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My property tax story using a green screen
On Monday I wrote about my property tax refund of $398.96 from Sacramento County, and I ended up making a complimentary video. I am now using Sony Vegas HD Studio 10 and my friend Jenny is letting me take her green screen for a test drive before...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Appraisers vs. Machines: What do you think of websites like Zillow?
People ask me sometimes what I think about websites like Zillow or Cyberhomes. In short, I don’t think computers do as good of a job appraising properties as real humans. Call me biased, but there are some things that real people can still...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Updated DMV Headquarter Renderings
Thanks to my friends as Lionakis who is both the Architect and Designer of this project, I have some updated renderings that includes a new central plant. In addition to the other upgrades I mentioned in my previous post, the...
Monday, August 16, 2010  |  LivingInUrbanSac

What should I do with the $398.96 property tax refund check from Sacramento County?
After returning from a camping trip to Shaver Lake this past weekend, I was very happy to find a property tax refund check had come in the mail from Sacramento County. Yes, I appealed my own property taxes in 2008 and they cut me a check to...
Monday, August 16, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Elk Grove Real Estate Market Update: July 2010
219 homes sold in the city of Elk Grove this last month, an overall unit volume decrease of 17% year over year. Foreclosure sales alone fell 41% while non-distressed sales declined 8.2% year over year making this one of the slowest years in real...
Thursday, August 12, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

What ever happen to...
A couple weeks ago the Sacramento Business Journal did a story all the infamous lots in downtown Sacramento where projects wereonce on the verge of breaking ground are now either on hold or dead. A few of these site I had forgotten about, but most...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010  |  LivingInUrbanSac

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Wednesday, August 11, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Would you buy the house right next to this water tower?
I got a kick out of this aerial image. I have three appraisals in my bag right now in the City of Galt from a very loyal client, and during the course of research I came across a property located near F Street right next to the Galt water tower....
Wednesday, August 11, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Folsom Real Estate Market Update: July 2010
Sales volume in Folsom as elsewhere in Sacramento county has dropped considerably. It might be safe to call this year the slowest year in real estate since we started tracking numbers. Overall unit volume declined 31.6% year over year with sales...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

The impact of foreclosure on a neighborhood and a few thoughts on condominiums
I inspected a condominium last week in the Hillcrest Park neighborhood in Vallejo, CA. I wanted to share a graph of sales within the subdivision over the past five years. What do you see? While in the Hillcrest Park neighborhood, I shot the...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

River District Specific Plan
For the 748-acre River District Area, the City proposes adopting policy documents to support a transit-oriented mixed-use urban environment that would include up to 8,144 dwelling units, 3.9 million square-feet of office, 854,000 square-feet of...
Monday, August 9, 2010  |  LivingInUrbanSac

El Dorado County Real Estate Market Update: July 2010
163 homes sold in the county of El Dorado this last month, an overall unit volume decrease of 12.8% year over year. The largest decrease was in the category of foreclosure sales where home sales dropped from 69 last july to just 42 this july. That...
Monday, August 9, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

Township 9 Parks Master Plan
Township 9 is a 65acre planned mixed use community located in the City's River District and adjoining the southern boundary of the American River. Parks within the project include a passive community park along the American River, a small...
Thursday, August 5, 2010  |  LivingInUrbanSac

Sacramento County Real Estate Update: July 2010
If you’re not really interested in real estate and market updates right now, you are in the majority. Definitely a large number of people have lost interest in real estate, including, it seems homebuyers. Overall unit volume dropped 23.9%...
Thursday, August 5, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

What Legos can teach us about real estate
Did you play with Legos as a kid? After building a four-story home last night with my six-year old son, I snapped a few photos to show just how much Legos can teach us about real estate. These images will give you a glimpse into some of the...
Thursday, August 5, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

A Decade of Unemployment Rates in Sacramento County
Put on your economist hat and let’s take a look at the past decade of unemployment rates in Sacramento County based on the month of June. What do you see? Comments are welcome below. June 2010     12.6% June 2009     11.5% June...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Condo Sellers - Put Condo on FHA List
If you are the seller of a condo unit, you should be aware of the list of condo associations on the approved list for an FHA mortgage loan. You should also do your best to add your association to that list. Individual condos do not go on there -...
Tuesday, August 3, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

Inspiring Video by Gary Vaynerchuk
This is an inspiring video by Gary Vaynerchuk. He is the author of the book Crush It and I think he has some good points to consider for business and the way things have changed in recent years, not to mention his encouragement to follow your...
Tuesday, August 3, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Sacramento Real Estate Market - August 2010 Water Cooler
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Monday, August 2, 2010  |  Sacramento Land(ing)

DMV Headquarters Renovation
After deciding to remove asbestos applied between every floor when DMV’s Sacramento Headquarters Building East opened in 1962, the department launched an ambitious, concurrent renovation plan to completely remodel all six floors of the facility...
Monday, August 2, 2010  |  LivingInUrbanSac
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