Their business is Health and Wellness. The commitment to turn 3 facilities totaling 425,000 sq feet of commercial property into a Green Business is a giant leap, but Club Sport is up for the challenge. All three gyms in Fremont, Pleasanton and Walnut Creek are undergoing the change as we speak! Led by environmental consulting… Read More
Green Health Club’s Take Root in Pleasanton, Fremont & Walnut Creek- Standing out in the crowd.
After the Red Sox's Crushed…Extreme Home Makeover turned GREEN around…
Tonight while I was sitting watching the Boston Red Sock’s give it to Tom’s Colorado Rockies, I was pleasantly surprised when I saw an ad for the next episode of Extreme Makeover Home Edition. This season every episode of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” is going green by incorporating eco-friendly, low-energy and recyclable resources in the… Read More
Impact of MASSIVE Toyota Dealership in Livermore, CA
If given a green light, the Toyota proposed car dealership off Vasco Road and Interstate 580 would reside on 16 acres of private land. The size would roughly total the entire Livermore Auto Mall, and quite possibly be the largest auto dealership in the entire Bay Area. Toyota does offer one of the premier Green… Read More
Save Pleasanton Hills Initiative from Home Depot Sized Homes
The “Save the Pleasanton Hills” housing cap request was filed late Tuesday night in order to prevent developments, such as Oak Ridge. The bill would prevent builders from constructing on ridgelines and steep slopes of the Foothills in the Pleasanton community. The Save the Pleasanton Hills initiative was set into place to preserve Pleasanton’s character… Read More
East Bay's number 1 Halloween Pumpkin Patch you must visit
What do you get when you combine the Wild Wild West, pony rides, a petting zoo, a corn maze and pumpkins? Joan’s Farm & Pumpkin Patch in Livermore, CA. This East Bay Area treasure was a blast this weekend when I took my son, Gavin (Spider Man), to pick out his pumpkin this year. This… Read More
American Cancer Society Relay for Life- Pleasanton 2007 Results:
Thanks to all for the hard work and support to put on this amazing fundraiser. I walk away with a whole new respect for all the hard work and hurdles that need to be jumped in organizing an event of this magnitude. Ronda Damon the event chair from start to finish made all the difference…. Read More
Energy Efficient Mortgages- The GREEN Way to Finance Real Estate
Green Real Estate is a must these days, but why is it so crucial to convert to an Energy Efficient Mortgage??? An Energy Efficient Mortgage, also know as EEMs, are conventional mortgages that are offered by lenders who sell their loans to lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Utilizing an Energy Efficient Mortgage increases… Read More
Why on "EARTH" would you need the services of an EcoBroker?
What would you call a Pleasanton Mortgage Broker that is extremely concerned with the future of this planet and the condition it will be in fifty years from now? Someone this “green” friendly, can only be referred to as an Eco Broker. Well, Brian LeBars of course. An Eco Broker does everything he or she… Read More
Green Real Estate- Saving you GREEN$
My interpretation of this phrase in regards to my clients and I are the decisions we should individually make based on the footprints we want to leave on this world. As a Mortgage Loan Advisor I feel the need to save my clients money in as many ways as possible. Not only help them reduce… Read More
FHA Homeownership Act 2007- Making Home Ownership Possible
Expanding homeownership act of 2007 is providing Bay Area Homeowners affordable mortgage alternatives. The reform provides safe affordable mortgage alternatives without resorting to teaser rates or negative amortization rates. The FHA reform increases the FHA loan limit to 125 percent of an area’s median home price, with a cap at $729,750. The current FHA loan… Read More


