Sandra's Blog

Getting a deal to closing isn't always an easy task.Today with short sales and REOs - bank owned properties - it isn't like the good old days. Everything doesn't fall into beautifully into place. There aren't eager sellers to pretty up the homes, plant colorful flowers out front and make sure the...

Is the glass half full or half empty? We have all known people that are eternal pessimist that will never see anything but the half empty glass---even in the best of times in the Real Estate market. You know the type, the sellers that weren't happy with "just" a two hundred thousand profit, in th...

Wow! This has been a wild time here in Southern California. We have seen real estate hit magnificent highs and plummet to about half of their top values. We have more than our share of "bank owned" homes in our market---in fact, they make up most of our market right now. Here in Temecula/Murrieta...

Real Estate is a hard master! It wants you to be there night or day.  Now here is the problem, this weekend I am out of here for not a just a weekend but for two entire weeks! I'm taking my son to college this weekend. Yes I am devastated! He is my youngest and my heart. Now both he and his older...

Today as I was thinking about my business this year, a lot of question came up.I have been so lucky - lucky, or maybe just a lot of hard work - the first part of the year. I have been so busy with lots and lots of "old" clients. By old I really mean "sphere of influence" or repeat clients.  Homes...

The sun shinning, the palm trees are blowing in the breeze, the flowers are a riot of color and . . . the streets are covered with For Sale signs. Which homes will sale? It would be great to have a magic ball we could check to find out all of the answers. It would seem that the families that NEED...

A few months ago, I had a call from a good client that I have helped buy and sell several homes. It was one of those calls that catch your heart and makes you want to put your arms around the family. They just can't make it any more - a job was lost, no insurance and everything was going from bad...

Today as I was wheeling around town, I saw one busy intersection papered with signs saying - BANK REPO INFORMATION! All of the signs were pointing to one of the larger agencies here in Temecula/Murrieta California.I was very put off by the signs. I felt that consumers (Home buyers) were being poi...

Alex on Neatorama threw out an open invitation for bloggers to write about their home towns. "Lastly, an open invitation to anyone who want to write 4 Neat Things About My Hometown (format up to you) - let me know, and I'll link to your blog. If it's particularly funny or interesting, I'll put it...

The Pechanga Band of the Luiseno Indians held their 12th annual Pow Wow June 30 thru July 1st. The Pow Wow was held on the Pechanga Reservation near the popular Pechanga Casino and Resort. For more than 10,000 years, the Pechanga people have called the Temecula Valley or Southern California home....