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Restaurant Review: MAMA Oakland
There is one thing we can all agree on at Your East Bay Home Team and that is good food is a way of life! As a way to explore new cities and indulge in all of the delicious food that the East Bay has to offer, we have decided to hold our team m...
The Best Pumpkin Patches in the Bay, California’s wealth and rent control bill, better sleep and more!
This year is just flying by! We traveled to Portland recently for my cousin’s wedding and it has certainly gotten a little easier to travel with a toddler. We kind of have our routine down and try to travel with as little as possible. I total...How to Know If a House Has ‘Good Bones’
In the real estate industry, a house that is said to have “good bones” has positive attributes with the potential to be a great home with some renovations or improvements to certain areas of aesthetics or function. It is a rather subjective...
A Millennial’s Musts For First-Time Home Buying
Image courtesy of Pexels.com By Hannah Stevens Home prices have been skyrocketing beyond the reach of many millenials. Burdened by student loans, most of them are postponing significant milestones like marriage or buying a house. Although n...
101 Things to love about Oakland
Hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend! The kids are back and school and summer is unofficially over. We had a great August and was fortunate enough to visit Hawaii twice! Once with our friends and the other time with our family. It was a ...
Baby Proofing Your Home, Room by Room: 36 Areas to Address Around the House
Written by Shawn Clayton Baby proofing is a matter of making a home safe for your baby now and into the future as they grow. Babies begin their life at home relatively safe because their limited mobility. In early infancy, babies can barely ...
Your East Bay Home Newsletter for June 2019
My favorite time of year is right around the corner! I just love summer, the weather warms up (not the heatwave we had though), there are a lot of events going on, and its a perfect time to travel. We closed on the sale of our first home and ar...
Oakland, Berkeley, Piedmont & City of Alameda Real Estate
With April’s end, we now have 2 months of spring season data unaffected by market activity at the end of 2018, when financial markets plunged. By early May 2019, stock markets had recovered to hit new highs (though there has been some subsequ...
A Simple Checklist Sellers Should Use Before Every Showing
Dust and sweep quickly Sweep the kitchen, bathrooms and entryway. If needed, use a cleaning towel or sponge to clean any spots or debris. Give the baseboards and window sills a quick once over, and quickly wiping down the furniture, TV scr...
New Year, New Home: Declutter Your Home for the New Year
In order to be productive, it often helps to have a clean space. The New Year is a perfect time to declutter, get organized, and start with a clean slate. Magazines and Mail – Take the time to go through old magazines and holiday sales cat...