Dena Ingalls' Blog

First step: Find out who owns your current loan then you can start making calls and plans: Is your loan owned by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac?  Find out here: http://makinghomeaffordable.gov/loan_lookup.html

Values in Sacramento County and specifically Elk Grove have been "adjusting" consistently lately, in reaction to all the foreclosures.   In an effort to stay in touch with past clients with that "value added services" thing I wanted to give some help with the whole lowering value issue.  Here ar...

We are all trying to find the bottom! Here in the Elk Grove and Sacramento area of California I selected a zip code for two subdivisions that I have been tracking through the years: 95828 for Vintage Park and Country Side.  How do we determine if we have hit the bottom?   Most importantly how can...

Can you guarantee your net sheets?   With all we do as buyer's agents, do we stand up for that "bottom line" presented at the signing appointment.   This is our real job, watching that dollar as if were our own.  Two tips on having the courage to quarantee the net sheet: First, within 72 hours of...

You collect business cards by the ton, right!   Don't just collect them use them to build a network of services that "work" for you and "work" for them! Monday, I opened a letter from the IRS and learned that I was going to need to give them $ 2458 more.  What a treat!   So I call my accountant i...

Greetings! You've just been MEMED on Active Rain! "WHAT?" you say? Go to this post: http://activerain.com/blogsview/591126/Mini-Meme-from-Keller and make a comment telling us "What 5 Things You don't Know About Me". OR, put it on your "other blog", but please put a link to it in the comments of t...

I am so enjoying the back & forth on the Amtrak and Light Rail issues coming up in Elk Grove.  I love the train, use it often and wish I could use it more.   You either hate or don't mind the traffic up and down 99!  No one is neutral on this one. Attend the hearing at the Elk Grove City Council ...

Watching Rate or Price Reductions DO YOU FEEL LUCKY? Many economists feel that interest rates will continue to rise, some feel that higher rates will cause a further reduction in home prices.  While this may be true in some cases, here in Elk Grove and the Sacramento CA region, we are seeing mul...