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Real Estate Boarded Up And For Sale
Real Estate boarded up and for sale can happen anywhere. I was looking at two new listings today in the Oak Park area. There are several nice streets that have updated homes. I saw people walking dogs and taking strolls about the neighborhood. Many people enjoy living in Oak Park. This is clearly a neighborhood that has grown in popularity over the years.
Some investors have bought properties in the area as rentals. There is such a shortage of good rentals and the need for more affordable housing is a factor in many cities. Like many big cities, in Sacramento and across the US, there are some open lots where people are camped out.
Our client had great tenants for many years and enjoyed being a landlord. The pricing for resale homes has increased since he purchased in 2014. Oak Park real estate value has appreciated substantially. While I was looking at the current values for these properties I saw up to a 150% increase in appreciation. This is great news for our clients.
Our client has two properties in the area. He had to board up one of his properties as it has been broken into multiple times at night due to being vacant. Also, the hot temperatures outdoors could be a contributing factor. This can happen anywhere when properties are left vacant for extended periods of time.
There are companies for hire that will come out and board up windows and doors to quickly secure a property. This was a more common occurrence in the REO days when driving down streets and seeing vacant homes with boarded-up doors was not out of the ordinary in any neighborhood due to foreclosures.
A neighbor had called law enforcement to report the trespassers as there were people camping out at night inside our client’s house. The property had some vandalism reported on the interior. This, of course, will need to be disclosed to the new buyers. Our clients decided as their tenants moved out and they live hours away, it was a good time to sell and cash in on the equity. They said if the property was not vacant there would not be an issue.
They were in the process of doing some clean up when the repeated break-ins occurred. This real estate boarded up and soon to be for sale, will be available to look at in the next few weeks. The owners decided to secure the property until it is sold and new owners can move in. This photo above is not the house I listed; but, it gives you a visual on what a boarded-up property looks like.
The sellers said they had high demand when renting the properties out had several people apply to rent the homes. They had great long term tenants for many years that took care of the properties. If you are looking for a rental property in the Oak Park area, we will have two properties on the market in the coming weeks. With the high demand for rentals in the area, this could be a great opportunity for investors or first time home buyers.
If you want to sell or buy a property in the Oak Park area, call Weintraub & Wallace Realtors with RE/MAX Gold, at 916-233-6759.
— JaCi Wallace
Realtor Diary: Photos From a Sunday Afternoon in Sacramento
Fishing village, Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada, like the landscape in movie Maudie.
It’s hard to be at a loss for things to do on a Sunday afternoon in Sacramento. Having missed out on a trip to Nova Scotia I had planned several years ago when my husband instead opted for the coast of Oregon, I have been wanting to see the film Maudie, filmed in Newfoundland and Ireland; but it was no longer playing at the Tower Theatre by our home in Land Park. We could still catch the movie in Roseville, though, so I bought tickets at Fandango and off we went. The film stars Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke, about a real life folk artist, Maud Lewis from Canada.
This is a woman who battled juvenile arthritis, was picked on by kids as a child so grew up pretty much a loner, and married a rather crusty old fish peddler who rated her just below his dogs and chickens, in that order. But she found joy in her life, and expressed this joy through a childlike view of the world by painting nature, such as birds, flowers, lakes, trees and wildlife, including cats. The story is emotional. The film pulls you in, and those winter scenes when you can see blowing snow, hear whistling wind, makes you shiver. It’s also a love story, albeit not a traditional one. I liked it enough to give it 5 stars and intend to buy a few prints. I sense similarities between the work of Maud Lewis and a Picasso print of pigeons I picked up in Barcelona, although they are nothing alike.
Car towing a train up 8th Street in Sacramento.
We stopped by the Sacramento library to drop off and pick up books. While I waited in the car for my husband to come out, a police car circled the intersection of I Street and 8th and blocked off access. Next thing we knew, a car appeared out of nowhere towing a light rail train car. Not every day you see a car towing a train. But this was part of our Sunday afternoon in Sacramento.
The Plant Foundry in Oak Park is located at 3500 Broadway.
After they cleared the intersection, we drove over to the Plant Foundry in Oak Park. This store is located at 3500 Broadway, closer to 35th than 36th. No need to drive to East Sacramento when you live in Land Park to visit a garden store. It’s got everything you expect to find in a nursery and plant store, and then some. Seeds, plants, pottery, soil amendments, bad-ass buddhas and giant metal roosters and cacti. We picked up a couple of plants for the house, and a new planter to replace the broken clay pot our cats smashed last week. If it wasn’t so hot, we would have spent more of our Sunday afternoon in Sacramento at this nursery.
The Oak Park Brewing Company is located at 3514 Broadway.
Since it was so enormously hot outside (the car registered 107 driving back from Roseville, and that was not a radio station, it was degrees) and because I had consumed an entire bag of popcorn loaded with 5 packages of salt at the movies, we were forced to stop at the Oak Park Brewing Company. Fortunately, this establishment is located right next to the Plant Foundry. The beer choices were varied and many. I had originally asked for the Sac Town Union Something Wicked IPA, but they were out of it. Instead I settled for a Broadway Pale Ale, which was very hoppy with a bit of a bite, and a good enough substitute.
Interior of Oak Park Brewing Company features a mixture of tables and low-rise seating.
My husband ordered a pan fried shrimp sandwich with fries, and he said, “Oh, I know what you’re getting. The brussel sprouts.” He was correct. They were served braised in beer, I believe, sprinkled with arugula and tossed in parmesan cheese. Not too sweet and not too sour. Just perfect. A really good deal at $7.00. Another 5 stars for this dish.
Brussel sprouts braised in beer, sprinkled with parmesan and tossed in arugula.
My team members were just finishing up the open houses held by the time I got home, and it was time for me to jump back into work. There is no resting for this Sacramento Realtor at 4:00 on a Sunday afternoon in Sacramento, no sirree. It was time to write counter offers and work on selling a few more homes in Sacramento. Two of our four open houses produced buyers and multiple purchase offers.
