sacramento realtor: How a Sacramento REALTOR Can Get Rid of a PITA
- 05/31/14 02:17 AM
I often refer to things that are distasteful and I wish would go away as a PITA, and I'm not talking about baking bread. The secret to living a happy and stress-less life, of course, is to get rid of stuff one would call a PITA -- unfortunately, the PITA generally comes with two legs and a set of lips, the latter of which are moving. In Sacramento real estate, it can be hard to eliminate all PITA because so much of it comes with the territory. Some you don't choose, it can be an unintended consequence of the transaction like … (9 comments)
sacramento realtor: Why It's Smart to Sell That Sacramento Home and Buy a Smaller Home
- 03/11/14 02:01 AM
While a lot of sellers in Sacramento are thinking about selling their home and moving up in the world, some sellers are near the verge of downsizing. This particular real estate market in the Sacramento region -- wobbling on its shaky legs and heading toward recovery -- has finally appreciated to the point in which some home owners can now sell and pocket equity. That might not have been true over the past 8 years, but it's true today, and it's a good time to sell and buy another home. Especially if you're thinking about buying a smaller home for retirement. … (8 comments)
sacramento realtor: How to Find an East Sacramento Real Estate Agent
- 02/04/14 11:12 PM
Mostly I figure out who is visiting my website by the phone calls I receive from potential home sellers and buyers in Sacramento. Based on the questions they ask me, I can decipher what they were looking for online when they ran across my name. Sometimes, I ask them to tell me exactly which words they entered into the search box, and often it's a two-word or three-word search such as East Sacramento agent, but some find me from the long tail as well. I don't really care how they find me just as long as they call me. They can … (0 comments)
sacramento realtor: Selling a Rental Home That is Occupied by a Tenant in Sacramento
- 01/14/14 08:46 AM
It's certainly easier for a Sacramento buyer's agent to show a vacant home over occupied premises, but four bare walls and a window can be kind of boring. I know there are agents who don't want to make appointments to show homes, and they would prefer it if all homes were vacant, so they never had to worry about being on time or adhering to a schedule, but that's just not possible. I try to accommodate buyer's agents as much as possible. Sometimes, this means giving agents a window of time during which they can show without an appointment. You see … (5 comments)
sacramento realtor: A Sacramento REALTOR Who Wins the Listing for a Carmichael Pool Home
- 09/27/13 02:00 AM
I don't know any REALTORS who really like participating in a listing presentation and trying to win that listing for, say, a Carmichael pool home, for example. It's a little disasteful because often a REALTOR® is judged on criteria based on ignorance. However, if a seller doesn't have a referral to a Carmichael REALTOR®, then a seller might have no choice but to interview Carmichael REALTORS® and try to find the REALTOR® best suited for the job. The problem is sellers don't always choose the best REALTOR®. That's because they don't use the right criteria or know how to choose the … (4 comments)
sacramento realtor: Not All REALTORS are Slimy Like the C.A.R. Ad Campaign
- 07/05/13 04:00 AM
I have noticed a slight twist in the Sacramento real estate market lately. Maybe it's because there seems to be two distinct caliber types who are searching the internet for a Sacramento REALTOR® to sell a home. I tend to get the sellers who are eager to receive information, learn about the market and what I can do for them, or else I get the type of sellers who think they know everything, hate the fact they have to call a REALTOR® and are snotty as all get-out. Makes you wonder what's going on? Are the rising prices in this seller's … (6 comments)
sacramento realtor: I Wasn't Always a Successful Sacramento REALTOR®
- 05/03/13 01:31 AM
Many of us came into the profession of real estate from other jobs. Even if you've been in the real estate business for as many decades as I have, there have always been other jobs along the way. There are the jobs you take because it's summer vacation and you're in high school and need the money. There are the jobs you take when you get out of high school before you go to college. There are also the jobs you take while you're in college, if you need to support yourself while going to school. And there are the first … (5 comments)
sacramento realtor: What Does it Mean When a Sacramento Home is Listed Without FHA or VA?
- 04/27/13 04:02 AM
As a busy Sacramento REALTOR® who tries with all of the energy I can muster to answer every single phone call during the day, that means I don't always have the luxury of time to engage in lengthy conversations. I might have another call coming in. I prefer that people just get right to the point, especially real estate agents, and ask me the question they want to ask. When I answer that question, I would like them to accept the answer I have provided. Of course, I would like magical mushrooms in my yard to turn into gold coins, too. … (4 comments)
sacramento realtor: About the R Word in REALTOR® in Sacramento
- 03/15/13 01:34 AM
I planned to write a blog this morning about what it's like to be a REALTOR® in Sacramento. In fact, I wrote it anyway but I got hung up on the word REALTOR®, because our trade association, the National Association of REALTORS, restricts how we can use our affiliation with that association. I downloaded the logo and was about to insert into my blog as a jpeg. But I wanted to make sure i wasn't violating any rules. I read all the restrictions, and after I read them for a third time I decided not to use the logo at all. … (15 comments)
sacramento realtor: MLS Trick to Buy a Home in Sacramento
- 09/18/12 11:35 PM
There are reasons why an investor is not always the best person to go into escrow with, apart from the fact they tend to financially ace out an owner occupant -- a person who wants to buy a home in Sacramento to live in. When an agent comes to this Sacramento REALTOR® with an offer from an investor, swearing up and down how easy their investor is to work with, that shoots up red flags to me. Why any agent would listen to that kind of dribble is beyond me. I certainly don't mean to. In fact, I am often wary … (4 comments)
sacramento realtor: Sacramento Home Selling and Buying at the Same Time
- 09/18/12 12:59 AM
I received the sweetest email from a Sacramento home seller this morning. She is selling a home and buying at the same time. No easy feat in this real estate market. Many times she called or emailed to say she wanted to take her home off the market, that she wasn't immediately selling, and I encouraged her to be patient. In some areas, the days on market are a bit longer over others. A patient seller wins. That's one of the advantages of working in the business for as many years as this Sacramento REALTOR® has been in real estate. You … (4 comments)
sacramento realtor: Get a Head Start on the Sacramento Fall Home Selling Market
- 09/04/12 12:09 AM
The only problem with the Sacramento Fall home selling market is crawling out of bed after Labor Day. I never use an alarm because I do tend to wake up around 5 AM. This morning, I decided I deserved another 30 minute of sleep. I know how hectic it will be today. It's always hectic on a Tuesday. Tuesdays are the day people recover from the weekend and get serious about whatever they are doing. Except, when you have a holiday like Labor Day that eats up a Monday, sometimes people don't get rolling until Wednesday. That's what I'm counting on … (3 comments)
sacramento realtor: New York Times Sells About.Com
- 08/27/12 12:56 AM
The New York Times is today selling About.com for $300 million in cash to IAC. The sale will take place over the next couple of weeks. I have no idea how this sale will affect my homebuying website on About.com. I heard that Ask.com bit the dust after IAC bought it. Whether the same death will happen to About.com is anybody's guess, but the website format has weathered storms in the past, and I imagine we'll weather this transformation as well. Good thing I have a second job as a top-producing Sacramento REALTOR. You know what they warn about don't quit … (5 comments)
sacramento realtor: Quality Customer Service Goes Two Ways
- 08/05/12 11:44 PM
Some people are very uncomfortable being fawned over. My husband is one of those. He especially dislikes being fawned over by insincere people in roles of servitude. I first noticed his distaste for this many years ago when we checked in to stay a night at Adare Manor, a castle in Ireland, County Limerick. Guests are treated like royalty at Adare.First, they seat you in an oversized antique chair. You’re too good to stand in line at reception. Then, a row of butlers gently wave fans in your direction and pluck grapes from the overhead vines to place into your mouth, … (10 comments)
sacramento realtor: Going Fishing Cures Just About Anything That Ails You
- 07/20/12 11:13 PM
Once the Rocky Mountains touches your heart, you're never the same again. John Denver or no John Denver. That's the thing about living in the mountains. A couple of my friends who came back to Nederland for the Reunion (the Reunion is for people who used to live in the area in the 1970s and 1980s) are seriously considering moving back. One lives in Texas and the other is from Florida. Here is a photo of the sky at 9,000' elevation. Can't you smell the pine?
Lady Jake and Red Ted are resting on a log after hiking the … (11 comments)
Broker-Associate at RE/MAX Gold, Midtown and Sierra Oaks Sacramento office. Co-partner Weintraub & Wallace Realtors. Selling since 1974. Homebuying expert at The Balance. Weintraub & Wallace sells homes from Galt to Lincoln. <
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I often refer to things that are distasteful and I wish would go away as a PITA, and I'm not talking about baking bread. The secret to living a happy and stress-less life, of course, is to get rid of stuff one would call a PITA -- unfortunately, the PITA generally comes with two legs and a set of lips, the latter of which are moving.
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