I have no idea how people who work for corporations get any work done during the day when they are free to go online. I try to stay away from certain websites because I can get easily distracted. Dangle a bright shiny object in front of my face and, like a baby, I want to grab it with both hands and stuff it in my mouth. My loyalty factor is zero when I'm enticed by other websites. I'm the perfect About.com homebuying visitor because I could click on different links and read stuff all day long, getting myself buried deep within the site.
When I look through my gmail, for example, which I use for my throwaway account, I see offers. I know I should not click on that link for Jimmy Choo shoes, but sometimes I can't help myself. Before you know it, I'm looking at bags, sunglasses. It's a wonder how I ever get any work done myself. Because I list and sell a massive number of short sales in Sacramento.
But I did manage to create my own virtual tour for my new Sacramento short sale listing. I think in the future I will stay away from 360-degree tours when the back half is nothing but stucco and windows. It's not very interesting to look at windows. Besides, I can create a panoramic view that spans from left to right without going around in a circle.
This is a short sale in Rocklin, California. Rocklin is a bedroom community of Sacramento. It's known for its excellent schools. This home was built in 2007 by Standard Pacific in Whitney Ranch. It is the Yearling model. With it comes membership in the homeowner's association ($85 a month) and the use of the Ranch House, located just up the road, which is a magnificent resort-style facility with 2 pools, meeting rooms and a gorgeous room with an exhibition kitchen for entertaining.
You will love the location of this home. It is a premium lot, situated on the greenbelt. From the second floor master suite, you can see downtown Sacramento. The distressed hardwood flooring, say the sellers, cost them more than $30,000. And wait until you see the kitchen: cherry raised panel cabinets, ceramic backsplash set on the diagonal, under cabinet lighting, granite counters, island, pantry closet, Bosch dishwasher, 6-burner Wolf stove, built-in SubZero refrigerator, pendant and recessed lighting.
Cherry wood is throughout. You'll find built-in bookcases flanking the fireplace in the formal living room, which the sellers use for holiday entertaining in the winter. A Christmas tree can be of any height outside this room in the entry because of the soaring ceilings. You will never worry that a tree won't fit in this home. You want a 20-foot tree? It will work. There are several dining options in the kitchen but also a formal dining room.
You will find more than 3,800 square feet in this home, a total of 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, a loft, a home office / retreat off the master, and 4 (count 'em) 4 fireplaces. You'll find a fireplace in the master, living room, family room and a stone fireplace outside in the back yard.
The back yard features a custom-designed Pebble Tech pool and spa. There is a raised deck, professional landscaping, plus an outdoor kitchen with gas grill, refrigerator, sink and dining bar. The sellers invested more than $50,000 in the yard. Well, invested might be the wrong word seeing as how this is a short sale.
2194 Red Setter Road, Rocklin, CA 95765 is exclusively offered by Lyon Real Estate as a short sale at $450,000. For more information, call your Sacramento short sale agent, Elizabeth Weintraub, at 916 233 6759. For a private showing, call Barbara Dow at 916 761 7398.
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Virtual Tour of Red Setter Short Sale
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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.
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Hi Elizabeth ~ What a beautiful house! Good luck on the short sale!
Congratulations on your new listing! Looks like a nice place, I hope you sell it soon.
I was in the office today, and I could say the same thing. That's why I don't work in my office but at my home office.
Congrats on yet another great listing!
Thanks, everybody. Even working at my home office, I get distracted by other websites. Somebody sends me a link to a news article, I click on it, notice another news link, and I'm off reading when I should be typing up a property profile.
The only bad thing about this particular listing is I had to shoot it in the rain. But it doesn't really matter because we'll get multiple offers.