Interviewed for CapRadio Insight regarding Sacramento real estate amid the COVID19 pandemic...

I was interviewed live on air by Randol White today on CapRadio Insight about the dynamics of the Sacramento real estate market amid the COVID19 pandemic. Here is the link to the entire episode and I come on just after 10 minutes or so.

Topics covered safety-related requirements for showing property, lacking inventory of homes for sale, how conducting traditional open houses is a misdemeanor, market dynamics, and bay area residents relocating to Sacramento as they have been informed by their employers they are permanently working from home.

Required for all listings: COVID19 Prevention Plan for In-Person Property Showings...

Typically when one thinks about real estate regulation, the first agencies that comes to mind are not CalOSHA, nor California Department of Public Health. But here we are in 2020, and the murder hornets are coming to get us, and we live in a new world of trying to maintain social distance and sanitary conditions all around us.

As such, it seems only fitting that OSHA and CDPH dip their toes into real estate, yes? Enter the "COVID19 Prevention Plan for In-Person Property Showings".

A prevention plan is required to be posted at the entry of each listing. And available publicly for each listing online. And anyone entering the property is required to review and sign a copy. Did I mention the property must be disinfected between showings too? And open houses are not allowed?

Good times.

I have come up with a pretty organized system for dealing with these new requirements to minimize hassle and to maintain as safe of an environment as possible. So, we roll through this and hope that the alien invasion that is undoubtedly ahead of us in the fall won't be too bad. Perhaps by then NASA will issue some new real estate regulations too.

Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig's love letter to Sacramento (and did you notice she visited a Dunnigan Realtors open house!?)...

I have seen the movie Lady Bird twice...and not only is it a great movie, it paints a lovely portrait of Sacramento. What Sacramentan doesn't love the Fabulous 40's neighborhood? The McKinley Park Rose Garden? The Tower Theater? Gunthers Ice Cream? The Raven? You know you love the dirty bird. I could go on...

I am a little older than the Lady Bird character, who was a senior in high school in 2002 (I graduated in 1996), but I can totally relate to wanting to get out of Sacramento at that age. 

I didn't, and ended up attending California State University, Sacramento and graduated in 2001. I left Sacramento as soon as I graduated from college though, and moved to San Jose, CA for exactly one year (a 12-month lease where I rented a 10x10 room in a house for $800/month...I hated it there) before moving back as quickly as I could in late 2002. Thankfully my employer at that time allowed me to telecommute from my Sacramento home. I obtained my real estate license a couple years later and the rest is history. And Sacramento has grown up a lot in that time. Candidly, I love it here.

One scene in Lady Bird that caught me completely off guard is that they visit a Dunnigan Realtors open house! I loved that. So cool and unexpected. 

It was also cool to watch the Golden Globes this evening, see Lady Bird win Best Musical/Comedy, Saoirse Ronan win Best Actress Musical/Comedy, and to hear Greta Gerwig thank Sacramento for giving her wings was the icing on the cake.

New Listing - 2237 Eastwood Drive, Roseville, CA 95747

Welcome to Fiddyment Farms in Roseville! This gorgeous 4 bedroom + loft, 3 bathroom, 3,062sf Shea Home was the former model home for "The Maple" floorplan. You'll love the open lay-out, amazing kitchen with pantry, island, granite slab counters and backsplash, formal dining room, separate living and family rooms, downstairs bedroom & bath, upstairs loft/bonus room, master suite with jetted tub, separate shower, dual sinks etc. $100k+ upgrades: designer light fixtures, natural stone, surround sound, pre-wired CAT5 ethernet, custom paint, central vac, flooring, landscape, etc. Parks, nature preserve, schools, shopping nearby. Dont wait! Offered at $459,900. More more photos and details, please visit 2237 Eastwood Drive, Roseville, CA 95747. Open house Sunday, January 5th from 2pm-4pm.

Sacramento Open House Search Tool...Bookmark it!!

Over the summer I posted a link to my Open House Search website. Since that post, I have had several emails who read that post asking me how to find that post and website. Here's a hint: Bookmark the post or the website people! LOL

Since ya'll seem to have a hard time finding it, now for everyone's convenience, I have added it to the right side navigation of my blog site. It is located just below my DRE License number.

Or, you can search for greater Sacramento Open House listings here...any open house that is registered in advance with our MLS will be searchable, including short sales, foreclosures, and traditional (non-short sale, non-foreclosure) listings.

Sacramento Open House Guide - searchable open homes...

My clients frequently ask me how they can search for open houses in Sacramento. Well, I have created a open house search tool on my website! This feature pulls data directly out of MLS and allows you to search for Sacramento-area (and surrounding counties as well) agent open homes by area, price range, etc. Of course the agent holding the house open has to register the open house in MLS, so this will not catch every single open house, but the majority of them will be listed there. In addition to being able to search for open homes by whatever criteria you like, from there you can also print maps with turn-by-turn driving directions. It is really handy!

It's Land Park Home Tour time!!

That's right! On May 18th from 10am - 4pm, several beautiful Land Park homes will be open for tour to help raise money for special visual and performing arts programs at Crocker-Riverside Elementary School, Sutterville Elementary School, California Middle School, and CK McClatchy High School. Tickets are $15 in advance, or $20 the day of the tour. Tickets can be purchased at Capital Nursury (4700 Freeport Blvd), Espresso Metro (2104 11th Avenue), and Vic's Ice Cream (3199 Riverside Blvd).

National Open House - November 4th!

I can't believe November is upon us! Well...a couple months ago I posted about the upcoming National Open House. It is this weekend...I will be holding open my listing at 5902 Casa Alegre in Carmichael from 11am - 2pm. It is a great dual master suite 2 bedroom / 2.5 bathroom condo in a great community in Carmichael. You can view more details at http://www.5902casaalegre.com/. Hope to see you there!

http://www.ErinAttardi.com • http://Erin.Golyon.com

National Open House!!

Several agents (myself included) nationally are planning a "National Open House" on November 4th. More to come...

New Listing: 199 Coloma Way, Sacramento / East Sacramento 95819

Wow...has it really been 2 weeks since I posted? I went on vacation for a few days, and days surrounding my departure and return and been insanely busy...anyway, I have a fantastic new East Sacramento listing:

Offered at $389,900. This is an adorable 2 bedroom / 1 bathroom home in a desirable East Sacramento neighborhood. Great layout with a huge living room, fireplace, dining area, spacious bedrooms, updated bathroom, cute kitchen with gas appliances, wood floors under carpet, indoor laundry, newer central heat & air, newer composition roof, an ovrsized 1-car garage, and BIG .173 acre (per assessor) lot. Close to Bertha Henschel Park & McKinley Park, CSUS, restaurants, shopping, Sutter Memorial Hospital, Mercy General Hospital, and more! Nearby schools include Theodore Judah Elementary, Caleb Greenwood Elementary, Kit Carson Middle, Sacred Heart School, Saint Francis High School, and others.

For more detail and the link to the virtual tour, please visit http://erin.golyon.com/listings.html. I will be having an open house there this Sunday from 12pm - 4pm

Curtis Park Home & Garden Tour 2007

How cool is this? Perhaps I am a rare breed, but I love looking at classic homes in the downtown Sacramento and surrounding neighborhoods! Mark your calendar for the 21st annual Home & Garden Tour, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 28. Eight homes in Curtis Park of a variety of architectural styles and decor will open their doors to help raise funds for the Sierra 2 Center in Curtis Park.

One of the featured homes will be the historic J.C. Carly House on Montgomery Way at Franklin Boulevard, which is the first structure in Curtis Park to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It has also been given local historic recognition, being placed in the Sacramento Historic Register in 2005.

Tickets are $20 in advance, and $25 the day of the event. Tickets can be purchased at:
-Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th Street
-Swanberg's, 2400 21st Street
-Collected Works, 4524 Freeport Blvd
-The Ivy House, 5601 H Street

Links:
http://www.sierra2.org/
http://www.sierra2.org/pdfs/tourposter.pdf
http://www.sacbee.com/266/story/145554.html

Open House Sunday 3/25 - 3930 Aberdeen Way, Sacramento 95821

Come check out this charming home this Sunday from noon - 3pm. Refreshments will be served! You will fall in love with this 3 Bedroom / 2 Bathroom single family home near Pasadena/Norris in "Evergreen Estates." This home has something for everyone, including 2 RV/Boat accesses, a tool shed, a wading pool with serene waterfall, refinished hardwood floors, a spacious kitchen, built-in hutch, dual pane windows, a composition roof, a whole house fan, central heat & air, ceiling fans, a cozy fireplace, and more.

Please make time to tour this fabulous home on Sunday! Take Auburn Blvd to Norris, right on Pasadena, left on Aberdeen to 3930 Aberdeen Way. Thomas Guide 278 H3.