Every so often, a homeowner or buyer will tell me, “The County of San Bernardino shows my property’s assessed value as X – so why should I pay Y?” or “I had my home appraised for X, so why should we list it for Y?” These are fair questions, but the key lies in...
When settling an estate, personal representatives often encounter piles of outdated electronics – old TVs, stereo equipment, odd-looking computers, even boxes of random parts. Most of it looks like junk. But appearances can be deceiving. In one cautionary tale, a...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian As this unusual summer ends, let’s look back at the summer of 1949 and see how people who came up the mountain enjoyed the mountains back then. What did the mountains offer to visitors, besides lakes and hiking, all of which...
Now that summer is nearly over and the kiddos are back in school – instead of riding around the neighborhood on those noisy and annoying mini-motorcycles – it should be a lot quieter around these parts. That reminds me that autumn is one of my favorite times of the...
With the real estate market doing cartwheels in certain price points, we’re seeing the return of multiple offers. Before anyone gets too excited, these offers are not usually at or above list price, but they do show competition returning in very specific price ranges....
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian Recreational activities have abounded in the San Bernardino Mountains since people first visited here. Labor Day weekend was always the final big holiday for vacationers, since school would start that next week. Around the turn...
