Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:
A few days blasted into the 90s and now back to more reasonable 80s. We are wimps here compared to those who live in hot steamy climes. We love the dry air (no furry hair) despite dry skin…thank goodness for moisturizing balms. Had a good week with property showings to new clients, meeting with a prospective client for their new, gorgeous build, got my property reviewed for this year’s Defensible Space (2 minor tweaks), and lunch on the West Shore with friends after which I rear-ended a pickup truck (no alcohol involved, just stupidity), applying some of my paint on his rear bumper and destroying the right front of my car. Now waiting to see if they will fix it (please), as most of you know how much I love my car! So now let’s see what took place in real estate this last week.
Residential Real Estate – week 7/12 – 7/18
Tahoe Sierra MLS – North/West Shores & Truckee. New Listings – 43; Escrows – 29; Solds – 19
Incline Village/Crystal Bay MLS. New Listings – 11; Escrows – 10; Solds – 3
East Shore, NV MLS. New Listings – 3; Escrows – 3; Solds – 1
Reno/Sparks MLS. New Listings – 159; Escrows – 117; Solds – 92
Nice lakefront escrow for North Shore listed at $16.85m, and Martis Camp had a $12.195m sale, down from $12.495m. Incline had a $49m lakefront go to escrow – will be interesting to see where that settles. As of 7/20, there are 21 single family lakefronts for sale on the North and West Shores.
Local/Real Estate/Luxe
Nevada County Tax Role (Truckee): Property values are up 4.74%, the 14th consecutive year of growth.
Buying real estate with cryptocurrency – still niche market but growing. Home in Connecticut listed for $12m will take crypto; $118m home in Bel Air is open to it; retreat in Mexico in San Miguel (love San Miguel) listed at $2.5m; Napa home on 10 acres listed at $4.2m; beach house in Cayman Islands at $15m, and more! If interested, I can help!
41st National Cowboy Poetry Gathering – Elko, NV. January 2026 https://tinyurl.com/zr4xwt82
Foreign US home purchases jumped 33.2% year over year. Between April 2024 and March 2025, 78,100 properties. (Pre tariffs.) The biggest year was 2017 with 284,000.
Diamonds. Real or Lab created. Big stir in the diamond industry with prices reflecting the interloper. However, competition in the lab group continues to reduce those values too. A test machine on a jeweler’s counter can show Lab vs. Real. (My last real diamonds were stolen, so I’m outta that market.)
Entertainment
Interesting opening scene of a western movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhYLfK8GSr0
TidBits
A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future. Albert Einstein
Forever is composed of Nows. Emily Dickinson
The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction must make sense. Tom Clancy
I reckon some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses. Elizabeth Taylor
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. Mark Twain
I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. Winston Churchill
The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country – and we haven’t seen them since. Gore Vidal
Cows run away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it – and gets through it quicker. Whenever I’m confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment, I become the buffalo. Wilma Mankiller
Whenever you are stuck searching for the optimal plan, remember: Getting started changes everything. James Clear
Strangely, life gets harder when you try to make it easy. 1) Exercising might be hard, but never moving makes life harder. 2) Mastering your craft is hard, but having no skills is harder. 3) Uncomfortable conversations are hard, but avoiding every conflict is harder. Easy has a cost. James Clear
If I don’t practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it. Jascha Heifetz, famous violinist on practice (He is the brother of Larry who started our wonderful Cancer Center in Truckee)
The only reason they say “women and children first” is to test the strength of the lifeboats. Jena Kerr
If life were fair, Elvis would still be alive today and all the impersonators would be dead. Johnny Carson
If God intended us to fly, he would have made it easier to get to the airport. Jonathan Winters (Ed: It would be easier to get through the airport.)
I’m not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. Actually, I’m a billionaire. Howard Hughes
The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.
Today is the yesterday when you worried about tomorrow.
The high cost of living hasn’t impacted its popularity.
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the airplane, the pessimist the parachute. George Bernard Shaw
Whiskey is a brilliant invention. One double and you’re single again.
Knowledge speaks; Wisdom listens. Jimi Hendrix
So, zip the lip and open the ears! That’s a good mantra for my business! The photo below really is Dancer. Isn’t that a great shot? Thanks to Dena, whose organization www.gotdogs.biz takes her for an outing every day during the week.
Have a great week and see you next time!
Best wishes,
Trinkie