Educate yourself!
The home buying/selling process is a complicated one and many folks want to learn as much about it as possible. The links below will take you to some helpful resources. Of course, please feel free to contact me with any questions!

The "Obligatory" Real Estate Links

The More Interesting Side of the San Francisco Bay Area

First Time Buyers US Housing and Urban Development Consumer Credit Counseling Service SF City First Time Buyer Program Oakland Housing & Community Development   Home Buying Links Mortgage Calculators Realty Times ABC's of Real Estate 100 Questions of Home Buying   San Francisco Links San Francisco Homes for Sale City and County of San Francisco San Francisco Police Department San Francisco Parks San Francisco Giants Baseball Team San Francisco 49'ers Football Team East Bay Links Alameda County Oakland Parks Oakland Links Oakland Community Network City of Oakland Oakland Convention and Vistors Bureau Oakland Athletics Baseball Team Oakland Raiders Football Team School, Work and Family Life San Francisco Unified School District Good article about "undiscovered" SF public schools Oakland Unified School District Children's Council of San Francisco Children and Moving Public and Private School Information Bay Area Parent Neighborhood Parents Network Listing of all Bay Area Parent Groups Non-profit Job Listings

Cool Bay Area Non-profits (Some participants in my non-profit partnership program) KQED Public Radio & Television San Francisco Network Ministries Cameron House Cool Community Organizations (I have worked with or belong to) The Edge Campus Ministry @ SF State President, Board of Directors The Union of Concerned Scientists Member The CROP Hunger Walk Annual Participant Oceanview - Merced Heights - Ingleside Neighbors in Action - Neighborhood Assoc. Member Good Eats (Everyone has to eat out sometime!) Java on Ocean 1700 Ocean Avenue, San Francisco, California 415.587.3126 Zante's Restaurant - Indian 3489 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 415.821.3949 Happy Palace Restaurant - Chinese 696 Monterey Blvd San Francisco, CA 94131 415.585.1300 Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers 4138 24th St San Francisco, CA 94114-3615 415.282.7770 Other Cool Hang Outs The Sony Metreon The Exploratorium Green Apple Used Bookstore Terra Mia Cool Art Studio Bay Area Discovery Museum