sacramento real estate agent: This is What Reading About John Wayne Does to a Brain Before Bedtime
- 06/09/14 02:20 AM
I had this horrible nightmare last night. OK, maybe for some people this wouldn't be considered a nightmare but for those who know this Sacramento real estate agent, they would understand. The dream was about selling my house, which isn't all that unusual since my blog a few days ago was about fixing up homes and selling them. I always think about selling my home, even though I have absolutely zero desire to put it on the market. That's because I'm a nut job, er, real estate agent. The nightmare was two-fold. First, my house was being sold by a competitor since … (13 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: Selling or Buying Homes in Land Park
- 06/06/14 01:53 AM
It's an added benefit for clients when an agent lives in Land Park and also sells homes in Land Park. It's not absolutely necessary, but it helps to know the neighborhood. Not only do I live in Land Park and sell homes here, but I also sell an extraordinary number of homes in Elk Grove, of all places. Some buyer's agent in Elk Grove told one of my clients that he lives and works in Elk Grove, implying to her that she should have hired him instead of me, or at least that's the way she took it, and she was … (5 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: What Happens When the Seller Leaves Appliances the Buyer Doesn't Want?
- 05/26/14 02:46 AM
I wouldn't go so far as to say that some Sacramento home buyers are undeserving little snots, but hey, why not? Maybe I would. You know the type. The seller might bestow upon the buyers many thousands of dollars from the seller's very own pocket to close escrow because the buyers don't have enough money in the bank to pay their own danged closing costs. The seller might also fork out additional dollars to replace a furnace, for example, or fix a roof, or pay for pest work or make other repairs after a home inspection revealed a few minor defects … (12 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: A Character Trait that Pays Off in Sacramento Real Estate
- 05/22/14 01:49 AM
My mother used to dress me like Shirley Temple singing the Good Ship Lollipop when I was a kid. I had dimples and long hair spun with rags into ringlets. But no sooner did she put me into a dress than I managed to tear it or get it filthy doing something I was probably not allowed to do. Not only did I do things I was not supposed to do, but I often hauled along others with me. Yup, it wasn't enough to do this stuff on my own, I invited company as well. Gave my mission credibility in numbers. … (10 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: Sacramento Real Estate Agents Who Discount Commissions, and Assholes
- 05/20/14 01:27 AM
I am not saying that Sacramento real estate agents who discount commissions are assholes, far from it -- because assholes are a whole 'nother separate story in itself that have nothing to do with real estate commissions. It's that I want to talk about both because discounting a real estate commission and working with an asshole, well, they are two things I don't incorporate in my business. An elderly seller asked last week how I deal with the more difficult people in real estate, the individuals who present challenges and want to argue about stupid stuff. I looked her in the … (10 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: Even My Own Sister Should Hire a Home Stager to Sell Her Home
- 05/19/14 01:18 AM
In a conversation with my sister last night, she asked how she could go about selling her home. She lives in Minneapolis and they've had an unusually hard winter this year, but every winter in Minnesota can be difficult. I don't know if she's really ready to move yet but when she eventually is ready, she'd probably come to California and live near me in Sacramento. She's the only family I have left, apart from my inlaws, and I love her dearly. So when she asked me what she had to do to sell, well, I didn't go into all of … (8 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: How Not to be a Real Estate Agent People Hate
- 05/18/14 03:22 AM
My personal blog today is mostly about why my clients appreciate their Sacramento REALTOR® and how I got to be successful, and, as a result, have achieved a top producer status with four buyer's agents on my team. We work in Sacramento and our neighboring 3 counties such as Placer, Yolo and El Dorado. If a home seller or home buyer needs something done right, you come to us and we do it for you. I am almost finished reading a newly released book that has been opening my eyes as to how I got to where I am in business … (13 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: Do Sacramento Real Estate Agents Rely on Zillow Home Pricing?
- 05/17/14 01:34 AM
The running joke among Sacramento real estate agents it seems is the market values that Zillow projects. I recall an agent a while back who said he used Zillow all the time to figure out market value, and I just stared at him like this is a guy who won't last long in the business if somebody doesn't set him straight. MLS is our Mothership. It is the source of all that is good and powerful in the world. But he didn't seem to grasp it. After all, it's on the Internet . . . Then, a seller asked me earlier … (9 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: Don't Leave a Gun on Your Nightstand When Selling a Home in Sacramento
- 05/15/14 12:58 AM
Over the years of selling real estate in Sacramento, I've discovered that it's almost impossible not to eventually list a home in which the seller stores guns. Not that I run into that many gun-toting sellers, mind you. At least not like Martin Freeman in that TV series Fargo. Many sellers keep their guns in a steel gun cabinet that can lock, but even so, I've had sellers worry that somebody might break into their home to cart that heavy contraption out of their bedroom and haul it away. Maybe they know a lot of people from Galt who steal ATM … (10 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: The Things That Home Sellers in Sacramento Complain About the Most
- 05/09/14 02:26 AM
I am thrilled that I have my island-hopping trip to Vanautu finally scheduled for this winter holiday, and I can fully concentrate and focus on my sellers without any distractions. Did you know that Vanautu has been rated as one of the happiest places on earth among its residents? It also scores a ranking as one of the top 10 beautiful beaches in the world. I love beaches and consider myself to be a happy person with a positive attitude, so it seems like the perfect winter getaway for me, along with a few weeks here and there to the smaller … (10 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: How Do You Know if You Need to Stage That Home in Elk Grove?
- 05/08/14 01:27 AM
Happy things that make me excited: Slipping on those jeans that haven't fit for the past year and easily zipping up that zipper. Receiving my cholesterol test results at 126 when my cholesterol at one point teetered dangerously at almost 300 and being told by my doctor that I no longer need Lipitor. Finding a buyer's agent from some other company standing in my office reception, holding a thank you card with a gift certificate inside to Red Lobster, ready with a big hug and a wide smile. All those things happened yesterday to this Sacramento real estate agent. Just when … (5 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: Here is What Happens When You Can't Find Any Comparable Sales
- 05/06/14 10:07 AM
There are times a Sacramento real estate agent is forced to rely upon the principle of substitution when there are no comparable sales with which to price a home. With that action comes the variables such as market conditions, the location of the property and its condition. It's hard when you cannot find any comps but you still need to pick that stinkin' price. Not to mention, once the price is decided on, it needs a story to go along with it, something to justify its existence to potential home buyers. The sales price can't just be plucked from thin air, even … (7 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: What Happens After an Accepted Purchase Offer in Sacramento?
- 05/06/14 12:54 AM
Sellers don't always realize what's in store for them after selling a home in Sacramento. They're generally very excited to sign a purchase offer and anxious to get the ball rolling. It's not like I want to break that excitement, but I do want to make sure my sellers are grounded in reality and know fully what the next step is and the step after that, too. I don't want anybody wondering what happens next or feeling confused. I listed a beautiful home in Elk Grove yesterday in the desirable neighborhood of Camden Passage. Over 3,000 square feet, lots of hardwood … (6 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: I Cannot Guarantee that the Seller Will Not Reject Your Purchase Offer
- 05/05/14 01:34 AM
It pains me at times to have to say to my sellers that they should reject a purchase offer because, like every good Sacramento real estate agent, I want to see the home go into escrow. However, I also realize that I owe my sellers a fiduciary duty, and I have to look out for their best interests. Sometimes, it is in their best interests to reject a purchase offer. In fact, in today's market, it seems more common to reject an offer than to accept a purchase offer, but I don't want to appear that jaded, LOL. If there is … (8 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: What Kind of Housing Market is the 2014 Spring Sacramento Real Estate?
- 05/02/14 12:59 AM
There are generally three ways to build a case for what's happening in the Sacramento real estate market. There is the method favored by most real estate agents and brokerages, which is pick a fact and blow the crap out of it, like, whoa, pending sales are up over last month, this means you can make a bazillion dollars in Sacramento real estate or it could mean you better buy before all of the inventory shrivels up and dies, leaving you nothing to buy. Because, hey, pending sales are up. Media is often all over that news. Or, you can choose … (3 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: Can You Make $100,000 Profit on a Home in Sacramento Over Last Year?
- 04/29/14 01:21 AM
When the caller told me she left messages detailing her situation on other real estate agent's voice mails (who never called her back) and even briefly spoke to one agent but he hung up, I first wondered why I was last on her list of agents to call. I should have been first. But you never know how a seller finds me, and with my last name starting with a W, that puts me at a huge disadvantage when people look at alphabetical lists of real estate agents. Of course, there was also the "story," and I do try to show … (6 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: Why Real Estate Agents Pay for Masters Club Ads in the Sacramento Bee
- 04/27/14 02:10 AM
Usually on Sunday mornings when the Sacramento Bee arrives, I flip through the real estate home section first, followed by business, but today the Masters Club edition showed up on my steps. This means I shoved aside the real estate wars between brokerages that seem to be playing itself out in the home section week after week, and I didn't read the snarky Al Lewis who, like me, never runs out of things to bitch about or peruse my number of closed sales for the week. Nope, I checked to make sure the Sacramento Bee printed my Master's Club ad correctly … (5 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: Why Each Sale in Sacramento Real Estate is Unique
- 04/26/14 02:13 AM
There are some sellers who call me with a huge list of questions about how to sell a home in Sacramento. They want to know all sorts of things that don't apply to the sale of their home. It's OK because I realize they don't sell Sacramento real estate, and they're just doing the best they can with the information they have at hand or what they find online, which isn't always accurate. Although I may have acquired standard operating procedures over the past 40 years of selling real estate, I still make a custom game plan for each seller. I … (7 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: Selling and Closing a Sacramento Home in 30 Days
- 04/25/14 03:26 AM
The real estate market in Sacramento is fairly weak this spring, and I don't hear anybody really talking about it because we're supposed to be as agents so rah-rah over real estate, regardless of what happens. What's actually happening, if you want to know, is about 50% of the pending sales in Sacramento are falling out of escrow, according to the agents I speak with. That's wild. That's bizarre. It totally sucks. What's wrong with the buyers? Are some agents so desperate for sales that they'll work with any live body and write any piece of drivel? Or, are buyers crawling out … (7 comments)
sacramento real estate agent: I'll Tell You Who Will Buy Your House in Sacramento
- 04/19/14 02:43 AM
Sometimes I share with my Sacramento sellers who will buy their home and sometimes they don't ask, but one thing I do know is there a buyer for every home. I know that without a doubt. No question about it. If a seller has a small yard, for example, that home is perfect for an elderly couple retiring or a very young couple with tiny tots just starting out in home ownership or a professional person / couple with no time for yard work. Its location would depend on which kind of buyer I might target for that home seller. Years … (5 comments)
Broker-Associate at RE/MAX Gold, Midtown and Sierra Oaks Sacramento office. Co-partner Weintraub & Wallace Realtors. Selling since 1974. Homebuying expert at The Balance. Weintraub & Wallace sells homes from Galt to Lincoln. <
Author Bio: Elizabeth Weintraub is a Sacramento real estate broker, author, home buying expert for The Balance, a Land Park resident, who specializes not only in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown and East Sacramento but sells extensively from Elk Grove to Lincoln. Weintraub is prominently known as the #1 Sacramento Short Sale agent throughout the Sacramento four-county area. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put 40+ years of real estate experience to work for you.
I had this horrible nightmare last night. OK, maybe for some people this wouldn't be considered a nightmare but for those who know this Sacramento real estate agent, they would understand. The dream was about selling my house, which isn't all that unusual since my blog a few days ago was about fixing up homes and selling them. I always think about selling my home, even though I have absolutely zero desire to put it on the market. That's because I'm a nut job, er, real estate agent.
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