Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:

Another fabulous REALM® Global Collective (my 4^th), this time at The Breakers in Palm Beach.  This historic, classic hotel and grounds are over the top!  Content and networking, plus lovely free time, provided inspiring intel and opportunity to reconnect with old friends and meet new colleagues from across the country and beyond. Two east coast trips within weeks of each other are enough for now, so it’s Tahoe Time for what we expect to be a productive summer.  I know there were a lot of new listings in the last two weeks, so let’s take a look.

Residential Real Estate – weeks 5/10 – 5/23 

• Tahoe Sierra MLS – North/West Shores & Truckee.  New Listings – 158!  Escrows – 34; Solds – 43
• Incline Village/Crystal Bay MLS.  New Listings – 35; Escrows – 19; Solds – 10
• East Shore, NV MLS.  New Listings – 22; Escrows – 4; Solds – 2
• Reno/Sparks MLS.  New Listings – 280; Escrows – 249; Solds – 220

Summer’s off to a big start!  More listings than we’ve seen in some time.  Incline had two new off-water homes come on at $13 and $13.9 Million, and a lakefront Crystal Bay Cove condo at $7.5 Million.  Martis Camp showed up with a $17 Million listing.  Part of the new North and West Shore listings included 6 new lakefronts from $7.9 to $45 Million.

Lakefront Actives:  North/West Shores – 17; Incline/Crystal Bay – 6; East Shore – 5 plus Shakespeare Ranch (4 parcels or all); South Lake Tahoe – 2 (1 on Fallen Leaf Lake).  We’ll be seeing more come on in the next while.  

Local/Real Estate/Luxe

• Real Estate today.  Mixed messages across the board!  High-end buyers are either holding on to resources and not doing anything, pulling out of stocks and putting money into real estate, or moving money into overseas investments.  What will it be for our market here at Tahoe this season?
• Warm-weather states’ prices in many metros have dropped, and inventory has increased a lot.
• Pickle Ball lessons – Olympic Valley Courts.  Chris – 530-386-1683.
• Ritz-Carlton, Northstar – has just unveiled a property-wide two-year transformation.  Haven’t been up to check it out, but it’s on the list! 
• LTOA (Lake Tahoe Owners’ Association) annual pre-summer meeting on Friday.
  • Introduction of a company that uses UV lights to eradicate invasive weeds in a matter of minutes. Being used effectively in marinas and around the Lake
  • Piers.  11 to be allocated, 1 single use, the rest multi-use. June deadline for application, July allocations.
  • Pier/Buoy leases.  Be sure to read Special Conditions as there are things popping up that may need to be addressed. LTOA on top of this, but be sure to call if you have any concern.
  • Lawns and fertilizer.  Use non-toxic products if possible as toxicity leaches into the lake, fostering bad things growing in the water.
  • Beavers.  Increasing problem for many as they destroy trees (love Aspen) for their dams.  They can travel over a mile from the river.
  • River Rafting.  On go this year as the lake is up and will hold until fall. 

• Tahoe Yacht Club held its annual Blessing of the Fleet on Saturday with lovely service by Rev. Edward Hilton, including amusing blessings and sprinkling on us of Tahoe water, followed by a glorious lunch provided by Melanie – a local favorite caterer.
• Connections.  If you have interest in property anywhere in the US or globally, I have recourses to assist.  You name the place; I’ll find you a professional to take great care of you.  My membership in REALM opens doors to the top 1% of agents just about everywhere. 

Entertainment

• Big Bear Eagles:  They are getting close to leaving the nest.  Here’s the link to watch!  https://tinyurl.com/5n7wbze4

TidBits

• More Burma Shave:  1) Don’t lose your head. To gain a minute. You need your head.  Your brains are in it. Burma Shave   2)   Drove too long. Driver snoozing. What happened next.  Is not amusing. Burma Shave   3) Brother speeder. Let’s rehearse. All together. Good morning, Nurse. Burma Shave
• Failure is the mother of success.
• In the end, what we regret most are the chances we never took.  Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer)
• To succeed in life, you need three things:  a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.  Reba McEntire
• There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it. Andrew Jackson
• The world is divided into people who do things – and people who get the credit.  Dwight Morrow
• They say, “Don’t fall in love with a house”.  So, I fell in love with three.  In one weekend.
• In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in real estate there is equity….and maybe a hot tub.
• I’m not saying I live in a fixer-upper, but even the ghosts have filed for relocation assistance.
• Somebody said today that I am lazy. I nearly answered him.
• I’m not saying I’m overreacting, but there are good times and there are bad times to hand me a chainsaw.
• I sold the vacuum cleaner.  All it was doing was gathering dust.
• A diamond is just a lump of coal that did well under pressure.
• I always say, “Morning”, instead of, “Good morning”.  If it was a good morning, I’d be sleeping and not talking to people.
• Sure, I can help you out. Which way did you come in?
• No, you’re not adopted.  But we’ve placed an ad.
• Tombstone:  Died from not forwarding that email to 10 people.
• I’m jealous of my parents.  I’ll never had a kid who’s as cool, smart or devilishly handsome as theirs. 
• God created the world.  Everything else is made in China.
• I could read a book, but I just find that the letters get really repetitive after a while.

Well, I love reading books. For starters, it’s the agreement I have with our Book Club, and we’re on in a week for the next meeting.  This Memorial Day weekend is skating through with no snow and glorious weather.  The stream of cars coming to the Lake today was endless, and outside seating was full of guests enjoying coffee and treats in Truckee.  Have a great week and see you next time! 

Best wishes, 

Trinkie