You never want to look desperate when you are selling a home.  Having the home staged which takes into consideration Fung Shui techniques can greatly improve the marketability of your property.

1. Create aesthetically pleasing storage areas

2.  Remove obstacles that keep doors from opening to their full range

3.Include a wide inviting path designed to lead people to the front door

4.Conceal television and computers in cabinets with doors when not in use

These are some of the basic techniques for Fung Shui staging of your property.  Call your friendly San Diego real estate agent Clay at 619-507-1554 for more information on how I can sell your home in a tough market.

TIPS ON PUMPING GAS

      I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here
in California we are also paying higher, up to $3.50 per gallon. But my
line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some
tricks to get more of your money's worth for every gallon..

      Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose , CA
we deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the
pipeline. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline,
regular and premium grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total
capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.

      Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when
the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations
have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the
more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying
in the afternoon or in the evening....your gallon is not exactly a
gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the
temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other
petroleum products plays an important role.

      A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business.
But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the
pumps.

      When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle
to a fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three
(3)stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on
low speed, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are
pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping
on the fast rate, some other liquid that goes to your tank becomes
vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground
storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.

      One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank
is HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY. The reason for this is, the more gas you
have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline
evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an
internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the
gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service
stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature
compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount.

      Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the
storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up--most likely the
gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you
might pick up some f the dirt that normally settles on the bottom. Hope
this will help you get the most value for your money.

      DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS!

      WHERE TO BUY USA GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. READ ON

      Gas rationing in the 80's worked even though we grumbled about
it. It might even be good for us! The Saudis are boycotting American
goods. We should return the favor.

      An interesting thought is to boycott their GAS.

      Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid putting more money
into the coffers of Saudi Arabia . Just buy from gas companies that
don't import their oil from the Saudis.

      Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I
fill-up the tank, I am sending my money to people who are trying to kill
me, my family, and my friends.

      I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil
companies are the best to buy gas from and which major companies import
Middle Eastern oil.

      These companies import Middle Eastern oil:

      Shell........................... 205,742,000 barrels

      Chevron/Texaco......... 144,332,000 barrels

      Exxon /Mobil............... 130,082,000 barrels

      Marathon/Speedway... 117,740,000 barrels

      Amoco............................62,231,000 barrels

      Citgo gas is from South America, from a Dictator who hates
Americans. If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to
over $18 BILLION! (oil is now $90 - $100 a barrel

      Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern
oil:

      Sunoco..................0 barrels

      Conoco..................0 barrels

      Sinclair.................0 barrels

      B P/Phillips............0 barrels

      Hess.......................0 barrels

      ARC0....................0 barrels

      If you go to Sunoco.com, you will get a list of the station
locations near you.

      All of this information is available from the Department of
Energy and each is required to state where they get their oil and how
much they are importing.

      But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas

      buyers. It's really simple to do.

      Now, don't wimp out at this point.... keep reading and I'll
explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!

      I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send
it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)...and those 300 send it to at
least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) .. and so on, by the time the message
reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE
MILLION consumers !!!!!!! If those three million get excited and pass
this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been
contacted!

      If it goes one level further, you guessed it ..... THREE HUND RED
MILLION PEOPLE!!!

      Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. How long
would all that take?

If you think all homes are sitting on the market think again.  If they are desireable properties that are priced right and agressively marketed you can still sell a home very quickly.  I just took a listing in Scripps Ranch that sold in less than a week.  At the open house there were two buyers making offers with their agents on the same day.  If you are considering buying or selling a home call me for more information on how I can assist you.  Call your friendly Realtor Clay at 619-507-1554.