Probate Home in West Sacramento Bridgeway Island at Great Price

Published September 30, 2017 | By Elizabeth Weintraub

3619 Saint John Road, West Sacramento, CA 95691

As a general rule, I seem to sell a lot more homes with successor trustees in title than a probate, much less a probate home in West Sacramento. But I also sell a lot of homes in West Sacramento. Therefore, it doesn’t really matter if I haven’t sold a record number of probates, at least I know how to do a probate, thanks to JaCi. This particular probate home in West Sacramento does not require court approval, which means we can price it where it should sell and not dick around with court referees who place inaccurate market values on some probates. The only concern a buyer might have is the home is sold AS IS, but then again, just about every single one of my listings this year have been sold AS IS. I don’t see the big deal there.

The purchase contract states homes are sold AS IS. Somewhere along the line in Sacramento, agents got the idea that to placate anxious buyers, they could ask for repairs or credits or renegotiate. And some listings agents tell their sellers to accommodate those notions. Other agents like me, for example, will explain to sellers if they don’t mind making another mortgage payment, I’ll just sell the home again. They are not required to bend to unreasonable demands.

My new listing, the probate home in West Sacramento, takes into consideration the comparable sales of surrounding homes, many of which are selling at $425,000 and up. Trying to explain that to buyers is difficult because the truth is if we priced this home at $200,000 a buyer would still ask if they could offer $190,000. Buyers often don’t know what they are doing. But a good buyer’s agent can comp out this home and can tell what a great deal this is.

For starters, it has four bedrooms, and 3 full baths. There is a first floor bedroom, which is often coveted, especially by multi-generation families. In addition to the first floor bedroom, there is also a full bath, shared by that bedroom and it also shares another door to the living room. The square footage exceeds 2,300 square feet, per the Yolo County Assessor. The second floor master suite features a bridge at one end of the home.

The kitchen is toward the back and is open the family room, with beautiful laminate flooring and a fireplace. As far as the work that is required to bring this home up to your demanding tastes, one needs to paint the interior of this home. That includes mudding the corners of outside walls where dinged, painting the walls and baseboards. Most painters I know charge about $5,000 to professionally paint the interior of a home. Yet some lucky buyer will receive a $26,000 discount to buy this home.

Come to our open house on Sunday, October 8th, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, hosted by the incredible Barbara Dow from the Elizabeth Weintraub Team. You can see the virtual tour here. 3619 Saint John Road, West Sacramento, CA 95691, is offered exclusively by Elizabeth Weintraub and Lyon Real Estate at $399K. Call Elizabeth for more information at 916.233.6759.

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