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Sunday 1/20/13 from 2-4pm
553 Golf Glen
San Marcos, CA 92069
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Friday, January 18, 2013
OPEN HOUSE 1/19/13
OPEN HOUSE
Saturday 1/19/13 from 1-4pm
8305 Katherine Claire Ln
San Diego, CA 92127
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
The Broker's Corner and Local Market Update
The
latest news on local real estate by Ray Shay, Owner/Broker Associate of
Shay Realtors of REMAX Ranch and Beach. #1 in sales in 2009, 2010,
2011, and 2012.
Upside
down on your home and still struggling to make your payments? Consider
an Imminent Short Sale. If you have kept current on your payments but
have a valid reason you cannot continue, you may be eligible for a
Imminent Short Sale. The bank will pay all commissions and expenses to
sell your home and the day after it closes escrow you can be eligible to
obtain a new FHA home loan on a different home with only 3% down with
NO waiting period. Call me for details at 858 449-4970.
Local Market Update
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| Prices continue to rise with start of the new year! |
In the attached custom report, that
is update weekly, You will find easy-to-read graphs with statistics,
and valuable information broken down into bite-size pieces about current
market trends specifically for our 92127 zip code.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Editor's Note: Thank you for the calls,
texts, and emails about last weeks story, "The Fast Curve Ball." Our
family and our business are doing great and we are looking forward to
moving to Del Sur.
lnstagram and Teachers
Written by Ray Shay
Our
deal with our three boys, Troy, Raymond, and Ryan is pretty clear.
Whatever social media program they have on their computer, I-phone,
I-Pad or I-whatever, Theresa and I can review anytime, anywhere.
Our
son's know we will be checking on their Instagram and they will be held
responsible for what they post or communicate. As long as they do
their "jobs" of maintaining very good grades, playing hard on a team
sport, and being respectful and polite to others, we are all good.
Violate any of these rules and they loose the privilege of having access
to any social media as well as the opportunity to explore the great
outdoors.
I recently happen to access our twelve year old son, Raymond's Instagram. I saw some funny photos including a picture of a watermelon. I saw pictures of him and his friends on his SDSC soccer team and a picture of us throwing snowballs at each other at Lake Arrowhead. I then saw the following picture and writing he found somewhere on the internet and posted on his Instagram account. I thought it was pretty cool he was honoring a teacher.
While reading it, I felt the familiar pit in my stomach. The sadness of the Sandyhook Elementary School tragedy will be with us for a very long time. Some things you never forget.
Victoria
was an amazing hero. I feel all teachers are heroes in a special way.
They don't have to sacrifice their own life to save a group of first
graders to retain that title. Teachers save our children every day
after they walk through their classroom doors looking for a seat in a
frequently over crowded classroom.
Teachers are
really amazing people. They get paid peanuts for all their hard work
and yet due to budget issues, they get to receive an annual registered
letter from our School Superintendent saying this could be the year
they will be fired.
As I thought more of Victoria and the
dreadful day the armed idiot entered her classroom, the more I realized
I am not surprised by her actions. Have you looked at your children's
teacher's eyes when they greet our kids? Have you noticed their
smiles and the hand they often place on their shoulder? Have you
noticed how often teachers from years past will ask about your children
or call out their first name when they see them?
I have a simple explanation. Again, call me
crazy, but I honestly think the vast majority of teachers as well as
principals and other district employees view our children as their
own. They would likely respond like Victoria and do everything they
could to protect our children. I can't think of many parents who would
not sacrifice their own lives, so their children could live.
I think the love of your children is
normally somewhere in the basic parts of your DNA. I cannot say every
parent has it. Unfortunately in police work, I would often see the
exception where for whatever reason that particular molecular did not
connect. It is not pretty when it happens.
I am thankful for Victoria, her family, and
all teachers, administrators and volunteers who support, educate and
protect our children. You made our son's Instagram post this month and
he had 59 likes. Sometimes good things come in small packages.
You truly are our heroes.
Have a great week!
Ray & Theresa Shay
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
A Fast Curve Ball
Written by Ray Shay
I
enjoy baseball games, but I don't attend very many. In fact, only a
few games a year. I still like the ballpark. I think it is the fresh cut
grass, teamwork, strategy, and how individual players or the team
handles success or adversity.
As I 
was
thinking about baseball, I wondered if there is such a thing as a fast,
curve ball. I'll have to ask a baseball expert. A pitcher normally
either throws a fastball or a curve. I don't know a pitcher
alive who could combine both of those pitches into a single throw of a
smooth, white leather baseball, weighing by Major League Baseball
regulation 1.09 (MLB link) between 5.0 and 5.25 ounces.
was
thinking about baseball, I wondered if there is such a thing as a fast,
curve ball. I'll have to ask a baseball expert. A pitcher normally
either throws a fastball or a curve. I don't know a pitcher
alive who could combine both of those pitches into a single throw of a
smooth, white leather baseball, weighing by Major League Baseball
regulation 1.09 (MLB link) between 5.0 and 5.25 ounces.
Regardless,
a few days before Christmas, life threw our family one and it was a
doozy. As we were hanging up Christmas lights outside our home with our
kids riding their scooters and bicycles in our quiet culdesac, the fast
ball came at us awful fast and then suddenly curved across our home
plate and hit the catcher's mitt with a loud, "pop." About ten minutes
later, Theresa and I looked at each other and without saying a single
word, we both knew it 
was time to move. Our holiday priorities had suddenly changed. It was time to sell our home.
was time to move. Our holiday priorities had suddenly changed. It was time to sell our home.
And
we really like our home. As I stood in our backyard I thought about how
much I would miss it and our precious neighbors. Most of us had camped
out for our homes for about a week and I fondly recall our kids growing
up in it. I then thought momentarily, "I love this home. Should we
really move?" As the thought bounced around in my mind it suddenly
seemed weird. After all, love is the highest mark I can give anything
in the world. Sticks and concrete just don't seem to merit it. I
reevaluated my position and thought privately to myself, "Ray, it is
just a home." I then repeated it several times out loud. "It is just a
home."
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| Ryan, Raymond, Troy and Joey |
About
an hour later, we broke the news to our three boys, Troy, Raymond, and
Ryan. They were amazing. Questions came pouring out of their mouths the
way only young children can ask them. "Can we move to the Reserve
Apartments? That would be awesome! Can we move near our friends? Dad,
can we get a two story home with stairs?"
Then our eight year old son, Ryan popped the really big question. "Dad,
can we take our couch with us?" I had to smile as I reassured Ryan we
could keep our couch as well as each of them. At that moment and
several times since, I wondered why Ryan's first thoughts of moving
centered around an inexpensive brown, leather, MOR Furniture couch
which sits in our family room? Why the couch?
As we
began filling boxes, I recalled the countless number of people we have
helped to sell or buy homes for a wide variety of their own personal and
sometimes private reasons, which are a result of all the different
dynamics that leads someone to move. Some of the main reasons are job
transfers, military deployment, divorces, marriages, down-sizing or even
up-sizing. Life is like a nine inning baseball game and the only
consistent thing is there will be changes. I think what is important is
how you and your family personally chooses to deal with it.
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| Ryan Shay |
The more I pondered
the role of a home in someone's life I had to go back to the pure genius
of our eight year old little boy, named Ryan Shay. Kids are so honest
and they say such valuable things, if we just take the time to listen. I
kept wondering why was the very first thing Ryan blurted out was, "Can
we take our couch?"
None of our boys once
mentioned our swimming pool, jacuzzi, yard, our Culdesac, not the
basketball hoop, not the pool table, single level home or our square
footage. Their focus was more about twenty four square feet in our
family room. A place where we hang out eating popcorn, and I am known
to frequently fall asleep while watching the latest teen movie or the X
Factor. A place warm and safe where they feel love of family. It all
comes back to the darn couch. I determined our home does not define
us. It just protects us from the cold and provides a place to feed our
children.
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| The Couch |
We may buy a new home
or we may event rent for awhile. But we will keep our couch and all
three of our children. God did throw us a fast, curve ball. A pitch only
he could make. At the end of the game of life, this turn at bat will
most likely result in a simplification of our lives and reduction of our
expenses. A life changing event that may ultimately turn out to be a
blessing.
A note to our boy's
and many of our friends and clients who have bravely faced similar
challenges. The sunburned and overweight umpire may have raised his
big right thumb into the air and hollered, "You're Out!" And the crowd
has roared. We won't throw down our bats nor our helmets, but simply
flip them to the bat boy or girl and gather our gear from a fellow
teammate. We will all then slide on our old leather baseball mitts,
pull down our baseball caps and be sure to put on a broad smile as we
jog out for the next inning.
How anyone handles
adversity or success ultimately builds their character and is what makes
us who we are. Besides, we haven't even reached the seventh inning
stretch.
Ray & Theresa Shay
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Friday, January 4, 2013
*OPEN HOUSE* Sunday, 1/6 from 1-3pm
3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bathroom with Attached 2-Car Garage
Katherine Claire Ln
San Diego, CA 92127
$549,888 - $589,888
Welcome to Del Sur! This 3bedroom, 2.5bath well maintained home is
nearby Shopping, Restaurants, Parks & the Award Winning Poway
Unified School District. Come home to warm neutral flooring & walls
with accents of white plantation shutter throughout. This home contains
all the luxury you would expect complete with granite counters,
matching stainless appliances & surround sound in the family room.
Just steps away are the community Pool/spa, parks, & 18 miles of
hiking trails.
Call for a showing today! 858-449-7355
Thursday, January 3, 2013
JUST LISTED IN DEL SUR, 92127
3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bathroom with Attached 2-Car Garage
Katherine Claire Ln
San Diego, CA 92127
$549,888 - $589,888
Welcome to Del Sur! This 3bedroom, 2.5bath well maintained home is
nearby Shopping, Restaurants, Parks & the Award Winning Poway
Unified School District. Come home to warm neutral flooring & walls
with accents of white plantation shutter throughout. This home contains
all the luxury you would expect complete with granite counters,
matching stainless appliances & surround sound in the family room.
Just steps away are the community Pool/spa, parks, & 18 miles of
hiking trails.
Call for a showing today! 858-449-7355
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