Email ElizabethWhat Will a Sacramento Home Seller Take?
What will a Sacramento home seller take? This is the question I get from 8 out of 10 agents when calling about a listing. I was perusing Elizabeth’s first blogs. Inserted below is an excerpt from one of her early blogs pasted below in italics. It surprises me that these agents continuing calling on our listings to ask these questions. Our fiduciary duty is that we will promote and protect our seller’s interests above anyone else’s, including our own. Why would we ever put a buyer’s agent’s interest above my sellers?
So, what will a Sacramento home seller take? Great question. A suggestion, write an offer and find out.
— JaCi Wallace
What is a little bit wild are the calls and emails that I’ve been receiving from buyer’s agents. They all want to know what the seller will do and what the seller will accept. I am just the listing agent. I’m not inside the seller’s head. I don’t make decisions for the seller. It’s the seller’s house, and she can sell to whomever she wants in this market. It’s a seller’s market. If your buyer is not a cash buyer, you’re probably at a disadvantage, but not necessarily. There are some sellers who care more about the type of person who is making the offer than the type of offer. But let’s not fool anybody, cash offers, as long as the buyer is not a jerk, are more likely to win. — Elizabeth Weintraub.
This is a really good time to be a seller in Sacramento. If you’re searching for an experienced and straight-forward Sacramento Realtor to help you get top dollar for your home, call Weintraub and Wallace Realtors with REMAX Gold. We can be reached at 916 233 6759. We will gladly help you to navigate these offers.
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A Wilton Wedding Rural Ranch Style
A Wilton wedding rural ranch style was a beautiful day for a most deserving family. This ranch I sold to a dear friend. She started out a client and she became someone I truly feel blessed to know.
In respect for her privacy, I just want to say she is one of the most courageous people I have ever known. Look at the work this wedding took and this family has such a talented group. Each person brings a unique set of gifts to share.
This is a working horse ranch the arena photo above made a perfect reception area. The bride and groom were dancing in the arena at sunset against a beautiful lavender-pink skyline. Wilton is a part of northern California that still feels like the Wild Wild West in its simplistic natural beauty.
A remarkable wedding that will always be remembered by all. Rural real estate is my favorite. The results of what started as an idea quickly turned to reality.
If you want your dreams to turn into a real estate reality, call Weintraub & Wallace with RE/MAX Gold. We can be reached at 916-233-6759.
— JaCi Wallace
List A House To Buy A Replacement Property
List a house to buy a replacement property is common question sellers ask. In a seller’s market, buyers will buy a home and wait for a seller to find a replacement property. Now the trick is to find a home where the seller will take a contingency offer, meaning wait until the buyer’s home is in escrow.
There are factors that help in a contingent offer such as the buyers having a large degree of equity that translates to a large down payment like 20%. If the buyer has strong qualifications and motivation to buy replacement property, things are looking up. The time of year also can help. During holidays, the market can slow a bit. If the seller is moving up from an entry-level home, that is good news. Entry-level homes are in high demand, no matter what type of market.
List a house to buy a replacement property is a challenge that Weintraub & Wallace are happy to commit to. Then we will hunt for just the right property for you. Call Weintraub & Wallace with RE/MAX Gold for fast results. We can be reached by cell at 916-233-6759.
–JaCi Wallace
How Do Sacramento Appraisals Work?
How do Sacramento appraisals work? Appraisals are something that is always interesting to talk about. This excerpt below was provided from a blog, which Elizabeth wrote some years back. It got me to thinking about the various appraisal challenges we have had. A great subject to write about today for our blog.
One of the actions we take to assist with the appraisal process is to provide the comparable sales that support our list price. When our listings go pending we change showing instructions to not reflect a lockbox. This ensures the appraiser calls us to get in so they can’t enter without us. As if they can get in and out they may leave with very little information and then a low appraisal. Additionally, we provide the appraiser all the upgrades and features that support our list price. Many appraisers want to bring the value in however, without the added information we provide the appraisal can come in below the sales price. What does a low appraisal mean to a seller? A topic for another blog, the impacts of a low appraisal in escrow.
— JaCi Wallace
“People think Sacramento appraisals are etched in stone, but that kind of thinking is flawed. Appraisals represent an opinion of value. Get 10 appraisers together in a room, and you’ll have 10 opinions of value, and some of them will undoubtedly be worthless. But that doesn’t stop people from thinking their home in Sacramento is worth a certain value because the appraiser said so or the agent said so.
Market value is that price, at which a seller is willing to sell and an able buyer is willing to buy. It’s when you throw a lender into the mix that appraisals come into play. This is a reason sellers tend to prefer cash buyers. When you throw an appraiser into the transaction, it’s not unusual for market value to vanish — poof! The appraisal is for the lender, to protect the lender’s security; it’s not for the buyer, even though the buyer pays for it.
–Elizabeth Weintraub”
So, how do Sacramento appraisals work? When you hire full-service Realtors to list your property, we work with the appraiser to do whatever we can to reduce appraisal value issues. To ensure your appraiser is provided all information available, call Weintraub & Wallace Realtors with RE/MAX Gold. We can be reached at 916-233-6759.
A Real Estate License Won’t Help You to Buy a Home in Sacramento
” A Real Estate License won’t help you to buy a home in Sacramento. ” This excerpt was written by Elizabeth, several years ago. A blog that was absolutely right on target. I agree a Realtor has no professional distance when they are buying, without representation, no matter how much experience they have. Can you be fully objective when you are also the client and not familiar with the area?
When buying out of the area and representing yourself it is like rolling the dice, I prefer much higher odds. A local expert is always worth the cost. Often when we are representing clients we can potentially save them $1,000’s of dollars. In some cases, it has been 10’s of thousands and yes even hundreds of thousands of dollars saved. As we are executing without a conflict of interest, emotions are in control. I often tell clients when their emotions are engaged, though I understand the worry, I must stay focused to navigate the transaction. My job is to keep us moving forward through each milestone. — JaCi Wallace
It’s hard to turn around at a party in Sacramento and not spill the drink of a Sacramento real estate agent. Snort as you may, not every person who holds a real estate license should be holding a cocktail much less trying to earn a living from said license, but that doesn’t stop them from getting drunk and/ or practicing real estate.
On top of this, we’ve also got the agents who want to represent themselves to buy a home in Sacramento. Especially agents from the Bay Area. You know what they say about that, right? A fool for a client. I look at my own situation. I’ve been in the real estate business for more than 35 years, so I’m not exactly a rookie. I like to think I know what I’m doing. But if I were buying a home out of my area, I would hire a local expert. The few thousand I would earn (and I use the word “earn” loosely) to represent myself is not worth the tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, I could lose.
— Elizabeth Weintraub
If you would like to buy a property for yourself and you have a real estate license, or a broker’s license, call Weintraub & Wallace Realtors with RE/MAX Gold for professional representation every time. We can be reached at 916-233-6759.
–JaCi Wallace
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