FREE WiFi coming to downtown Pleasanton, CA. 

Here I am again at WiFi deprived Peets in San Ramon, CA. I’m just out of 24 Hour Fitness working on rehabilitating my protoplasmic mass that has suffered the results of six months of inactivity following my retirement last summer from Delta Airlines.

I’ve been spending the majority of my time behind a computer working on the Internet elements of The Harper Team’s business. Trading in 10 hours a day of physical activity for 10 hours of tapping my fingers has produced an organism I barely recognize as me.

Peets is located in a shopping plaza adjacent to Bishop Ranch. In the plaza are Peets Coffee, Whole Foods, Target, Borders Books, Supercuts and a dozen other stores and eateries. 24 Hour Fitness is conveniently located about ¾ of a mile away in another part of Bishop Ranch.

Bishop Ranch in San Ramon is the home to many well-known companies including Chevron, General Electric, IBM, AT&T, Toyota, Wells Fargo, and Verizon. It’s a huge business park totaling 585 acres. Over 30,000 people work here (many have laptops) and many of the building sites have yet to be built on. A lot of high technology surrounds me, but, alas, no WiFi at Peets where many coffee-up.

Sitting in technologically impoverished Peets, I can’t help but reflect on the lead story last week in the Pleasanton Weekly. The city of Pleasanton, California will soon have a FREE WiFi zone downtown. An avid blogger like me will soon be able to stroll from coffee, to books, to ice cream, to business meetings and on to what-have-you and remain connected. Perhaps I should pass on the ice cream until the twins are born.

Kudos to the community of Pleasanton.

I was in downtown Pleasanton last Friday after the Valley Marketing Meeting. I thought it was great to sit at Tully’s, have a cup of coffee and enjoy Tully’s free WiFi. I read in the Pleasanton Weekly article, that Tully’s used to charge for WiFi service like cash-strapped Barnes & Noble, Borders Books and that financially vulnerable startup, Starbucks.

Tully’s figured free WiFi was good for business and the $50 a month they had to spend on providing the service was nothing compared to the increase in business and goodwill. Here’s my pledge to all of the intelligent business people in downtown Pleasanton – I’m upping the amounts of my tips (and I am a consistently good tipper). Your employees will benefit from your intelligence and generosity as will I.

Plesanton TriValley Realtors® Marketing Association

I attended the TriValley Marketing Association meeting yesterday (Jan 11) at Tommy T's in Pleasanton, CA. This was the first meeting of the year and was well attended. It was also the first time we've met at Tommy T's.

It was an energetic and enthusiastic crowd with many listing presented (see some of them below) and the "High Priestess of Poop" presenting the coveted Pink Flamingo to Pat Griffin for continued excellence in the field of "Home Mobility."

This month's room sponsor is the Pleasanton Weekly - many thanks to them.

New MLS Listings Presented at TriValley Marketing Association:

There were 22 properties listed on the tour sheet and we gathered flyers for the following properties. The Harper Team can help you with these or any other homes, condos or townhouses for sale in Alamo, Danville, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton or Livermore, California.

In addition, we have an established network of professional Realtors we work with throughout the Bay Area and The U.S.

Here are some of the featured properties for sale:

• 5610 Belleza, Pleasanton, CA. Central location -1 bed condo w/garage. end unit w/lots of light.
• 3307 Touriga Drive, Pleasanton, CA.4 bed 2.5 baths Lots of updates
• 7409 Stonedale Drive, Pleasanton, CA 3 bed 2.5 bath Townhouse in the Gables
• 676 Concord Place, Pleasanton, CA  2 bed 1.5 bath Condo – end unit
• 439 Cabonia Court, Pleasanton, CA. 4 bed 3 bath home in Ruby Hill
• 4608 Inyo Court, Pleasanton, CA 3 bed 2 bath over $100K in upgrades
• 3537 Gulfstream Street, Pleasanton, CA 4 bed 3 baths
• 2756 Hartley Gate Court, Pleasanton 3 bed 2 bath single story home
• 7558 May Way, San Ramon, CA 5 bed 2.5 bath Updated kitchen
• 2377 Avalon Way, San Ramon, CA. 5 bed 5 bath in Windemere
• 6162 Bay Hill Court, Dublin, CA  5 bed 5.5 bath overlooks 9th hole of Dublin Ranch Golf Club
• 6410 Dijon Way, Dublin – Torrey Pines location 2 bed 2 bath condo
• 10708 Ian Lane, Dublin, CA  2 bed 2 baths Townhome w/garage
• 3934 Tamworth Court, Dublin, CA. 3 bed / 2.5 baths 2 car garage

Some of these are expired listings that are returning to the market. There is a fair amount of controversy in the real estate industry regarding the practice of re-listing which can give the consumer a false impression of how long a property has been on the market (DOM – days on market). Ask your real estate agent to check the listing history to verify DOM to strengthen your negotiating position.

Remember, as a buyer, it costs you nothing to employee the services of a professional Realtor®