Tag Archives: Image

Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument

Posted on April 14, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Colma is a small town in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. Last time I checked, the population was just under 1,500 people… if you don’t count the more than one million souls interred there in the twenty … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Threshold

Posted on April 4, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

I’ve lost my dictionary… the hard bound one! What a world! What a world! The weekly challenge is to portray Threshold: a pivotal moment where change occurs (my definition since I’m lacking substantive support from Messrs: Merriam and Webster). Well, … Continue reading →

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Property Inspection

Posted on April 2, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

As an appraiser I get to visit all sorts of properties and see things most people don’t experience in their lifetime. Recently, I got to see the inside of Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Not as an appraiser, but as … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life

Posted on March 28, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

I’ve lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 30 years. That span includes a number of years in downtown San Francisco just west of Union Square. When you live in the center of a region populated by more … Continue reading →

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What’s At The End Of The Tunnel?

Posted on March 23, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Home prices in the San Francisco Bay Area remain stuck in a narrow range. The past nine months has seen the stabilization of the market in price but based on unusually low sales volume. The all-homes median price was $540,000 … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections

Posted on March 21, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

What makes a powerful image? Content? Color? Tone? Composition? Graphic elements? Luck? I was working in Marin County one day in October of 2012. On my way home, in the late afternoon, I saw that the Sun was going to … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside

Posted on March 15, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Okay, so sometimes you have to be an insider to get an inside joke/comment. If you live in or near San Francisco you probably understand the difference between inside the Golden Gate (in the San Francisco Bay) and outside the … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Perspective

Posted on March 9, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

A challenging test of perspective: post a photo which is not what it seems to be. I am offering a view of a window frame. Windows often provide our view of the world. The frame holds the window tightly (we … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Treasure

Posted on February 16, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Treasure immediately invokes the image of a weathered wooden chest with cast-iron bracing full of gold and jewels guarded by a leathery pirate with cutlass at the ready. As years pass, the most important treasures are memories of loved ones … Continue reading →

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The Wan Year End

Posted on February 13, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Wan as is pallid and sickly… or so ends the Year 2013 on the employment front. Employment in the Bay Area peaked in September and the labor force reached its zenith in July. The labor force trendline is sloping downward … Continue reading →

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