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California State Board of Equalization Use Tax
Did anyone else in the State of California receive a letter about registering to pay use tax on out of state purchases?
The letter gave a link to the BOE web site, here’s a link to the FAQ on the BOE web site:
http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/useTaxRegFAQ.htm
Interesting?
How To Tag Waves In Google Wave
I’ve been waving now for almost a month. And just now, today, this morning, I learned how to TAG WAVES.
Open the wave you want to tag. Keep in mind that wave so created as a collaboration tool; so you don’t need to be the person who created the wave, in order to add tags to the wave.
Look down at the bottom of the screen in the footer area. In the footer area of the wave column, you’ll see a button labelled “Tag”. Click the Tag button.
A small dialog box will open. Type in your tag keywords and hit enter
The keyword tags will show up the the wave column footer, and will be searchable in a wave tag search.
What is a wave tag search?
Type a search into the wave search box using this format:
with:public tag:real estate
No space between “with:” and “public”; no space between “tag:” and “real estate”; or whatever keyword you want to search on. Click the search icon at the right .
Google Wave: Step One Is Add Some Contacts
If you received a Google wave invitation, and just created your account, here’s the first thing to do: Add some contacts!
Look down at the lower portion of the left panel, and you’ll see the Contact Box. Click on the + sign, to the right of ”Manage Contacts” to add a new contact.
You will need to ask your friends and family for their googlewave addresses, the same way you have to ask people for their email addresses when you first get acquainted.
Type in the person’s googlewave address, and click Submit.
Now the person shows up in your Contact List.
Click on the person’s photo or avatar to bring up a dialog box. Click on “Ping” to send the person a message.
Type something in the message box and click “Done.”
The ping becomes a new wave that will show up in the center column when the person goes to Google Wave. The person will not get a separate email notice, so you need to count on your friends to check their waves daily, just like you count on them to check their email messages. You could send the person an email saying “Hey I waved at you, check your waves.”
The wave is private between you and that person, unless you decide to make in public. Here is how you make it public.
You can also keep the wave private, but add other participants. To add another participant, click the + button in the left column, above the wave content.
Your contact list will pop-up. Just click any name in the contact list that you want to include in the wave.
Do you ever have email conversations with groups of people? Maybe your team, office staff, and assistants? Or maybe you send emails to a group of family members, and everyone chats back and forth via group email.
If you think in terms of using Wave in those group email situations, you will have made the basic Wave Paradigm Shift.
Twitter Lists
I agree that Twitter Lists are a very Good Thing.
But it seems to me that one thing is missing: The function to search for existing public lists. A list search tool could fit right up there in the nav bar beside “find people”. Or it could be part of the right side column of the home page.
Anyone else think this is a good idea? Have you found any tricks to search for existing lists?
Meanwhile, there is:
Or, from Mashable:
When you visit the profile page of anyone on Twitter, you’ll be able to see any of the public lists they have created, or any of the lists they follow. (NOTE: you may have to click “View all” to see every list if the person has created or is following a large number of lists.) You can also see any of the lists that person appears on. Checking out the lists that your friends have created, follow, or appear on, is a great way to locate lists you might be interested in.
Highland Park Heritage Trust Meeting Monday November 9
Highland Park Heritage Trust
Agenda for Monday, November 9, 2009, 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Ramona Hall, 4850 N. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90065
6:30PM Refreshments and gathering
6:45PM Announcements
7:00PM Program
How to Avoid Having to Trash Your Stuck, Leaky Windows
Presentation by Ed and Batya Sanchez of Window Restoration and Repair, Inc.
The Highland Park Heritage Trust is sponsoring a talk by Ed Sanchez of Window Restoration and Repair. This event is a must for anyone considering the replacement of windows, especially on older homes with original wood or steel windows. Mr. Sanchez will talk about how to successfully preserve and repair wood and steel windows. The approach is proven to help retain the value of a house, maintain its architectural features, and save money.
7:30PM Annual Election Meeting
Election committee will present a suggested list of Board of Directors for the 2010 Fiscal Year. Nominations are welcome from the floor. All members in good standing are eligible to run for the Board of Directors and to vote.
8:30PM Adjournment
About the speaker: Ed Sanchez originally began working in the window replacement business in 1983, and opened his own window replacement company in 1986. He lost faith in replacement windows because they didn’t last as long as the originals and he decided to follow his inclination toward historic preservation. Ed and his long time friend, Scott Goldfarb, started the new company Window Restoration and Repair in 2000. The unusual offering of this company has led to articles in many local papers such as the Glendale News Press, Pasadena Star News, Larchmont Chronicle, and Press Telegram and recommendations in the Daily Variety and Cottages and Bungalows. Many of the articles can be read in their entirety in the press section of the company website: www.window-restoration-repair.com Window Restoration and Repair has done restoration work for the Bembridge House, the Hotel Laguna, the historic building that houses the Cheesecake Factory in Pasadena on Fair Oaks and Colorado, the original country club for the Country Club Park district in Los Angeles and many other designated historic buildings.
Create a specially tailored blog post to share links to older blogs
Like most agents who have been in the business any length of time, in the course of our business, we often get inquiries from old friends and previous clients needing help or advice about a particular real estate issue.
And like most agents, we have compiled a pretty impressive collection of links to help answers the most frequently answered questions. These days the collection very likely includes articles I have written myself for one of our blogs.
If an old friend or previous client asks some of those frequently asked questions, we can quickly respond with an email containing the appropriate links.
How about this idea?
Instead of sending an email containing all those links, create a blog post containing the same links. A blog post specifically tailored for that old friend or previous client in response to his or her questions.
A blog post created to answer a previous clients about Los Angeles City Rent Control, for example, might look like this: Los Angeles Rent Control
Now I can simply email the previous client just one link, the link to that blog post. Or, even better, to borrow Bob Stewart’s idea: I can post a link to the blog post on the person’s FaceBook wall!
What are the advantages?
It is easy for the client to bookmark the page for reference, and it is easy for the client to share it with others, or to add it to any of the social bookmarking services.
It encourages the client to further explore our blog.
Other folks with similar questions might find it, and might even contact us to discuss some issues further. (Double ditto that for the FaceBook wall idea.)
It makes the information easier for me to find again.
A blog post full of links for new clients moving to the Highland Park area might look like this: Welcome to Highland Park, Northeast Los Angeles, California, USA
Welcome to Highland Park, Northeast Los Angeles, California, USA
Hi Amy and Tom,
We are thrilled to introduce to our community, and we are looking forward to spending some time with you next month.
Here are just a few links to help you find your way around Highland Park, and learn about its history and character. (The operative idea here is “just a few”.)
I’ve complied this list of links into a blog post so that you’ll be able to bookmark it and find it again easily; And who knows? Maybe someone else who is looking for information about Highland Park will find also it useful.
A few of our neighborhoods:
A few points of interest:
A few of our Organizations:
Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council
A few of our Local Bloggers:
Montecito Heights: Above the City
A few of our Events
Second Saturday Art Gallery Night
Lummis Day – The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles
This is just a tiny taste of what life is like in the community of Highland Park in Northeast Los Angeles.
Learn a little more about our company, and the process of buying a home here.
Los Angeles Rent Control
Multi-unit properties (2 units and up) in the City of Los Angeles, built before October 1978, are covered by the City of Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance.
Here are links to information you need to know when buying a property covered by the RSO:
Entire City of Los Angeles Landlord-Tenant Handbook
Evicting a tenant for occupancy by property owner
August 2009 UPDATE; Changes for “Mom-and-Pop” Units
The Declaration of Intent form must be filed with the City of Los Angeles, approved by the City, AND returned to the property owner BEFORE the 60 Day Notice of Termination can be served upon the tenant.
Impact of foreclosure in a property covered by L A City Rent Control
Arroyo Arts Collective Recovery Discovery Tour November 22
ARROYO ARTS COLLECTIVE RECOVERY DISCOVERY TOUR
SAVE THE DATE: NOVEMBER 22, 2009!!
On Sunday, November 22, artists’ homes and studios will open to share the wealth during “The Recovery Discovery Tour,” the Arroyo Arts Collective’s 17th annual self-guided auto tour in Highland Park, Eagle Rock and Mount Washington.
Who: The Arroyo Arts Collective
What: “The Recovery Discovery Tour,” a self-guided auto tour of artists’ homes and studios in Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Mount Washington
Where: Starts at the Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, Highland Park, CA 90031
When: November 22, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Special Preview Party: Saturday, November 14, 7 to 9 pm Future Studio, 5558 North Figueroa Street, Highland Park. Samples of tour artists’ work will be on display
This year Tourgoers will also receive a $10 Arroyo Bucks coupon good toward a single purchase of art worth $100 (or more) on the day of the Tour. To plan your trip to the Tour via public transportation please visit the Metro trip planner at www.metro.net or call 1-(800) COMMUTE. Tour-goers who arrive by Metro will receive 2 coupons (worth $20) by showing their Metro ticket, day pass, or monthly pass.
Tickets: $10 (plus $1 handling) advance on-line purchase. Tickets will be held at will call at the Lummis Home on the day of the tour. Deadline for advance purchase is 10pm Friday, November 20, 2009. Tickets can also be purchased for $15 at the Lummis Home on the day of the Tour.
Watch a Video About The Tour IF YOU LOVE THE ARTS, WATCH THIS VIDEO! DON’T MISS IT!!
Bryce Mohan 1975 – 2009
Members who were active in the Photography Group back in the early days will remember Bryce.
Bryce also created the Photography, Advanced group here on AR.
Bryce’s wife Kirsten posted on his facebook profile yesterday that Bryce had passed away. He was only 34.
“On October 25th, Bryce lost his on-going battle with depression. While he seemed fine and much improved lately, we will never know what ultimately caused us to lose such an amazing human being, husband, and father so early in life.
There will be a memorial this week and we will update you all from here. It will likely take place at SPACEbin Greenwood towards the end of the week, but we”ll keep this up to date.
To those of you who’ve asked what you can do – there will be a bryce mohan memorial fund set up tomorrow at Bank of America. Please donate to this in lieu of flowers to help his stuggling family maintain his legacy and bid him the farewell such a beautiful being deserved.
love to you all…
kirsten”
Bryce was an incredibily talented photographer, and an endearing personality. I am beyond stunned.
Halloween Mourning Tours at Heritage Square
Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25
12 to 4 pm.
Enjoy creepy happenings at Heritage Square Museum at its Sixth Annual Halloween and Mourning Tours©. Learn all about death and mourning etiquette during the Victorian era and participate in a funeral inside one of our historic homes. Find out about Victorian Spiritualism – what it was, who followed it and why, and perhaps have your future foretold by a medium. See how other cultures celebrate and remember their loved ones as we look at the Mexican traditions and customs of El Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Finally, discover how even the intricate details of clothing played a role how Victorians showed their loss of a loved one.
On Sunday, (Oct 25), the Halloween and Mourning Tours program is more family friendly. Children ages 2 to 12 may come play period games, make 19th century harvest crafts, choose a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch (while supplies last), and listen to spooky stories in the Ford House by the San Gabriel Valley Storytellers.
Admission prices are $10.00 for Adults, $8.00 for Seniors over 65,
$5.00 for Children 6 to 12 years, and Free for Children under 6 and Museum members
Halloween and Mourning Movie Night
Saturday, October 24, gates open at 7 pm.
Guests are invited to bring a picnic, blankets, chairs, and candy while enjoying classic scary movies at Heritage Square… if they dare. The scheduled features include “The Unknown”, a silent horror movie made in 1927 starring Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford, and “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” a comedy directed by Charles Barton, starring Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi and Glenn Strange. Guests are encouraged to wear warm clothing. Beverages and popcorn will be available for purchase.
Admission to the Third Annual Halloween and Mourning Movie Night © is
Free for Museum members and $10.00 for the general public.
The gates will open at 7 p.m. for picnics with the show starting at dusk.
Google Wave: How to create a new wave and make it public
Google Wave: How to create a new wave and make it public.
Creating a new wave and making it public is easy, but not exactly intuitive at least for the first few days.
To start a new wave, click “New Wave”.
A message box will appear in the right Panel. Type the name for your new wave in the message box. (You can also type in some content, but so far, for no particular reason, I have been leaving the title as its own message box). Click Done.
In order to make the wave public, you will need to add either easypublic@appspot.com or public@a.gwave.com to your contacts.
So, first look down to the lower portion of the left panel, and click the + button beside Manage Contacts.
Add easypublic@appspot.com, click submit. The advantage with easypublic seems to be that it will remain in your contact list. public@a.gwave seems to drift in and out (one of those early beta bugs).
Now look back at your new wave in the right panel. Click the + button to add participants. Click on easypublic@appspot.com; and that’s it, your wave is now public and can be viewed by anyone, anywhere with a google wave account.
