The Sacramento Community Services Planning Council founded the 2-1-1 Sacramento service. This service is free of cost and is available to the residents all days of the week, round the clock! Special services are provided to the disabled. A special feature of this service is that assistance is rendered in many languages. This program is the combined initiative of the Sacramento Commissions for housing, human help, aging agency, courts, security of homeland, employment and emergency services.

The 2-1-1 service database includes over 2,400 registered non profit organizations. The traine... Read more

Green Sacramento is the current trend with all builders and real estate agents in town. Sacramento survived all the trials and tribulations through 2009 and opportunities and partnerships for Green Sacramento are getting better.

The Green builders of Sacramento feature homes that annually save thousands of kilowatts of energy, thousands of gallons of water and acres of trees! The home buyers benefit from lower energy costs and while their homes make less harmful impact on the environment.

Then what are some features of an ideal green home that make it so attractive and increa... Read more

Bold business owners get in position early for economic upswing

ShareThisBy Dale Kasler
dkasler@sacbee.com

Published: Sunday, Apr. 19, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 13A
http://www.sacbee.com/business/story/1791340.html

From retailing to real estate and beyond, some businesses are starting to gear up for the next economic growth cycle.

In the face of an epic slump in consumer spending, Dimple Records is nearly doubling the size of its flagship store in Sacramento. Auto dealer George Grinzewitsch Jr. just built a $22 million Mercedes-Benz dealership in Roc... Read more

Well, Spring is busting out all over, to paraphrase the old song. Whether you’re trying to sell you property or just want it to look good for the neighbors, here are some great tips from Realtor, The Daily Real Estate News (Source: The Wall Street Journal, June Fletcher (04/03/2009)):

Staging a yard can give a home the all-important, buyer-pleasing curb appeal. Here are some suggestions that are both inexpensive and easy.

1. Make it green. Balancing the pH level and feeding the lawn lots of nutrients will give it a lush and healthy look.
2. Trim trees and shr... Read more

Not long ago, a Great West GMAC Real Estate professional lamented that as a child, she would often daydream about living in a home similar to the doll house she had. The doll house became among the most cherished of her memories.

As we grow older and hopefully mature to a certain degree, we realize that what we wish for as a child isn’t always possible. However, something about the little Victorian doll house, decked out in holiday grandeur, had never drifted far from her dreams for the future.

Little did she know years later she would become a Great West GMAC Real Estate Pr... Read more

The term is unique to GMAC and Frank A. Hoinsky. Many try to latch on to the phrase and copy the use but don’t be fooled by imitations.

We at Frank A. Hoinsky GMAC Real Estate, take Premier Service seriously every day. Premier Service simply involves three major areas of expertise.

First our Premier Service certified agents are your Trusted Advisor and combined with the wealth of generations of experience throughout the company have a unique resource of knowledge for all aspects of real estate.

Second, our Premier Service Agents are your Expert Facilitator, sol... Read more

Because real estate is easy to get into, we are sorry to say there are a lot of agents in the business with little knowledge/experience/tools from which to draw. Often the only transactions some agents have done were with family or close friends who put up with their shortcomings. These are the very same people who give our industry a bad name. By randomly selecting an agent, you are taking a big chance.

Real Estate Professionals/GMAC has a fulltime Relocation Department because we know there is a need to help our friends/clients connect with Realtors® who raise the bar in providin... Read more

Turning Dreams into Reality

Not long ago, a Great West GMAC Real Estate professional lamented that as a child, she would often daydream about living in a home similar to the doll house she had. The doll house became among the most cherished of her memories.

As we grow older and hopefully mature to a certain degree, we realize that what we wish for as a child isn’t always possible. However, something about the little Victorian doll house, decked out in holiday grandeur, had never drifted far from her dreams for the future.

Little did she know years later she would... Read more

Guaranteed To Expire
by Paul Pastore, ABR,CRS,CRB,G.R.I.,MRE,e-pro,RECS,

Here are the top ten ways any seller can practically guarantee their home will expire:
1. Not serious about selling. A sage once quipped, "Money is only important when you don’t want something enough." Real estate expert R.L. Brown said that if half of the 58,000 sellers in Maricopa County (Arizona) removed their for sale signs we would be at normal inventory levels. Actions speak louder than words in this market. Discretionary sellers should wait for a less competitive environment. Read more

by Paul Pastore

1. Selection, selection, selection. There are about 57,000 resale homes on the market in Maricopa county(Phoenix). Regardless of the price range a buyer desires, there are plenty of houses from which to choose. Just a few years ago the resale inventory dropped below 5,000 units. A buyer was forced to make compromises if they were going to locate the home of their dreams. There is a great selection of attached homes, condos, and townhouses. You can find large lots, small lots, and a lot that will accommodate your boat or RV. There are lots of options in this market. Read more

Swanepoel speaks out

RISMEDIA, August 13, 2007–The public media this past week headlined the apparent surprise “mortgage meltdown” as many reported the filing for bankruptcy protection by the nation’s 10th-largest residential financer; American Home Mortgage Investment Corp., Melville, New York. Real estate, contradictory to its glamorous profile a year or two ago, was again headlined but this time as the big bad wolf. So is this the end of the real estate mortgage Merry-Go-Round? Probably not, as I haven’t heard “a certain lady sing yet!”

So what’s happened? The sub-prime mo... Read more