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The Bay Area Team: 2010 Sponsors Of Tassajara Valley Little League
April 18, 2010 by Jim Walberg · Leave a Comment
The Bay Area Team’s motto regarding community service is, “To whom much is given, much is required.” We are constantly looking for opportunities to give back to our community. For the first time in 40 years we decided to address the decreasing revenues of little league program and become the corporate sponsor of Tassajara Valley Little League program for 2010. Today was photo day for all of the baseball teams, and what an unforgettable day it was – plus some great baseball was played by all ages. Before the games started then had the “Hitting, Running, & Pitching” competitions, again for all ages. This day reminded me why our country calls this their National Sport. WOW! What a day filled with smiles. Read more
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Luxury Marketing Council: Jim Walberg On The Panel For “Alpha Agent’s” Event
April 5, 2010 by Jim Walberg · 1 Comment
Who Said You Can’t Sell Luxury Real Estate Online? Success Stories and Strategies from Those Who Can AND Do!
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – (April 22, 2010) Jim Walberg, a business owner in the San Francisco Bay Area, and REALTOR®, who is well-known for his results in the world of internet marketing as it relates to the sale of luxury real estate globally, shares his effective strategies with the San Francisco chapter of The Luxury Marketing Council’s Annual “Alpha Agent” Event April 22, 2010 at One Hawthorne Luxury Condominiums – 645 Howard Street. This is the annual event attended by the top 150 Realtors representing luxury estates and residences, and equestrian properties in all of Northern California.
Each year the San Francisco chapter of The Luxury Marketing Council conducts over member educational and networking meetings and events. The Annual “Alpha Agent” Event is their most popular. The April 22nd event will focus on the use of on-line marketing strategies for the sale of luxury real estate with emphasis on Blogging, profitable use of Social Media and the structure of the Virtual Office. LMC participates in the intelligent exploration of the best marketing practices and trends in all the luxury marketplaces. Read more
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The Bay Area Team – East Bay Real Estate’s #1 Team!
January 19, 2010 by Jim Walberg · 4 Comments
(PRLEAP.COM) Jim Walberg and Ann Marie Nugent, owners of the Bay Area Team, were again honored as the Top Realtor Team for 2009 at the Keller Williams Realty – Danville Market Center from over 160 Realtors. They were also ranked #1 in the East Bay, and in the Top 10 in the entire Northern California and Hawaii Region.
When asked what contributed to their success, in the midst of such challenging economic times, Nugent-Walberg said, “The Keller Williams business systems, on-going education, networking with 77,000+ fellow Realtors within the company, and just plain hard work were the keys to the extraordinary results achieved for our clients in 2009.” In addition, they have created a global marketing network through their exclusive memberships in Who’s Who In Luxury Real Estate, and The International Real Estate Federation – FIABCI. Their award winning internet marketing strategies were also acknowledged by LuxuryRealEstate.com with the 2009 Global Networking Award selected from over 120,000 Realtor members. Read more
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East Bay Real Estate: Fall 2009 Is The Best Time To Buy Or Sell A Home!
October 4, 2009 by Jim Walberg · Leave a Comment
How many of you believe that the best time in 2009 to buy and sell real estate was the Summer? Well, you picked the wrong season. During my 35+ years in real estate in the East Bay, the best time to buy and sell real estate is the Fall and the Spring! Out of all my years in real estate over half of the 4th quarters have been our largest sales months of the year? Surprised? The next busiest home sales months have been in the Spring. Here are the reasons why the Fall is the most active; lack of inventory; wanting to get into your next home before the Holidays; people moving into the area who need to purchase a home so they are able to enroll their kids into school for the second school semester; and, a Buyer’s need to close escrow on their home before the end of the year because of the tax benefits. Read more
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FIABCI-USA: James Wray, Jr. Memorial Marketing Award Presented To Jim Walberg!
September 27, 2009 by Jim Walberg · 1 Comment
The Ritz Carlton in Denver, Colorado was the venue of FIABCI – USA’s 2009 Annual Conference. FIABCI – The International Real Estate Federation, has been serving the real estate needs of the world for almost 60 years. It is the special consultant to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations Organisation (ECOSOC). With five official languages and real estate practitioners representing all of the professions ( e.g. appraisal, brokerage, counseling, financing, property management, and development), it is a business association with members in 65 countries giving access to more than 2 million real estate related contacts around the world. Jim Walberg and The Bay Area Team were invited into membership in July 2009. Read more
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2009 Who’s Who In Luxury Real Estate Fall Conference – Jim Walberg’s Reflections!
September 19, 2009 by Jim Walberg · 1 Comment
For the past fourteen years Luxury Real Estate, and John Brian Losh – President and CEO, have produced an opportunity in the Fall for member-Brokers to gather in various luxury locations throughout the United States to share best practices and to expand relationships with the elite Realtors from around the world. This year’s Fall Conference was held in Bachelor Gulch, Colorado at the Ritz Carlton with the entire Luxury Real Estate staff creating an unforgettable experience for the attendees. Jim Walberg has participated in the last five Luxury Real Estate conferences and has found them to be an invaluable contribution to the growth of his real estate companies. Read more
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Perry & Company – A Denver Tradition, Welcomes Jim Walberg!
September 12, 2009 by Jim Walberg · 13 Comments
Jon Larrance, one of the partners of Perry & Company in Denver, Colorado – a top luxury real estate Brokerage, invited Jim Walberg to stop by for an hour or so today to share with his Realtors some of the winning blogging strategies Jim has been using to expand his real estate companies. Jim and Jon’s firms are members of Who’s Who In Luxury Real Estate and will be attending their annual Fall Conference which is being held this year at the Four Seasons Resort in Batechlor Gulch near Vail. Since Jim was flying into the Denver anyway, Jon snagged him for a couple of hours. Perry & Company is a learning organization realizing that their Realtors need to be on the cutting edge technology and how technology can be one of the key tools used to serve their clients at the highest levels possible for each transaction.
For over 30 years, clients of Perry & Co. have become friends and family. Over 85% of all of their business comes from former clients, friends and referrals from satisfied clients. Their mission is to bringing integrity and expertise to the doorsteps of their clients. They their team of professionals works together each day to make Perry & Co. the premiere real estate company in Denver. Read more
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2009 Realtor MasterMind & Cultural Summit – Austin, Texas!
May 4, 2009 by Jim Walberg · 1 Comment
Keller Williams Realty just finished gathering together their top Realtors in Austin, Texas to share their best ideas. And, once a year their honor 60 Realtors for Service Above Self to their community. Jim Walberg was at both of these remarkable events.
Each quarter Keller Williams Realty invites the top Realtors from their North American offices to Austin, Texas for serveral days of sharing their best ideas for growing a real estate practice – MasterMind. And, once a year they have their Cultural Summit, which is a celebration of honoring two Realtors from each of their 30 North American regions for their extraordinary contribution to community service. Read more
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2009 Luxury Real Estate Spring Conference – Las Vegas
May 1, 2009 by Jim Walberg · 4 Comments
The Four Seasons was the venue where Jim Walberg participated in the 7th Annual Luxury Real Estate Spring Conference as a panel member of Effective Social Networking & Blogging Tools For Realtors.
Imagine being with some of the brightest and best minds in real estate for three days! Well, that is what the Luxury Real Estate’s Spring conference was like this past week. The sharing of best practices with such a high caliber of professionals and business owners is an enviable experience for any Realtor. I was not only privileged to be a delegate at this conference, I also gathered some incredible business ideas that will continue to improve the customer experience for our clients, and grow our business in this shifting markets.
The featured presentation was the panel on how to 
use internet tools to dramatically expand your real estate business by increasing your lead generation results – the Strategies & Tactics of Top Real Estate Professionals regarding social networking, blogging, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Victor Lund from the WAV Group was the moderator. Jon Larrance from Perry & Company, Bruce Hiatt from Luxury Realty Group and me from The Bay Area Team, were the panelist. The interaction with the audience demonstrated that it was THE topic that they wanted to explore most in the 2009 world of social networking. Read more
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East Bay Real Estate: Market Update – February 2009
March 14, 2009 by Jim Walberg · 1 Comment
Jim Walberg’s update on the East Bay real estate markets – from Alamo to Antioch. Five micro-market results for February 2009 versus February 2008.
When I have spoken in the past about real estate always being local, real estate is actually broken into very small micro-markets in the same region. I am looking at trends every week (Jim’s YouTube) in order to property advice my Sellers and Buyers regarding where they need to be positioned, and were the values are. After looking at the February 2009 results for the East Bay, I thought it would be very useful to view five micro-markets as to what a difference a year makes. Here goes.
PER CITY Average # Actives Pending Sales Months of Inventory
Danville-Alamo 2009 2008
San Ramon 226 46 4.91 5.35
Walnut Creek
Dublin-Livermore
Pleasanton 251 59 4.37 6.92
Blackhawk-Diablo 43 3 14.33 11.17
Lafayette-Orinda 62 8 7.75 3.06
Moraga
Pittsburgh-Antioch 412 179 2.30 7.76
Brentwood-Oakley
So…the BIG number to watch in 2009 is Months Of Inventory. This is defined as to how many months of sales would be required to absorb the current inventory if no other homes came on the market in that micro market. You can see the dramatic differences in each of these market areas. Months of Inventory dropped in three of the five areas in the past year – Danville-Alamo-San Ramon-Walnut Creek; Dublin-Livermore-Pleasanton; and, Pittsburgh- Antioch-Brentwood-Oakley. AND, there have two markets where Months of Inventory has increased in the last twelve months; Blackhawk-Diablo; and, Lafayette-Orinda-Moraga.
There is a trend happening in these five micro-markets. The Pittsburgh-Antioch region had 714 sales last month!!! The Danville-San Ramon region had 182 sales!!! Both regions are up in sales for the past year. The higher priced micro-regions are seeing a sales trend downward during the past year. Mortgages are easier to get in the lower price ranges today. As you move up the price ranges credit is more challenging to get. We believe that is the critical reason why the higher priced homes are taking longer to find qualified buyers. Where do you live in these micro-markets and what has your experience been? Contact me anytime for further updates.
