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Prior to moving to Reno in Northern Nevada, I had never heard of the weather condition known locally as pogognip. Perhaps because that word is not commonly recognized except among oldtimers, the local weatherpersons simply refer to it as freezing fog. It is not a particularly comfortable conditio...
01/08/2011
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The housing catastrophe in this country has devastated many families and sad stories abound. But one very sad aspect of the situation is below the radar screen for many: the fate of the beloved family pet. It is frequently inconvenient to find a new home, or even a relative to care for these a...
01/07/2011
Back in the day (1940's, to be exact), some folks came to Reno to arrange a quicky divorce. Many parts of the country required waiting periods of up to a year before a divorce would become final....not Nevada! You could "live" here for three weeks and Presto! your divorce was final. Legend has it...
01/06/2011
How many times have I heard or read this comment? Wish I had a dollar.... Here is a typical sequence of events: Act I: John Q Homeowner, having suffered a personal financial setback, stops paying his mortgages, first and second. Being a want-to-do-the-right-thing sort of guy, he approaches Rachae...
01/05/2011
Starting the first of the year, a new form reared its ugly head on the Nevada real estate scene. It is officially called the Seller's Energy Consumption Evaluation Form, and either a completed copy or a signed waiver is required on almost every sale of residential property in the State. There are...
01/03/2011
If you are like most people, the dawning of a new year makes you reflect on your life: what's good, what's not so good, what changes you could make to improve things going forward. Many of you likely came up with the same ole, same ole, and I'm right there with you: Lose weight (a perennial favor...
01/02/2011
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Happy New Year everyone! Here in the Reno/Sparks area of Northern Nevada we woke up to a winter storm warning. Perhaps an inch of snow is already on the ground and it is coming down hard. Roads are likely to be a mess, especially in the higher elevations such as the I-80 pass over Donner Summit o...
01/01/2011
One of the sad realities of short sales is that they are not short. Although the odd one may be approved quickly, it is still more common for three or more months to elapse before the bank responds. In a market like ours in Northern Nevada, prices may have continued to drift downwards as those mo...
12/30/2010
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Many Northern Nevada sellers wonder what sorts of things need to be disclosed to their buyers in the course of a real estate transaction. For example, a typical email asks: Hey Linda, do I really have to tell the buyers about ....?" It is required by law that "a seller of...
12/26/2010
Buyer's remorse...that ugly moment when the exhilaration of the successful negotiation wears off and the "OMG, I'm going to be paying for this house for 30 years" or "What the *&^% was I thinking??" sets in. I think all buyers have a smidgen of it, it is a very normal reaction. But after recentl...
11/27/2010