short sale: Eddie Izzard and My Rocklin Short Sale Listing
- 07/10/11 03:03 AM
A comic who can make me laugh so hard my gut wants to bust is #1 my husband and #2 Eddie Izzard. The difference between the two is my husband doesn't always do it on purpose.
I loved Eddie Izzard in the short-lived television series The Riches, he was so perfect, paired with Minnie Driver, in the role of a con artist pretending to be wealthy. He was fabulous as the professor in another favorite and also canceled show the United States of Tara. But I have never seen him perform live on stage.
This morning I clicked through my gmail … (4 comments)
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short sale: Why Do Short Sale Buyers Bail at the 11th Hour?
- 07/08/11 03:51 AM
As circumstances go in Sacramento short sales, the time that a buyer is likely to cancel is almost always right before short sale approval. It's like they can see that train coming down the tracks and they can't wait for it to pull into the station. They jump in their car and go home. Seems the minute that I tell buyer's agents we're about 10 days away, they tell me the buyer wants to cancel. It doesn't make sense.
But then what about real estate or short sales makes sense these days? Not much. People get highly emotional over the silliest … (10 comments)
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short sale: My Favorite Day Lilies at the Amador Flower Farm in Plymouth, CA
- 06/27/11 02:39 AM
I was supposed to list a home in Rancho Covdova this weekend. But the seller of that short sale isn't quite ready yet, and she canceled our appointment. That's too bad because in another month, we'll be moving into the slower season. People think that selling in summer is the best time to put your home on the market, but it's not. Still, if you have to do a short sale, what choice have you got? You call your Sacramento short sale agent, and you go on the market.
That cancellation did leave me free, though, to take a short trip … (10 comments)
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short sale: Can You Buy Back or Lease Back Your Home in a Short Sale?
- 06/26/11 03:09 AM
I really dislike those who prey on the vulnerable. I don't care if it's senior citizens they're going after or 2-month-old babies, wounded dogs or unsupervised real estate agents, there is no excuse for doing it. Go pick on somebody who can fight back. Moreover, it makes me growl Grrrr when I see it.
Nobody died and appointed me Caped Crusader, but if I spot crooks, I'm gonna say something about it. To keep my mouth shut would make me part of the problem. I would much rather be part of the solution than part of the problem. As a Sacramento … (9 comments)
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short sale: Emperor Penguin in New Zealand and a Short Sale at the Med Center in Sacramento
- 06/24/11 03:27 AM
Images are powerful. Some say they are more powerful than words. I suspect that's because you can twist around words in your head or forget words, but it's really hard to forget an image. I keep seeing that image embedded in my brain of the Emperor Penguin in New Zealand, standing on a sandy beach all by itself looking lost. It was lost. Took a wrong turn out in the ocean somewhere and should have been in Antarctica, not stranded on a beach in New Zealand.
Authorities said they were going to let nature take its course. Even though the poor … (8 comments)
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short sale: Why an Estimated HUD is Not a Final HUD and an Orangevale Short Sale
- 06/23/11 02:37 AM
Unlike sellers who can choose which Sacramento short sale agent they hire, as an agent, we can't always choose who we get into a transaction with. Sometimes we get stuck with real doozies. When that happens, I try to tell myself that other people are basically innocent. They are only doing the best to which they are capable of doing. Plus, if I am not being helpful, why am I in the business?
A negotiator yesterday for LBPS emailed me to say she needed the estimated HUD to show "Final" instead of "estimated." We don't yet have the short sale approval … (5 comments)
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short sale: Meeting With Sellers at the Last Minute Isn't Always the Best Idea
- 06/21/11 03:18 AM
A reporter named Whitney Mountain (real name, not making that one up) wrote a story for the Sacramento Bee this morning about auto theft. Whit that says our Central Valley is the worst in the nation for auto theft. California has the highest rates in the country. Sacramento moved from ranking at #11 to #6 this year. Our rate zipped per 1,000 people up to 5.79. Think about it -- don't you know somebody (if it wasn't you) who has had his or her car stolen?
My husband had his Honda Civic stolen about 10 years ago. It was missing for … (9 comments)
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short sale: We May All Be Connected But There is Nothing Fair Nor Equal About Life
- 06/20/11 02:30 AM
I went to Tower Theatre in Land Park yesterday to see The Tree of Life so you don't have to. This is not a bad movie and, in fact, I liked it, but I would not give it a 4-star rating. Primarily because it's not really a movie as movies go. I'm not sure what you would call it. In the beginning, it made me think about how cool it would probably be to watch this movie stoned on acid, you know, LSD. I haven't had a thought like that roll through my head since I was 17.
But that's what … (7 comments)
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short sale: What? No Drama in a Short Sale? Then, Here's a Del Dayo Pool Home
- 06/16/11 04:43 AM
A Sacramento short sale agent has her highs and lows during the day. One day the bank is telling me the investors will not postpone an auction. And I have to pass on that information to the seller, which breaks my heart. I beg for one more attempt. Then, 2 days later, the investor pulls a Jekyll and Hyde and approves the short sale, with the caveat we have to close in 2 weeks and no extension. I swear, I sometimes feel like Fred Sanford, clutching his chest and looking skyward: I'm coming, Elizabeth.
In another short sale, we have approval … (6 comments)
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short sale: A Preapproved HAFA Short Sale in Folsom's The Parkway at a Ridiculously Low Price
- 06/14/11 03:25 AM
When was the last time you heard of an agent turning down business? Most real estate agents I know will list a home for sale even if they don't believe it will sell. In the case of a short sale, some will list homes that they know will never close. Why would they do this? To get signage on that street. In the case of most big-name brokerages, the agents generally don't pay for their advertising signs, so it's free advertising.
Some even plaster their smiling faces on those signs. I would not put my face on a sign because somebody … (1 comments)
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short sale: Why I Am No Longer a Title Searcher and About Seller Credits on a HUD
- 06/11/11 04:25 AM
One of the the things that some people don't know about me is I used to be a title searcher. This was in 1974. I know, people look at me and say: What? Were you 4? That's how I started in the real estate business, though, at First American Title as a title searcher. I worked at several offices. Lakewood and Boulder, both in Colorado. I liked the Boulder office the best because the courthouse was practically right across the street. Plus, my desk sat alongside a window so I could watch people walk by, and friends could stop to chat … (8 comments)
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short sale: Don't Put on Any Airs When You're Down on Rue Morgue Avenue
- 06/10/11 03:13 AM
When you're lost in the rain in Juarez, and it's Easter-time, too. And your gravity fails and negativity don't pull you through. That's the opening to a song on Highway 61 Revisited, next to Blonde on Blonde, my second favorite Dylan album. He was so cute back then! Up on housing project hill, it's either fortune or fame. You must pick one or the other, though neither of them are to be what they claim.
This song, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, is going through my head this morning as I reflect on yesterday's insane activities. Usually Thursdays are a bit … (4 comments)
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short sale: What's Better Than an Affordable Gold River Short Sale -- How About a Break in the Day?
- 06/09/11 03:32 AM
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. I bet real estate agents say that a lot. Especially listing agents. Especially a Sacramento short sale agent. You notice how I automatically assigned a gender to that horse and it wasn't female? All of my women readers are laughing right now. The men are saying, What the?
I stopped by to see a client yesterday. I was driving back from taking a new listing in the Pocket. The sun was out. The top of my car, down. Riverside Boulevard had little traffic. I drove by Seamas and … (8 comments)
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short sale: Does the Bank Pay All of the Costs and Fees in a Short Sale?
- 06/08/11 03:05 AM
I see such outlandish advertising in Sacramento about short sales. Agents put out marketing pieces that say all services free to homeowner. Hate to burst their bubble, but our short sale services are not free to the homeowner. Or, agents will advertise that there is no cost to the seller because the bank pays everything, including commission. Excuse me? The bank does not own the house.
One of the biggest worries that sellers have is whether they will have to pay the commission. It's a big chunk. No doubt about it. As a Sacramento short sale agent, I have the lucky … (7 comments)
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short sale: About TV Westerns, Meek's Cutoff and a Luxury Short Sale Condo in Antelope
- 06/06/11 03:03 AM
Growing up in the 1950s, I had a crush on Matt Dillon. John Wayne? Oh, puhlease, no, no, no, Matt Dillon. I never liked John Wayne. I once wrote a piece about how the fine folks in Orange County should take his statue out of the airport and stick in the entrance of Newport harbor so pigeons could poop on it. That endeared me to many. But Matt Dillon had character, integrity, ethics and well, who knows what went on between him and Miss Kitty. James Arness died last week at 88.
There are no Westerns on prime-time TV anymore. That's … (3 comments)
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short sale: Do You Choose a Neighborhood Specialist or a Short Sale Agent to Do a Short Sale?
- 06/05/11 05:22 AM
I wonder how an East Sacramento agent does the math on those closed short sales when talking to a prospective seller. It's no surprise that the public has a hard time trusting real estate agents when some of those agents engage in agent fluffery. How does a consumer separate fact from fiction? Moreover, why should a consumer have to decipher what is true and what is not in the first place? Aren't agents supposed to be honest and follow the Code of Ethics, which means tell the truth?
I think they get away with it because some of them tell only … (6 comments)
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short sale: The Secret is to Identify the Weakest Link in That Short Sale and Fix It
- 06/03/11 04:03 AM
You can call up a company to complain about a problem, and you'll probably get shuffled around. That's if you can even get through to the company. You might even hope that pressing zero will get you a live person, but half the time it just disconnects you. Adds to your frustration. So you send an email, but nobody responds. Well, I've stopped doing that. I get much further by blogging about it. Better and faster results.
Know why? Because everybody and their uncles have set up Google Alerts for themselves. So I accomplish several things by this. The first is … (6 comments)
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short sale: Wait Until Your Colon Stops Working or Fannie Mae Asks for Cable Bills
- 06/02/11 04:03 AM
My colon has stopped working. Not THAT colon. The colon on my keyboard, and the semi-colon ain't working so hot, either. I've removed the key, pulled out all the cat hair, vacuumed all around it, and the darn key just sticks. I don't want to replace the keyboard again because I have painstakingly applied large-print keyboard stickers on every single key.
Do you know what it's like to live day after day without a colon key? It's awful. It means no smiley faces for me. Even though I routinely type the parenthesis backwards and make it a frowny face by mistake. … (13 comments)
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short sale: A Photo Gallery of Ione, California
- 05/31/11 03:38 AM
Sorta by mistake, my husband and I ended up in Ione, CA, yesterday. Unlike many of the tourists who probably frequent Ione and support its 3 restaurants, we weren't there to visit loved ones in residence at Mule Creek Prison. The photo to the left is of Iron Ivan, a steam locomotive that was in operation from 1937 to 1956, a 12-mile stretch between Ione and Martell.
Ione is a small town, smaller than 5 square miles, in the Central Valley in Amador County. It's about an hour from Sacramento. During the Gold Rush, it was a supply center where the … (7 comments)
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short sale: It Doesn't Always Pay to Signal Your Turn in a Conversation
- 05/30/11 04:38 AM
My husband believes that some things I say just pop up out of the blue with absolutely no reference point. He says, in conversations, I don't signal my turns. My brain is constantly in transition. Yet, he loves me anyway.
During brunch at Bistro Michel yesterday, we were discussing vampire teeth. You mostly see this in women, not men, but I suppose men aren't immune. I'm talking about those long canines. The type that suggest I'd like to bite your neck, in a Bela Lugosi kind of way. They say that the eyes are the windows to your soul, but I … (16 comments)
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A comic who can make me laugh so hard my gut wants to bust is #1 my husband and #2 Eddie Izzard. The difference between the two is my husband doesn't always do it on purpose.
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