When you’re buying a house, sometimes you may not get the first one you put an offer on. It can be totally disappointing, BUT there will be more properties and the next one or the next next next next one may be better than the first. It may take some time, but we will find a home. 🙂

Contact me know so we can talk about it!

This afternoon, I became Smart Home Certified. Cool, right?! But how does that help you? Well, I found that when looking for a home, 81% of buyers are more likely to choose a Smart Home over one that doesn’t have any Smart features. It may be easier AND cheaper to add these devices instead of changing out other items because your home would be considered updated. Nice!

To qualify as a Smart Home, you must…

1) have reliable internet;

2) one device must be in the security or temperature category; and

3) at least two other devices in one of these categories used through a phone/pad app and/or an Alexa-type device:

* Safety (i.e. cameras, “virtual key” locks)

* Entertainment (i.e. smart TV, Bluetooth speakers)

* Lighting (i.e. program lights to turn on when you’re not home)

* Appliances (i.e. preheat oven on the way home)

* Heating and Cooling (i.e. thermostat that turn on the air when you’re on the way home)

* Outdoors (i.e. sprinkler sensors, dog door with sensors on collar)

After reading that, your home may already be Smart. If it is, congratulations! If not and you want to know more about how to make a Smart Home, let me know. I can help set you up! 🙂

Hey! At the end of this month my office is doing a drawing for Target gift cards. The grand prize is $1000. There’s also $500, $200 or $50 cards. Yayyy!
If you haven’t already signed up for a chance to win, you can click on the below link to sign up OR message me your email and I’ll send it to you. Even if you’re not in the Sacramento area, you can still do it. Last year, I had multiple winners, so you could be next…

FINGERS CROSSED you win! 🙂

It’s great that rates are so low!!

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Just about every house, no matter if newly-built or fifty-years old, will have something come up on a home inspection. Here’s some of the typical things.

Found this today on Good Housekeeping. I definitely forget the difference between farther and further. Because I don’t remember which one, I usually just say “this house seems further farther away from the street”. This way I know one will be right. HeeHee!