gary bolen: Lake Village - Stateline, NV Neighborhood of South Lake Tahoe Updated. - 08/24/07 08:29 AM
We’ve just updated Lake Village, one of the Stateline, NV townhome and condominium communities in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Lake Village, NV” found in our left sidebar.  This will lead one to all current Lake Village listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Lake Village sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and Statenline, NV real estate market. Here you will also find … (0 comments)

gary bolen: Characteristics of the Second Home Buyer. - 08/23/07 03:22 AM
The primary motivation for purchasing a second, or vacation home here in South Lake Tahoe is exactly what the name implies - for vacations and family retreats. It is a lifestyle decision. Second to that, but important to it, are the financial benefits of owning a second or vacation home. Buyers are increasingly motivated to diversify their investments and as such they believe the purchase of a second home as a family retreat is a good opportunity to do that. In other words, a vacation home purchase is for the family... and it needs to make some financial sense.
To best understand … (5 comments)

gary bolen: Summit / Tahoe Village - Stateline, NV Neighborhood of South Lake Tahoe Updated. - 08/23/07 03:15 AM
We’ve just updated Summit / Tahoe Village, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Summit / Tahoe Village, NV” found in our left sidebar.  This will lead one to all current Summit / Tahoe Village listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Summit / Tahoe Village sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and Statenline, NV real estate market. … (0 comments)

gary bolen: Zephyr Heights - Stateline, NV of South Lake Tahoe Updated. - 08/23/07 03:11 AM
We’ve just updated Zephyr Heights, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Zephyr Heights, NV” found in our left sidebar.  This will lead one to all current Zephyr Heights listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Zephyr Heights sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and Statenline, NV real estate market. Here you will also find current South Lake … (0 comments)

gary bolen: 2 Tales from our AR Infancy: The Who and How we met an NFL Quaterback in our Living Room. - 08/22/07 09:17 AM
AR is growing leaps and bounds right before our eyes. It's like there's a contest to see which can multiply faster: kudzu, rabbits or Active Rain? We think AR must be winning... it certainly appears that AR appeals to all of our's inner-"Thumper".
With rabbit-habit growth like that, it's easy to miss something. And that we do; each of us here misses great, amusing, helpful and inspiring information that passes by at increasing AR warp speed everyday. 
The AR weekly recaps help us not miss so much, at least not as much of the great stuff, the professional stuff, and that's a … (2 comments)

gary bolen: What We Got Out of Not Participating in the Laurie Manny Challenge. - 08/21/07 04:26 PM
We bookmarked the list the moment we first saw Colleen’s post about the Laurie Manny Challenge. Some of the sites on that list we knew about, most not. The goal of the contest was obvious and well stated. We had every intention of entering... but we have been jammed with our normal workload, and one significant Buyer in particular. We just couldn’t isolate the time to responsibly give it our all and participate in the contest.Now that the contest is over and the winners are announced, the following is what we got out of not participating in it.From the Winner - … (19 comments)

gary bolen: Paris, Britney, Lindsay, Hurricane Dean & the Current Mortgage Climate - 08/20/07 04:48 AM
We just commented on this AR post,   Man, Am I Tired of The Countrywide Bashing and Rest of the Media Garbage!!  by Aaron Gordon, a Mortgage Banker in Las Vegas. We found what we said to be so absurd we just had to share it with you. 
There are two things of interest to examine here: The Current Mortgage Climate and the approach and our preparation for Hurricane Dean.
Another issue is the Media, which Aaron in the post above refers to as garbage. We disagree with that. The Media is the message, after all, and they know what's important, and … (12 comments)

gary bolen: AR so Far: The Raindrops are Excellent. - 08/16/07 08:34 AM
We still think of ourselves as kinda new around here. We didn’t do a lot of things right at first, like reading the Community Guidelines and that’s why it took us a while to get up and running. We also had a misplaced attitude.
We had an outside blog first, before finding AR, one that we were quite proud of. We first thought AR was for people who didn’t have outside blogs. As such, we did not allow ourselves to see AR's real potential and opportunity. We were wrong. Becoming an active member of the AR community drives traffic to your outside … (27 comments)

gary bolen: Skyland - Stateline, NV area of South Lake Tahoe Updated. - 08/15/07 07:21 AM
We’ve just updated Skyland, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Skyland, NV” found in the left sidebar of our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog (click logo below).  This will lead one to all current Skyland listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Skyland sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and Statenline, NV real estate market. Here you … (6 comments)

gary bolen: Round Hill - Stateline, NV area of South Lake Tahoe Updated. - 08/15/07 06:53 AM
We’ve just updated Round Hill, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Round Hill, NV” found in the left sidebar of our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog (click logo below). This will lead one to all current Round Hill listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Round Hill sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and Statenline, NV real … (2 comments)

gary bolen: Lakefront Properties - Stateline, NV area of South Lake Tahoe Updated. - 08/15/07 06:11 AM
We’ve just updated Lakefront Properties, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods as desigated by our mls in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Lakefront Properties, NV” found in our left sidebar.  This will lead one to all current Lakefront Properties listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Lakefront Properties sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and Statenline, NV real estate market. Here you will … (1 comments)

gary bolen: The Neighborhood SEER - What to do with the neighbor who knows the real estate market better than anybody. - 08/08/07 12:37 PM
WE'VE all got one of these, and certainly every Buyer and Seller has one of them too. This is the neighborhood know it all, that one, ever present real estate pontificator who knows what you should do with your house better than you do.How to Drum up the SEER:The question is not how does one find him, the neighborhood Seer will find you. The bait to catch him, it’s always a sure thing, and it’s kinda like the drive of an alpha male buck in mating season, is either put up a For Sale sign in front of your house, or … (6 comments)

gary bolen: Yea! We've had our First AR Flame! - 08/07/07 11:44 PM
What does one do with fire breathing comments?
We got back from a full day in the field this afternoon, and I was in some sort of state of AR withdrawal. We've heard from and been connecting with some really inspiring AR members, and it's a lot of great energy and fun. In the last few days we're heard from Blog Boy, TLW, Rick & Ines, Irina, Mary Pope, Thesa, Randy, Kevin and more. We couldn't wait to get back to one of our machines.
There were four AR comments waiting for us, a few private AR emails, and in the middle … (57 comments)

gary bolen: What happens when GREED gets in your Head? (a scientific study) - 08/06/07 06:05 AM
Why does Greed cause such an immediate cranial vacuity? Or last sometimes so agonizingly long?We’ve been thinking about this for a while... because it’s something that appears in human beings from time to time. At first we wondered if it’s cause is chemical, how Greed shuts down a head, or electrical - some sort of synapse circuit breakdown, or is it metaphysical whatnot that causes such a good-thought meltdown?
Maybe it’s a virus, like a computer glitch, or discombobulating bacteria, a pesky, numbing staph infection or some sort of instant head softening paramecium that’s the root of it. Sometimes, mysteriously, it disappears, … (15 comments)

gary bolen: Are there any Human Beings in Cyberspace? - 08/03/07 06:17 AM
We thought we’d have some fun with this one. About a week ago we responded to someone asking a question off our blog. Here’s what Moe said when we responded: “Thanks for your prompt reply... So often these days one does not know if a website has an actual human being behind the scenes.”Yep, we’re human, and we’re always there, just under the surface of our blog, most of the time literally seconds away. If we’re showing property, or at an appointment, it will take us a little longer than seconds to respond, but when we are in our office or … (5 comments)

gary bolen: Y Area - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 08/03/07 06:04 AM
We’ve just updated Y Area, one of the neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Y Area, CA” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current Y Area listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Y Area sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
About the Y Area: (Number homes: less than 100) The Y Area is a small, older neighborhood offering market entry level homes, remodel opportunities and from time to time large estate homes overlookiing a meadow. Some new remodels are also available from time … (1 comments)

gary bolen: Tahoe Paradise - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 08/03/07 06:01 AM
We’ve just updated Tahoe Paradise, one of the neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Tahoe Paradise, CA” found in the left sidebar of our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog. This will lead one to all current Tahoe Paradise listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Tahoe Paradise sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004. 
About Tahoe Paradise: Located across Pioneer Trail from Country Club Estates, homes in the Tahoe Paradise area offer secluded yet convenient mountain living. Only a few short miles from the casinos at Stateline, it also has convenient … (1 comments)

gary bolen: The Tahoe Keys - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 08/03/07 05:57 AM
We’ve just updated The Tahoe Keys, one of the neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “The Tahoe Keys, CA” found in the left sidebar of our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog. This will lead one to all current The Tahoe Keys listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all The Tahoe Keys sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
About The Tahoe Keys: (Number homes: around 900) Featuring lake front homes, canals, back-yard docks, and boat access to the Lake, the Tahoe Keys is one of our most desirable and most active … (2 comments)

gary bolen: Tahoe Island Park - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 08/03/07 05:43 AM
We’ve just updated Tahoe Island Park, one of the neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Tahoe Island Park, CA” found in the left sidebar of our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog. This will lead one to all current Tahoe Island Park listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Tahoe Island Park sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
About Tahoe Island Park: (Number homes: about 575) With close proximity to South Lake Tahoe’s shopping, recreation and entertainment attractions, Tahoe Island Park is an attractive market entry to mid-market neighborhood located … (1 comments)

gary bolen: Tahoe Island Drive - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 08/03/07 05:32 AM
We’ve just updated Tahoe Island Drive, one of the neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Tahoe Island Drive, CA” found in othe left sidebar of our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog. This will lead one to all current Tahoe Island Drive listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Tahoe Island Drive sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
About Tahoe Island Drive: (Number homes: a few less than 500) This is a desirable market entry to mid-market area located close to our shopping, recreation and entertainment attractions. Next to the … (1 comments)