Just Listed: 167 Purcell, Alameda on Bay Farm Island – Insights from Listing Agent Susie Wyshak
If you've been waiting for a 3 bedroom house with a ground-floor bedroom and bath along with a fenced yard on Alameda's Bay Farm Island,…
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Easy Home Fixes For Aging in Place – and Recovering From Surgery
By Susie Wyshak. Originally printed in the Rockridge News, March 2025The edge of a curb. A raised sidewalk. A barbell at the gym. Too many…
Rockridge 94618 Real Estate Market Report – Jan. 2025
Buying or selling a home in Rockridge and want to know what's going on in the real estate market?Download a free, in-depth Rockridge home sales report…
2025 California ADU Laws
There's a reason why I've dragged my feet in converting my fixer garage into an ADU: Every year California improves statewide laws with regulations for…
The #1 California Home Improvement is Fire Hardening
The Getty Center and Getty Villa emerged from the 2025 Los Angeles fire disaster as examples of fire hardening best practices.Yes, they had staff to…
How do I learn about adding an ADU to my house in Berkeley, Rockridge and the East Bay
So you want to add an ADU to your property or maybe lift your house to add space so you can stay in Berkeley, Rockridge,…
Better Than Bullion (Buy a House or Gold Bars?)
The price of gold is at an all time high, more than 10x what it was around 1980 when the price shot up. Before then…
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Buy a House is the #1 Most Popular Life Goal
I know you might be thinking, “Wait, isn’t the number one life goal to find inner peace, get married, achieve true happiness, or become a…
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Moving To the SF Bay Area From LA
Thinking about making the move from LA to the Bay Area? If you're bemoaning the idea of not being in Los Angeles, by the beaches, in…
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Want To Partner With a Flipper To Update Sell Your House?
Is the reward worth the risk of collaborating with a flipper / developer to update an older home in an affluent neighborhood before selling?The idea…