Christina's Blog

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...

What is a Favicon, you ask?  Pronounced "fave-I-con" (like, you're favorite icon), it's that little picture that shows up instead of the blue "e" in Internet Explorer when you look up a webpage. All the newest, hippest website have them! ;)They are most often still images, but you can animate the...

Hi All,I thought I'd blog about my listing in Rocklin for a quick bit... 5581 Coronado Way in Rocklin is a terrific, updated home featuring 3 large bedrooms, 2 full baths, a 2 car garage, 1172sf of living space, sits on a spacious .14ac lot and is offered at $335,000.To see more details and pictu...

 There are a lot of marketing references in the world, for sure!The 'new', hot method of growing business is permission-based marketing, also known as referrals.For those interested, go look up a fellow called Seth Godin.  Below is a link to a video of a speech he gave to Google ... he says some ...

 Here in the Sacramento suburbs we've experienced a crazy amount of growth over the last seven years. Beginning last year, we saw that growth slow waaaaayyyy down -- and we needed to!Now that the market has changed, lots of people are left scratching their heads, "Now what do I do!? How will I st...

 I'm sure many of you have seen this already.  I first saw it many months ago.  However, for those who maybe haven't, I'd like tell you about it...Xerox created this great website called LetsSayThanks.com.  (I've checked it out and it's for-real)So, go to the site, pick a design, write a greeting...

 Here's my all time favorite quote... "Good things may come to those who wait, but only those things left behind by those who hustle."Do you want to know who said it?  Click here :)  (opens new window... go ahead - it's fun!)Do you have a favorite quote?  I'd love to read yours...