There are some days I feel worn down and beaten up, and I'm not just talking about the way my cats treat me. I'm out there in the battlefields waving my magical wand while everybody around me is getting their heads chopped off, oh, wait, my bad, that was Game of Thrones. But sometimes in the Sacr
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06/10/2013
I spent a good part of yesterday in air-conditioned comfort. It was 108 in Sacramento. Well, I did have to go out into the yard when the guys showed up to wash my car and could not figure out how to press the little up button inside the door to close the window. I left the window open so it would
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06/09/2013
From now on, before I list a home in Sacramento, I'm just gonna have that talk with the seller. It shouldn't have to be this way, and I shouldn't have to explain how real estate works. You would think that most people would know that if they put a home on the market at X dollars and somebody come
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06/08/2013
Some agents go running out the door to a list a home as a short sale the minute a seller calls. I generally hold back a little bit, because unless we have a Notice of Default filed, a short sale probably does not require immediate attention. First, I need to determine whether the home must be sol
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06/06/2013
Why is it that the most important rule in real estate is so often overlooked? You know what I'm talking about; I don't even have to say it, but I will: location, location, location. Part of the reason buyers overlook this is most likely due to emotional attachments. They love the interior of the
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06/05/2013
There are some short sales on the market in Sacramento that will never close because they were not a short sale to start with. A willing seller most likely called an agent to say she wanted to do a short sale, and the agent said OK without ever qualifying the seller for a short sale, and plopped
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06/04/2013
I have worked on this particular listing for a month before I listed this Mansion Flats fourplex. People don't realize how much work goes into a short sale, nor that every short sale is different. They hear stories from friends and coworkers and then they think they know all about short sales, an
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06/03/2013
I know that home buyers can't believe it. They spot a home sitting on the market and they think they might be interested, but they'll wait to see if the price comes down. I don't know why they are so timid. They should just write an offer. But they won't. Until many many days go by, and maybe the
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06/02/2013
There are real estate agents in Sacramento who I have heard tell sellers that the sellers should not hire me because this Sacramento real estate agent is too successful. I know this because sellers have told me that. Which is a very ridiculous comment to make. Either the agents who say that are n
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06/01/2013
