'HOME’WARD BOUND April 2017

TAX Day – Ugh!! 

I recently read where we were working Jan. 1 through June 30th of each year, just to pay all of our taxes. In Canada, add another month or two. After that, you keep all you make. Prior to that, 100% goes to the government in some form or fashion to pay for some kind of government worker, work program, social program, defense, project, health care, common good, common bad, etc. Whatever you want to call it, April 18th is TAX day; the deadline for filing your federal income taxes in the U.S.A. Canucks have to file by April 30th. Why April?  

After the 16th Amendment was passed (giving Congress the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes) the first tax day was approximately one year after the 16th Amendment was enacted, March 1, 1914. Eventually it got pushed to April to give IRS employees more time to complete the workload. Some speculate it was done so the government could hold on to refunds longer, allowing it to earn more interest for them.

While I sit here typing this, St. Jude has a full house of kids fighting for their lives.  For them and their parents taxes are not “top of mind”, health is. Living is. Surviving is.  As you may have heard, St. Jude is front and center in the fight against nasty diseases that destroy or cut short the lives of children.  We are thankful to have such a wonderful facility, doing such great work to help heal and save young people.  

So even though we are trying to figure out how much we owe the Uncle Sam, many are simply hoping they can be here to actually pay taxes.  This is why we here at David Delgado Realty Group have resolved to do what we can to help.  

For every house we sell this year, we are donating a portion of our income to  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Our goal, again, is to raise $10,000 to help them in their quest to Heal, Save, Cure and Comfort Children under their care.

This is where we need your help… 

For every referral that leads to a sale or purchase of a home, Delgado Realty Group will donate a portion of our income to help St. Jude continue their quest to provide the best treatment to children under their care.

Either way, your referrals are in good hands and help us contribute to a good cause.  

Life moves fast, for some, and we are eager to make the Home Selling and Home Buying experience a smooth, rewarding one.  Over the last two decades of helping thousands of families sell their home and/or buy another, we have met some wonderful, loving, caring people.  People like you!  So your   referrals, those you know considering a move, that we help – you can rest assured that not only will they get the award winning service we are known for, but that a solid portion of the income we     receive from the transaction will go toward a very worthy cause.

I want to make it easy to refer your friends, neighbors, associates or family members considering making a move, so here are your options:

1. You can go to www.daviddelgadorealty.com/referrals_help

      and complete the form, including your Referral’s Contact info.

2. You can call me direct at (888) 308-4947 with your referral's contact info.

You and your referrals mean more than ever to me and my team.  As we move forward in this new season, please know we are extremely thankful for you and your business.

 

With all my appreciation,

David Delgado

David Delgado, President/CEO 

'HOME’WARD BOUND March 2017

Hopefully the Groundhog got it Right…

All I can say is WOW!  I am sitting here at my computer thinking of how grateful I am for the value so many, like you, bring to my real estate business. Looking out my office window and there is not a cloud in the sky. Temp forecast at 76 degrees today for the high.  Spring is Springing! 

For many across this great country it’s still COLD, gray, and snowy! Others, never see a snowflake all winter long.  It very well could be COLD today right here in Southern California, but it’s not.  One thing is for sure, this winter season is coming to an end.  It does every year without fail. 

Just like the weather seasons come and seasons go, so do the seasons of life.  I’m sure you have noticed, as I have, the older I get, the faster the seasons move by.  These “seasons of life” go by so fast. My hope is that you enjoy each one, or at least grow from each one.  Yes, some of life’s seasons will be HOT and others will be COLD, some high and some low.  The lows we want to move by quickly, the highs we want to stay in forever sometimes.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 sums up “seasons of life” better than I can…

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:

¨ a time to be born and a time to die, 

¨ a time to plant and a time to uproot

¨ a time to tear down and a time to build

¨ a time to weep and a time to laugh

¨ a time to mourn and a time to dance

¨ a time to tear and a time to mend

¨ a time to be silent and a time to speak

¨ a time to love and a time to hate

¨ a time for war and a time for peace.

So, what does this have to do with you or your home or real estate? 

Well, Spring is a time of action. People are busy trying to do all the things they could not get done during the winter months.  It's sort of a renewing of the mind and spirit, of many things GOOD!  Hopefully, this special season will bring awesome happenings your way, as your year unfolds.   Wouldn’t it be great to simply just grab your favorite book along with your favorite lounge chair, set it right down in your favorite spot, outside or next to your window, while looking out on a beautiful Spring day and simply RELAX.  Yeah, that would be nice.  My hope is that you will get to do something like that on more than one occasion this Spring and REALLY enjoy the place you call home! The next season will be here before you know it.

Unfortunately, there are some that will have a Spring they would much rather forget.

Like it says in Ecclesiastes, with all the beauty this time of year brings, there is also the ugly for some.  As I am typing this, St. Jude Children’s Hospital has a full house of kids fighting for their lives.  For them and their families, the groundhog seeing or not seeing its shadow is the furthest thing from their mind. Don’t get me wrong, these families long to see their kids out in the yard playing or riding their bikes – but for now, they are praying this Spring will be a season of healing. 

Your Referrals Help the Kids…

This is where you can help.  

Life moves fast for some and we are eager to make the Home Selling or Home Buying experience a smooth and rewarding one.  Over the last two+ decades of helping    thousands of families sell their home and/or buy another, we have met some wonderful, loving, caring people.  People like you! 

For anyone considering a move that we help, you can rest assured that not only will they get the award-winning service we are known for, but that a portion of the income we receive from the transaction will go toward a very worthy cause.

Your Referrals Really Do Help the Kids…   

Over the last two decades of helping thousands of families sell their home and/or buy another, we have met some wonderful, loving, caring people.  People like you!  So your referrals, those you know considering a move, that we help – you can rest assured that not only will they get the award winning service we are known for and the guarantee to back it up, but that a solid portion of the income we receive from the transaction will go toward a very worthy cause.

Again, it's easy to refer your friends, neighbors, associates, or family members considering making a move:

1. You can go to:

www.daviddelgadorealty.com/referrals_help 

and complete the form, including your Referral’s Contact info. 

2. You can call me direct at (562) 252-7889.

Happy Spring!

David Delgado

David Delgado, President/CEO

David Delgado Realty Group