24th Street Bypass Park, a Green Oasis Located in South Sacramento, Opens for Public UseSacramento, California, April 4, 2007*24th Street Bypass Park is open to the public after completion of Phase 1 of its development.  The recently completed first phase of the park not only provides South Sacramento with 4.5 acres of additional green space, it is also a fitting gateway into the Meadowview community. Visitors to 24th Street Bypass Park will experience what can only be described as a green oasis.  The park's landscape includes sloping meadows that provoke thought and reflection, open turf, colorful trees, and grasses and plants that are currently in full-bloom.  24th Street Bypass Park is a park the surrounding communities can be proud of."Several years ago, the Park Master Plan indicat... 04/05/2007

     Well, this is my first real experience using a blog.  Have not yet worked through if this will be strictly real estate related - or cover other aspects of what I'm doing (or have an opinion about).  Anyway, look to the days and weeks ahead for my opinions rants and raves.  Since I truly believe that an important aspect of any area are the local eateries, I will probably give my opinion on the various restaurants I've tried.  I might also talk about various service providers that I consider the "best" of the area.  We'll see how this blog thing works.  Bye for now.Bruce 03/25/2007

Many Baby Boomers are starting to look for Active Senior Communities and thinking about where to retire near Sacramento, CA. Active Adult Communities or Retirement Communities for the 55+ and over group who are interested in living within an adult active community with age restrictions...here is a list of new and not so new to consider when thinking of a place to call home.When you are ready, it would be my pleasure to help you with the purchase of your home in an active adult community. Here is a list of a few selected retirement areas with age restrictions. Be sure to read this great little article that I found on How to Retire Rich...are you prepared?All of these Adult Communities are convenient to Sacramento International Airport for your plans to travel, 2 hrs for a San Francisco g... 03/20/2007

 They say that the best form of flattery is being copied. However, I wonder if you might call it flattery or Plagiarism? Hmmmmmmmm. Well, yesterday I received an email from one of my past clients who said she saw an article I had written on Sacramento Real Estate Voice about Fraud and was wondering if I happen to see the article on Mortgage Fraud Blog. I clicked on the link and was surprised to see someone else's name and my entire article word for word and photo for photo placed on the Mortgage Fraud Blog.Since my article Fraud in Real Estate? was written November 29, 2006 and the article Great Mortgage Fraud Info THANK YOU Tracy Coenen was posted February 6, 2007, it is apparent that my blog was hi-jacked with absolutely no reference to the author (me) but a subliminal message that Tr... 02/22/2007

February 13th 2007. Hey everyone! Well this is my first Blog input and I'm going to keep it short. As an agent out there helping clients purchase and sell properties everyday in the Placer, Sacramento, Yolo and El Dorado county areas, I can tell you from my perspective the market has certainly heated up since the year turned to 2007. SPecific areas I've noticed are extremely hot are Folsom (95630) and East Sacramento, especially 95819 and 95816 area codes. Not sure if this is a "dead cat bounce" (excuse the pun), but it's REAL today. Recently had a home one of my buyers made an offer on get flat our rejected...even though we were $20,000 over list price (okay the agent priced it way below market) we did not even receive a counter. OUCH! Word on the street is there were 26 seperate offer... 02/14/2007

Craig Nassi, of BCN Development has accomplished the first step toward securing a $10 million loan with the City of Sacramento for the Aura Condo project by finally agreeing on a purchase price with the Landowner, David Taylor for the property at 601 Capitol Mall in Downtown Sacramento. This was one of the prerequisites to the agreement reached with Craig Nassi when he met with the City Council Members and asked the City of Sacramento to become a bank for the Aura shortfall of $10 Million. The next step is for Craig Nassi to provide our City officials with all the loans and conditions he has on other loans. I personally hope that the City officials will require Mr. Nassi to document his "Secret Investors." Lastly, an agreement must be reached by Mr. Nassi and the City of Sacramento on t... 02/14/2007

Please take a view minutes to view my website and see all the Facts about home staging.  If you like some information on statging please feel free to contact me. 02/14/2007

NatomasToday.com is a FREE community portal for the Greater Natomas Area.  All of the services of NatomasToday.com are FREE.  Come in and browse around, post your news, advertise your business, promote your event, or just make your opinions know o­n the forums.  This is your community and your website.  Enjoy!See What's Happening in Natomas Today. 02/14/2007

Sacramento City Council member met on February 6, 2007 to discuss the first step toward being the Lender for the project overage costs on the Aura which has not been built nor the Land purchased. Due to the slump in the Real Estate market and the high cost of construction, there is a shortage of funds to start this project. The total project costs are $175 Million. The Sacramento City Council Members had not been brought up to speed with this proposal and therefore had many questions and concerns during the City Council meeting. It seems that the Developer, Craig Nassi of BCN Development out of Denver, Colorado had not bothered to meet with the City Council members privately until a week ago. Mayor Fargo addressed the staff members and asked that in the future any project that goes thro... 02/11/2007

Liberskind's "Aura" at 601 Capitol Mall,  and Saca's twin 52 story Towers at 3rd Street & Capitol are at a standstill. No building is present and no building construction is going on. It seems that unexpected construction costs have suddenly brought The Towers to halt further construction. "Unanticipated construction-cost increases and the need for additional capital are primary reasons for the delay in proceeding," Saca said in a prepared statement. It is rumored that construction liens have been issued while Saca asks CalPERS to cough up more dough. The retirement association had already given $100 million toward this project and now the hands are out asking for more. Wonder how many California Employees are aware that it is their money that is funding this project and if so what do t... 02/08/2007

Recently, Tracy Coenen, CPA MBA CFE of Milwaukee and Chicago who writes articles on Fraud acknowledged Sacramento Real Estate Voice. In December of 2006 Tracy's article called Real Estate Fraud on the Sacramento Real Estate Voice, "an awesome post". Considering how many articles on Fraud have been written, I humbly thank you for your vote and honorable mention. I am pleased that SacramentoRealEstateVoice also was reviewed and Want to Be An Investor? was selected as one of the best posts by On the Political Calculations  "Gena's story of a fraudster's serial real estate investing frauds makes for good reading and provides invaluable lessons for potential investors." Many thanks to all of you for your honorable mention. Feel free to visit Sacramento Real Estate Voice anytime. We welcome y... 02/08/2007

I'm part of a real estate training company and we are putting on a 2 day real estate intensive for investors. Its on Friday and Saturday March 9th, and 10th. It is in Sacramento CA, however we do have trainings all over the country. Usually this training cost 3500.00, however I'm able to take a few quests for free. This is not a 2 day sales pitch, it is actual training. At the end of the two days, they do explain other options they have, but only for an hour or so. The rest is solid training. I have personally paid for the Robert Allen 3 day training at $3,000.00 and it was not nearly as good as this one. So if your interested, send me and email at johnson@directrealestate.biz I only have a few more spots available, so sooner the better. Hope to see you there, Jason PS: If you want to l... 02/06/2007

Pull up a chair and let's talk about Sacramento California. You already know that it is the capital of California but did you know that it has the 5th largest economy in the world and one of the fastest growing metropolitan regions in the country? Located in the heart of northern California, Sacramento is a mere 85 miles from San Francisco to the west and 100 miles to Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the east. Current construction of high-rise buildings offering luxurious living in the Downtown area, expansion of new employment centers and revitalization of older commercial corridors mark just some of the current advances Sacramento offers while the running of our great state is where the focal point is located. This is home to the Sacramento Kings Basketball team, the Sacr... 01/31/2007

"Maybe Sacramento Home Prices Aren't So Bad..."by Rob McQuade, ABR, Sacramento REALTOR®Sacramento CA Real EstateFor many first-time homebuyers trying to break into the Sacramento housing market over the last few years it has been more than a bit stressful.With high-end homes in areas like the East Sac neighborhood around McKinley Park and in the "Fab 40s", parts of Land Park, riverfront properties along American River Drive, and modern Downtown high-rise condos yet to be built pushing--and often going well over--$500 per square foot, even move-up buyers can feel their hearts flutter.But at $335,000 USD for just 77 square feet of living space (and that's without electrical or heating), one closet-sized London home ›› can be yours for just over $4,340 per square foot.Good thing London is ... 01/26/2007

"LJUrban & Newton Booth: Sustainability in Motion"by Rob McQuade, ABR, Sacramento REALTOR®Sacramento CA Real EstateSacramento has many walkable urbane neighborhoods, but in Midtown--the granddaddy of walkability in the region--the core issue becomes preserving local history and the fabric of the community while meeting the needs of growth, sustainability, and quality of life.More and more people are returning to some of Sacramento's oldest neighbors, choosing livability over square footage and lively variety over, well, shades of beige. Certainly the trend towards larger and larger homes over the past decades has been driven by market "wants", but we're now seeing a generation--my generation--that feels fewer ties to the Leave-It-To-Beaver suburban vision and more of a desire to steer c... 01/25/2007

"A House Without an Aaddress"by Rob McQuade, ABR, Sacramento REALTOR®Sacramento CA Real EstateIf all goes well, you might see a 92-year-old house drive by you in the coming months. (Suddenly pedicabs and horse-drawn carriages don't seem so strange, eh?)Super-swell and ultra-eco-urban local developer LJUrban ›› is looking for a home for, well, a home. The house in question, built in 1915 by A.G. Tremoureaux for J. Johnson, sits near the corner of 27th & V Streets in the Midtown neighborhood of Newton Booth."But why," you ask, "is the house being moved?"LJUrban is in the planning and pre-construction phase of an especially exciting multi-unit attached housing project in Newton Booth (our neighbors across the street, David Mogavero and Craig Stradley of Mogavero Notestine Associates ›› arc... 01/23/2007

Do YOU own a home? Then, you Pay property taxes. Have you checked out your paperwork before you Pay your taxes? Many times mistakes are made by the Assessor's office, whether it is a clerical mistake or mathematical error or simply the value of your home has gone down. The way property tax is determined is by multiplying a figure that each County has determined to be the "magic" number to what you paid for your home. For example, in Sacramento County if you paid $400,000 for your house, the County Tax Assessor multiplies 1% for a total amount being $4000 per year of tax (does not include any bonds, Mello Roos or Assessments that have been added in your area). Remember, that the person determining your tax is human and may have made an error as well as the clerical person entering the da... 01/22/2007

"Sacramento's Central City Real Estate Roundup - January 19th, 2007"by Rob McQuade, ABR, Sacramento REALTOR®Sacramento CA Real EstateSOLD! Residential and multi-family real estate closings in Sacramento's Central City and surrounding neighborhoods for the week ending January 19, 2007:$262,000 - 3316 X St, Sacramento, CA 95817 (Oak Park)     2-4Br, 2Ba, 1,194 sq. ft. home built in 1920$329,000 - 5241 V St, Sacramento, CA 95817 (Elmhurst)     2Br, 1Ba, 1,102 sq. ft. home built in 1940$379,000 - 1650 51st St, Sacramento, CA 95819 (East Sac)     2Br, 1Ba, 947 sq. ft. home built in 1941$389,000 - 5500 D St, Sacramento, CA 95819 (East Sac)     2Br, 1Ba, 888 sq. ft. home built in 1946$392,500 - 3096 24th St, Sacramento, CA 95818 (Curtis Park)     2Br, 1Ba, 1,048 sq. ft. home built in 1926$420,... 01/22/2007

Recently, Natomas has been singled out and all new building has been halted since Femma indicated that the area was not secure from flooding around the levees with the 200 year flood protection. In March, we will all be asked to vote for an increase in our property taxes to fund flood protection for Sacramento County. Safca (The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency)  estimates that if there was a flood it would cover 102 square miles and have billions of dollars of damage to people and businesses which would take years to recover from. The top 3 priorities for this tax are:  Upgrade Folsom DamLevee Repair to American River and Sacramento Rivers200 Year Flood Protection for Sacramento BasinBe sure to go to Sacramento Real Estate Voice and see the tax map for the new Flood Tax and what to... 01/19/2007

CITY OF SACRAMENTO PLANNING COMMISSION ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 500 CAPITOL MALL HIGH RISE PROJECTWho:    The City of Sacramento announces a special public hearing forthe proposed project at 500 Capitol Mall (APN: 006-0146-030).What:   Angelo G. Tsakopoulos of Tsakopoulos Investments proposes toconstruct a 24-story, 396-foot tall high-rise building, consisting of27,124 square feet of retail and restaurant space and 406,384 squarefeet of office, and a total of 794 parking spaces, for a total buildingarea of 732,295 square feet in the Central Business District SpecialPlanning District.Why:    To provide the public an opportunity to present their commentsto the Planning Commission at a public hearing that will consider the project and hearan appeal of the Design Review Preservation B... 01/18/2007