Jim Minkey - Re/Max Today

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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 120
I wish that this represented the time I get up in the morning…fat chance! Actually this number is on the outside of a specific building in FC and the question today is…what is it that’s located at 830? If you’re first to answer this question correctly you’ll win a $30.00 gift card to Noah’s Bagels over [...]

Home Inspections
For several years it’s been a common event in this area for a seller to initiate home inspections (pest inspections too) prior to listing their place on the market. The rationale for that is to avoid any surprises in an escrow, via a buyers home inspection, that could place a seller at a negotiating disadvantage. [...]

When Is It a Good Deal?
Last night Lesley and I watched the movie “Date Night” with Steve Carell and Tina Fey. It was OK…not the funniest comedy I ever saw but for the most part enjoyable. Anyway, Tina Fey plays a Realtor and in one scene early on she’s showing a palatial mansion to some buyers and as they’re walking out [...]

Funky Foto Contest Winner Week 119
It sure seems that a whole lot of you (me too) define this building almost exclusively by Baja Fresh. Everybody seems to know that one, huh? Great job to all of you for answering correctly on Friday and congratulations to first time winner Tony Tong who arrived first and wins the $30.00 gift certifcate to [...]

Ellen Does Real Estate
Sort of like it is here!

Funky Foto Contest Week 119
I have no doubt that lots of you are familiar with this particular hallway, this week you’ll need to tell me the name of any one of the tenants (businesses…etc) that occupy these spaces. Not just the name of the buiding. If you’re first you’ll win a $30.00 gift certificate to Lotus Garden at Charter Square. [...]

Avoiding The Trap
In the almost 20 years since I’ve been a realtor, there’s one phenomenon that I seem to see happen over and over again. It goes something like this…The  Jones’s decide they want a bigger, nicer, better, smaller…whatever home. They then start looking, both online as well as at weekend Open Houses. It’s at that point [...]

How Come?
Now, of course, I know this doesn’t apply to everybody reading this here. There’s plenty of you who I’m not talking about…that’s for sure. It’s just that I know that there are some of you who can probably identify with this and for you.. think of this as a gentle call out, a challenge of [...]

Funky Foto Contest Winner Week 118
OK, it was too easy. Still…it surely does show how much we all seem to use the Post Office Branch on Shell. Congratulations to Nancy Chang who answered correctly first and wins the $30.00 gift card to Chipotle. Also arriving correctly were Debbie (just seconds behind Nancy) Nicole, Kavita, Jeff, Kirk, Agnes, Jennifer Lo, Tony [...]

A Way To Help Save For Down Payment!
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