Audra's Blog

This past week Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that extends the $10,000 state tax credit for first-time homebuyers. The passage of this bill provides a state tax credit to first-time homebuyers who buy a new or existing home from May 1 through the end of 2010.  Homebuyers are allowed to ...

Is it me, or is Christmas starting early this year?  I know that Christmas commercials and tree trimming materials pop up in stores early anyway, but it seems to be hitting even earlier this year with gift commercials and such. I just got the Halloween candy taken care of, and already my children...

Congress is scheduled to vote today to expand and extend the Homebuyer Tax Credit (the Senate already passed the bill on Wednesday), and has enhanced it to include a whole new group of homebuyers.  The current $8000 tax credit was geared towards first-time homebuyers, the new bill will include cu...

I recently changed brokerages.  This may seem common; it happens every day, right?  What makes this change somewhat out of the ordinary is that the brokerage that I signed with is out of the area, has no market share, and is virtually unknown in my neck of the woods.  The brokerage that I have ch...

I have been undergoing a huge marketing campaign consisting of 3,000 homes in Santa Rosa, California, all of this marketing is old fashioned farming.  I must admit that at first I was concered about results.  Would this be a huge waste of time?  As it turns out it couldn't be better.  I farm a se...

More specifically; Sonoma County is the place to work, live, and laugh.  In any given direction there is a wealth of opportunities to enjoy ones self on any given day.  Within minutes to just a few short hours you can be skiing in Tahoe, sightseeing in San Francisco, enjoying the day at the beach...