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Photo Challenge: Resilient

Posted on December 30, 2016 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

The countdown clock is ticking on 2016. It has been a year to learn about resilience. When Ben Huberman proffered the challenge to, “…share a photo of something that says ‘resilient’ to you,” I immediately thought of an old tree out at Mori Point in Pacifica and also a similar tree in Daly City. Both are hanging on to eroding bluffs above the stormy Pacific. They know resilient when they see it.

Happy New Year 2017! You can’t get here soon enough! Best Wishes everyone.

Down but not out

Watching the twilight take over

Mori Point Veteran

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Photo Challenge: Path

Posted on December 23, 2016 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Here it is… year-end 2016. Cheri Lucas Rowlands asked us to, “Consider the journey you’ve taken this year (or where you hope to go in 2017)…”

The year 2016 taught me about the fragility of human life. My blogging career nearly ended early in the year when a health issue almost got out of control. As the saying goes, with every door that closes another opens. I’m finally feeling better than I have in many years. This bend in the road put me on a path to taking better care to live each day like it’s my last. Having a renewed vigor in life is a good path to be on. May the New Year bless you with good health, happiness and prosperity and Merry Christmas to those of the Christian Faith.

End? Or Beginning?

Path home from school.

Covered path

Path to new heights

Wet pathway

Lonely path

Another lonely path

Path indoors

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Thankful

Posted on December 19, 2016 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

So thankful this year is coming to a close. Need a free tip? Stay healthy!

Employment health? Not so much either. The “seasonally adjusted” employment figure for California looks okay but November 2016 is a repeat of 2015 with a significant drop in both actual employment in the San Francisco Bay Area and the labor force, as well.

See updated November 2016 employment data here.

Stormy November 2016

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Photo Challenge: Anticipation

Posted on December 17, 2016 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Carly Simon sang about Anticipation saying, “We can never know about days to come, but we think about them anyway.”

If you were my daughter posing in front of a seawall in Pacifica, California you would have been anticipating the next big wave would crash and get you wet. Sea spray on the lens. What fun!

Carly also said, “Stay right here: these are the good old days!”

Here’s the photo challenge for this week from Michelle W. Have a lovely weekend!

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Photo Challenge: New Horizon

Posted on December 9, 2016 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

You probably know the old saying, “Sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees.” That well-turned phrase is a good metaphor for my life this past year. For 2017 I resolve to see the trees AND the forest.

Here’s the photo challenge for this week from Krista Stevens. Have a lovely weekend!

Elderly Oak, Jackson, CA

Twilight, Waterloo, CA

Shrouded by fog, San Bruno, CA

More yellow in the fog, San Bruno, CA

Mist over Crystal Springs, San Mateo, CA

Birch and mistletoe, Jackson, CA

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Surprise Stuffing

Posted on November 23, 2016 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

In the correlation is not causation department: Post election Freddie Mac mortgage survey hits 4.03% during Thanksgiving week.

Rockaway Beach Sunset

Why is that news? It’s the first time the 30-year FRM rate has gone over 4% this year. You have to go back to July of 2015 to find a weekly survey rate above 4.03%. Will be interesting to see what the Fed does next! See the Freddie weekly survey chart here.

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Photo Challenge: Magic

Posted on November 18, 2016 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Another Friday rolls around. This week we’ve been challenged to, “…find some magic, and charm us with it.”

My question to the author of the challenge, Jen Hooks, is have you ever seen the mythical wine flower?

Have a great weekend.

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Chaos

Posted on November 4, 2016 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Even in the midst of chaos an island of order may appear.

See Ben Huberman’s Photo Challenge: Chaos here.

Chaos: Forgetting your camera is in manual focus mode.

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For the Birds

Posted on October 26, 2016 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

September saw a pretty good bump up in San Francisco Bay Area employment and the labor force grew as well. See September 2016 Employments Trends here.

At odds with the monthly job growth is a recent article suggesting job cuts are coming at an increasing pace to the tech industry. I see lots of “Help Wanted” signs in coffee shop windows. Will high-tech to barista work well when you have a $3,500 per month rent payment? Don’t think so!

San Gregorio State Beach

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Shine

Posted on October 21, 2016 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

The bright Sun is lighting the back yard in a vivid contrast of lightness and dark shadows. Autumn light is getting lower in the sky each day casting those long shadows that I relate to the changing seasons. This week we have been challenged by Nancy Thanki to share a photo that reflects something bright that caught the eye. Here are a few examples from my world.