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Open Houses in Sacramento and Elk Grove
If you’re looking for open houses in Sacramento and Elk Grove today, I have a very nice selection for you — homes that are pretty much guaranteed to impress for a variety of reasons. The good part is if you’re out and about anyway, why not stop by? If you’re looking at homes in the area with your agent, ask your agent to bring you over. You’ve got nothing to lose, and you just might fall in love with the home of your dreams:
3892 Exmoor Circle, Sacramento, CA
Stately Pool Home in Wilhaggin
This beautiful stunner is a gracious one-story with an open floor plan in the entertainment area. The kitchen has been updated, featuring a wrap-around granite counter and gleaming hardwood flooring, plus a dining space, which overlooks the pool. This 1962 home has 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths, with roughly 2,700 square feet. Oversized family room shares space with the kitchen and the same fabulous view of the pool. The professionally landscaped yard, more than 1/3 of an acre, was once featured in the Sacramento Bee Lifestyle.
3892 Exmoor Circle, Sacramento, CA 95864. Offered by Elizabeth Weintraub at Lyon Real Estate, $750,000. Open 2 to 4 PM.
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6209 Jefjen Way, Elk Grove, CA
Desirable Quail Ridge in Elk Grove
If you’re the kind of person who does not want to be surrounded on all four sides by other houses, this 4 bedroom home in Elk Grove is for you. It features that hard-to-find first floor bedroom, too. The other three are upstairs. The back yard has no homes behind it, which lends an open and airy feel, almost like you’re in the country, and it’s unlikely that anything will ever change behind this home.
The kitchen has an island, granite counters and is open to the family room with a fireplace. It has 3 baths and 2549 square feet, built by Morrison Homes in 2003.
6209 Jefjen Way, Elk Grove, CA 95757. Offered by Elizabeth Weintraub at Lyon Real Estate, $359,000. Open 2 to 5 PM.
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9688 Bovill Dr, Elk Grove, CA 95624
5 Bedroom Lennar Home in Elk Grove
For people who need a minimum of 5 bedrooms and 3 baths, look no further. This home built in 2004 has the space and amenities you want. It is located on the corner of a cul-de-sac in the heart of Elk Grove, south of Elk Grove Boulevard and East of Waterman. Soaring vaults give the illusion of additional space to its 2491 square feet. You’ll find newer carpeting and wood-like flooring.
Of course, the kitchen is open to the family room, the latter features a fireplace. It’s move-in ready as well and can close quickly. Back yard is perfect for a pool. Priced right.
9688 Bovill Drive, Elk Grove, CA 95624. Offered by Elizabeth Weintraub at Lyon Real Estate, $369,000. Open 11 AM to 4 PM.
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260 Aldeburgh Cir, Sacramento, CA 95834
North Natomas Single Level
Today is the first open house for this four bedroom, with 2 1/2 baths and almost 2300 square feet on one level in Cambay West Village, a community of homes built in 2004 in North Natomas. Beautiful front porch lends curb appeal, and the three-car garage will surely delight those who own more than two vehicles. Spacious living and dining areas lead toward the open kitchen with an island and huge pantry closet, plus a family room with a fireplace.
Large back yard with a fruit tree and uncovered patio. Located near Arena and Duckhorn.
260 Aldebaugh Circle, Sacramento, CA 95834. Offered by Elizabeth Weintraub at Lyon Real Estate, $359,000. Open 2 to 4 PM.
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1732 51st St, Sacramento, CA 95819
East Sacramento Cottage Remodeled
Perfect starter home for first-time home buyers or investors. Simply cute as a bug’s ear, this two bedroom home has been remodeled for you. You will note trendy dark-finished hardwood floors throughout and appreciate the cork flooring in the kitchen if you have to stand cooking on your feet for any length of time. Stainless appliances have been purchased and installed for you. You will love the formal dining room and with an indoor laundry room; you won’t miss using?coined washers one little bit.
Wraparound driveway, gated yard and a big garage in back. Hurry, if you want to buy an affordable home in East Sacramento, this might be the one!
1732 51st Street, Sacramento 95819. Offered by Elizabeth Weintraub at Lyon Real Estate, $340,000. Open 2 to 4 PM.
Three Top Reasons Your Sacramento Home is Not Selling
If you’re wondering why your home in Sacramento is not selling, you’ve come to the right place. The likelihood is you are not one of my sellers but I imagine you could be. Just as you might imagine you could be. In fact, I had a seller yesterday who imagined just that, as he was NOT my seller but said he wanted to be. Well, he doesn’t really want to be a seller, you know, he wants to be a former owner. All sellers want to be a former owner.
Or, at least that’s what a Sacramento real estate agent would imagine. But some of us are capable of imagining all sorts of stuff because we’ve learned early in life that what one can imagine, one can probably create. It’s why we excel at marketing.
Yeah, out of the blue this guy calls as I’m driving back to my home office. Thank goodness my top wasn’t down (on my car). The guy was happy I answered my phone and said he was mad that his agent did not. Said he’s had his home listed for 3 months, the listing was expiring today, and his agent doesn’t return calls or emails and simply ignores him. I tell him I’m sorry; I don’t know his agent. Then he admits his agent is the brother of his sister-in-law, or some such, what we call a DNA agent. Would I puhhhhhlease help him?
OK, sure, I’ll take a look at his listing when I get to my office. In the meanwhile, I tell him there are 3 reasons typically why a home is not selling:
- Price
- Condition
- Marketing
I pull up the listing in MLS and spot one photo — a bad quality photo — and no interior photos. The confidential agent remarks say the seller will credit the buyer X amount of dollars for painting. Wow, that really makes this Sacramento real estate agent want to show the house. What great motivation.
Next, I examine the comparable sales. I can see how the agent determined the price. He priced it in line with the homes presently on the market, which all have long days on market, and all of which are significantly larger and appear to be in better condition. This home is not priced according to the comparable sales. It’s priced at least 10% too high.
Not to mention, it’s a small part-time broker who has the listing, who might not have much of a network at his disposal. At Lyon Real Estate, we have almost 1,000 agents with whom we network. I explain this to the seller when I call back and offer professional photography with my Nikon and wide-angle lens. In fact, I could take the key from the lockbox with his written permission.
Thanks, but no thanks, the guy says. He’s now talked with his agent and supplied him with all of my wonderful ideas, and he’s thinking about staying with him for a while. He doesn’t want me to do any more work for which I won’t get paid.
It’s nice that somebody is looking out for this Sacramento real estate agent. I didn’t get a chance to tell him there is a reason I am closing in on selling another 100 homes this year.
