Cutting to the chase, in a seller's market in Sacramento, the types of common home inspection repairs are pretty much nil. Meaning they don't really exist. Sellers are not required to do any home inspection repairs in escrow. Not even lender-required repairs. Because you know whose fault that is
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01/11/2018
Even with declining inventory and slower sales last month, our median price in the Sacramento market remains at $350,000. I've talked with sellers who told me other agents gave them reports that the market is softening and they should list at a lower price. I don't know what to say except not eve
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01/10/2018
Increasingly, I am hearing about real estate agents who get all of their business from fellow church members. Sometimes the agents get referrals to clients from other church members who were previous clients. I mean if a person needs a reason to go to church, here you go. The word just spreads th
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01/09/2018
The trouble with closing all of my escrows in Hawaii this past week instead of being in Sacramento is laptop related. I know there are agents who work solely from cellphones, and that is what usually leads to complications and confusion. Young or old, working from a tiny screen is super difficult
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01/08/2018
Although there are only 11 residential lots / land for sale in Elk Grove at the moment, the days on market are much longer than those for single-family homes. 205 days over the past 6 months, and only 10 sales. But that did not discourage me from listing this lot in Elk Grove.Even though I had to
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01/07/2018
My initial thought when I listed this home in Elk Grove was it would be hard to sell. That's because I had sold the home on the corner in the spring, way before construction started. In fact, the Caterpillars were digging in that phase. I noted on my Agent Visual Inspection that there was new con
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01/06/2018
The lesson I learned on this transaction -- and there are always new things to learn in every single real estate closing, even after 44 years in the business -- is do not engage in a negotiating conversation with a real estate agent who is at a major league football game. I'm not saying the agent
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01/05/2018
Although it didn't dawn on me at the time I bought my house in Hawaii and Hella Mitschke Rothwell , a Hawaii broker, helped me do it, that we would continue to meet up in Hawaii. Last year, we got together for a day on Lanai. This year, Hella says, hey, come to Honolulu, I bought tickets for the
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01/04/2018
Suppose you walked into a store, like Michael Kors, for example, in Waikiki. Maybe you're shopping for a new sparkly evening bag or even a new pair of shoes because perhaps you've thrown your old shoes into the trash in an alley the night before (long story). As you walk through the store, you n
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01/03/2018
I would be hard-pressed to imagine that I am the only Sacramento Realtor who is willing to climb the fence to get her lockbox. Invariably, soon as escrow closes, the first thing a new buyer seems to do is buy a lock for the gate and lock it. That's convenient for them but a big hassle for me. Eve
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01/02/2018
