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For years these thriving communities have been dwarfed by sparkling San Francisco across the Bay. Today however, the East Bay enjoys a nearly recession-proof economic base in manufacturing, and continues to draw new power from large companies within the biotechnology and telecommunications fields. Alameda and its surrounding communities also have a flourishing cultural life. There are nationally renowned repertory theaters, colorful academic communities, outstanding museums, symphonic orchestras, great vintage movie houses, fine dining and major league sports teams (go A's, and Raiders and Warriors!). 
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 Outdoor lovers revel in a glorious array of pastimes along a nearly 30-mile stretch of shoreline, and in the East Bay Recreational Park District, a 92,000-acre swath of park and wild lands that runs in a contiguous stretch from Richmond to San Leandro Alameda is a wonderful place to live, because of its small-town, mid-western feeling. While I could have lived in a magnificent Victorian, Mediterranean split-level, or executive town home, I chose waterfront living along the estuary that runs between island-city and Oakland.
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Real Estate Contracts >Understanding The Contract
When you are selling a home, the most important part of the transaction occurs after you have found a buyer. If your property is being marketed professionally, the real estate agent will put together the purchase offer and present it to you.
Each local Board of Realtors has standard contract forms which reflect the legal requirements of the jurisdiction in which you live. These contracts include the sales price, financing contingencies, completion deadlines, and other items that are required in order to meet local government requirements.
You may find that trying to sell your own home in order to save the brokerage fee is false economy. Real estate sales are complicated, and a slight variation in language can sometimes cost you a sale and/or a lot of money. Many of our listings came from sellers who thought their homes were sold, only to lose the buyers at the last minute--on a technicality!
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What Newport, Rhode Island mansion was built as a birthday present and incorporates 500,000 cubic feet of white marble?
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The Vanderbilt Marble House was constructed by railroad baron William K. Vanderbilt for his wife Alva, who later divorced him, remarried and moved into a mansion down the street. |
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