Is it a full moon? I had to look it up and, sure enough, according to the U.S. Navy, last night at 9:21 PM, the moon was full. I shot this photo about 6 AM this morning. It's what the moon looks like setting over Land Park, Sacramento.
Although I'm not a big believer in astrology, despite my wacky attempt at a bit of humor with my Real Estate Horoscopes for 2009 -- which caused some readers to say they were never, ever, going to read another thing I wrote, not if they lived to be a million years old -- sometimes I do wonder if the gravitational pull of the moon affects human behavior.
Many of my Sacramento short sales had an extreme amount of activity yesterday. Coincydink? You tell me. How does a short sale in Sacramento get approved within 30 days? I have a few I've been working on for several months that seemed to be headed nowhere. Then, all of a sudden, a negotiator called yesterday to say he'll have short sale approval before the end of the month, and we just submitted the file 10 days ago.
By some stroke of miracle, my pile of Countrywide deactivated files suddenly were reactivated. Are the pagans dancing naked under the moon?
And to think I was complaining to my husband a few days ago, asking him to tell me again why I am a Sacramento short sale agent, to which he responded, "Because you enjoy hitting yourself on the head with a hammer?"
But this morning, all those short sale files appear headed toward closing. I presently am working on 18 contingent short sales, meaning they all have accepted offers from committed buyers. I also put another Land Park short sale buyer into escrow yesterday who had been toughing it out, waiting days for a presentation of multiple offers. Come on, Wednesday, I'm ready for ya.
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Elizabeth Weintraub is an author, home buying columnist for The New York Times-owned About.com, a Land Park resident, and a Land Park real estate agent who specializes in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown and East Sacramento. Weintraub is also a Sacramento Short Sale agent who lists and successfully sells short sales throughout Sacramento. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put 35 years of real estate experience to work for you.
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Photo: Elizabeth Weintraub, Land Park, Sacramento
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