elizabeth weintraub: Home Inspections -- Where Do You Draw the Line on Repair Requests? - 07/25/08 06:47 PM
Much of what I advise home buyers depends on the price and terms under which they purchased a home. Not every aspect of real estate has a cookie-cutter answer. If you're buying an REO, for example, only an extreme health and safety code violation will generally persuade a lender to agree … (4 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: Down to the Wire: Cabinets Arrive Tomorrow - 07/24/08 07:55 PM
It's been an exciting day. First, I threw on my sweaty old cut-offs and t-shirt from yesterday, pulled my hair back in a tangled mess and dashed out the door at 6:25 AM. I had to meet a home inspector at 6:30 and let him in to inspect a home in … (16 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: Today I Love My Contractors to Itsy Bitsy Pieces - 07/24/08 01:51 PM
Day 2 -- Electricians, Plumbers and FramersPut a power tool in a framer's hand and wield that power tool with authority, and I swoon. There is something remarkably appealing about a young man clasping a reciprocating saw tightly in his left hand with his right forefinger firmly depressing the power button … (5 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: Video - How to Prepare Your Home for Sale by Elizabeth Weintraub - 07/22/08 12:28 PM
Check out this short sweet video by Elizabeth Weintraub on how to prepare your home to sell. Elizabeth has a lot of very good points and she is one of my favorite bloggers. After seeing the video check out her other topics, her site is a great resource for all things … (0 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: Don't Assume That Professionals Know What They Are Doing - 07/22/08 09:19 AM
The cats are very upset. Everything is not where it's supposed to be. Not to mention, two of them were locked in the bedroom all day yesterday. The other cat spends most of his time in a 4 x 4 pen because he has kidney disease, plus a touch of … (12 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: Land Park Home to be Featured on H&G TV's HOUSE HUNTERS - 07/20/08 12:47 PM
I know I said in the past that I would never go on the cable TV show House Hunters, but a few weeks ago I found myself eating those words. Hey, sometimes it happens that we change our minds -- it's a woman's prerogative. After all, I reasoned, I've done a … (16 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: Land Park Homes - Photos, Descriptions and Recent Market Values - 07/20/08 08:59 AM
The tree-lined streets of Land Park today rose from their dusty Gold Rush days, founded by names easily recognized in Land Park such as Swanston, Marshall, Cavanaugh, Caruthers, Wright and Kimbrough. Land south of the Zoo was first developed by John Sutter and known as Sutterville. Many landmarks such as … (2 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: Lunch with a true lady: Elizabeth Weintraub of Sacramento - 07/18/08 02:08 AM
Recently, my very good friend and I had the opportunity to have lunch with one of Sacramento's finest.
Elizabeth Weintraub of Lyons Realty.
Nothing short of fantastic. I engaged in a great and meaningfull conversation with a woman that had it all. Integrity, dignity, totally beautiful, and a heart that would always put … (4 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: Are You Monitoring Your Web Site for Statistics? - 07/17/08 09:32 AM
I don't care what business you are in -- if you're not online, you're missing the boat. If you're not monitoring your web site, you're also missing the boat.
You can sign up for very inexpensive services that will return statistics to you. For example, the service I subscribe to will … (29 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: Weintraub's Foreclosure Video - 07/07/08 10:21 AM
Home buyers who want a good deal in real estate invariably think first about pursuing foreclosures. Probably because right now there are so many REOs on the market. Buyers have this picture in their mind of a cute little house, surrounded by a white picket fence that is owned by a … (11 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: Tips for a Successful Open House -- Weintraub's 4th Video - 07/03/08 08:39 AM
I realize there are many agents who do not like to hold open houses. In some ways, I suspect it's because they might not be very good at them. Because to hold a good open house, you've got to interact with people, shake hands, talk with them, hand out information, answer … (9 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: My First Video - - It's About Staging a Home on Homebuying at About.com - 06/13/08 08:55 AM
The powers-that-be at the New York Times-owned About.com decided I should be a video star! Well, I don't know about the star part, but I filmed a bunch of videos for my homebuying site at About.com in February, and the first one was published two days ago. Of course, I talk … (19 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: The Bursting of the Short Sale Bubble - 03/21/08 09:14 PM
On a daily basis, I try to scan through all Active Rain posts that have been submitted over the previous 24 hours. Over the span of the last fifteen minutes, two posts have crossed my Dell Inspiron screen that motivated me to ask..........
Is the Short Sale Bubble about to Burst?
I've seen … (11 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: 10 Ways to Lose Your Home - Major Mistakes Home Buyers Make - 03/11/08 09:26 AM
Check out the mass of information on consumer home buying by Elizabeth Weintraub. I really like the newest article posted there http://homebuying.about.com/od/buyingahome/tp/072007LoseHome.htm Top 10 ways to lose your home. I see these mistakes a lot, especially with first time home buyers. There are a lot of good programs out there for outstanding financing … (2 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: If I Opened My Mouth and No Sound Came Out Did I Speak? - 01/26/08 06:29 PM
While I am flattered to be MeMe'd again, this time by the non-French speaking Michelle Casey, it is true that my first MeMe is not in the alphabetical list, which is likely why I'm being tapped a second time.
In early December, I wrote a MeMe, which is floating around somewhere, … (18 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: Meme'd in Sacramento, California - 12/07/07 01:18 PM
I thought if I was relatively quiet, I could slip past this practice of being meme'd, but noooo, Natalie Langford managed to creep up and tap my shoulder. She accomplished this by directing my attention away from my computer, pointing into the distance and exclaiming, "Look, two men kissing!" When I … (19 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: "BRIDGING THE GAP TO REAL ESTATE SUCCESS" - 11/26/07 09:51 PM
BRIDGING THE GAP TO REAL ESTATE SUCCESS / VOL 8 ISSUE 2
TO SELL OR NOT TO SELL?
Ron Reed, the Mortgage Doc /Writer & PublisherBridging the Gap to Real Estate Success © 2007 All Rights Reserved
REPRINT:
A rookie realtor in the middle of a tight negotiation, having a deal about to … (3 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: Sacramento and Tri-County Region Real Estate Market Update - 10/16/07 11:25 AM
The September numbers for Trendgraphix have been released today by Lyon Real Estate. Inventory fell in the month of September by 1% over August of 2007. However, inventory has increased 8% in year-over-year same-month statistics. In the month of September, there were 15,106 homes for sale.
Mike Lyon points out an interesting … (0 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: Have You Ever Wiped Out Your Web Site? - 09/23/07 11:08 PM
If you've ever clicked the wrong button or had a power failure when working on your Web site, come over and crawl into a cry-fest with me. Yesterday morning I was working on my site, updating, adding a few links, and I was on the wrong page by mistake. When I … (6 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: How Many Pot Houses Are in Sacramento? - 09/23/07 09:09 AM
Something tells me that the recent Sacramento pot house busts are only the tip of the iceberg -- there are probably hundreds of other illegal pot operations throughout Sacramento, Placer, Yolo and El Dorado Counties that the police departments have yet to discover. Suburbia hides this sort of stuff much easier … (4 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: 1616 26TH STREET, SACRAMENTO, CA 95816 - 09/15/07 07:42 PM
Welcome to fabulous Midtown. This Craftsman bungalow is a contractor's special. Priced competitively for its condition.
SPECS: The home has 2 to 3 bedrooms, one bath (with dual entrances) approximately 1367 square feet per assessor -- seems much larger -- and it was built in 1910. One car detached garage.
PERIOD FEATURES: Note … (5 comments)
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elizabeth weintraub: Keller Williams Network - 02/02/07 09:00 AM
I received an email the other day from Darin Persinger, team leader up in Madison, WI. Darin had added The Harper Team to his blogroll and wanted to know about any other KW agent blogs. I am pointing him toward the KW Group at AR, but it got me to thinking … (2 comments)
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