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 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 [...]