City Market: F 1/2 Road Parkway

City Market is out of the ground on their 24 and F Road store. The above picture is a diagram of the proposed F 1/2 Road Parkway approved by the city in 2005. A portion is already complete from 24 Road north of the new 14-plex cinema to Market Street.

City Market built a culvert to provide access to their new store off 24 Rd, which will facilitate Redlands residents primarily. However, because the 24 Road access is only a ¾ intersection residents from the north will not be able to make a left turn into the parking lot. Instead they will have to gain access from Market Street. From Patterson Rd (F Rd) there will be numerous lights, making the location inconvenient. From 24 Rd a left turn will be required to F 1/2 Road then another right onto Market Street.

The simplest path to City Market for the majority of residents in the North Area will be realized when the F ½ Road Parkway between 24 ½ Road and 24 Road is built. It may still be easier to access the Horizon Dr. Safeway from the North.

I am interested in spearheading a public demand for the construction of the F 1/2 Road Parkway, in lieu of other frivolous city projects, such as spring clean-up. Please let me know if you are interested.

Focus for 2010

It's now 2010 and I've developed a new marketing system which can be tailored to each individual property. I'm trying it on the properties I already have listed and am optomistic that the results will exceed expectations.

Advertising in the classifieds is very expensive and does not generate the right kinds of calls for a property. Defining the needs a particular property fills to derive a target market provides a good basis for developing a marketing system.

I've decided that I will continue to work with buyers in 2010, but must focus more attention on providing sophisticated marketing services for sellers in order to attract more listings. One reason is because all too often buyers don't pay, and I don't know many professionals who provide complicated services requiring high levels of skill without being hired do so. So in essence getting hired through listings will be my mainstay for 2010. I will focus on making sure that I will be paid for my services.

I appreciate any feedback from readers.

Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Have you ever been eating at home or a friends house when the cook exclaims, "guess the secret ingredient?"  I heard a story about a Mormon missionary serving in France who thought it would be funny to add a special ingredient in his scrambled eggs for new missionaries.  One disliked the fact that the secret ingredient was cow brains enough to permanently dissuade him from continuing the joke.

A clause in your lease that includes an escalation based upon the CPI index, is a bit like that secret ingredient if you don't know it's there.

I recommend reading the article called How to Use the Consumer Price Index for Escalation published by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS).  You'll then be as smart or more than likely smarter than the Landlord on how it's used while avoiding costly oversights or miscalculations.