I’m happy to announce that June 3rd, 2008 marks the official launch of my blog! After 6 weeks of design, development, and tweaking, the blog is ready and open for you! I’ve been adding content (blogging) for a few months now, so you will already find several posts that may be of interest to you. I invite you to look around.

More great posts are to come. Never miss a post by subscribing to the blog so that new posts are sent automatically to your email or RSS reader (see "Never Miss a Post" navigation section on the right of this page).

I will be writing on topics such as:

• Community Information - Check out the profile I wrote on Corona del Mar, or the Local Living piece I wrote on Corona del Mar resident Julie.
• Listing Information - I’ll be posting both my listings and leases
• UCI Merage Business School Off-Campus Housing Information - I’m an alumna and have started posting information related to how to find off-campus rental housing while you are a student at the program.
• Greener Living - As an EcoBroker, I have a particular interest in helping people live in healthier environments and preserving the natural beauty of Orange County. I’ll be blogging about how to have a greener real estate transaction and other topics of green interest.
• Market Trends and Buyer and Seller Topics of Interest - I’ve started to post the weekly Surterre Properties Best Buy’s list and will expand over time with post designed to educate about the state of the market and inform buyers and sellers about how to succeed in their real estate transactions.

Feel free to leave me comments below and let me know if there are any additional or specific topics you’d like me to write about and address.

The blog also has the ability to search, by map, all the active for sales and leases that are available in the Coastal Orange County area (see the Property Search section). The inventory is updated daily and is the same information that Realtors have access to, presented in a very easy to navigate format. I think you will love it! And, you can save any searches that you like, and even subscribe to an RSS feed to be notified of new properties that match your criteria as they show up. Give it a try here!

I hope this marks the start of our blogging relationship. Please contact me if you have any feedback or comments on the site. I’d love to hear from you.

I’d like to thank a few people in the Real Estate 2.0 world who have contributed to my knowledge of social media and/or blogging and provided in one way or another, some level of inspiration or idea that I have tried to implement here. If you are looking to learn more about this medium, I’d suggest checking out these folks and their blogs (some of them don’t even know who I am or that they helped me, but, if they are on this list, they definitely influenced me with their blogging words, and I’d like to publicly thank them!):

• Dustin Luther and Jim Marks of 4realzed.com
• Marc Davison and Brian Boero of 1000 Watt Consulting
• Kevin Boer of Dolmus Consulting Group
• Seth Godin

I have a great new lease listing to announce:

83 Greenfield
Woodbridge, Irvine 92614

2 bedroom | 1.25 bathroom
Community of Woodbridge
$1,750 per month

Rent this upper level, 2 bedroom Irvine condo located in the peaceful and centrally located community of Woodbridge.

This very clean and updated condo is light and bright with an open floorplan. Features include interior laundry, walk in closet, storage closet, air conditioning, updated appliances, private patio off entry, carport parking spot, and ample guest parking.

Located just a block from wonderful association amenities of pool, spa, playground, and grassy park, this beautifully maintained complex offers  convenient access to UCI, Irvine Spectrum, the 405 and 5 freeways and easy access to shopping, restaurants, and entertainment.

If you have an interest in seeing or leasing this condo, please email or call me at 949.885.6497 for an appointment.