Due to strong demand from my past and current clients and the interest from the prospective clients who might not have been able to purchase a home during the past sellers market, I will be providing you with list of current Bank Owned (REO - Real Estate Owned, and Foreclosed) homes. The list will be updated freqeuently on www.SylviaSellsMarin.com depending on relevant activities.
(Word of Advise from your Realtor - One thing I would like to stress is not to get hung up on 'Bank Owned' - They may or may not be the best deal in town. There are GREAT Deals out there from motivated sellers who understand the market and who need/want to sell. I will be able to help you to find the best deal and best house for you, Bank Owned or Not!)
The towns included in this list are Marin County towns South Marin, Central Marin, North Marin and West Marin (yes, we even have a few in South, Central and West Marin).
Specifically: Belvedere, Bolinas, Corte Madera, Dillon Beach, Fairfax, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Lagunitas, Larkspur, Mill Valley, Muir Beach, Nicasio, Novato, Marin County, Olema, Point Reyes Station, Ross, San Anselmo, San Geronimo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Stinson Beach, Tiburon, Tomales
I will include Single Family Homes, Farms and Ranches in one link; and Condos/Townhomes in another link:
* Marin County Bank Owned Single Family Homes
* Marin County Bank Owned Condos / Towhomes
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, Realtor, ePROMARIN, SONOMA, S.F. BAY AREA REAL ESTATE - Beveldere, Corte Madera, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Marinwood, Mill Valley, Novato, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Tiburon; Cotati, Penngrove, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa. Starter Home to Luxury Property. REO (Bank Owned), Short Sale, View Homes, Architecural Distictive Homes. Investment, 1031 Exchange. Chinese Realtor.
Make Dreams Real - Rotary Club of Novato Sunrise Youth Services
NEW ORLEANS, LA Why should it still matter? - New Orleans had come back to life, Mardi Gras celebration goes on ... But how can we forget the devastation and extreme destruction since Katrina slammed into New Orleans and the continued struggle
9th Ward people have while hoping to rebuild their homes and start a new life?
By August 31, 2005, eight percent of New Orleans was flooded; with some parts under 15 feet of water, thousands of buildings destroyed and the official death toll, according to the Louisiana Department of Health, was 1,464.
Seeing the great loss, actor Brad Pitt formed the "Make It Right"foundation a year ago and presented lot owners in Lower 9th Ward with designs by 13 architects; basically allowing the homeowners to pick a design for their homes to be rebuilt by the foundation.
December 11, 2008, the "Make It Right" Foundation celebrates the completion of first six homes. These are not only a fresh start for homeowners but also become blueprints for LEED Platinum Certified, affordable, storm-resistant, and Green/ECO sustainable housing designs.
The homes are built with sustainable wood cabinetry, non-toxic paints, and Energy Star appliances; as well as Green features that take these houses to the next level include insulation that makes them five times more air-tight than typical homes, photovoltaic systems, and groundwater heat pumps for both heating and cooling. Looking ahead, separate plumbing lines were installed so owners can utilize their rain harvest systems if a current shttp://www.usgbc.org/displaypage.aspx?CMsPageID=222tate law banning rainwater for toilet use is repealed.
Heavily subsidized by Pitt's foundation, the per-house budget of $150,000 is possible because of donated materials and services, including the architects' designs. The costs are expected to drop as more houses are built. The goal is to build 150 homes; Pitt's foundation has raised money for 87 of them.
An additional $9,450,000 is needed to complete the remaining 63 homes at $150,000 each. A speckle of dust comparing this to national debt; but a healthy chunk of money when money is scarce (unless you are Treasury with a printing press, of course)
MARIN COUNTY, CA
Back to my hometown, the Marin County - As Marin county residents (or California, in that respect), by the Very Nature of choosing to be part of Marin County, we are proud of being ECO, being GREEN, being environmental friendly and being Sustainable. We want to be in the forefront of going Green and being Green! (see logo from San Marin High School for their Green Week event)
Marin has seen a few successful Green Projects. Boasting Cleanest Air in the Country, Novato (San Rafael 2nd, and Salinas placed 15th in Clean Air category) in Marin County, CA has three of the following four Green Projects (there are many more) -
1) Dominican Convent in San Rafael received a Gold Certificate from the U.S. Building Council for the sustainable building (convent). The 6,200-square-foot, two-story shingle-and-stucco convent, built with strong lines and a vibrant brick-red exterior, takes full advantage of the latest pro-environment technology. It has rooftop photovoltaic panels, solar-powered attic fans and toxic-free insulation of reclaimed materials, . With programmable gas heaters in each room, the interior remains at a uniformly comfortable temperature, even with a floor made entirely from a mix of concrete and recycled fly ash. Traffic flows were studied, Recycled furnishings were used, History was preserved.
Dominican convent is the only environmentally certified convent in the world, right here in Marin.
2) 
Virginia Grove In Novato, Marin is the First None Public Funded Affordable Green Homes in Marin county and the Winner of the 2007 Award of Excellence for Smart Growth & Workforce Housing,138 points on the Build-It-Green scale, the highest ever in Novato. This project combines attractive architecture, Green Development Practices and lower income affordable housing in a single-family environment. Heralded by ABAG as "a model for regional planning", the project includes bioswales, Grass-pave, ground-water recharge, a major tree-transplanting program, passive solar heating and cooling, pre-wiring for solar photovoltaic panels, sustainable, recycled and reclaimed materials on an infill property.
3) Olive Ridge, again in Novato, CA, on the other hand, is a Luxury Green Home development consists of 19 homes on large lots surrounded by 20 acres of open spaces.
The homes meet the new Residential Green Building Ordinances for all single family homes and major remodels by City of Novato. The ordinances addresses Green Issues such as using Natural Resources, conserve Water And Energy and improve Indoor Quality; use energy-efficient materials and techniques such as photovoltaic, solar panels.
3). Commons at Mt. Burdell- A redevelopment of the current Fireman's Fund Insurance Company's property in North Novato (the north most part of Marin County) brings the first LEED Platinum certified project to Marin County. Numerous neighborhood meetings and city planning meetings were held for neighbor and city input on the project.
The project considers and implements plans for renewable energy, conserve and recycle water, noise reduction, indoor air quality, reuse, recycle, education, public transportation, and plans to achieve carbon-neutrality within 10 years. A museum will also be built for educational purposes.
Those are examples of the existing and in planning Green Buildings in Marin County.
FROM NEW ORLEANS TO MARIN
Looking at the designs for the 9th Ward and considering the challenges some of the Marin county residents have, the "Make It Right" foundation's design can benefit many of Marin Residents, especially for the ones who live in one of the 10 flood Zones in Marin County (o.k. don't know what happened to Zone 2)
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The flooding happens every few years and can be devastating to local residents and businesses (see picture on the right for Novato Flood in the '80s).
Not only it is disruptive to lives and businesses, being in the flood zone also requires flood insurance for homeowners and has an adverse effect on the desirability of the homes and housing prices in the area.
Some of the features for the "Make It Right" homes will probably even benefit earthquake prone California - the stilts have to be able to withheld the surge of flood water, which shall be able to absorb some of the effects from an earthquake.
As we have learned from various sources, designing Green Buildings and acquire Green Material add a premium to the building of those homes, especially the LEED Certification, which can prove to be cost prohibitive to embark on related projects.
THE SPIRIT OF SHARING
The idea of sharing the 'Make It Right' plan provides "a sense of working together to change the world". Being able to share the plan from 9th ward, one of the most economically challenged areas in the country with other areas in the U.S. provides both a symbolic and real meaning of working together and sharing; something to be encouraged and proud of!
And remember, some of the most important features of Green/Sustainable are to RECYCLE, REUSE and to CONSERVE, same thing goes to building plans.
Although some of the designs are hard to picture in Marin, but a few will fit right in (see the one on the left)!
Now comes the difficult part -
How Do We Fund all These - not talking about Marin projects, but the remaining Lower 9th Ward homes?
Well, last I checked... there are currently 1,197,529 Realtors registered with National Association of Realtors,
As Realtors, we care about our neighbors, our fellow citizens and our country. in short, WE CARE!
The participation by All Realtors at a time of housing crisis to help complete the Lower 9th Ward project will definitely go a long way to show the nation that Realtors DO Care, which is something Money Can NOt Buy!
With each Realtor donating $8.00; we can raise more than enough for the 63 remaining homes. The remainders can be used to improve the Lower 9th Ward!
What better time to help with the Optimism of "HOPE" and "Change Is Coming" slogans and what a great time to cultivate Goodwill among All.
To jump Start, Yes, Mr. Brad Pitt might just want to be the Goodwill Ambassador for NAR as his presence will certainly rally the participation and help all to accomplish this noble goal!
Sylvia Barry, Realtor, ePRO
Marin Realtor for Marin Real Estate
Marin, San Francisco North Bay
Frankk Howard Allen Realtors
website: www.SylviaSellsMarin.com
Blog: www.AllAboutMarinHomes.com
MARIN, SONOMA, S.F. BAY AREA REAL ESTATE - Beveldere, Corte Madera, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Marinwood, Mill Valley, Novato, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Tiburon; Cotati, Penngrove, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa. Starter Home to Luxury Property. REO (Bank Owned), Short Sale, View Homes, Architecural Distictive Homes. Investment, 1031 Exchange.
Make Dreams Real - Rotary Club of Novato Sunrise Youth Services
Bay Area Real Estate Information Service (BAREIS) Multiple Listin Service (MLS) just released Marin County Homes Closed Sale Report with Two-Month Comparison for 2007 and 2008. The two months period covered are November and December.
The report includes Single Family Residencies, Condo/Co-Op, Farms and Ranches, Mobile and Floating Homes. The towns covered are all Marin County towns - Beveldere, Corte Madera, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Marinwood, Mill Valley, Novato, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Tiburon and other West Marin towns such as Point Reyes, Bolina,..,etc
We can see that anything PRICE related has a dramatic drop - Average Price, Median Price, and Adjusted Average Price. A lot of the pricing changes have something to do with the distressed properties now in Mairn county (from Novato, slowly going down to South Marin) - Short Sales, REO (Bank Owned), Foreclosures or just super motivated sellers.
The highest and lowest prices were not included so that a $19,000,000 does not have a dramatic impact on the prices of the other homes - Guess whose home is that $19,000,000 sale ... Wouldn't you want to be THAT Realtor? Come Back and Check later... :-)
Sylvia Barry, Realtor, ePRO
Marin Realtor for Marin Real Estate
Marin, San Francisco North Bay
Frankk Howard Allen Realtors
website: www.SylviaSellsMarin.com
Blog: www.AllAboutMarinHomes.com
MARIN, SONOMA, S.F. BAY AREA REAL ESTATE - Beveldere, Corte Madera, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Marinwood, Mill Valley, Novato, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Tiburon; Cotati, Penngrove, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa. Starter Home to Luxury Property. REO (Bank Owned), Short Sale, View Homes, Architecural Distictive Homes. Investment, 1031 Exchange. Chinese Realtor.
Make Dreams Real - Rotary Club of Novato Sunrise Youth Services
The Bay Areas Real Estate Information Systems (BAREIS) Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for Marin County, CA, just released 2008 Year-End Statistics in comparison to those of 2005, 2006 and 2007.
A Reminder and/or Refresher - 2005 and 2006 were full blown Sellers Market in Marin County where houses wentin a blink of eye and multiple offers abound, while 2007 saw the tail end of the frenzy sellers market, and the start of slight downturn.
By 2008, everything changed. 2008 was a very difficult year for sellers - starting with the bubble deflating, and lending industry collasping where there was virtually no money to lend for a while and interest rate, oil price increased in response, stock market crashing, etc, etc.......
We started to see Distressed Homes for Sale - starting with Loan Modification, Short Sales with Notice of Default filed, Notice of Trustee Sale sent and finally, Foreclosures (Bank Owned, REO) These events all push prices down and making buyers wait - for the lowest (bottom) of the market- BTW, is there such a thing call the Bottom of the Market while you are in the thick of it? (Good thing is things started to stabilized some)
So, with that introduction.. here are the charts released by BAREIS MLS just today (01/30/09).
Marin County 2008 Year-End
In Comparison to 2007, 2006, and 2005
The numbers provided are based on the number of Single Family Residential, Condo/Co-Op, Farms and Ranches sold in Marin County, CA (BAREIS)
NUMBER OF HOME UNITS SOLD in MARIN COUNTY - number of homes sold saw a stead decline from 2005 to 2008.
3407 in 2005
2844 in 2006 83.5% of 2005
2507 in 2007 88.2% of 2006
2081 in 2008 83% of 2007
2008 figures is 61.1% of 2005 - Sales volume is definely down
AVERAGE SELLING PRICE for MARIN COUNTY HOMES (Average Selling Price means adding up all Marin Real Estate sales and divide that by number of units for that year) At the end of 2008, we are back to 2005 figure
$1,078,819 in 2005
$1,091,526 in 2006 101.18% of 2005
$1,223,678 in 2007 112.11% of 2006
$1,075,,500 in 2008 87.89% of 2007
2008 figure is 99.69% of 2005 - back to 2005 level
MEDIAN PRICE FOR ALL HOMES SOLD IN MARIN COUNTY (Median Price is the middle price for all Marin Homes Sales)
$850,000 in 2005
$864,500 in 2006 101.71% of 2005
$900,000 in 2007 104.11% of 2006
$790,000 in 2008 87.78% of 2007
Median Price stayed stable over thru 2007, with a big dip in 2008 - many homes sold are Short Sales, REOs (Bank Owned/Foreclosures).
2008 is 92.94% of 2005 - not that bad!
AVERAGE DAYS ON MARKET FOR MARIN COUNTY HOMES SOLD
Number of Days on Market saw steady climb.
47 in 2005
67 in 2006 142.55% over 2005
73 in 2007 108.96% over 2006
83 IN 2008 1.137% over 2007
2008 is 176.60% (Almost 3/4 additional) DOM compare to 2005
Sylvia Barry, Realtor, ePRO
Marin Realtor for Marin Real Estate
Marin, San Francisco North Bay
Frankk Howard Allen Realtors
website: www.SylviaSellsMarin.com
Blog: www.AllAboutMarinHomes.com
MARIN, SONOMA, S.F. BAY AREA REAL ESTATE - Beveldere, Corte Madera, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Marinwood, Mill Valley, Novato, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Tiburon; Cotati, Penngrove, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa. Starter Home to Luxury Property. REO (Bank Owned), Short Sale, View Homes, Architecural Distictive Homes. Investment, 1031 Exchange. Chinese Realtor.
Make Dreams Real - Rotary Club of Novato Sunrise Youth Services
One of the questions I have been asked repeatly now a days is how do foreclosures, bank owned, short sales, and other properties affect the Marin Housing Market? Are the prices of homes dropping due to increases in pre-foreclosures, short sales and/or bank owned homes?
Here is my answer to the questions on how the foreclosures and Bank Owned properties are affecting Marin Real Estate Market:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"As I have always said, and I stand by that statement - Marin county, due to it's unique qualities, does hold its value compare to other areas. Marin Real Estate value, although dropped some, will go back up sooner and I can go into much more details on that in another blog, and I will not go there for now.
As it's in any market, the fundamental is if there are foreclosures and REOs, the price will go down; both due to the nature of foreclosures and REOs but also due to the fact that sellers that do HAVE to sell are realizing that fact, though, very reluctantly.
Novato, the north most part of Marin county has seen the blunt of it; especially the condo/townhome market, and entry level homes, but the trend also trickles down to the higher end market - really good for home buyers like yourself.
Southern Marin has largely been unaffected, but we are seeing a slow trend to go towards that way. Since those houses were mostly purchased with more equity in the homes, most are safe, but you do have very few that are not. Those will be the ones who suffer and bring down the values.
Some effect is also due to the general economy, which, for the first time in many years, affected the high tech and financial sectors; which in turn, affect the affordability of the higher end market here and in other desirable places of the Bay Area. You will see some of those houses, not nearly the magnitude of the lower end housing, but few will also go on the distressed list and prices in those dropping slightly.
On the flip side, Marin is Marin, and people do love Marin - make sure you go to http://www.SylviaSellsMarin.com to read about Marin County! 
The buyers who could not afford before, the bargain hunters, the ones who sold their homes before the market drop and are renting now, the investors, ..,etc are taking full advantage of this market and the declin(ed,ing) interest rate.
I know, because we have weekly office meetings discussing the traffic (and Frank Howard Allen is the #1 company in Marin county) and I personally hold open houses almost weekly for my sellers (always nice to get that one more buyer in for my sellers) and in doing so, I get a pulse of the market and customers, I see them out there.
A great deal is a great deal and they jump in there. Multiple offers and even flipping on homes are back again, and people with large down payments as well as cash buyers are moving in. 
My clients and I looked at many areas, tons of houses, spend lots of months, and at times, write several offers before they get the best deals on the houses they want and need. But that's what it takes in Real Estate, before, now and in the future, to get the right house
If you have a Realtor - and you should get one who will look out for your best interest - he/she should do the same for you. .
As always, I would love to actually talk to you about this and provide you with details. So, drop me an email or give me a call, if you will.
Best wishes in 2009!
Sylvia
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And Yes, I think we will all have a great 2009 by helping our buyers finding the best deals and by helping our sellers with the best game plan to sell their house for the most money in this un-precedent market!
Sylvia Barry, Realtor, ePRO
Marin Realtor for Marin Real Estate
Marin, San Francisco North Bay
Frankk Howard Allen Realtors
website: www.SylviaSellsMarin.com
Blog: www.AllAboutMarinHomes.com
MARIN, SONOMA, S.F. BAY AREA REAL ESTATE - Beveldere, Corte Madera, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Marinwood, Mill Valley, Novato, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Tiburon; Cotati, Penngrove, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa. Starter Home to Luxury Property. REO (Bank Owned), Short Sale, View Homes, Architecural Distictive Homes. Investment, 1031 Exchange.
Make Dreams Real - Rotary Club of Novato Sunrise Youth Services
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We wanted to say congrats on all your recent listing activity. You are doing a great job in a difficult real estate year. We appreciate your team player attitude and feel fortunate to have your work ethic on our team. Fondly, Kathleen Hilken, (General Manager), Larry Brackett (CEO), Noreen Smith (CFO) - Frank Howard Allen
You have been working so hard and have a great attitude considering the challenges in the market. So proud of you that you fought and sold 6 Anthony Court. You will do well in the coming years and each challenging transaction will make you a better agent. Spiro is really in your court and very proud of your accomplishments. Keep up the good work. Fondly, Joe and I would like to thank you so much for your help this past year. We sincerely appreciate all that you did to complete the short sale of our Novato condo. As we look back on 2008, we are so thankful that we contacted you to help us. With everything that is happening in the real estate market these days, we felt extremely fortunate and lucky to have been able to sell our condo and avoid foreclosure. I know many other people have not been as fortunate. Your willingness to help us navigate the short sale process and take on this challenging situation is a tribute to you and your commitment to clients. You gave us great confidence (and relief) as you took control and worked directly with our lenders to get our petition for the short sale accepted. Then, through your diligent efforts, successfully put our condo on the market during a difficult time. You were always there to answer questions and we appreciated your sincere concern and advocacy for us with the lenders (and buyers). I know it took a lot of work and time on your part and we really appreciated it. We would gladly recommend you to any of our family or friends. We sincerely believe that without your efforts, we could have not been able to successfully complete the short sale. As in the purchase of our condo in two years earlier, your help was invaluable. Thank you again for your help and your commitment to us. We wish you a very successful 2009.
Sylvia,
Sylvia,
Larry Brackett (CEO/Owner), Noreen Smith (CFO), Kathleen Hilkin (GM) - Frank Howard Allen Realtors
Dear Sylvia,
Sylvia - Much thanks for your expert real estate advice. You helped us close the escrow as well as moral support. Frank Howard Allen is lucky to have You!
Warm regards - Suzanne and Bruce
Langston Harris
My wife, Cindy, and I have recently contracted with Sylvia Barry as a representative for the sale of our home at 49 Dowitcher Way in San Rafael, California.
Sylvia worked diligently to market and to complete the sale. We have been extremely satisfied with the results of her efforts. She was instrumental in obtaining a great price (more than we expected) and very quickly, as well. Additionally, we found her to be very easy to work with and formed a close association during the time we spent together.
We highly recommend Sylvia as a realtor who truly cares about providing good service to her clients
Kim Stephen Braun
I first met Sylvia Barry when I interviewed her for a Project Manager position at the Insurance Company I worked for. We worked together for several years afterwards until we went separate ways. When I decided to sell my house and move to Arizona, Sylvia told me that she had become a Realtor and would love to represent me.
She brought the same skills I had admired when she was a project manager to the job of real estate sale person. Thoroughness, attention to detail and follow through, making sure everyone did their jobs correctly and on time. There is an incredible amount of contractual requirements and paper work involved in selling a house. She made sure all the forms were prepared correctly and signed by all the necessary people. She also added the here-to-fore unknown to me skills of a home decorator, making suggestions as to how we could make our home more attractive to prospective buyers.
All in all, the home selling process was made much less stressful by Sylvia's skill and competence. When we got eight offers, seven over asking price, she suggested we take the best two, and ask one of them to be a backup offer. This turned out to be very foresightful, when our first offer fell through. We had already made an offer on our dream house in Arizona, and would have lost it if Sylvia hadn't been prepared.
I would highly recommend Sylvia as your Real Estate Agent. She is honest, hardworking and very competent, the best I've worked with.
Tom and Pauline Tong
We met Sylvia Barry during our first open house when we tried to sell our property in Novato by ourselves. Many realtors came out to meet us, but Sylvia stood out in the crowd. She was pleasant, straightforward and unassuming.
After we realized that we needed professional help to sell our property, we hired Sylvia to represent us.
Sylvia sold our house within two weeks. Through her hard work and persistence, we received multiple offers for our house. Sylvia guided us through the paperwork with patience and she was thorough. While the loan application and house appraisal was processed, Sylvia made numerous contacts with the buyer's agent and loan officer on our behalf. She displayed honesty and integrity. She never pressured us into any deal with which we were not completely comfortable. In the end, we were completely satisfied with the process of selling our house.
We have no hesitation to recommend Sylvia to you and are looking forward to have her represent us again in the future.
* We had to get the house appraised again so I can re-finance. It is now $779K. Thank you for helping me find this house. By the way, my mother's neighbor is planning to sell their house; I told them that they should use you. I am going over this weekend and I will tell them about you again.
* Sylvia: I really appreciate your ownership, professionalism and customer-oriented approach towards this. Sorry that you have to deal with pressures from both sides. I am planning to not just reimburse your expenses, but as I mentioned, give you a very well deserved commission and more.
* I want to said thank you very much for providing so much information. I'm deeply appreciated. I'll keep you in mind for my friends who are interesting in buying or sale real estate in Marin. I think you are very knowledgeable and resourceful about the real estate business.
* I will say that I have had several experiences with real estate agents and you are our favorite. We appreciate the information, communication, and quick responses...... We need an agent as diligent as your are in this area. I hope you can help.
* I just wanted to thank you one last time for helping us get our wonderful house. We are loving it so much and it means so much to be there this holiday season....
* So I mentioned that I have a great agent if she ever needs one...... I also had two showers, one for baby and one for bridal. All these occasions are best to rave about you. I even gave two of your cards away.
* Sylvia did a great job finding a tenant in such a short time and in a slow season..... Special thanks to Sylvia. On Saturday, She drove one hour from her home to the property to clean up the dust left from floor finishing guy. She spent 4 hours here..... Thank you, Sylvia, you've done a great job.
* You, I trust completely. In any business dealings we have had, you have never done anything that you thought was not in my best interest.
* Photos look awesome. Love the 1st MLS one with the leaves framing the entry. Sylvia, thank you so much for putting as much of your time in on our rental as you would a multimillion dollar house sale.
* Sylvia, I can't tell you how much I appreciate your helping me out. I know you are going way beyond what you would normally do for your clients. And we've only met once. We don't even have a history. Thank you again. I feel relieved that I can put the house on the back burner and concentrate on the trip and know that I won't have to worry while we are gone.
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