Roxanne Schilling

DID EVERYONE HAVE A SAFE, SANE AND FUN FOURTH???? I sure did. We watched a boat parade all lit up and decorated at BEAUTIFUL LAKE TULLOCH in Copperopolis, CA. I would have taken pictures but it was after dark of course and I don't have a good enough camera. You just have to imagine....flags, palm trees, stars and hula girls. It was very cool.

I don't know who organized it, but they all started at South Shore Lake Tulloch. Does anyone out there know anything about who organized it?

What did everyone else do for the fourth? Let me here from you. I have not been on Active Rain in such a long time. I have been extremely busy in Real Estate.....F I N A L L Y.

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I almost forgot to wish everyone a HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! In my card to my husband I said. We are Rich in love and that is the most important. Tell the ones you love today "I LOVE YOU" The more you say it the more you will want to say it and the more you will want to hear it. Love makes the world go round. CHEERS TO LOVE!!!!!

Here it is February ALREADY and how is it going for you??? I got through the big tax day and now I am ready for SPRING. I have not been on active rain in such a long time because I got back into listing FORECLOSURES. Everyone knows that word these days. I have also been showing property, lots of property and that is a good sign. LET's get ready to catch some BIG FISH. I am gearing up because I am going to be opening up escrows. You will too.....mark my words. Buyers are out there on the prowl and they are ready to pounce. It is time to put this nonsense behind us, put our best foot forward and get to work!!!!! Let's do it!

We are almost upon Thanksgiving.......let us be thankful for our family, our friends, our co-workers and our clients. They are all apart of who we are and what our lives are all about. Let's unite and enjoy one another and break bread together so to speak. If we can not be with them, let's keep them in our hearts. Concentrate on the positive in these trying times. Let's take some time off to reflect on what is really important in our daily lives. I would take health over wealth any day of the week. Whoops.......I was going to put in a lot of small pictures and forgot to re-size. But you know what....things happen for a reason and this man below, Harry Schilling, is one of my husband's most respected and admired mentors, not to mention he is a relative. This is what life is all about. Let us give Thanks and enjoy the upcoming Holiday Season. BE SAFE OUT THERE!

Talk about real estate deals these days..............Get this...............I spoke to an owner of a lake view lot ( a potential seller/listing. ) They wanted a price to list their lot. I flat told them in this market it needed to be under $100,000 in order to get anyone to look at it. Can you guess where this is going???????

I listed it for 195,000. Some say it is a waste of everyone's time. Well, I love a challenge and I am willing to work hard to keep clients and to get referrals and repeat business in the future.

A couple of weeks go by and low and behold.......an offer comes in. An e x t r e m e l y LOW offer compared to the asking price. I can't get into actual figures since it is still in escrow...due to close very soon. My seller countered reluctantly (verbally). The Buyers were firm. About a week later after the offer had expired my Seller came back to me and countered a little lower (verbally). Buyers were firm. I think it happened one more time. Buyers finally came up slightly AND we opened escrow.

The moral of the story is......WORK YOUR DEALS. THEN WORK THEM SOME MORE. NEVER GIVE UP TOO SOON. LET YOUR CLIENTS KNOW THAT EVEN IF THEY GET A LOW OFFER THEY ARE THE LUCKY ONES IN THIS MARKET. WORK IT...WORK IT....AND WORK IT SOME MORE.