Ray Henson's (rayhenson) Blog

There has been a lot of discussion regarding higher interest rates slowing the real estate market.  I just do not see the evidence of it in the Elk Grove Market.Elk Grove, April 2022The median and average prices are up just over 23% for the year.  The median price is up from $644,000 in April or ...

We have been so busy moving lately that I found myself on my own this Mother's Day.  Mary Margaret is turning our new house in Goodyear into our new home, while I work on selling our home in California.  It is a strange feeling and, I think, this might be the first time I have spent Mother's Day ...

1. What was your first job and what did you learn from it? Roofing was my first job and I learned to study hard in school because roofing was too tough for me.2. How long have you been in the real estate or related service industry? I have been in real estate sales for about 12 years. I started m...

We put our home on the market last Friday, held two open houses over the weekend and accepted an offer Monday evening.  There was a lot of interest in our place with multiple offers.  Two offers were particularly strong and almost identical.  It made our decision very hard and it was tough being ...

This one hits on just about every reason that I love ActiveRain so I had to share it.  Plus, those collages that she created are awesome.  Why isn't every real estate professional a member of ActiveRain?  I do not know, I am just glad Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can! is and yes, Wanda Can! The Pow...

About 13 years ago, I heard our doorbell wring.  It was our neighbor at the time.  He told me that he had got himself in a bit of a pickle.  He had put offers on two different short sales and they both were accepted.  He wondered, since I was a real estate agent, if I knew someone that would like...

One of my pet peeves as a painting contractor was the way some of my employees would fill little nail holes.  In one case, we had a house that literally had hundreds of little holes through the house.  I told my employee exactly how I wanted it done.  I showed up the next day a real problem.  The...

I had envisioned a new joke every Friday, but it turns out I was a little too ambitious.  It is tough getting the family together and, you know, this is work.  Ha!This week's video features three generations of Henson men.  My son, Joseph, is making his third appearance.  My other son, Matthew, i...

Our house goes on the market in about two weeks and one of our big projects to get accomplished before putting it on the market was getting our pool tile cleaned. We have some very hard water in Elk Grove.  Believe it or not, the build up on our tiles happened in just two years.  The tile is only...

I have wanted to take my wife, Mary Margaret, to the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix for quite sometime now.  Recently, we had the chance to visit and we stumbled onto the, Chihuly in the Desert, exhibit.  It is a remarkable display of Chihuly's work.  I loved the sophisticated glass artwork ...