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This guy is almost too good to be believed! It's a wonder that the NFL isn't chasing him around with millions of dollars!

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Full time real estate services in Fair Oaks CA, with friendly professionalism, 20+ years experience. I work hard to give my buyer or seller a low-stress transaction. "Happy clients make me happy."

For all your real estate needs or questions, call me at (916) 705-8951 or visit my website at www.SusanNealFineProperties.com.

Okay, just a few words!

This January's record storms have wreaked a great deal of havoc throughout our state, including here in beautiful Fair Oaks California.  I wasn't as brave as Russel Ray, who went out and photographed damage in San Diego, but I peeked out my front door during some of the lighter moments with my Flip video camera to give you a small taste - it got worse after this!  Brrrrr!

 

 

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Full time real estate services in Fair Oaks CA, with friendly professionalism, 20+ years experience. I work hard to give my buyer or seller a low-stress transaction. "Happy clients make me happy."

For all your real estate needs or questions, call me at (916) 705-8951 or visit my website at www.SusanNealFineProperties.com.

The California Association of Realtors has sent out an alert, warning its members about a company using a purchase contract that it fraudulently claims is C.A.R. approved. 

Be very careful about using or accepting a form that is not in the approved list, as it may contain provisions in the small print that could damage your client.  Also, this is an "As-Is" form, and C.A.R. has no forms that have "As-Is" in the title.

Here is the warning I received:

Members have reported that certain investor buyers use a standard form "As-Is Contract for Sale and Purchase" which fraudulently purports to be approved by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.).  This standard form agreement has been used by Greenhills Financial Investment, LLC, among others.  C.A.R.'s Legal Department is vigilantly pursuing this matter, which includes issuing cease-and-desist letters against anyone using the form.

The "As-Is Contract for Sale and Purchase" form, which is referenced at the bottom as "FAR/BAR ASIS," has apparently been patterned after Florida Association of REALTORS®'s purchase agreement.  In any event, the form purports to be approved by C.A.R., when in fact, C.A.R. has not reviewed or approved the form, and C.A.R. has no business affiliation whatsoever with Greenhills Financial Investment or the form's publisher.  C.A.R. currently has no standard form with the words, "As Is," in the title.

REALTORS® who come across the form are encouraged to report the matter to C.A.R. by contacting the Strategic Defense Counsel, Nicole Briggs, at nicoleb@car.org.

 

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Full time real estate services in Fair Oaks CA, with friendly professionalism, 20+ years experience. I work hard to give my buyer or seller a low-stress transaction. "Happy clients make me happy."

For all your real estate needs or questions, call me at (916) 705-8951 or visit my website at www.SusanNealFineProperties.com.

WARNING!  This is a dangerous virus that will appear to be a virus protection patch from Microsoft, but it is a fake.  If you see Internet Security 2010, DO NOT CLICK ON IT!  It will take over your computer, and can spread it to all on your contact list as well.

There are several people on YouTube who have figured out how to stop and remove the virus if you get it and can fix it quickly.  Here are the instructions and a video from "scutter4christ", and you might want to bookmark this, in case someone in your family office gets this virus.  The video is below.

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This is a very nasty virus that is running rampant on the internet as of January 2010. In many cases people have lost their entire computer to it so it's a really bad one. Be sure to go to the link below and read the instructions very carefully. Also be sure to follow the instructions exactly as they are stated. That will help you fix this issue and get it off of your computer.

Here is the link to the article:
http://www.softsailor.com/how-to/1382...

Here is the link to malwarebytes which is free and you will need this to fix the problem:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Step 1: Go here and download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for free. Save the file to your desktop. If Internet Security 2010 does not allow you to download anything, you should download the setup on another computer and use an USB stick or a CD/DVD to transfer the files needed. Remember to place the setup file on the desktop.

Step 2: Click here to download the rkill.com file.

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/...

Once the download is complete, run it. The rkill.com file will make sure the Internet Security 2010 will be closed for good so it does not interfere with the removal process.

Step 3: Close all open applications and windows. You now should be on the desktop.

Step 4: Run the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware setup from the desktop.

Step 5: Go with the default settings during the install. CRUCIAL: Make sure you tell the software to automatically update itself (theres a box you need to check during the install to make that happen). In addition, make sure you tell MBAM to automatically launch itself once the install and update processes are complete.

Step 6: When Malwarebytes Anti-Malware loads, go to the Scanner screen, select Perform Quick Scan and then click the Scan button.

Step 7: When the scan is complete, press the Show Results button under the main Scanner tab.

Step 8: Check all the detected infections (so you remove both Internet Security 2010 and all related Trojans, as well as any other malware detected).

Step 9: When the removal process is complete, a log of the scan will be displayed in a Notepad window. You now have successfully removedInternet Security 2010, all related Trojans and any other infections detected by Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.

 

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Thank you Scutter4christ for this information, which may save many computers!

 

 

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Full time real estate services in Fair Oaks CA, with friendly professionalism, 20+ years experience. I work hard to give my buyer or seller a low-stress transaction. "Happy clients make me happy."

For all your real estate needs or questions, call me at (916) 705-8951 or visit my website at www.SusanNealFineProperties.com.

Those of you who find yourselves dependent on your cars, whether fast, big, small, muscle cars or hybrids (and I think that covers all of us), may find this video interesting.  This is where it all began:  the Model T, which looks to me like it may have been better than today's cars in many ways (although definitely not in speed).

Imagine what it would be like to show properies in your Model T!

 

 

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Full time real estate services in Fair Oaks CA, with friendly professionalism, 20+ years experience. I work hard to give my buyer or seller a low-stress transaction. "Happy clients make me happy."

For all your real estate needs or questions, call me at (916) 705-8951 or visit my website at www.SusanNealFineProperties.com.

The Sacramento County Animal Care Department is doing what they can to help financially troubled pet owners to feed their animals.  They are soliciting donations of unopened cans of cat and dog food and bags of dry pet food, which will be distributed to families who may need some assistance in caring for their animals.  The program is available to any family in need in the Sacramento area, and is called The Pet Pantry Program.

The brand new state of the art Animal Care Facility, located at 3839 Bradshaw Road, Sacramento, is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.  Donations may be dropped off any time the shelter is open, and the pet food is distributed to those in need on Thursdays and Sundays from 2-4 p.m.  There is no cost to recipients, and they will simply be asked to complete a short questionnaire to help track program results.

Plan to drop by this great new facility, look around and visit their store with pet foods, supplies and gifts.  Proceeds help to support the facility and the store is manned by volunteers.  Our pets are helpless without us, and for those in financial need, caring for their pets is sometimes impossible.  Your donation of some pet food to the Pet Pantry Program may keep a family from having to make a heartbreaking decision.

Also you may find out more about how the shelter was built as a Green Certified facility.  Sacramento County incorporated numerous Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) elements into the new shelter building, which will improve the operation and maintenance of the building, and provide a more comfortable and pleasing atmosphere for visitors, animals, volunteers and staff. The LEED rating system is the recognized standard for certifying and measuring building sustainability and is a way to demonstrate how "green" a building is.

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Full time real estate services in Fair Oaks CA, with friendly professionalism, 20+ years experience. I work hard to give my buyer or seller a low-stress transaction. "Happy clients make me happy."

For all your real estate needs or questions, call me at (916) 705-8951 or visit my website at www.SusanNealFineProperties.com.

The country of Haiti has been devastated by the worst earthquake to hit the area since the 17th century, and the capital city of Port au Prince, with a populatin of 2 million, has been flattened.  It is estimated that there may be hundreds of thousands of casualties.  United Nations officials said hours after the 7.0 quake hit at 4:53 pm that they still couldn't account for a large number of U.N. personnel.  The photos and videos I've seen of the damage have been horrible, and they will be needing any kind of aid and assistance that anyone can offer.

I pulled the following list of organizations that will be helping ,in case you would like to make a donation.  Probably the easiest and most immediate way to help is to text the word "Haiti" to "90999".  If you do this, $10 will be immediately donated to the Red Cross, and the $10 wil be charged to your cell phone bill.

• Action Against Hunger
• American Red Cross
• American Jewish World Service
• AmeriCares
• Beyond Borders
• CARE
• Catholic Relief Services
• Childcare Worldwide
• Direct Relief International
• Doctors Without Borders
• Feed My Starving Children
• Friends of WFP
• Haitian Health Foundation
• Hope for Haiti
• International Medical Corps
• International Relief Teams
• Medical Teams International
• Meds and Food for Kids
• Mercy Corps
• Operation USA
• Oxfam
• Partners in Health
• Samaritan's Purse
• Save the Children
• UNICEF
• World Concern
• World Vision
• Yele Haiti
  Wyclef Jean's grassroots org
  Text Yele to 501 501 to donate $5 via your cellphone

The United States State Department Operations Center on Tuesday opened a number for Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti. Due to heavy volume, some callers may receive a recording. "Our embassy is still in the early stages of contacting American citizens through our Warden Network," the U.S. State Department said in a statement. "Communications are very difficult within Haiti at this time."

The number for Americans who are looking for information about family members in Haiti is 1-888-407-4747.

 

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Full time real estate services in Fair Oaks CA, with friendly professionalism, 20+ years experience. I work hard to give my buyer or seller a low-stress transaction. "Happy clients make me happy."

For all your real estate needs or questions, call me at (916) 705-8951 or visit my website at www.SusanNealFineProperties.com.

I saw something when I was out today that I thought was pretty nice.  Conroy's Flowers has been out of business and closed in Sacramento for some time, but as we were driving past the closed shop at Madison Avenue and College Oak in the Foothill Farms area of Sacramento, I noticed that thre was a new message on the marquee and a sign on the window.  Madison Avenue Florist wil be opening there soon, and the marquee read "I bought her a flower shop for Christmas."  Pretty cute, and I hope they will do well.

 

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Full time real estate services in Fair Oaks CA, with friendly professionalism, 20+ years experience. I work hard to give my buyer or seller a low-stress transaction. "Happy clients make me happy."

For all your real estate needs or questions, call me at (916) 705-8951 or visit my website at www.SusanNealFineProperties.com.