Fair Oaks Real Estate Tips and Advice

Did you ever hear the story of the origination of the jack-o-lantern? There is an Irish myth about a man named “Stingy Jack” who was a drunkard and as mean as they come.  He stole and cheated his way through life, and many avoided him. Every All Hallows Eve, the Devil would come to take Jack’s so...

$308,888 , 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, 0 half baths, 1,854 square feet     Susan Neal | RE/MAX Gold Fair Oaks | (916) 705-8951 5865 Sharps Cir, Carmichael, CA Lovely home with 2 master suites - one downstairs. Loaded with upgrades throughout. Spotless! Must see inside. 4BR/3BA Single Family House ...

Well, I guess I was a bit premature in my last post, stating that I was back to daily blogging.  Turns out that my back injury was a little more severe than I thought.  Although xrays a few months ago had shown no fracture, it did show a deformity that the doctors thought might have been from an ...

I'm hoping to be back and blogging again now.  We'll see how it goes.On Valentine's morning, I realized that I hadn't brought my valentines for my hubby in from the car, and I went out to get them.  I had left them on the back seat so Jon wouldn't come across them before the 14th.  My car was par...

This year I set personal health goals as well as business goals! I am not usually one for New Years resolutions, although I am a proponent of written business goals - both short and long term ones.  I have done that for 2013 and devised a business plan to aim for achieving them, but this year I ...

    No more "That's Amazing!"?  I don't want to believe it.  Sad news!  One of our favorite public television personalities passed away at home Sunday night of natural causes.  He was 67.  Huell Howser, who unabashedly loved California, spent decades traveling to all corners of the state with on...

  Are you feeding your worms properly? Are they happy? Did you think I was kidding about the worms?In the Sacramento area, there are many fine gardeners, and many of my friends grow beautiful flowers.  And now is the time to be thinking about the garden you will plant or fertilize this spring. On...

Do not tear down fences before understanding your rights and responsibilities!Ten years ago, my husband and I bought my parents' house out of probate after they passed away.  It is an old house on an acre in beautiful Fair Oaks California, and although it needed a lot of work, we loved it.We had ...

Fair Oaks CA wild turkeys are brave! These wild turkeys stop by our front yard twice a day on their rounds.  I have no idea what they find to eat there, but they scratch through the fallen leaves from our magnolia tree and seem to find something.  They don't seem to care if I'm standing with them...

Volunteering is the best way to celebrate the holidays! Each year, clean, new or like-new coats are collected over a period of several months, with the "Coats for Kids" campaign promoted by our local abc-tv station, News10.  This was the 17th year of the program, and over 40,000 coats were donat...