Elizabeth Weintraub: Sacramento Real Estate

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Real Estate Agent - Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - DRE #00697006
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2012 

Well, you know my answer to whether you should represent yourself to buy an out-of-area short sale. In fact, agents should not represent themselves to buy anything at all out-of-area and I question, in some cases, whether they're doing the best job that they can when they buy for themselves in an...
12/15/2012
If you live in California, you might not have to worry one little bit about whether the mortgage debt relief extension will happen. Because your short sale might not be affected by it. The problem is with the way we get our news today. We get it online and from dubious sources. People see a link ...
12/14/2012
People say this Sacramento short sale agent is feisty, and I think that's a pretty good description. It's what it takes to be successful selling Sacramento short sales. Feistyness. I think it also takes tenacity and spunk. I hate to be told no. Of course, on the other hand, I get a certain amount...
12/13/2012
One of the things I like about where I live in Land Park in Sacramento is my snoopy neighbors. I'm snoopy, too. If I see somebody's garage door is left open at night, I'll call them to remind them to close it. We watch out for each other, which is probably why very little ever happens on my stree...
12/11/2012
The Golden 1 Short Sale is avoided by many Sacramento short sale agents but I'm not one of those. I take them on. I always regret it later, but I do it anyway. Which probably just sends the message to The Golden 1 that it can do whatever it wants and a Sacramento short sale agent will take it. I ...
12/11/2012
A representative for Bank of America told me last week that the bank is no longer accepting strategic short sales for its Cooperative Short Sale program. I don't know if that's true because I haven't had an opportunity to verify it, much as one can verify anything at Bank of America. But I do kno...
12/10/2012
One of the golden rules of being a Sacramento short sale agent is I don't take listings from sellers who expect to do a short sale after buying a new home. I don't do it because I'm wasting their time, giving them false hopes, and that is against the Code of Ethics. I also don't do it because it'...
12/09/2012
There are times it makes sense to cancel a listing in MLS and put it back as a new listing. Maybe I'll relist it immediately or maybe I'll wait 30 days to remove the days on market and restart as a fresh listing. Not every Sacramento home listing sells right away, for a variety of reasons that ma...
12/07/2012
I tell all of my sellers in Sacramento to disclose. Disclose everything. Don't hold anything back. And I go into great detail about how to complete the seller disclosures. I explain how buyers rarely even read them because they're signing a big ol' pile of papers either before or after a home ins...
12/06/2012
I'm not gonna tell you that every short sale seller needs to move at closing because not every seller does. In fact, I closed a short sale last month in Morgan Creek (Roseville) and the buyers let the seller stay for an extra 30 days without paying any rent at all. But that is not the norm. And t...
12/06/2012
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Broker-Associate at RE/MAX Gold, Midtown and Sierra Oaks Sacramento office. Co-partner Weintraub & Wallace Realtors. Selling since 1974. Homebuying expert at The Balance. Weintraub & Wallace sells homes from Galt to Lincoln.
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Author Bio: Elizabeth Weintraub is a Sacramento real estate broker, author, home buying expert for The Balance, a Land Park resident, who specializes not only in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown and East Sacramento but sells extensively from Elk Grove to Lincoln. Weintraub is prominently known as the #1 Sacramento Short Sale agent throughout the Sacramento four-county area. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put 40+ years of real estate experience to work for you.