Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:

And just like that, the crud is gone!  Am now interested in food again and the truck that ran over me has moved on. It’s great to be alive and feeling renewed energy.  And, the sun is out, temps are up, and Open Snow suggests the winter storms are over.  Now I’m getting the beautiful Rubicon lakefront back on the market, although the homes are not yet opened for viewing.  Putting it ‘out there’ in case there’s a candidate on the search for something special. Also have a cool condo that we’re re-marketing with a new approach to capture new eyes.  Never nothing to do in this biz!  There’s lots of stirring with new properties coming on the market.  Let’s see what took place this last week.

Residential Real Estate – week 4/5 – 4/11

• Tahoe Sierra MLS – North/West Shores & Truckee.  New Listings – 39; Escrows – 15; Solds – 6
• Incline Village/Crystal Bay MLS.  New Listings – 10; Escrows – 5; Solds – 2
• East Shore, NV MLS.  New Listings – 6; Escrows – 5; Solds – 2
• Reno/Sparks MLS.  New Listings – 157; Escrows – 127; Solds – 82

Nice uptick in new listings for Tahoe Sierra and the Reno/Sparks markets.  For Incline, quiet activity, and 9 of the 10 new listings are condos.  Condos are taking it in the shorts with all the HOA increases for fire insurance. On the East Shore, one Beach Front condo originally listed at $4.75 Millon, reduced to $3.595 Million, sold for $3.1 Million.  I brought back the beautiful Rubicon estate at $30 Million, quietly now just through our local MLS until we can get the homes open and new video produced. 

Local/Real Estate/Luxe

• Ski Area closings:  Looks like most will be done next weekend 4/20 and 4/21.  Mt. Rose, Royal Gorge, Sugar Bowl 4/27, and Palisades 5/26.  So that’s that for Spring skiing.
• Road construction preview:  Int 80 will have extended lane closure eastbound near junction of State Rte 20 from 4/13 – 24, one lane with delays up to one hour.  Yuk.  Harbinger of what we’ll see in the Tahoe area as our roads aren’t looking that great.
• OK – here’s the skinny: Major construction projects are scheduled across Highways 28 and 89 and surrounding areas throughout 2025 impacting Tahoe City, the West Shore and North Lake Tahoe. These include road repaving, broadband installation, trail upgrades, and utility improvements. Expect one-way traffic controls, delays, and some closures.  Can hardly wait.  Part of life in the mountains.   No construction on weekends, one reason we changed our annual Chase International Luxury Home tour to a Saturday – June 14.  If you have interest in attending, please let me know as our guest list will be limited. 
• Gatekeeper’s Museum – Tahoe City – is now open for the season featuring new exhibits.  Wed – Sun, 11am – 4pm. New features:  Tahoe’s Gilded Age of Fashon, revolving Basket Displays, and Tahoe Dogs.
• Easter Festivities:  Easter egg hunts, fabulous brunches and, of course, meaningful services at local churches, with some outdoors.
• The Donner Project:  Sierra State Parks Foundation completed the first phase in July 2022, restoring the Pioneer Monument.  Phase 2 will improve the landscaping around it with ADA accessibility, new plantings, visitor protection from climbing on it, gathering areas for small groups’ education.  Remaining $65,000 is needed to complete. To donate any amount:  https://tinyurl.com/mwx6fv5s
• Lot sales – Tahoe Sierra MLS – 01/01/2025 to present.  There have been 44 lot sales, only in the general Truckee area – from $50K on Donner Summit to $4.5 M, an off-market sale in Martis Camp. Who wudda known?  Sounds good to me!  Interest in our beautiful area ain’t going away! 
• Music of the Beatles – Reno Phil.  Tickets on sale now for Sunday, August 3 concert. https://tinyurl.com/2s36vd8z
• Peaks Madness Championship:  Finalists are Mt. Rose and Mt. Tallac.  Last chance to vote!  https://tinyurl.com/5fja9m5v  Tahoe Fund
• Tahoe Music Alive!  The Catalyst Quartet starts their West Coast tour in Tahoe Vista on Sunday, April 27.  For info and tix: https://tinyurl.com/2f2z5jue

Entertainment

• Hines and Baryshnikov:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImzkWZkaIIM

TidBits

• We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. Maya Angelou
• The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain. Its ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of the forces of nature to human needs. This is the difficult task of the inventor who is often misunderstood and unrewarded. Nikola Tesla.
• I have no special talents.  I am only passionately curious.  Albert Einstein
• Marshall: “True or false, Paul Revere had 16 children?”  Paul Lynde: “From ONE midnight ride?”
• We turn not older with years, but newer every day!  Emily Dickinson
• I’m not clumsy.  It’s just the floor hates me, the tables and chairs are bullies and the wall gets in the way.
• If we’re not meant to have midnight snacks, then why is there a light in the fridge?
• People can’t drive you crazy if you don’t give them the keys.  Mike Bechtle
• 1998: Don’t get in the car with strangers.  2008: Don’t meet people from the internet alone.  2019: Uber – order yourself a stranger from the internet to get into a car with alone.
• I’m not saying you’re stupid, it’s just saying you have bad luck thinking. 
• My favorite exercise is a cross between a lunge and a crunch.  It’s called lunch.
• Oh, I’m sorry.  Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?
• Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.  Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
• I just got my electricity bill and I’m pretty sure they charged me for sunlight, divine light, and the light at the end of the tunnel.
• That move you are scared to make might be the game changer.
• I wonder what happens when the doctor’s wife eats an apple?
• We’re all mature until someone brings out the bubble wrap.
• Don’t worry.  If plan A fails there are 25 more letters in the alphabet.
• Don’t trust everything you see.  Even salt looks like sugar.
• You don’t inspire others by being perfect.  You inspire them by how you deal with your imperfections.
• The fact that my entire body cracks like a glowstick whenever I move and yet refuses to glow is very disappointing.
• The longer I stay at home, the more homeless I look.
• Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness.  Mark Twain
• If you cannot laugh at yourself, you are giving others that job.
• Knowledge is like underwear.  It is useful to have, but not necessary to show it off.  Nicky Gumbel

So, here’s to using our smarts like quiet little mice!  Have a great week and see you next time! 

Best wishes,

Trinkie