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Mary Pope-Handy, CRS, ABR, E-Pro, SRES

Realtor,CRS, ABR, e-PRO

Sereno Group Real Estate (Los Gatos, CA)

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Married to my best friend, Jim, with two great college-aged kids and a black lab who can't be trusted to "watch" your food. We live in Los Gatos, California (which is a quaint town with a fun downtown area snuggled into the base of the Santa Cruz Mountains and is a suburb of San Jose - so part of Silicon Valley). We love to travel and stay in touch with our extended family. I collect ghost stories.

Professional Stuff:

  • Full time, second generation Realtor (since Feb 1993)
  • Selling homes all over Silicon Valley (aka Santa Clara County, the San Jose area) and focusing on the west valley communities of Los Gatos, Saratoga, Cambrian Park, Almaden Valley, Campbell, and Monte Sereno. Native of this area, which was once called "The Valley of Heart's Delight".
  • Who/what: Tons of experience with seniors and long distance buyers and sellers. All price ranges. Condos/townhomes/single family homes. (Not mobile homes, raw land or mountain properties.) High tech, high touch, "helping nice folks to buy and sell homes".
  • Co-author of a book, "Get The Best Deal When Selling Your Home In Silicon Valley".
  • Education junkie: CRS, ABR, e-PRO, SRES, ASP, RECS, CNHS, ACRE.
  • Blogger & web marketing specialist - multiple blogs and sites, including one on haunted real estate. Main sites and blogs are www.DelightHomes.com (aka www.PopeHandy.com), www.ValleyOfHeartsDelight.com, and www.LiveInLosGatos.com. Winner of the 2007 Project Blogger Contest (sponsored by Inman & Active Rain) and named in the Sellsius Blog's list of Top 12 Women Real Estate Bloggers for 2009.

    • My Comments

    • Hi Tara, The Catholic
      By Mary Pope-Handy, CRS, ABR, E-Pro, SRESAugust 22, 2011 - 7:30am

      Hi Tara, The Catholic practice of burying a statue of St. Joseph does have many variations, but there's one extremely important contant which you left out: it is always to be accompanied by prayer. Catholics believe in "the communion of saints" (Nicene Creed) and that the deceased can pray for us as we can pray for them. (The veil between living and dead is thin.) This includes the ones we call saints, such as St. Jospeh. With the burying of the statue we are also supposed to ask for St. Joseph to pray for us so that the house sells. Without prayer, the action is what my dad used to call "rabbit's foot Catholicism" - or as you mentioned, a superstition more than a mature religious act of piety and faith. [I am a Silicon Valley Realtor but also hold a BA in Religious Studies and an MA in Systematic Theology - and am Catholic (as well as a former religious educator).] Mary Pope-Handy Sereno Group Real Estate Co-Author, "Get the Best Deal When Selling Your Home in Silicon Valley" www.PopeHandy.com (site) www.LiveInLosGatos.com (blog) www.ValleyOfHeartsDelight.com (blog & site)

    • It is disturbing that this
      By Mary Pope-Handy, CRS, ABR, E-Pro, SRESJanuary 26, 2011 - 10:34am

      It is disturbing that this article promotes a kind of age related discrimination. Are certain "isms" OK at Inman? While the point is relevant that we should all watch what we post on Facebook, it is simply not true that agents in their 20s should exclude themselves from this network based on their age and that older agents are safe to engage there. As I read through it, I had the same thought that Jay Thompson did about business pages vs personal pages. But furter, it is possible and advisable to restrict who sees what on the personal pages. Inman, this is a lousy piece and I suggest you delete this article. You are a better publication than this. You should not be promoting "isms". Mary Pope-Handy Sereno Group Real Estate Co-Author, "Get the Best Deal When Selling Your Home in Silicon Valley" www.PopeHandy.com (site) www.LiveInLosGatos.com (blog) www.ValleyOfHeartsDelight.com (blog & site)

    • Hi Chris, Well said. I agree
      By Mary Pope-Handy, CRS, ABR, E-Pro, SRESNovember 5, 2010 - 8:11am

      Hi Chris, Well said. I agree with you 200% and love the fact that you said this nicely. Many of the "stars" aren't selling homes because they are too busy tweeting. Real estate involves a commitment to generating leads, following up on them, and getting face to face with people who want to buy and sell real estate. It's not a popularity contest. Mary Pope-Handy Sereno Group Real Estate Co-Author, "Get the Best Deal When Selling Your Home in Silicon Valley" www.PopeHandy.com (site) www.LiveInLosGatos.com (blog) www.ValleyOfHeartsDelight.com (blog & site)