Maria Avdalas's (realtyaid) Blog

  You walk into a home that you are interested in purchasing and what do you find? It hasn't been painted!                                  It hasn't been cleaned!                                           The yard is a mess and completely overgrown! The list goes on with cracked windows, dirty c...

   2266 Golfito Way La Grange Unincorp, CA 95329 $349,000 Just grab your clubs and walk across the street to the golf course, clubhouse, and restaurant from this nicely updated home with open floor plan, cathedral ceilings, and views of the golf course an...

California foreclosures set new records!        Foreclosures have increased steadily with no end in sight.  The second quarter (April, May and June) show all time high foreclosure filings at 63,061.      Q1  2007  11,033 Q2  2007  17,408 Q3  2007  24,209 Q4  2007  31,676 Q1  2008  47,221 Q2  2008...

As of July 1, 2008 a part of the old Foothill Farms bordered by Winding Way, backing to American River Junior College and Garfield otherwises known as Cameron Ranch is now no longer known as Sacramento 95841, but now is Carmichael 95608.  This voted changed from the homeowners in the area has hel...

Working with For Sale By Owner Sellers, I constantly see the same errors.  Avoid the frustration and follow these helpful hints to sell your home quickly. PRICE In this market with so many properties available for sale, you need to competevily price your property to obtain the most market exposu...

Don't you wish that all the millions of dollars wasted on politics right now could be spread across the country to people in need.  It seems that the Obama McCain news are the same.  Obama says nothing and McCain calls out like a child "he did it".  Don't you wish that these candidates could give...

Has anyone else noticed some short sales that have been listed and sold well below market?  I have noticed this lately and it is making me mad!  These people are finding friends or family to buy their homes at the low prices with bogus comps and are getting their homes several hundred thousand do...

I am new to the blogging world.  How do you Blog to make it effective?  There are so many places on the internet that offer blogs.  Do you blog everywhere?  Do you pick only a few sites?  You could blog for hours with all of the possibilites.  Do you ever get leads from blogging?  What are your o...

    ECONOMY PACKAGE INCLUDES: MLS listing with one photo for 6 months Your property will be listed on the Multiple Listing Service, a database available to all licensed real estate brokers and agents only, for 6 months.  You will email us one photo of your property to be posted with your listing....

 Over 3300 s/f with .44 lot  $729,000 Amazing two-story home with great curb appeal. Five large bedrooms with a separate office/den. Deck spanning across back of home with calming views of huge open back yard & pool. Bright, open floor plan. Large kitchen remodeled with granite countertops and m...