sacramento real estate voice: Long Timer Here on Active Rain is Asked to Speak - 01/26/09 12:34 PM
What a surprise to have been asked by our Sacramento Association of Realtor MLS system, Metrolist to take part in a seminar about social networks. 
Active Rain was obviously one of the major social networks discussed and since I have been a member here on Active Rain since August 2006, I was the likely choice to have been asked to participate on the panel for the seminar. Linkedin, facebook, Trulia and Twitter will also be the focus of this February training seminar in Sacramento at the Sacramento Association of Realtors.
My guess is that due to my Google rank on the Internet … (15 comments)

sacramento real estate voice: A Look At Sacramento Real Estate Sales Over 11 Years - 01/07/09 12:06 PM
Sacramento single family homes market stats are ready. The Sacramento County homes sold in 2008 for each month is shown in the chart to the right and as you can see shows a steady increase in home sales for most of 2008. 
The month of December picked up from November with 1,891 single family homes throughout the Sacramento County area sold.
The average sold price of a home in Sacramento County was $198,919 and the average list price was $200,719 taking an average of 45 days to sell.
To see the 11 year chart for Sacramento just click Homes in Sacramento for the past 11 years.
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sacramento real estate voice: Home Seller Has Question - 08/12/08 05:11 AM
Sacramento Real Estate Voice received a question that many home sellers ask. Today, we will spend the time to address this question for every home seller that is selling their house or will sell their house and clear the air.  
Whether selling your house in the Sacramento area or across the nation, there are simple rules to follow and common courtesy that should come in to play.
Let's take a look at this Home Seller question:
HOME SELLER:
We have had our house on the market for about 2 weeks and have been very lucky as have had traffic just about every day. … (5 comments)

sacramento real estate voice: Flattery or Plagiarism - 02/22/07 03:39 PM
 
They say that the best form of flattery is being copied. However, I wonder if you might call it flattery or Plagiarism? Hmmmmmmmm. Well, yesterday I received an email from one of my past clients who said she saw an article I had written on Sacramento Real Estate Voice about Fraud and was wondering if I happen to see the article on Mortgage Fraud Blog.
I clicked on the link and was surprised to see someone else's name and my entire article word for word and photo for photo placed on the Mortgage Fraud Blog.
Since my article Fraud in Real Estate? was written … (42 comments)

sacramento real estate voice: How Much Is Your Blog Worth? - 02/09/07 01:12 PM

Have you been blogging on Active Rain or somewhere else for a little while? Have you checked to see how much your blog is worth? You might want to bookmark this site and check it out every now and then. See if you increase your worth or...
It's an interesting concept, isn't it...HOW MUCH IS YOUR BLOG WORTH...hmmmmmmmmmm It makes you wonder who sits back and thinks of these things. As you contemplate that concept here's another one. How much are you worth as a Realtor, a Lender, A Stager, a Person. Is anyone really able to come up with a figure that … (5 comments)

sacramento real estate voice: Sacramento Real Estate Voice Honored - 02/08/07 01:47 AM
Recently, Tracy Coenen, CPA MBA CFE of Milwaukee and Chicago who writes articles on Fraud acknowledged Sacramento Real Estate Voice. In December of 2006 Tracy's article called Real Estate Fraud on the Sacramento Real Estate Voice, "an awesome post". Considering how many articles on Fraud have been written, I humbly thank you for your vote and honorable mention. I am pleased that SacramentoRealEstateVoice also was reviewed and Want to Be An Investor? was selected as one of the best posts by On the Political Calculations  "Gena's story of a fraudster's serial real estate investing frauds makes for good reading and provides invaluable lessons for potential investors." 
Many thanks … (7 comments)