Oh, man, I can remember the day I upgraded my computer experience in the last 1980s to a Compaq 286 with a 20 MB hard drive. Whoa! That thing was portable as long as I had a luggage roller to put it on because it was too heavy and bulky to carry. IIRC it was around 40 pounds.Back when if you had
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04/30/2018
Every home I visit for a listing appointment is unique and different, and many offer an opportunity to learn something new. Even after 4 decades in the business, I still learn. Constantly learning keeps my work interesting.When I walked into my client's home last week, I immediately smelled dog o
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04/29/2018
No sooner did I put this fixer home in East Sacramento on the market than I had an offer. I told the agent I did not want to advise my seller to take it because I did not believe (for a valid reason) that her buyer would close escrow. Helps that of course I knew of her buyer, had spoken to him a
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04/28/2018
Some of the down payment assistance programs offered in Sacramento contain income limits, like you can't earn over a certain annual salary to qualify. Or, you can't have bought a home within the past 3 years, or you can only buy in a certain area. Other programs involve a silent mortgage, which n
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04/27/2018
Twice a year, one of the great things about working at Lyon Real Estate is the legal updates we receive. Spring and Fall. This is a 3-hour or so in-person informational session generally held at our Sacramento Board of Realtors. Not only do the lawyers cover new laws in an entertaining manner, bu
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04/26/2018
Ever since I can remember, my transaction coordinator generates an escrow timeline and sends it to me after I email her the ratified contract. It was only recently that I thought to ask her to name the file something different than the name her system assigns. Every time I got the timeline, I wou
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04/25/2018
It seems every time you get excited over a new piece of technology, it often results in more people losing their jobs. Gone are the days when you can call a local department store, reach a clerk who works there, and find out if an item is in stock. Instead, inventory is updated online, and while
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04/24/2018
If I say to my husband the words "Wes Anderson" and "stop-motion animation" in the same sentence, I can get him to go see just about any movie that falls into that category. Throw in the Japanese element, even if that is just the way white people see it, and his interest is further piqued.That's
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04/23/2018
When the Carbon Monoxide law passed 7 years ago in California, we were still in the midst of short sales. Since many of those sales involved abandoned and / or vacant homes, it was readily apparent to me that something so simple as a plug-in carbon monoxide detector, a device that costs less than
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04/22/2018
This is the third time this month that a seller has told me they read a blog I wrote and decided to hire me. It makes me wonder how many other clients never say a thing. Many just say they found me online, and that could mean anything. They could have gone to one of those websites that lists top
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04/21/2018
