while we do it. We always believe in positive thinking, and no matter when you start there is always time to be great.

We look forward to your comments and suggestions

Stay Tuned

Bryan & Neilla

OK, so the journey continues. We are getting BPO's from several companies at this time, commercial and residential. When we first started signing up to these companies, we were only getting orders from one company. Now we get 1-3 companies a week calling us personally and asking us if we can get them done or rush them. Now we had to ask ourselves, do we really want them (some are very rural and very unique properties). We figure hard work pays off so we take them all. 90% of them are slam dunks, we are in one of the foreclosure capitals of the USA its that 10% that you really learn from. And we have built upon or skills by taking the hard ones, so we suggest everyone do it. Well we should be getting or first listing anytime now we can feel it, and if we don't we are learning so much about our market that we can truly advertise "area specialists" and have it be true.

Any comments are welcomed.

Question of the day--- "Now that we are doing all these BPO's, What would be our next step to get REO Listings?

Bryan & Neilla