Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:
Poof! January is gone and we are staying dry at Tahoe. Cold nights help keep snow on the mountain, so the resorts are in business. For real estate, compared to January 2025, we are about 6 short in number and $15M behind in closed sales for 2026. Regardless, all input I’m getting – across the country as well as locally – indicates we’ll have a good year. For properties sold over $5 Million, in January 2025 there were 4 with the highest, a lakefront at $27.5M. This January we had 6 sales with the highest one lakefront at $10.75M, another at $10.35M, showing that we sell our beautiful properties all year long. Let’s see what took place this last week.
Residential Real Estate – week 01/24 – 01/30
Tahoe Sierra had a 2-parcel Brockway lakefront, listed at $12.05M, close for $10.35M. Incline had a lakefront condo, originally listed at $7.5M, now $6.2M, go to escrow. East Shore had two nice Chase Uppaway/Glenbrook listings to go escrow. Reno had a $7.4M go to escrow and a $5.25M sale. Interesting, out of the first two categories for Reno/Sparks, only 10 were listed at $1M-and-up price with 11 in the sold category.
Local/Real Estate/Luxe
- North Tahoe Truckee Express – service to Reno Airport with 5:30AM arrival. Check it out. http://northlaketahoeexpress.com/
- From Barbara Corcoran: My rule is: Every home I ever bought, I bought the best location I could possibly afford and very often couldn’t afford it,” she explained. “I was always afraid I couldn’t sell it. Later on, if it’s the best location, you can always sell it.” (Ed. That’s Lake Tahoe!)
- Tahoe’s Real Estate’s Big Picture: Think of it less as a “bubble bursting” and more as a “return to reality.” Bidding wars are less common, and properties are staying on the market longer, giving buyers more breathing room. Yet it remains a competitive and high-cost market.
Interesting Quotes:
- My fans want my shirt. They can have my shirt. They put it on my back. Elvis Presley
- Your first task is to find what feels effortless to you. Your second task is to put maximum effort into it. James Clear
- You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi
- It always seems impossible until it’s done. Nelson Mandela
- No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt
- What we know matters, but who we are matters more. Brené Brown
- We are always the same age inside. Gertrude Stein
- Better to build a bridge than a wall. Elton John
- We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle. Marilyn Monroe
TidBits
- I’ve just renamed my wifi network to “Police Surveillance Van #02”. That should keep the neighbors on their toes for a while.
- My new role model is the old lady I waw at the grocery store buying only corn dogs (yuk), Oreos and Vodka.
- When a woman asks you to guess her age, it’s like deciding whether to cut the blue, red or green wire to diffuse a bomb.
- I never thought I’d be the kind of person who’d wake up early in the morning to exercise….and I was right.
- It’s perfectly OK to talk to yourself and it’s perfectly OK to answer yourself. But it’s totally sad that you must repeat what you said because you weren’t listening.
- I’m giving up drinking till Christmas. Sorry, bad punctuation. I’m giving up. Drinking till Christmas.
- If a man says he will fix it, there’s no need to remind him every three months.
- My co-worker said, “You should never eat donuts for breakfast.” I told her, “My grandmother lived to 100 years old.” She asked, “Did she eat donuts for breakfast?” I said, “No, she minded her own business.”
- Did you hear about the town that legalized pot but banned alcohol? The residents were left high and dry. (Maybe that’s the way to go…no calories.)
- When I was little, I didn’t care what I wore. When I look at the old photo albums, I realize my parents didn’t care either.
- I don’t understand how a cemetery can raise its funeral prices and blame it on the cost of living.
- Last night I ordered a glass of wine with dinner and the waiter asked for my ID. I replied, “Do I look that young?” “No, I just wanted to see if you qualify for the Senior Citizen Discount.”
- I got so drunk last night I walked across the dance floor to get another drink and won the dance contest. (Have probably been there – but not recently.)
- Just as I was beginning to know everything, I’m now forgetting everything I knew.
- Last night, my wife asked me if I’d seen the dog bowl. I said, “I didn’t know he could:”
- Life Hack: Make your water taste better by pouring it over coffee grounds. Then, 14 muscles are activated when you pour a cup of coffee. Fitness is my passion.
One espresso a day or 6 cups, coffee is a day starter for many of us. My Nespresso Pixie is umpteen years old but going strong and used every morning with my ritual of gratitudes and affirmations….followed by 20 minutes on the Power Plate. This, of course, is after making the bed, Admiral McKraven’s first rule for success. So sleep well, have a great week and see you next time!
Best wishes,
Trinkie