While looking over the travel section of a local newspaper I was drawn to a headline “A stranger is sleeping on my nephews lawn”. Curious and eager to learn more I read the entire article. Renting out a room in your home or renting out your lawn as a camp site to a weary traveler …
Category Archives: Trends
Is Solar a Good Investment?
I have tried to make my little ranch as environmentally healthy and energy efficient as possible. I have done everything I can to keep my electric bills manageable. I have lawns and pastures that are irrigated during the hot summer months. The irrigation pump was put on a timer. It keeps the electric meter from …
Are Lenders Getting Smarter About Short Sales?
Well maybe. 50 million American home owners have a mortgage on their homes. 10 million of those home owners are upside down or as some like to say, under water. 6.4 million of those home owners are delinquent! Does this mean a new wave of foreclosures? Probably not. The lenders have determined that short sales …
Ball and Chain Housing Crisis
I believe that the housing crisis is acting as a ball and chain on the general economy. An alarming 25% of the homeowners in the united states owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth. America has way too many borrowers losing their homes to short sales that take months to complete and …
What’s the Trend in Placer County?
Pending sales in Placer county are up over the last 15 months by 62.7%! Closed sales are up by over 37%. The most remarkable thing about the increase is that a little over a third of the purchases were made by investors and there were no government incentives or tax credits involved. In my opinion, …
