It's hard to imagine that some events now deemed historical actually happened in our lifetimes. Maybe one day I'll look back at short sales and say it's hard to imagine a time when it took 3 to 4 months to get an approval letter. My husband, as some of you know, is off traveling around for the month of October. Most recently, he was in Little Rock, Arkansas, to attend a reunion of former employees of the defunct Arkansas Gazette.
He sent me this photo of Little Rock Central High School. For my readers who were not alive in 1957, this is the former home of The Little Rock Nine. Nine African American students who needed the protection of the United States Army just to register and attend school. White students erupted in protest, threw rocks at the cars of these children, and the crisis was all over the news worldwide.
We needed the Army -- the United States Army! -- to integrate our nation's schools.
You may want to believe that discrimination is over but it is far from over. Just yesterday, a prospective buyer from the Bay area called to check on the status of one of my Sacramento short sales. She had been looking for a Sacramento short sale agent to help her buy a home for her son near the Med Center. I had such a listing. It's in escrow and closing next week.
She said to me, "I don't want to buy in that neighborhood because there are too many Pakistanis and Muslims."
I hung up on her.
Then, I wept.
Photo: Adam Weintraub, Little Rock Central High School is a National Historic Site
---
Certified HAFA Specialist
My Sacramento Real Estate Listings
Elizabeth Weintraub is an author, home buying columnist for The New York Times-owned About.com, a Land Park resident, and a Land Park real estate agent who specializes in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown and East Sacramento. Weintraub is also a Sacramento Short Sale agent who lists and successfully sells short sales throughout the four-county Sacramento area. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put 35 years of real estate experience to work for you. Broker-Associate at Lyon Real Estate. DRE License # 00697006.
The Short Sale Savior, by Elizabeth Weintraub, available at Amazon.com.
Lyon Real Estate is not associated with the government, and our service is not approved by the government or your lender. Even if you accept this offer and use our service, your lender may not agree to change your loan.
Photo: Unless otherwise noted in this blog, the photo is copyrighted by Big Stock Photo and used with permission.
The views expressed herein are Weintraub's personal views and do not reflect the views of Lyon Real Estate.
Disclaimer: If this post contains a listing, information is deemed reliable as of the date it was written. After that date, the listing may be sold, listed by another brokerage, canceled, pending or taken temporarily off the market, and the price could change without notice. It could blow up, explode or vanish. To find out the present status of any listing, please go to elizabethweintraub.com.
