by The Dawn Thomas Team on May 23, 2012
If you haven’t been to Filoli Gardens recently, or have guests coming to town for vacation this summer, there are numerous fun activities for the whole family! It’s like a mini-vacation itself! Friends and family can walk in Filoli’s woodlands by the light of the setting sun and experience the tranquility of Filoli’s Nature Preserve [...]
by The Dawn Thomas Team on May 9, 2012
Understanding Securities Based Lending Previously we laid out the back story surrounding the current economic environment and addressed tax issues faced by today’s affluent securities investor and purchaser of luxury properties in desirable towns such as Atherton, Palo Alto, and Los Altos. Now we move forward with a key aspect of the process used in the [...]
by The Dawn Thomas Team on May 7, 2012
Cash is King—-But There’s more to the Story In our first blog of the series, “Luxury Home Buying Strategies Used by Stock and Bond Investors Revealed,” we introduced the idea of using securities to purchase luxury homes in the Silicon Valley. There are many advantages in using this method in today’s competitive real estate [...]