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What Will You Do With the Last Business Day in 2016?

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Real Estate Agent with Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker DRE #00697006

Yes, this Sacramento Realtor is still engaged in her wor-cation in Hawaii, as you can tell by the above photograph. Every day I get out of our vacation house and go somewhere fun. Yesterday, I stopped at a few furniture stores because sometime this year I will be furnishing the house after the sellers / tenants move.

I could not peruse bedroom furniture because a woman from Elk Grove called in the midst of my hunt and I answered my phone from the second floor of Kohala Furniture. This is a seller whom I must have contacted many times as a referral maybe a year ago and she never responded until the moment suited. She expects to sell her home without the painting or recarpeting she says it needs, knock 2 percentage points off my commission, and sell at top of market; not to mention, she demanded a full report on-the-spot of all homes on her street that have sold, but she is not about to read a 50-page CMA report, thank you very much. 

She also noted I am a top producer, the #2 agent out of 1000 or so at Lyon she says, and wished outloud I was #20 because I must make too much money. She believes top agents who make a lot of money won't make the seller a lot of money, which is completely the opposite.

We earn the big bucks because our sellers get top dollar, which means we perform well. You can read more in my personal blog today at this link: The Last Business Day of 2016 Can't Come Soon Enough.

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Elizabeth Weintraub is co-partner of Weintraub & Wallace Team of Top Producing Realtors, an author, home buying expert at The Balance, a Land Park resident, and a veteran real estate agent who specializes in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown, Carmichael and East Sacramento, as well as tract homes in Elk Grove, Natomas, Roseville and Lincoln. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put our combined 80 years of real estate experience to work for you. Broker-Associate at RE/MAX Gold. DRE License # 00697006.

Photo: Unless otherwise noted in this blog, the photo is copyrighted by Big Stock Photo and used with permission.The views expressed herein are Weintraub's personal views and do not reflect the views of RE/MAX Gold. Disclaimer: If this post contains a listing, information is deemed reliable as of the date it was written. After that date, the listing may be sold, listed by another brokerage, canceled, pending or taken temporarily off the market, and the price could change without notice; it could blow up, explode or vanish. To find out the present status of any listing, please go to elizabethweintraub.com.

Comments (13)

Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

Make every day count... like the Fed Ex or UPS package delivery, make your information providing the same fast, easy, helpful and money saving! Happy New Year Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Real Estate Agent, Top 1% of Lyon Agents .

Dec 30, 2016 09:24 AM
Pat Champion
John Roberts Realty - Eustis, FL
Call the "CHAMPION" for all your real estate needs

I can't believe it is the end of the year already. I wish you a successful year in 2017'.

Dec 30, 2016 09:51 AM
Jeff Masich-Scottsdale AZ Associate Broker,MBA,GRI
HomeSmart Real Estate - Scottsdale, AZ
Arizona Homes and Land Group/ Buy or Sell

Aloha. Happy new year in Hawaii. Me? I am playing my "annual basketball game" with a friend. Every year since 1989. 

Dec 30, 2016 10:00 AM
Hella Mitschke Rothwell
(831) 626-4000 - Honolulu, HI
Hawaii & California Real Estate Broker

"Old age is no place for sissies?"

"I'm the nicest goddam dame that ever lived?"

"If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it?"

"Fasten your seat belt, it's going to be a bumpy night?"

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Dec 30, 2016 11:16 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Andrew Mooers I'm not sure what FedX or UPS has to do with the price of eggs in China, but neither service is all that good anymore.

Dec 30, 2016 11:25 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker

Andrew Mooers Maybe you get better service in your neck of the woods. My last 3 deliveries from UPS were so late I had to cancel the orders, and FedX is running so far behind I get things delivered way after dinner.

Dec 30, 2016 06:49 PM
Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573

They waste no steps, are always moving and productive to the greatest degree. Or they are pink slipped. In the unemployment line.

Dec 30, 2016 12:39 PM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Pat Champion Unfortunately, I am painfully aware of the year coming to a close.

Dec 30, 2016 11:26 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Jeffrey Masich I guess it's nice to maintain consistency in your life and to do the things that bring you joy.

Dec 30, 2016 11:26 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Hella Mitschke Rothwell Ha, ha, ha. It's the last quote, of course. In our West Hawaii Today paper is a cartoon of a baby 2017 in a top hat with a "hope" balloon tied to his wrist, pensively looking up at a cement wall topped by barbed wire.

Dec 30, 2016 11:33 AM
Karen Fiddler, Broker/Owner
Karen Parsons-Fiddler, Broker 949-510-2395 - Mission Viejo, CA
Orange County & Lake Arrowhead, CA (949)510-2395

I'll be resting and getting ready for the crazy that hits in January. 

Dec 30, 2016 12:10 PM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Karen Fiddler, Broker/Owner I'm kicking back myself just as soon as I blog about my new listing in the Natomas neighborhood of Sacramento. Still on "phone duty" tho and I answer emails, but I'm not generating new business for a few days; I'm laying low, LOL. Hopping over to Maui on Tuesday, and leaving Big Island.

Dec 30, 2016 06:51 PM
Karen Fiddler, Broker/Owner
Karen Parsons-Fiddler, Broker 949-510-2395 - Mission Viejo, CA
Orange County & Lake Arrowhead, CA (949)510-2395

I would love to head to Maui with you! It's cold and rainy here today. Have a great trip. 

Dec 31, 2016 09:47 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hi Elizabeth -- life in real estate can definitely be a "bumpy ride" at times and we certainly have previewed/shown properties that make "what a dump" seem like a compliment too.   

Dec 31, 2016 11:46 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

I'm very hopeful 2017 is going to be fantastic.  I'm really looking forward to it.

Jan 01, 2017 10:15 AM