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About Jim

I grew up in Denver, proudly graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder and spent many hours visiting with my family at their home’s on Flying Fish and Flying Cloud Isle in FC so I got to know it pretty well. I met my lovely bride Lesley in 1989 and we moved to the Bay Area where I became a Realtor and worked for the Re/Max office that used to be at the location the Inktomi Mausoleum now sits on…Hillsdale between Shell and Foster City Blvd.

When our building was torn down I moved to Re/Max Today in San Carlos where I still am today. My office is the most productive office in San Mateo county and I’m proud to say that I’m associated with it! In 2006 I was 4th out of 67 agents there and have been in the top 1% of Real Estate agents in the US for years now.

I know what I’m doing and my experience can be very helpful to you if you’re either buying or selling, so please don’t ever hesitate to contact me…even if you just want to pick my brain a bit!Lesley and I have been happily (really!) married for 19 years and have 2 beautiful little girls, Christina and Elena. We’ve been attending Central Peninsula Church over on Shell since 1991. My life’s sort of an open book so please let me know if you ever have any questions…or you would like to talk Colorado football! Go Buffs!

Jim Minkey, Re/Max Today
Offices in Foster City & San Carlos
Office: 650-610-6423

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Funky Foto Contest Week 187
OK, this’ll be hard…name 10 separate individuals named here on the FC Sports Wall of Fame. Just kidding!! Actually, this monument rests someplace in Foster City…this weeks question? Where is it? If you’re first to tell me that you’ll win a $30.00 gift card to Chipotle. All the rules of the road are available to [...]

You Just Can’t Hide A Good Deal
Way back when, almost before life existed on Earth, I spent a fair amount of time hosting and attending parties. This was, of course, back before I got married and settled down dontcha know. My friends and I discovered a tried and true formula for having terrific parties and consequently when we had one they [...]

How Flexible Is The Seller?
It never fails. Seems like any time I get a new listing, in the first hour of the first open house somebody inevitably asks me this question. ” Is the seller flexible on price?” Honestly, that’s really an astonishingly stupid question…isn’t it? Is there anybody that you know on Earth who puts their home on [...]

Funky Foto Contest Winner Week 186
OK, now this photo has no relationship to the project in question in Foster City (ours aren’t Apartments either) but there is no sign here telling folks you’re at Nantucket Cove. So I jury rigged a shot cause I needed a picture. Congratulations to Jenny Lo who answered first and wins the $30.00 gift card [...]

Funky Foto Contest Week 186
OK, I think this week is going to be hard…we’ll see? The question du jour is which townhouse project is this in Foster City? If you’re first to answer that you’ll win a $30.00 gift card to Jamba Juice. All the rules of the road are available to view on the left hand margin as [...]

Foster City 2011 Condo/Townhouse Statistics
How about the other side of the market? Condos/Townhouses? Sort of a similar scenario to what we saw with houses on Tuesday. In 2008 108 units sold in Foster City. Interestingly, and also inexplicably, 144 units sold in 2009 and in 2010 we had 135 sales in this category. In 2011 we had 152 units [...]

Foster City 2011 Statistics
It really seemed to me for most of last year that the market was slower in Foster City than it was in some of the neighboring communities. Oddly enough, there was more activity in 2011 but prices wne down. I felt like 2010 was a good year but last year seemed slower to me. Anyway…in [...]

Funky Foto Contest Winner Week 185
Good knowledge on Friday folks! Several of you nailed it and congratulations to  Anita Reimann who got there first and wins the $30.00 gift card to Safeway. Also answering correctly were Bill, Mike, Kevin, Alex O, Debbie, Michael, Justin B, Suresh, Shrikant, Mike, Leslie, Jeff Pounder, Ling, Debbie and J Kwan. Some of you played [...]

Funky Foto Contest Week 185
Well, this sure isn’t a picture taken today, huh? There’s several parks in Foster City that have fields for soccer, this weeks question…which park is this? If you’re first to answer this question you’ll win a $30.00 gift card to Safeway. All the rules of the road are available to view on the left hand margin [...]

Highs and Lows 2011-Condo/Townhouses
MOST EXPENSIVE CONDO/TOWNHOUSE: 712 Zumwalt This waterfront townhouse at Harborside, a 4 bedroom unit sold for $818,000 and went with multiple offers. HIGHEST PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: 1027 Rudder at Bayfront Court. This 2 bedroom waterfront sold for $688,000, or $502.00 a square foot. Waterfronts are nice… LOWEST PRICED CONDO/TOWNHOUSE: 3103 Admiralty Lane. That’s the only [...]

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About Tracey

Moving to the left coast from from Long Island NY about seven years ago has been a wonderful experience. I was a licensed mortgage broker and Realtor in NY since 1983. In addition to real estate and mortgages, I have also owned several small businesses through the years but for some reason I have always come back to real estate. Working closely with my clients to find the perfect home has always been more than just a job for me. I love visiting my clients on moving day because even though it’s chaotic, there is nothing like seeing a dream come true.

I invite you to contact me regarding the sale of your home. When called upon, I will show up, on time and prepared. You can be sure that a one hour investment talking with me will yield at least one or more priceless ideas!

My passion is food and wine. I went to college at Johnson & Wales University in RI and have a degree in culinary arts and hotel and restaurant management. I have completed the first two classes towards my sommelier designation. I integrate cooking into almost everything that I do including real estate. Anyone that has ever called me to their home for a listing presentation knows that I show up with a home baked goodie. My open houses feature some of the best food in town. I’m always available for spur of the moment cooking tips or wine advice.

Following are my credentials, but I am so much more than a bunch of degrees and designations, I am real and I love to help people buy and sell houses. I’m unpretentious, knowledgeable and experienced and at this age, definitlly not afraid to speak my mind. If you’re looking for a real estate broker that knows her away around a purchase agreement but has a sense of humor, creativity and a passion for selling homes, please give me a call and let’s talk about how I can help you reach your goals.

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Need Another Price Reduction on this Calabasas Bank Owned Fixer
This four bedroom, two bath one story home has been listed for more than a year.  First as a standard sale, then a short sale and most recently as bank owned.  The price has also been reduced along the way but not near enough.  The home is currently listed for $525,000 and does need some [...]

FNMA Foreclosure on Park Granada in Calabasas
“Whoops I did it again” sang Chase as they closed another mortgage at the height of the market.  This one, a 2 bed, 2 bath condo on Park Granada sold in November of 2007.  Chase made a nice $274,500 loan on a purchase price of $366,000.  Not so risky, you’d think since this is 25% [...]

Tsk, Tsk Chase! 100% Financing ~ Calabasas Foreclosure on Park Capri
Tsk, Tsk, 100% financing will get you every time.  Chase is left holding the bag on this bank owned Calabasas condo.  It seems they didn’t see that the end was near in the summer of 2007.  They lent $350,400 on a first mortgage and another $87,600 on the second for a [...]

New Listing Update – Calabasas Homes for Sale
The inventory of homes on the market in Calabasas is lower than normal for this time of the year with less than 150 active listings on the market.  Each day we update our list with the new Calabasas listings as they come on the market.  Please call Tracey Thomas at 818-652-2937 [...]

Calabasas Real Estate Report for 2010
Most of the San Fernando Valley has been riding the real estate roller coaster since August of 2007 and it hasn’t been such a great ride for most of the Valley. Our neighbors on both sides have seen price drops year over year. Agoura had a 6.2% drop in the price per square [...]

Lower Your Calabasas Property Taxes
“So do you want the bad news or the good news first?” The bad news – If you purchased your Calabasas home between 2004 and 2008, your property value has probably declined.  But there is some good news and relief for homeowners.  CA Proposition 8, Decline-in-Value allows for a temporary tax reduction in the years [...]

Wonderful Walkable Mulwood in Calabasas
Walkable neighborhoods offer incredible benefits to the environment, our health, and our communities.  Cars are a leading cause of climate change according to walkscore.com, but your feet are zero pollution transportation machines.  Calabasas is not exactly the city that pops to mind when you think of a walkable community.  With its [...]

News Flash! Calabasas Homeowners are Just Fine
You know the old adage, “if it bleeds it leads”…this article isn’t about the lurid details of the housing downturn or more foreclosure news.  Today’s blog is actually a positive look at the facts.  Of the 8,615 housing units in Calabasas, only 2.2% are in some stage of foreclosure according to [...]

Calabasas Underwater Homeowners Gulping for Air Until 2015
Calabasas Homeowners will be holding their breath until 2015 according to First American CoreLogic as positive Equity Won’t Return For Most Underwater Borrowers for about five years. First American CoreLogic estimates that the typical US homeowner who has negative equity in their property will not experience positive equity until late 2015 to [...]

Calabasas Home Prices Inch Up in February
The Calabasas housing economy is showing signs of recovery. A whopping 16.7% of the homes listed for sale in Calabasas were in escrow during February 2010 as compared to only 2.5% in February 2009. Affluence and luxury surround Calabasas with the median home price close to $1,000,000. This means that most Calabasas homebuyers end [...]