Posted on 07 March 2009 by gracekeng

Yesterday I attended the mixer from City of
Cupertino Chamber of Commerce . We met at the Culinary
Center of the Whole Foods in
Cupertino. We saw the chef demonstrate cooking. We enjoied the white and red wines from the
Cooper-Garrod winery of Saratoga. The wines are delious! later on I joined the free tour . We started at the produce section. The tour guide told us the whole foods purchase the fresh, local and organic food which only takes less then 7 hours to deliver to the store. There are beautiful isles of colorful foods. It is just delightful to see them. The next stop is the seafood department. She said the whole foods only sell from the fishermen don’t over fish. The meet and beef looks yummy also.
We went to the bulk department. We tried the fresh peanut butter. It is just delicious! I don’t know that we can ask the the sales to try the foods before we buy it. There are so many free classes in the center. March 7 will has Wine tasting from 1 -4 PM. I found out if you like to learn something, everyday there is either a event or class in the Whole Foods Market. I like the Whole Foods Market!
Posted on 03 March 2009 by gracekeng

There is only one Cupertino bank owned single family home for sale on the market.
10071 Peninsula Ave Cupertino, Calif
95014
. It is was orginally listed on October 7th 2008 of asking price $649,000. It is a small 2 bedrooms and 1 bath in a smaller lot about 3300 sf. The current asking price is $522,500. This home belong to the best Cupertino Schools district that means : Steven Creek Elementary, Kenneday Junior high and Monta Vista
High school.
We can compare this single family home with a Cupertino townhouse at 19830 Portal Pz Cupertino. It is a 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths townhouse asking for $555,000. The last one sold in the same complex is more then $600,000.
Nowaday all buyers want to buy good deals. Yes! The buyers only get excited for special deal. There are two rules: the price needs to be low and the home needs good location and condition. Last Friday a buyer saw my blog regarding the Sunnyvale Bank Owned home. He asked me:” Can we negotitate the price of a bank owned home?” My answered is: “ Of course!” Let me tell the history of one Cupertino reo home at
10208 Sterling Blvd Cupertino, California
95014
It is a 3 bedrooms 2 bath home sized around 1108 sf and lot 8208 sf. The backyard can hear the noise of the Lawrence Expressway. It was listed as a bank owned home from October 15 2008 for $674K and then it was dropped to $654,500 and it was sold on December 15 2008 and closed on 12/19/2008 for $650K. The last owner bought this home on June 30 2004 for $540,000. If you look at this
Cupertino home, the price goes up for 20% from mid 2004 to Dec 2008.
Posted on 03 March 2009 by gracekeng
Free Trees for Your
San Jose
California Properties
Are you Interested in lowering your PG&E bills?
You may receive a FREE shade tree from the Our City Forest!
In partnership with PG&E, the pilot program Shade and Save offers free 5-gallon trees to San Jose residents who are PG&E customers and have central or window air-conditioning from now until April 2009. The trees need to be planted strategically placed to shade the building and reduce energy use. A well-placed shade tree can reduce power costs up to 30%, raise property values by 10%, and even soften irritating city noise.
A limited supply of trees remain, so apply today by calling 408 99-TREES x121 or download an application at www.ourcityforest.org/pge
The above photo is one of free trees: blue oaks and the photo is credited to Blue oaks. Photo by J.E. and Bonnie McClellan, California Academy of Science.