Christina's Blog

An old friend of mine sent this pic to me.  It tickled my funny bone so I thought I'd pass it along....Have you ever had days like this? ... I know how he feels sometimes!It also made me think.  For a few years now (almost 10) Real Estate Agent (&/or Loan Officer) has been the career du jour.  Be...

I was thinking about those "On this Day in History..." tidbits that we hear on the news, and I thought it would be cool to apply that to a Market Snapshot for the Sacramento Metro Area. Enjoy! ;) Sacramento's Real Estate Market What Happened the 3rd Monday in September?2004 - 2007  # Homes Sold/C...

Not long ago, Buyers in our area of Sacramento were told that in order to even think about buying a home in our fierce Seller's Market, they needed to pre-qualify for financing.  The reasoning there was that in order to get the attention of the Seller, the Buyer needed to demonstrate that they we...

I just wanted to drop a quick note to everyone about the tremendous value I have received form using ActiveRain in the 'real world.'On more than one occasion I have reached out the the ActiveRain community and found that the folks on A/R are as solid, responsive, knowledgeable, and friendly as an...

 Click the link below to read a very important essay written by one of our soldiers who served in Iraq.Sure, it's off-topic.  But I think we should all take a couple of minutes to read why this guy joined the Army.     http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=4634...

Happy New Year, Everybody!This is my first post of the 2007 (-007... hmmm).  Did everyone have a great Christmas and New Year?!  Seems like it!I have been a busy little bee over the Holiday.  It seems like Sacramento is stirring...Inventory is down a little, the bottom of the market is starting t...

This started as a response to this post, but grew into it's own...The media attacks on Real Estate is a serious issue.I think it's fair to say that individually, we all crank about "those darn reporters" and how they are unfairly treating the real estate market, etc.  I joked about it just yester...

 Conventional wisdom says that if there is more than 6 months of inventory in a given area, it's a Buyer's market.Here in the Sacramento area, we have seen a crazy-hot-hot-hot sellers market for the past seven years... more than half a decade.  For the past three of those years, we saw annual app...

http://activerain.com/blogsview/27305/The-First-ActiveRain-MemeLet's see... Five things that others ActiveRain wouldn't know about me.  Hmmmm...I'm a shade more than six feet tall.I failed Geometry in high school (I know!)My first job was as a handy-kid when my Mom put and ad in the paper "Will d...

This business has its ups and downs.  One moment I'm in the pink, everything's humming right along, a Princess - and then, just like that I'm a Goat.But there are degrees... sometimes I'm a Princess with a beard and horns. Sometimes I'm a Goat with a tiarra.I just earned a wonderful listing (Prin...