Funny Real Estate Jargon

July 12, 2010 · Karin Cunningham · 4 Comments

"Great starter home"

Have you ever looked at a real estate ad and wondered if they were exagerating a little bit? Here are some funny descriptions and translations of some ads that makes one wonder….

Cute- small

Cozy- see cute

Charming-see cute, cozy then throw in “old”

Good starter- fixer upper

Old World Charm- OLD

Period details- OLD

Close to transportation- noisy trains and busses nearby

Low maintnance yard- no grass, no flowers, no trees Read more

San Bruno’s 70th Annual Posy Parade

June 2, 2010 · Karin Cunningham · 4 Comments

San Bruno’s 70th Annual Posy Parade is this Sunday, June 6th at 1:00 and it’s going to be a blast this year! The theme is “Green Transportation”. The annual “Festival of Flowers” started in 1941 as a tribute to children. The parade, traditionally for kids 14 and under has acheived both state and national fame for San Bruno.

Each year, the community gathers along San Mateo Ave. and Crystal Springs Rd. to watch marching bands, decorated floats from schools and service clubs, sports teams, dance troops, and the Posy Parade Princess and her court. The mayor passes by on a fire truck and police cars pull up the rear!

At the end of the parade we are entertained by a few baseball games including an all 8th grade game of St. Robert’s and Parkside and an all 10 year old game. We usually have great weather during the parade and it looks like we will be lucky again this Sunday! This is an event you won’t want to miss!

Karin Cunningham
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San Bruno is a Great Place To Live!

May 14, 2010 · Karin Cunningham · 7 Comments

San Bruno house in the "Belle Air" neighborhood $399,000

San Bruno, Ca is an affordable and charming city on the San Mateo peninsula. Snuggled on a long. wide slope between San Francisco and Burlingame, the weather is usually in the 60′s with a little wind and hardly ever any fog!

We have the best public schools around, as well! As the PTA President of Allen Elementary School, I can give first hand testimonials, as I meet with the other PTA presidents monthly. We are a close knit bunch with all the same goals in mind, to keep our San Bruno children in the best learning environment possible! San Bruno parents really care about their city! Just ask the San Bruno Mother’s Club! Read more

“I Have My Newborn in a Drawer!” And Other Tips On Balancing a Real Estate Career with Motherhood.

April 6, 2010 · Karin Cunningham · 3 Comments

I write this post to encourage those, who would like to have a successful career in real estate AND have a family, to give it a try. It can definately be done!

December 20, 1999 was the day my first child was born! I lived in a studio condo that my husband and I had recently bought in San Bruno. He worked in a hotel as a waiter and worked most evenings and weekends! I was a new real estate agent with just one year in the business. I wondered how I was going to pull off a successful career with a newborn!

I made a pit stop at my office in San Bruno on the way home from the hospital to pick up a cradle for the new baby boy. He was a month early so I hadn’t even made a nest! Luckily, I had a friend who brought me her hand me down cradle for him to sleep in. I looked pretty funny walking in my office to pick it up in a hospital gown and bracelet still on my wrist! That was the day that I realized that I was going to make it in this business, baby or no baby! I could take the ridicule of looking funny and winging it when time didn’t allow preparation as long as I kept moving forward. Read more

California School Budget Cuts Affect Homeowners!

March 15, 2010 · Karin Cunningham · 2 Comments

: Save Our Schools Daily Journal Pic

I attended an insightful meeting the other night of PTA/PTO Presidents in San Bruno. I learned that ALL of the public schools in California are expecting a lot of teacher and counselor layoffs next week. San Bruno’s only middle school, Parkside Intermediate will possibly have the most layoffs cutting out music (they have an awesome marching band), art, leadership, counseling, and more. Our elementary schools will have no art, music, PE, large classroom sizes of 30+ kids per class, no English tutoring, GATE programs, loss of funds to improve libraries and to supply instructional material like BOOKS and one school, I hear, will loose up to 7 teachers, leaving them with 4!! Read more

San Bruno Real Estate “Shake Up” 2010!

January 15, 2010 · Karin Cunningham · 3 Comments

112 Georgia Ave. San Bruno, Ca. $419,000

So far, in 2010, San Bruno real estate inventory is low making it a great new environment for homeowners who have been thinking of selling! Currently there are only 30 homes for sale ranging from $299,000 for a small one bedroom home to $1,000,000 brand spanking new homes in a new developement! Md range is about $550,000-$600,000.

With interest rates still teetering between 5 and 6%, home buyers are out in full force looking for good deals before the rates hike up!

What we are seeing is pretty quick sales of homes in the lower and mid ranges while the high end homes are taking awhile. They are selling though! It took quite a few months but the new homes in the Skycrest Develoment next to Lunardi’s have all sold! One most recently at $918,000! Read more

San Bruno Halloween Houses!

November 3, 2009 · Karin Cunningham · 3 Comments

San Bruno sure knows how to celebrate Halloween especially if you live on Elm Ave. (Nightmare On Elm St.) Every year families crowd the streets, trick or treating by the thousands. Most homes who give out candy run out. Lines form in front of some houses and there are traffic jams on some of the narrow sidewalks! I saw news cameras one year on the corner of Elm and Clark! Decrations are always a hit! I have posted some for you to see!

Booooooooooooooooooo!

San Bruno Coats For Kids 2009!

October 8, 2009 · Karin Cunningham · 2 Comments

Coats “Coats for Kids” in San Bruno is a wonderful community tradition coordinated by San Bruno Garbage and The City of San Bruno every year as the weather starts to get chilly!

You can help someone stay warm this winter by simply donating a clean, gently used coat at one of many drop-off locations in San Bruno!

Click here to see which drop-off location is nearest you!

I love helping at this event every year. It’s a great fun way to get to know the neighbors and give back a little to the community.

The coat giveaway day is Thursday, November 19th 4:00-7:00 pm at the Fireman’s Hall/ San Bruno Chamber of Commerce, 618 San Mateo Ave., San Bruno, Ca. All are welcome. Limit one coat per person. Children must be present to receive coat.

Karin Cunningham