Tamara Dorris's (tamaradorris) Blog

One thing I tell my real estate classes at American River College every semester is to pay attention to the benefits of belonging to the local, state and National Association or Realtors. These associations keep us updated and are fighting everyday to keep real estate transactions fair for consum...

It drives me crazy that when times are tough tends to be when all the creepy crawlers come out to prey on the already-downtrodden. I mean, there's got to be some seriously bad karma for that, right? I'm so happy to hear that HUD is holding certain entities responsible for breaking the rules and b...

According to the Sacramento Association of Realtor newsletter that just came out, Sacramento single-family home median prices are higher than they were one year ago. The article said that for the first time in three years, prices took a little leap upward. "Single family homes sales decreased 16....

In these hard economic times, it's not surprise that much of our Sacramento real estate inventory consists of short sale and foreclosed homes. Truth is, this doesn't make me happy. In fact, I'm a big proponent of people buying houses because they want a good deal and people selling houses because...

First, I wanna say, this is not about bashing other agents. I have agent friends all over the country. I have agent friends in Sacramento. I don't even buy into the idea of competition. In fact, I have two agents who work in the areas I don't work in (Elk Grove, South Sac, and the Pocket Area) wh...

Greetings my favorite Sacramento real estate interested friends! Today's blog is a hodge-podge of things you need to know if you're thinking of buying a home in Sacramento...or as we fondly call it, "Sack-o-tomatoes" FIRST:  The $8,000 Tax Credit has been extended til June. This means you have to...

As you may know,c there was previously a rule about "flipped" property that put a hindrance on Sacramento home ownership for FHA borrowers. (You can read all about it in my past post on this topic). Anyway, in a nutshell, the rule was that when investors went out and bought up properties, includi...

As someone who was once a slave to credit cards, I really want to help educate the Sacramento Community as to how important it is to manage your credit card debt. Hey, I know, sometimes we just have no choice but to rely on our credit cards, but think twice, please, before you get yourself too fa...

According to the latest email I received from CAR, Trulia released some information useful for Sacramento real estate owners and buyers. I've copied and pasted the press release and then only included the sacramento area. For more information, or to see other cities, go to  Trulia.  Press Release...

If you missed the radio show today (Sacramento Smiles, of course!) then I hope you will go back and listen to the podcast. Ed "The Money Man" Wacaster and I did a pretty good job, had a lot of laughs, and covered the basics of home buying in Sacramento (anywhere, really). www.InLoveWith.Sacto.com...