Ray Henson, Brokered by eXp Realty

How does time move so quickly?  It is hard to believe that I started posting to ActiveRain in 2010.  It is even more difficult to believe that I have never really gone back to review my older posts.  My friend, Joan Cox, gave me the idea to take a look back with her recent year in review post.  W...

I had never really thought about looking back at my most viewed posts.  I was happy Joan Cox shared her top three.  It is enlightening. I think I will look back over 2021 and see what my top posts have been too.  Thank you for the inspiration, Joan.  It is interesting and fun to look back over th...

It has been another challenging year, but it is time to celebrate the coming of the new year.  I thought I would share our favorite holiday recipe with you.  This one has a fun story.  I was reading a Bon Appetite in 2009 and I came across this recipe, Scalloped Potatoes and Fennel.  If you know ...

Microwave Peanut Brittle!I have been creating lots of fun stuff this Christmas; peanut brittle, cookies, haystacks, pralines and homemade marshmallows dipped in chocolate.  It is tough to deliver all of these treats across the country to all of my friends and family so I thought I would share my ...

This Sacramento listing in the Arden Arcade area is on the market just in time for Christmas.  It is a three bedroom/two bathroom 1,716 square foot home with a wonderful kitchen.The living room/dining room features a cozy fireplace and bamboo floors, but what really sets off the room (and many ot...

Changes!  Anyone that knows me, knows that I do not like change.  My hair style, what's left of it anyway, has not changed in 30 years.  The same person still cuts my hair.  Her job is so much easier these days, that I should get a discount.  I go to the same dentist office.  His job has become m...

One of my favorite scenes in the movie, The Jerk, is when Steve Martin's character excitedly exclaims, "I am somebody!"Yes, I have had one of those moments.  Recently, I participated in the pickleball Nationals at Margaritaville, aka Pickleball Paradise.  I need to let you know, we made it in in ...

Elk Grove Market Update, November 2021     The November statistics showed strong price appreciation year over year in Elk Grove, once again.  In October, we saw the median price of sold homes go up a bit, month over month.  November saw the median price fall back to $595,000, more in line with Ma...

  Our pickleball journey and the road to Margaritaville started out a few years ago.  My wife came into our living room and said, "get your shoes on, we belong to a running club now."  This was quite a surprise, given that I absolutely hated running and I was at the, I am done with athletics, sta...

"Work Hard at your job, and you can make a living.  Work hard on yourself, and you can make a fortune."  Jim Rhone About ten years ago, I was at a note investing seminar in Seattle.  I was fortunate to meet my good friend, Chris Odegard.  I felt like we were close friends ten minutes after I met ...