Your Guide to Sacramento Real Estate

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Real Estate Broker/Owner - Cathy Ashley McAlister, GRI CDPE - Broker / Sacramento

ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2010 

  BOO!  As we go out into this October 31st, may it be full of tricks or treats for young and old.  Have a wonderful time today with your friends and family.  Between football, baseball and the main event after dark, there is something for everyone!  Happy Halloween...               
10/31/2010
PERE LACHAISE - A famous Parisian Cemetery - Something different for your Halloween Blog list.     Lovingly called "la cite des morts - the city of the dead" by Parisians; Pere Lachaise is probably the most famous cemetery in Paris and among the most fascinating in the world.     For those of you...
10/29/2010
Disclosures and the unsure Seller.  If you are a seller in a real estate transaction, you have a duty and obligation to provide any and all information you know which could affect the desirability of the home to a buyer under contract.  In many states, such as California, this is the law.  Someti...
10/27/2010
Year End Home Purchase....  This repeat buyer is on to something.  Barbara & I met from a sign call.  She had immigrated here from Europe and was now looking for her first investment property.  Low price range, challenged neighborhoods.   We looked at  a lot of property and wrote many offers befo...
10/26/2010
Sunday - the perfect day of balance and symmetry.    The day to reflect on the past and prepare for the future.  Behold the love and family and friends.  A day to worship in your beliefs, whatever they may be.  A day to clear the mind and slow the pace of thought.  Not all Sunday's can be that wa...
10/24/2010
Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants!   Great Job ... Well done ... will be fun to watch you in the World Series. I'm not a real fan of baseball.  As least, not in the truest sense of the word.  I do not know the players names, statistics or even which league they are in.  But, I am a fan ...
10/24/2010
  Combined Final Hud-1.  One of those pesky details and yet critically important to maintaining a complete file.   The HUD-1.  I, as a broker, along with many others prefer that the closed master file contain a copy of the final/complete HUD at closing.   The HUD-1 that shows BOTH sides of the tr...
10/22/2010
For some it's a headwind and others a Fresh Breeze.  In the middle of the mess, there is still happiness!  I was reminded of this fact yesterday as I was showing property to a young couple.  First time buyers, early 30's, have saved their money, watched the market and are ready to buy their first...
10/19/2010
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