Our Feb 26 South Lake Tahoe Seminar - 02/20/11 03:00 PM
One Week to Go for our Free Public Seminar (Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog / February 19, 2011 / Richard Bolen)
Though you might be interested in seeing what we’re doing on Facebook today. The following is going out to select Facebook friends who have an interest in South Lake Tahoe.
(We’ve been working on it… when awake since Jan. 29th, and it’s in the final tweak stages, Multi-media and fun all the way it is.)
South Lake Tahoe multi media “good stuff to know” show
The idea is how to find a way to make real estate information fun and … (1 comments)

First Television Commercial for our South Lake Tahoe Seminar Series - 02/13/11 02:10 PM
We’re running 900 of these across the South Lake Tahoe cable television system. (Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog / February 11, 2011 / Richard Bolen)
This will become the prototype for more television spots on a host of different things yet to come, and this one came with a bit of a learning curve. That’s the case for most things technical these days.
With the market doing a little better, and South Lake Tahoe, CA housing demand up by 16+% over the last year, we think its a good time to start doing our real estate seminars again. We did six … (2 comments)

More Better Economic News for South Lake Tahoe - 02/12/11 12:19 PM
For South Lake Tahoe, we’d like even better news… but it’s not getting worse. (Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog / February 10, 2011 / Richard Bolen)
Three recent articles say our economy continues to improve slightly, and that’s good for South Lake Tahoe. We think it still wise to temper anything suggesting good news, but what is apparent for sure is we’re not seeing worse news. All of us have had plenty enough of that.
The news here has much to do about jobs, and inflation, or the lack of it, and as we’ve been writing about for the last few … (0 comments)

Foreclosure Effect of South Lake Tahoe Sales in the last 6 months. - 02/11/11 01:06 PM

No Foreclosure Deluge yet in South Lake Tahoe, and distressed sales inch downward by 3.2% in last 180-days (Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog / February 9, 2011 / Richard Bolen)
Here’s a review of the incidence of South Lake Tahoe, CA distressed property sales, plus an update on the effect of foreclosures and short sales on home values in the last 180 days.
Distressed property sales became a factor on the market in 2008. Of the 354 South Lake Tahoe, CA homes sold that year, 20% were distressed, either a bank owned or a short sale.
In 2009, the incidence … (2 comments)

Our Upcoming South Lake Tahoe Real Estate Seminar - 02/08/11 01:18 PM
Finally, a decent study on how much it costs to over list a South Lake Tahoe house… and this is only one seminar slide! (Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog / February 7, 2011 / Richard Bolen)
We haven’t done one in a while, but with the market getting somewhat  better we thought it would be helpful to start our South Lake Tahoe real estate seminars once again. The last one we did was in the spring of 2008.
Our new seminar will focus on two things: the two fundamental fears that all home buyers face, and must overcome, and how to … (0 comments)

Our First Lake Tahoe Real Estate Market Update Newsletter - 02/08/11 01:11 PM
A Focus on the NV side of South Lake Tahoe in the autumn of 2002. (Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog / February 1, 2011 / Richard Bolen)
This is the first of a new series that we will do that brings to forth what we were doing before we started this blog. It all has to do with South Lake Tahoe real estate information.
When we complete this series, we’ll wrap it up with a discussion about what led to us to do these newsletters, which ultimately became the basic foundation thoughts for doing this blog.
So this was our first … (0 comments)

A Case of Pedestrian South Lake Tahoe Crud… - 02/08/11 01:10 PM
… or the Joy of Having a South Lake Tahoe Real Estate Partner (Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog / January 30, 2011 / Richard Bolen)
The good news is we got fresh snow in South Lake Tahoe last night. The bad news is I’ve been prone and dumb as a rock since last Thursday, which means I have not been able to go out and enjoy the new powder.
Better news though, is having a partner, my brother and our people person extraordinaire, means we’re never down when one of us under the weather. So Gary has been showing some of … (0 comments)

Our First South Lake Tahoe, CA Real Estate Market Update Newsletter - 02/05/11 01:05 PM
Our Spring 2003 Focus on all 2002 real estate activity in South Lake Tahoe, CA. (Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog / February 3, 2011 / Richard Bolen)
This was our first South Lake Tahoe, CA Real Estate Update Newsletter. We published it in the spring of 2003 at the same time we produced the newsletter for the Nevada side of the market (download pdf below).
When we complete this new series of printed newsletters that eventually became the foundation of this blog, we’ll wrap it up with a discussion about what led to us to do these newsletters, which is both … (0 comments)

Our Spring 2003 Lake Tahoe, NV Newsletter - 02/04/11 12:25 PM
A Focus on all 2002 real estate activity on the NV side of South Lake Tahoe.
(Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog / February 2, 2011 / Richard Bolen)
This was the second Lake Tahoe Real Estate Update Newsletter. We published it in the spring of 2003 (download pdf below), and this too is our second in a new series of prior information releases that became the source points, both in terms of factual reporting and public service, for what eventually became this blog.
When we complete this series, we’ll wrap it up with a discussion about what led to us to … (0 comments)