Plain answers, no jargon
Buying and selling a house, explained the way I would say it on the phone
Real estate gets wrapped in words that are doing three jobs at once, and most of the confusion is not you. It is the vocabulary. So here is the whole thing in plain language, including the parts that do not help me sell anything.
I am Kevin. I am a REALTOR with Windermere Signature Properties, so I have an interest in this. Read accordingly.
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- Local Events
Mother’s Day around the Sacramento Region
Mother's Day in the Sacramento region is not one event. It is a whole weekend of things that arrive every May, and they fall into…
- Fair Oaks
Why people move to Fair Oaks, CA
Fair Oaks sits along the American River just northeast of Sacramento, and the reasons people give me for moving there are remarkably consistent. Trees. Space.…
- Local Events
Keeping kids busy through a Sacramento summer
Summer in the Sacramento Valley is long. It starts earlier than people expect and it does not let go until well after the school year begins.…
- Local Events
A game day around Sutter Health Park
Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento hosts two kinds of baseball now. The A's, formerly the Oakland A's, play their home games there, and so do…
- Sacramento
The Fourth of July around the Sacramento Region
The Fourth of July in this region is not a single day. It starts the weekend before and runs through the night of the holiday…
- Neighborhood Guides
The region’s food, wine and beer festivals, month by month
Sacramento calls itself the Farm to Fork Capital, and the festival calendar is where you can see why. The region sits in the middle of farms…
- Neighborhood Guides
Camping with kids within reach of Sacramento
Camping with kids is not really about camping. It is about everything around the tent: the restrooms, the showers, the swim spot, and whether there…
- Neighborhood Guides
Where to eat and shop sustainably around Sacramento
Sustainability is a year-round habit, but Earth Day on April 22 is the day the region makes a point of it. It has been marked since…
- Sacramento
Easter around the Sacramento Region
Easter in the Sacramento region is a season rather than a Sunday. The hunts start in late March and keep rolling into early April, and…
- Local Events
The county fair season around Northern California
Almost every county in California holds a fair, and most of them land in the summer. If you live in the greater Sacramento region you get…
- Local Events
The biggest concerts and festivals that come through Sacramento
Sacramento is on the touring map now, and the reason is not complicated. The region has the rooms, and they sit close enough to the Bay…
- Real Estate
Buying at the upper end of the market
The upper end of the Greater Sacramento market is not the rest of the market with bigger numbers. It behaves differently, and it does that…
What is your house actually worth?
Send the address and the basics. You get the number and the arithmetic behind it, and the honest answer may be that waiting is the right move.