Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:

Ok, then.  Time for serious snow!  Coming down steadily on Saturday as I write, snuggy and warm in my house with Dancer watching it fall out the office door.  So far, a good 3’ on my decks, so much that Miss Muffet won’t venture out unless I open the garage door where it’s not quite so intimidating.  (My princess GSD.)  Whatever the totals….and more to come this week…we’ll be happy to have the buildup for the watershed.  On a fun note, here’s a report from my friend who attended the World Cup event last weekend at Palisades Tahoe:  “Went to the WC races on Sat.  Glorious bluebird day!  Palisades did an amazing job of presenting themselves to the world.  I was very impressed and proud of them!  Huge crowds and they didn’t miss a thing with the mammoth grandstands at the base of the course and Jumbotrons in strategic locations.  Made me realize what a very big deal it is to have a World Class event on our mountain!  Palisades is to be applauded!!  Can’t say enough!!  Heard that some Contestants were saying this was the best course on the circuit.”  In 1969, I helped boot-pack the hill with many others in advance of the Men’s World Cup event (when it was Squaw Valley).  Nice to read such a great report of this year’s event! So, let’s see how events went in real estate this week.

Residential Real Estate – week 2/24 – 3/1 

• Tahoe Sierra MLS – North/West Shores & Truckee.  New Listings – 10; Escrows – 20; Solds – 9
• Incline Village/Crystal Bay MLS.  New Listings – 4; Escrows – 1; Solds – 5
• East Shore, NV MLS.  New Listings – 2; Escrows – 3; Solds – 2
• Reno/Sparks MLS.  New Listings – 100; Escrows – 143; Solds – 122

Looks like Tahoe Sierra has some action during President’s/Ski Week, and the Reno market has picked up.  Reno had a nice quick escrow listed at $4.2M, a new build on an acre that went to escrow in 19 days. 

Local/Real Estate/Luxe

• Resort Report for Saturday, March 2:  Most, if not all, are closed. 2 days in a row.  Now skiing should be good through Memorial Day! 

• Local Estate Liquidation and Personal Property appraiser – (Certified Appraisers Guild of America) – for Northern Nevada/North Tahoe Region.  High Sierra Estate Liquidation, LLC.  Paul Yohey – 775-846-6359
• Book reprint:  Indians of Coo=Yu-Ee Pah: The History of Pyramid Lake Indians in Nevada by Nellie Shaw Harnar has been reprinted by her son.  Available at the Pyramid Lake Museum and Visitors Center at Nixon, NV, north of Fernley via State 447. Good excuse to pay Pyramid Lake a visit! 
• Manhattan’s Luxury Market had best week since last June.  29 hopes asking $4M or more went to contract, with biggest a $20M penthouse on Upper East Side. Mansion Global
• Manila overtook Dubai as fastest-appreciating luxury real estate market last year with annua price gains of 26.3% across its high-end market.  Mansion Global
• Trails & Vistas annual Art Hike dates will be Saturday and Sunday, July 27 & 28 on Truckee Donner Land Trust trails at Royal George Cross Country Ski Resort.  Tickets will be available on Earth Day, April 22.
• WinterWonderGrass – April 5 – 7 – at Palisades Tahoe.  25% off 3-day tickets until midnight, Monday March 4.  WWGTAHOELOVE at checkout  https://tinyurl.com/28rtpahd
• Gallery Keoki – Palisades Tahoe.  Annual Celebrity Hound Hobnob – Fundraiser for Palisades Avalanche Rescue Dog Team.  Saturday, March 16, 5 – 7 PM   RSVP info@gallerykeoki.com
• Tesla Cybertruck.  Saw my first one recently in Truckee, driving on the other side of the street.  Odd looking thing for sure, but sturdy!  Even though the exterior rusts, I read that it was involved with a pickup truck crash and there were no dents on the Tesla, but the pickup sustained a bunch.  And, a test drive to confirm the distance promoted came out fine, a first as Tesla tends to overstate range. 
• Rivian has jumped in as a major sponsor of Realm-global’s upcoming annual collaborative to be held in Laguna Beach in May.  I am privileged to be a member of this esteemed group of 600 individual Realtors focused on the luxury market in cool places across the states and internationally. 

Entertainment

• Not finding anything that’s lighting my fire this week.

TidBits

• I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back.  Zsa Zsa Gabor
• Death is nature’s way of saying, “Your table’s ready” Robin Williams
• Wit is cultured insolence. Aristotle’s Virtues
• We say TGIF for Friday.  The Brits say “It’s national poet’s day”.  Piss Off Early Tomorrow’s Saturday.
• The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. Alan Watts
• Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.  When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”  Lao Tzu
• The image is one thing and the human being is another.  It’s very hard to live up to an image. Elvis Presley
• Revised song titles from the ‘60s:  1) Ringo Starr – I Get By with a Little Help from Depends.  2)  the Bee Gees – How Can You Mend a Broken Hip   3)  Paul Simon – Fifty Ways to Lose Your Liver  4)  The Commodores – Once, Twice, Three Times to the Bathroom  5)  Abba – Denture Queen  6)  Helen Reddy – I am Woman, Hear Me Snore   7)  Willie Nelson –  On the Commode Again
• If minutes were kept of a family gathering, they would show that “Members Not Present’ and “Subjects Discussed” were one and the same.  Robert Breault
• Some family trees bear an enormous crop of nuts.  Wayne Huizenga
• I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter.  Each time I enter a room, I wonder what I’m here after.  Tim Conway
• Don’t wear fur.  Did you know that a single fur coat takes 14 trees just for the protest signs?  Emo Philips
• I once dated an apostrophe.  Too possessive.  Aparna Nancherla
• My grandmother is over 80 and still doesn’t need glasses.  Drinks right out of the bottle.  Henny Youngman
• I have as much authority as the pope.  I just don’t have as many people who believe it.  George Carlin
• Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.
• I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.  Maya Angelou
• People waste their time pondering whether a glass is half empty or half full.  Me, I just drink whatever’s in the glass.  Sophia (Estelle Getty) Golden Girls
• Get old but don’t get boring! Iris Apfel   R.I.P., Iris….”the world’s oldest living teenager” was 102.  (100^th Birthday photo below.)
• I have cities but no houses; I have mountains but no trees; I have water but no fish.  What am I?  (Send me your response and I’ll give you the answer next week!)  

So, think on and have a safe week, whether in snow, rain or sunshine!  

Best wishes,

Trinkie