If you follow The Oakland Berkeley Journal, you find new articles almost weekly. I am a month behind, yikes!  I thought December would be a month for me to catch  up and write fun articles about fantastic dinner recipes and local restaurants, but instead I found real estate to be an extraordinarily busy month.  In addition to helping my clients buy incredible loft space, hillside condos and Redwood Heights properties, my services include helping clients with market analysis for taxes, property separation and more.

Every January, I reflect on how the previous year turned out, what I can do better and how can I provide a higher level of service.  Red Oak Realty is a company unlike many in our industry.  We are hyper-local, green, technically savvy, artist, charitable and always looking to improve our service.  Yesterday, was our annual 2012 Kick-Off Breakfast and I was honored to hear nationally acclaimed real estate expert, Nancy Gardner speak and consult about our economic forecast; I love how Nancy speaks with such clarity and truth. (Call me to discuss her predictions)  As tradition, awards were announced and cheer was raised and in the midst of it all, I was awarded Company-Wide Top Producer, an honor that I will cherish always.  I thank you, my clients for your continued support and trust and for my clients to come, please know I will continue to provide service from my heart.

Happy New Year!

Deidre

I am so proud and honored to work at Red Oak Realty

Oakland resident Karlya Benjamin has a vision of honoring the past and empowering the future.  She feels that our elderly have so much to tell and who better to listen than our youth.  Additionally, too often our seniors crave visitors.  If you or  your teenager have the desire to reach out and volunteer for a few hours, read a few of the details below and email me at deidrejoyner@gmail.com.

Who: We, a group of parents and teens in a project called, “Honoring the Past, Empowering the Future”

What: We will go to 3 facilities to share and interact with seniors for 1-1½ hours.  There are 2 facilities and two dates so far.

Where: November 21 – 10:30 -11:30 – North Berkeley Senior Center

November 22^nd – Center for Elders Independence, Berkeley – 10:00 – 11:00 am

Why: To keep us (especially teens) connected to the elderly and as human beings.    By sharing with each other, we are able to appreciate the elderly as an incredible wealth of knowledge, history and strength.  A lot has happened in the last 80-90 years and they’ve seen it and were a part of it.  In turn, the elderly are able to see the young as possibilities to empower create and shape the world and as vessels to carry forward the knowledge of the past.

What:

Amy Perl’s (http://www.amyperl.com/) latest photo art work and Craig Erickson’s (tmdwblog.blogspot.com) awesome illustrations on wood + resin art work will be on display. Fivetenburger (delicious food!), as well as super cool crafters Hoof and Horn (hoofandhorn.tumblr.com), A Boy Named Coy (aboynamedcoy.com), and Cougar Horse (http://cougarhorse.com/) will be open with their custom clothing designs, and some great artisans’ work!

When:

TONIGHT – Thursday, June 16

Time:

6:30ish – 10 pm

Where:

Amy Perl Photography Studio and Dana and Reed from Cougar Horse Boutique

4456 Piedmont Ave (near the Oakland Cemetery)

It should be a fun time!

This is in conjunction with Piedmont Avenue’s first monthly THIRD THURSDAY ART WALK.

Some of Amy Perl’s work:

California Desert by Amy Perl

New Orleans by Amy Perl