Selling Sacramento Homes From Our Vacation House in Hawaii

Fresh flowers invigorate Sacramento Realtor to sell Sacramento homes from our vacation house in Hawaii

My husband was not really surprised when I proposed buying our vacation house in Hawaii last year, but it wasn’t really on the radar for me, so I was a bit astonished that we actually did it. I spend so much time focusing on Sacramento real estate that I don’t spend a lot of time day-dreaming about the future, like most other normal people. But when the opportunity presents itself, I do tend to yank open that door without hesitating.

To me it seemed simple. I could sell real estate in Sacramento during the month of December from Sacramento, just like any other day in my life. Or, I could sell Sacramento homes from our vacation house in Hawaii. Given the choice between the two, well, you know which one I picked. That’s because I don’t want to wait for retirement (whatever that is) to pretend that I live in Hawaii. I’d rather do it right now.

Since my specialty is representing sellers and selling my listings, it’s a lot easier to do that from a remote location long distance than it is to, say, haul buyers around. Working from our vacation house in Hawaii only works because apart from shaking the seller’s hand, there is really no reason to have to meet in person. I have a laptop, iPad, cellphone, internet service and a wonderful support team. Wired and connected.

In fact, I listed a home in Sacramento that had been listed by another agent without success and sold it almost immediately, it’s closing next week from Hawaii. I never met the seller. Not only have I never met the seller, I never talked to the seller by phone. That’s because my foreign sellers don’t really speak English very well. They can write English, so we communicate via text and email. How about that?

I listed another home in Elk Grove on December 22 and sold it with 5 offers on December 23rd. Not only did I sell it, but the seller received about $15,000 more than his last unsuccessful agent had it listed at. Who buys a home the day before Christmas Eve? Lots of buyers; the Sacramento market is on fire. I sold that home from our vacation house in Hawaii. It’s even easier to sell homes in Sacramento from Hawaii in some ways because I have no distractions at the house.

Although I did stop at the grocery store today to replenish supplies and bought flowers pictured on this page. The flowers are a gift to myself. For a job well done. Today I sent out 3 comparative market analysis estimates and should be picking up a listing this week, another next week and one is for April. I love selling Sacramento homes from our vacation house in Hawaii. This was a good idea!