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Elizabeth Weintraub Wins #2 at Lyon Real Estate Awards 2018
Elizabeth Weintraub wins #2 at Lyon Real Estate Awards: Amy McMullan, Elizabeth Weintraub, Josh Amolsch, Dan Tharp, Shaundra Bradley and . . . Barbara Dow.
Seems once I made it into the top 1% at Lyon Real Estate, I end up ranking every year either as #2 or #3 in the company. We have about 1,000 agents at Lyon, so it’s not an insignificant accomplishment to make into the top 1% at the Lyon Real Estate Awards. Only nine agents achieve that milestone every year. Although, we used to win better prizes. Over the last 5 years or so, we just get a huge honkin’ vase, and now I have too many of those.
Honestly, I have too many awards, period. What do you do with them? I suppose they could be used as flower vases, but I don’t know if you’d want your name on them. I spotted a few awards our relocation department won, and those were pretty cool. From where we sat, they resembled figurines with a globe on top. Like a Golden Globe. You could use them to clobber an intruder.
Thankfully, Friday night, my entire team showed up for the Lyon Real Estate Awards. Usually somebody is out of town, but we were all present. I had been thinking about them as I pulled my beaded earrings from Mallorca and a tie-dyed poncho out of the closet. Hmmm . . . disco night. Well, originally I had received an email about the Awards being a 1970’s theme. I didn’t pay much attention to the flyer. Then, our marketing department sent an email to say the event was Studio 54, to come dressed ready to disco.
Well, having lived through the 1970s, I whipped off an email to our marketing department explaining that only a few years were disco years and the rest of the 1970s was definitely not disco. Therefore, since I had nothing to wear, my team and I were coming as vampires.
Our managing broker had to assure the marketing department I was just messing with them.
The good thing about the evening was I had completely forgotten how to do The Hustle. I recall taking lessons, but the rest of that is a blur in my rear view mirror.
Back to getting dressed in my tie-dyed poncho . . . What I realized when dressing for this event was every year I get up on stage by myself. But every year my team grows stronger, like AlphaBears. We operate as a finely tuned machine. They should get recognition, too. I did not get there all by myself. So, this year I dragged them all up on stage with me. I’d like to introduce you to my amazing team of truly incredible individuals.
Elizabeth Weintraub Team at Lyon Agent Awards 2018 Won #2.
Clockwise from the top, Exclusive Buyer’s Agent Josh Amolsch; Transaction Coordinator Shaundra Bradley; Mortgage Loan Officer at Guild Mortgage Dan Tharp; Exclusive Buyer’s Agent Barbara Dow; Listing Agent and Team Lead Elizabeth Weintraub; Exclusive Buyer’s Agent Amy McMullan.
Nobody is an island and nobody gets where she is in Sacramento real estate without the support of others. In my situation, I rely heavily on my team for support. We have each other’s backs. We pitch in when needed. And I could not possibly provide the type of superior service I strive to achieve for my clients nor handle the volume of listings that I sell if I focused on buyers. My TC Shaundra is like my right-hand person. Our loan guy Dan Tharp is brilliant and treats every client like they are the only client he has.
We share the same values and principles. And above all, we always put our client’s interests first. Over our own. That’s our secret for success. I am incredibly honored and proud to share the stage with my team at the Lyon Real Estate awards for 2018. Can’t say it any louder, I love these guys!
Reasons to Buy a Home in Curtis Park Neighborhood of Sacramento
The unique architecture of homes in Curtis Park will capture your heart.
Today my blog is a little bit different. I am featuring a member of the Elizabeth Weintraub Team, Exclusive Buyer’s Agent, Amy McMullan. In Amy’s first year of real estate, she sold 15 homes, if that gives you an idea of how well this super star adapted to the world of Sacramento real estate. Most agents in their first year are lucky to sell 2 or 3 homes, and some never ever sell more annually. Amy offers compassion, enthusiasm and a strong commitment to ensuring client satisfaction and happiness.
I asked Amy if she would like to write about her neighborhood and tell you in her own words why you might want to buy a home in Curtis Park and what she loves personally about her community:
Amy McMullan Explains Why You Should Buy a Home in Curtis Park
Amy McMullan, Exclusive Buyer’s Agent, Elizabeth Weintraub Team.
“Once you have lived in Curtis Park, you will find it hard to live anywhere else in Sacramento. Curtis Park is the neighborhood between Broadway (N), Sutterville Rd.(S), Franklin Blvd. (E) and the railroad tracks (W) within the 95818 zip code.
When I moved to Sacramento in 2004, I fell in love with Curtis Park. I did my best to bid on a few “fixers” in the area, but I was priced out and ended up settling for Midtown. After living in Midtown for over a year I got a call from my trusty agent, Elizabeth Weintraub, alerting me to a new listing on Portola Way. The house turned out to need a total remodel (down to the studs). I ended up buying it and completing a full remodel, which was worth every penny when the house appraised for much more than the purchase price plus remodel cost. After living in this home for years, I couldn’t believe how happy I felt enjoying the good life in Curtis Park.
The Curtis Park neighborhood is reminiscent of Marin County. The streets are lined with old growth trees, the park itself is lush and dramatic, and the neighbors are known for being progressive and open minded. This is not a place where most people buy their first home; the average selling price of a home in this area is $575,000. But it is a place of enchantment, where one can live in a distinctive yet mindful neighborhood nestled in the heart of the city. If you buy a home in Curtis Park, you might never leave.
This neighborhood is walking distance from Gunther’s Ice Cream, Pangea Bier Cafe, Café Dantorels, Curtis Park Market, Track 7 Brewing Company, Taylors Market and Taylor’s Kitchen, the delicious and seductive Freeport Bakery, and Chocolate Fish Coffee (coming soon). This neighborhood is also serviced by the 4th Ave / Wayne Hultgren light rail station on 21st and 4th making this one of the easiest neighborhoods to safely and easily access public transit.
Curtis Park is one of the only neighborhoods in Sacramento with a dedicated arts and community center, the Sierra 2 Center at 2791 24th St. This vintage Mission style building is home to the Sierra Curtis Park Neighborhood Association and offers yoga classes, art and music classes for children and adults, activities for seniors, and hosts dozens of events and benefits throughout the year.
This building also houses the 24th Street Theater, hosting year-round concerts, dance performances, intimate musicals and plays. Neighbors who are in-the-know gather daily for an “unofficial” dog park in the expansive fields behind the Sierra 2 Center.
For the history buffs, Curtis Park was built on a 200-acre farm established in 1852. The neighborhood itself did not begin to take form until 1887. Because much of the subdivision development took place before significant dam infrastructure was complete in 1915, there are many high-water bungalow style homes in this neighborhood.
You can learn more about the history of Curtis Park in a splendid book titled, Sacramento’s Curtis Park by Dan Murphy, published by Arcadia Publishing. If you would like to know more reasons to buy a home in Curtis Park, please call Amy McMullan from the Elizabeth Weintraub Team at 916.737.6664.”
More photos of Curtis Park © Sacramento Realtor Amy McMullan:
Cafe Dantorels offers casual dining, take-out or delivery in Curtis Park.
Home in Curtis Park near the Park and Curtis Way.
Sierra 2 Center and 24th Street Theatre showcases local and international talent.
Classic vintage home in Curtis Park boasts spring flowers.
William Curtis Park is 18.57 acres, 2 tennis courts, basketball, picnic grass and one-mile walking trail.
Elizabeth Weintraub Team Welcomes Spring at Hawks in Midtown
Dan Tharp, Josh Amolsch and Amy McMullan pause from eating at Hawks in Midtown.
Preparing for the next 3 months in Sacramento real estate required a visit last night by the Elizabeth Weintraub Team to Hawks in Midtown for dinner and drinks. Hawks Public House is the restaurant, and Hawks Provisions is the delectable to-go-side (take-outs and sandwiches). You’ve probably driven past it on Stockton / P Streets on Alhambra plenty of times, saw the place was jam-packed and wondered about it. Or, maybe you read a review in the Sacramento Bee by Carla Meyer. Or, perhaps you’ve been to Hawks in Granite Bay and are curious about the spin-off in Midtown.
Whatever your reason for thinking about stopping at Hawks in Midtown, you should go. Be prepared for plenty of noise, though. It’s very loud, and your throat might feel a little sore by the end of the evening from screaming across the table, but it’s all part of the ambiance and a seriously small sacrifice in exchange for such luxurious food.
I had a super busy day, this last day in March. First, I replaced a crown yesterday morning. My dentist in Midtown thought it was a 20-year crown until I corrected him. That crown was done 40 years ago. It was the first crown I ever received, and it was a shock at that tender age, my early 20s, to acknowledge that an original part of my body was defective. I had cracked my molar. There was no turning back. I had to accept a foreign element as a fix for it. I was no longer unadulterated. Getting my first crown was worse than the aftermath of lost virginity or a first, second, third or fourth divorce, those other milestones in life.
Adam wishes his wife would stop poking his radiatore at Hawks in Midtown.
Of course now, now that I’m turning 64 in a few months, my attitude has shifted. I’m almost willing to change out all of my body parts for better ones. Although my jaw was still sore from the novocaine injection, it didn’t stop me from celebrating with my Weintraub Team at Hawks in Midtown. We indulged in a feast of appetizers and snacks before our entrees. You can see the photo with my patient husband, wondering when he might get to eat as I’m stabbing his radiatore with my fork.
The next 3 months in Sacramento real estate will be crazy nuts this year. We might not get another chance to hang out for at least 90 days. This is the time to be on the market in Sacramento, not July or August. Now. Today. And the listings are trickling in . . . in fact, I just listed a new home in Carmichael and had to rush to Hawks in Midtown to make our 6:30 reservation.
Barbara Dow and Dan Tharp at Hawks in Midtown chose the burger and fries.
But we didn’t really talk much about Sacramento real estate. Not to mention, we were busy eating. The steak tartare was fabulous, but the asparagus salad was pretty skimpy to share. The Ciccioli was a delightful surprise as I was not expecting to like a pressed terrine of pig fat (served with sour cherry mustard and toast made it even better than I had imagined). I also devoured in like 30 seconds the trout with black-eyed peas, and the skin was crisp, seasoned and perfect.
Dan Tharp (from Guild Mortgage), and REALTORS® Amy McMullan, Barbara Dow and Josh Amolsch, all ordered the Wagyu beef burger, served with gruyére and caramelized onions on a brioche bun. The french fries alone were superb. I don’t know how we managed to survive dessert because we had entered the state of mind where it just doesn’t get any better than this.
If you go to Hawks in Midtown, enter from the Stockton Street side, directly into the Sutter parking lot and head off to your left. They take reservations for parties of 6 minimum, and there is basically one huge round table that will support a party of 6 to 8 people comfortably. Although, Hawks should consider installing screens to block some of that late afternoon sun from shining directly into the eyes of their diners.
The Sinclair Cocktail at the Red Rabbit in Midtown
The Sinclair cocktail at the Red Rabbit in Midtown is served with a giant ice cube.
My grandmother lived near the former home of Sinclair Lewis on Summit Avenue in St. Paul, which is probably why the Sinclair cocktail at the Red Rabbit resonated with me last night. Or, perhaps it was the old Sinclair gas station that I recall from my childhood and nothing as fancy as I’d like to believe. If you asked Amy McMullan what she thought of the Sinclair cocktail, she’ll tell you it tastes like gasoline or something similar. But Josh and I carry a different opinion. In fact, I’d go so far as to say the Sinclair cocktail at the Red Rabbit is my new favorite concoction. The big fat square ice cube is a delightful touch as well.
I picture it here for you to imagine sipping. The ingredients are rye, nocino (an Italian liqueur made from unripe green walnuts), cherry heering (Danish cherries aged in sugar, spices and grain spirits), orange bitters and cinnamon smoke. I imagine they must light cinnamon on fire to produce smoke, but I do not know that to be a fact; except the Sinclair cocktail at the Red Rabbit is simply delicious. Before you know it, you could drink 4 or 5 of these cocktails and be forced to call for alternate transportation home to Land Park.
Birthday celebration for Josh Amolsch at the Red Rabbit with Kim Hedges.
Most of the Elizabeth Weintraub Team got together at the Red Rabbit in Midtown Sacramento last night to celebrate the birthday of agent extraordinaire Josh Amolsch. He is over 30 and that’s all we’re gonna say about it. Because it was a school night, though, we kept our drinks to a minimum of no more than two. Dan Tharp and Kim Hedges from Guild Mortgage showed up to help us imbibe. We are now totally in awe of Kim, because that woman is up at 4:30 in the morning to go to the gym; whereas, I couldn’t open one eye at the time of the morning.
One of my favorite memories at the Red Rabbit was the meal served by former Alinea Chef Ostrander. The back of the Red Rabbit is available for lease for special occasion parties, and that’s where the dinner had been held in December 2012. Our block on J Street between 28th and 27th reminds me a little of Europe. It’s getting better and better. Lots of restaurant / bar options and, if you’re so inclined beforehand, you can stop by my Lyon office at the corner of 28th and J Street to buy a home in Sacramento. Just ask for your Midtown Realtor Elizabeth Weintraub.
We could, by all means, celebrate a closing with a Sinclair cocktail at the Red Rabbit.
Amy McMullan in Training at Elizabeth Weintraub Team
Amy McMullan and Elizabeth Weintraub at Riverside Clubhouse in Land Park
The newest soon-to-be member of the Elizabeth Weintraub Team, Amy McMullan, is still in training, but that’s not stopping this powerhouse from jumping in with both feet to the world of Sacramento Real Estate. She’s out there holding houses, taking Floor time and showing homes, and we are here to guide her every step of the way. Amy is the kind of person who can learn from other people’s mistakes without insisting upon first personally claiming ownership, and that right there will make her a superstar.
She says she is dynamic and energetic, but that’s like saying the El Capitan Trail is a short hike. Amy is overflowing with enthusiasm. She brings it to every aspect of her life — whether it’s designing the interior of her charming home in south Curtis Park, her devotion to dog rescue or her industrious endeavors creating custom dog collars as Entrepreneur Extraordinaire at Karma Collars — Amy’s commitment to excellence is contagious.
It’s not entirely by accident that Amy is attracted to Sacramento real estate, and she didn’t just show up on my doorstep. I met Amy about 10 years ago when she and her then-boyfriend, Chris Pendarvis, bought a home in Midtown. We worked together to help her mother buy a home in Arden Park, sight unseen, before her mom moved from Atlanta to Sacramento. Several more transactions followed, and I got to know Amy McMullan fairly well. We’ve kept in touch over the years. I still talk with Chris and see her mom from time to time, and I rarely stay in touch with anybody, so that’s saying something for me. I don’t always have time for people who are not in the midst of a transaction. Just ask my husband.
Amy McMullan graduated in 2005 from California State University Chico, with a major in Organizational Communication. Over the years, she has worked in graphic design, developed creative concepts and fine-tuned brand management, which has prepared her for the challenging world of Sacramento real estate. She is steadfastly dedicated to providing superior customer service, and I can’t stop saying enough nice things about her. She is smart, talented, gregarious, and compassionate with a strong attention to detail. She is the perfect addition to our team, rounds it out completely.
Amy will specialize in working with buyers as a Sacramento buyer’s agent. I predict in a few years, her business will explode into a superstar real estate galaxy, where I know she already resides. I can see it. It’s almost like watching my own reflection in a mirror. If you get a glimpse of that infectious smile and the sparkle in her eyes in person, you’ll know what what I mean. You can reach Amy McMullan (Cal BRE#01990839) at 916.737.6664.
