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The Active 20-30 Club of Albuquerque just wrapped its annual Children’s Shopping Spree and is focusing on its biggest event of the year, the 23rd annual Equestrian Cup Wine & Food Tasting. The event takes place October 23 at Expo New Mexico to benefit All Faiths Receiving Home and its children's safe house.

The Equestrian Cup offers attendees beer and wine sampling from local breweries and wineries, along with food booths that represent Albuquerque restaurants. An equestrian competition takes place in a horse event area, and attendees can bid on art, a Napa Valley vacation, vintage wines, spa services and restaurant gift certificates at a silent auction. Tickets for the event are $50.

The 20-30 Club is a group of professionals under 40 whose mission is to support charitable programs for children. Members represent many professions, including restaurants, retail, banking, accounting, law, health care, real estate, technology, engineering and government.

The club’s last event, the Children’s Shopping Spree, took place August 6 at Target    Target Latest from The Business Journals Batson-Cook to upgrade two Jax Target stores for .75MTarget, McGough to restart Inver Grove projectHurricane Irene danger rises, Baltimore braces for impact Follow this company at 6100 Paseo del Norte NE. It provided 45 elementary school kids a $100 gift card to spend on new clothes, shoes, school supplies and personal items. The kids are involved in Bernalillo County’s court appointed special advocates (CASA) program. CASA serves kids that have been affected by domestic violence, abuse and neglect.

Other annual events sponsored by the 20/30 Club include “Kickball 4 the Kids” and a kids’ holiday party.

Local businessman John Kynor, a member since 2008, is the sponsorship chair of the Equestrian Cup. Kynor, 31, is a real estate broker for Coldwell Banker Legacy    Coldwell Banker Legacy Latest from The Business Journals Scene | Heard: Max Sklower returns/Planet Fitness opens sixthKeller Williams to acquire Prudential in Albuquerque, Santa Fe Albuquerque’s Tanoan Office Plaza for sale Follow this company . He said All Faiths Receiving Home is a worthy beneficiary.

“They provide a safe house for kids who are going through some form of trauma, as well as family counseling and a day care center,” Kynor said.

Kynor said the 20-30 Club has funded the safe house for many years. He has served as a member of the All Faiths foundation board of trustees for three years.

“The most rewarding thing you can do is help someone who can’t help themselves, especially when you help someone without expectation of notoriety and gratitude. That’s when you really feel rewarded,” Kynor said.

The Equestrian Cup takes place from noon to 4 p.m. More information about the event and the 20-30 Club is online. Click here for information on All Faiths Receiving Home.

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Could the Dodd-Frank Bill actually make a positive impact on Albuquerque Real Estate?

New Mexico’s small community banks could see their Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Latest from The Business Journals Enterprise Bank buys failed Kansas bankBank closure unsettled Eastern WashingtonEnterprise Bank buys First National Bank of Olathe Follow this company premiums fall by 30 percent, thanks to a federal law that shifts some of those insurance payments to banks with assets of more than $10 billion. Ultimately, that could translate into increased lending capacity.

Those premiums finance the FDIC’s insurance fund, which insures deposits and makes good on losses from failed banks.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act required the FDIC to shift from assessing premiums on deposits to assets, such as loans and borrowed money.

The idea was that community banks rely mostly on deposits for money to loan out to consumers and businesses, while larger banks rely less on deposits and can borrow money to loan out. Thus, large banks carry more loans that are financed by borrowed money and have been getting a break on FDIC premiums, because they didn’t need to hold as many deposits.

“This is a huge deal for community banks. It is very positive,” said Jerry Walker, president of the Independent Community Bankers Association of New Mexico. “For a number of years, community banks have paid a disproportionate share” of the FDIC insurance premiums.

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Why Albuquerque Home Buyers and Sellers Should Google Their Home First - Albuquerque Realtor Tips

The amount of information available on the web is staggering. Google indexes billions and billions of webpages, and has an index of roughly 100 million gigabytes. With virtually any type of information imaginable, it makes sense for homeowners to do regular internet searches for their home’s address and be aware of what type of information is available about their property and their neighborhood on the web.

Home Buyers Google Too

Prospective buyers and tenants are googling homes of interest to them- to find comparable properties, past sales, crime reports, neighborhood information, and much more. If your homeowners are thinking of selling or renting their property, make sure they are prepared for what prospects might see.

What They Might Find

The most common results will be other homes for sale or recently sold, a google map to the property, crime reports and foreclosure reports for the area. All of these items could influence a prospective buyer or tenant. Additionally, there may be personal information about the homeowner that could influence how a prospective buyer negotiates an offer. Savvy buyers and sellers are searching for any information that might give them a leg up on negotiations.

More unusual finds could include historic information about the neighborhood, unknown or unusual property history and more. In addition to just searching their specific address, homeowners should search their own name, their street name and the subdivision or neighborhood they live in.

For example, in the search below, results showed home listings, tax assessment information and even a blog post speculating about the property.

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I believe strongly in a positive internet presence. With so many blogs and open forums, others can say practically anything about you, your neighborhood, your home, your neighborhood, etc. that might positively or [hopefully not] negatively impact your efforts to sell your home. Alternatively, as an Albuquerque home buyer, you may find Google search results to be helpful in making a decision on which home to buy or how much to offer. Beware though, home valuation websites like Trulia and Zillow, though trying very hard they are still not completely accurate on the values of Albuquerque Real Estate. IF you want to know what your home is worth or how much you should offer on an Albuquerque home, please call me or contact me in the field below.

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Huge Road Project is Half Way Complete - Albuquerque Real Estate News

The city of Albuquerque has again switched the traffic patterns in the Lead/Coal corridor as part of an ongoing $26 million project.

On July 31, the former one-way Coal Avenue re-opened as a two-way traffic route between Interstate 25 and Washington Boulevard. Lead Avenue has been closed to traffic between those two points. Business and local traffic will continue to be allowed on Lead.

Washington will be closed for two weeks as of July 31 as part of the Lead and Coal project. More information is available at a special website created for the project.

Michael Riordan, director of the Department of Municipal Development, said this is the symbolic half-way point on the project.

“Drivers on Coal can now get a glimpse of what the final design will look like,” he said.

The project is slated for completion in spring 2012. It includes intersection improvements, storm drainage infrastructure, traffic calming elements, bicycle lanes, and sidewalk and landscaping improvements, according to the city.

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This is huge for the residents of the Nob Hill, UNM South, and Ridgecrest areas which use these roads on a daily basis. The work done to date looks terrific and should make these areas even more appealing than they already are.

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