I was looking through MLS yesterday at how many homes I have sold because I have never tallied them, but MLS only goes back to October of 2008, before running into the archives. If it is to be believed, I have sold 565 homes in the Sacramento area over the past 6 years, and maybe more since then.
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06/10/2015
When I started in real estate in the 1970s, I was primarily a buyer's agent who negotiated purchases with seller financing. Not the top producer listing agent in Sacramento that I am today. Back then, very few listings were offered with owner financing, and I was taught to ignore the way the list
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06/09/2015
With my two new listings on the market in Sacramento, I received a bunch of purchase offers over the weekend. The first thing I did, of course, was go to the movies on Sunday because it's always best to wait until after the open houses to consider an offer. Some buyers, when they find the perfect
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06/08/2015
We have this huge blank spot over our family room sofa, flanked by surround sound speakers at either end but nothing in the middle. It's been that way forever. It's where I pictured the Marlin I never caught in Hawaii would go. Well, until I learned that they don't actually mount the fish live, t
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06/07/2015
Remember those old articles in some women's magazine, Can This Marriage Be Saved? That's what ran through my head this morning when I began to write my personal blog today about whether a seller can qualify to do a short sale. Unlike the couples in those magazine articles, I care about my sellers
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06/06/2015
I'd like to think that Fannie Mae BPO issues were over, but that would mean that short sales were over, and short sales are not over. We don't have as many short sales in Sacramento as we used to, and we're down by about 90%. Also, not every agent who lists a short sale even qualifies their selle
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06/05/2015
Some people would argue that taking annoying calls is part of what you get as a Sacramento Realtor who answers her phone. It's a reason that many agents never answer their phones. They tend to prefer text messages or email, and don't want to necessarily or physically hear another person's voice,
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06/04/2015
If you've ever wondered what it would be like to live in an Italian villa without the trouble and expense of flying to the Tuscany countryside, here is your opportunity. This home is located in the remarkable private vinyeard community of Clos du Lac in Loomis, California, a mere 35-minute jaunt
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06/03/2015
It's a good thing I was able to rearrange my schedule yesterday to accommodate the needs of a seller in Loomis who asked me to take an emergency listing. I get those requests every so often, just like buyer's agents get a buyer calling who says she needs to see a home somewhere in Placer County r
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06/02/2015
My husband has introduced me to many fun games to play, as he tends to play more games than I. For example, I am not very much interested in board games anymore, not like when I was a kid. Although I am still partial to Scrabble, but games like Monopoly or Risk seem repetitive and unrewarding. Or
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06/01/2015
