Waking up this early morning here in South Lake Tahoe It is almost a dream-lightly snowing as I walk my dog on this spring day in April. No one is up yet in the neighborhood except the two coyotes we just saw and Lola my dog chased away. As I looked up towards Continue Reading
Winter is the best time to sell simply because there is less competition. However most sellers think summer is the time to put their home on the market. Typically we have snow right now-it is winter after all. Some sellers prefer to wait to summer simply Continue Reading
Non-renewal came in the mail The topic of wildfire is constantly a recent headline here in the state of California. As we all know, It is very sad to see families lose everything they own. Our unfortunate reality is we will all be paying for these Continue Reading
Fortune Tom Fortune the new GM of Heavenly. The reason I got my cool last name is because of this guy-Tom Fortune. He took the helm as General Manager at Heavenly Resort this fall. He just started a blog for skiheavenly.com and I thought it would be fun to Continue Reading
One thing my research is telling me is that mountain town real estate just keeps getting more expensive. There are a few affordable mountain towns to buy a home: here in South Lake Tahoe, Sandpoint, ID or Whitefish MT. The desire to live in Continue Reading
The ban on vacations rentals here in South Lake Tahoe is called Measure T. Daniel Browne holds up a sign for drivers on U.S. 50 to read near Grocery Outlet. Members of the Tahoe Neighborhoods Group were outside the store collecting signatures for their petition Continue Reading
Locaton in a Cabin is Everything This beautiful cabin located here in South Lake Tahoe has undergone a total transformation-taken down to the studs just four years ago which means new everything: electrical, plumbing, flooring, kitchen, siding, roof, skylights, windows, Continue Reading
Ski pad on a budget? If you were to design the ultimate ski pad would it be an igloo at the base of the ski area? Or a studio condo in town within walking distance to restaurants? Or a tiny cabin in the woods with a tiny yard for your Continue Reading
So after 13 public meetings addressing vacation home rentals I finally have a vacation rental update for South Lake Tahoe. The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors took a step toward an official ordinance at their meeting on Aug. 28 and with a 5-0 vote, supervisors Continue Reading
The median price of a home in South Lake Tahoe has surpassed the $500,000 mark. That's according to a quarterly report released by Chase International. The Tahoe-based real estate agency compared all MLS home sales at Lake Tahoe from Jan. 1 through June 30 to the same time Continue Reading
Here we are April 2018 and another ski season is winding down and another tax filing date almost behind us. I was reminded recently that we all basically work for free for the first quarter of the year. Not good. The state of the real estate market was a Continue Reading
Happy New Year 2018! Hopefully everyone stays healthy in this coming New Years 2018 and gets to come and enjoy themselves here in beautiful South Lake Tahoe. As we all know 2017 was a HUGE snow year. For some reason I expected 2018 to be a repeat but Continue Reading
