Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:
The week started off with a nice new listing that I’ll share next time. Now the prep work, photos most important, before going ‘live’ on the MLS. Had a lively discussion at Book Club about Audition, well-written by Katie Kitamura, an off-the-wall book that was short-listed for the 2025 Booker Prize. One long-time reader hated it, some liked it, I thought it was interesting….and it provided great fodder for conversation. Because I felt somewhat conflicted when I finished it, I got the ‘support’ book that was more confusing than the book. The Booker Prize selects unusual books to honor. The fun of our book club: reading things we probably wouldn’t and reading when we might not. Back to biz – and what happened last week.
Residential Real Estate – week 01/31 – 02/06
| Location | New Listings | Escrows | Solds |
| N/W Shores/Truckee MLS | 17 | 14 | 11 |
| Incline/Crystal Bay MLS | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| East Shore MLS | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Reno/Sparks MLS | 110 | 128 | 58 |
Martis Camp had a $9.438M sale, Incline Village had a great Chase sale at $12.675, Glenbrook had a Chase escrow listed at $4.995M, and Reno had a Chase sale at $4.985M. Reno/Sparks is busy with new listings and escrows, more evidence of people moving to Nevada.
Local/Real Estate/Luxe
- Factoid from NAR (National Assn. of Realtors®): Buyers over 60 are shaping the housing market. Median age of repeat buyers is 62; nearly half of 2025 buyers were over 60. ( Ed: Housing prices in big metros and resort areas are over the top for most young people.)
Entertainment
- The Olympics: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8uSItmDQOAc
Interesting Quotes:
- I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” Muhammad Ali
- I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan
- It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. Friedrich Nietzsche
- Love is friendship that has caught fire. Ann Landers
- Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. Helen Keller
- Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud. Maya Angelou
- The most wasted days are those without laughter. E.E. Cummings
- The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. Michael Altshuler
- When you reach the end of your rope, tie the knot and hang on. Abraham Lincoln
- Do, or do not. There is no try. Yoda
TidBits
- 90% of the things I worry about never happen. Worrying works.
- I think my wife has started to show the first signs of dementia…she said she can’t remember what she ever saw in me.
- Me: Alexa, remind me to go to the gym. Alexa: I have added gin to your shopping list. Me: Close enough.
- If you’re buying a watch from Amazon, be warned. I learned the hard way that if it says you can swim with it, this only applies if you can already swim.
- Why is everyone at the gym asking me why I am sitting still on the stationary bike? I’m going downhill, dude, mind your own business.
- Principal: Your child always causes trouble in school. Me: My child causes trouble at home, do I ever call you?
- I love board games. My favorite one is where they put meat and cheese on a board, sometimes fruit and crackers. I’m so good at that one.
- Your eye can see a million different colors.
- German chocolate cake was invented in Texas.
- There’s enough gold inside Earth to coat the planet.
- People once ate arsenic to improve their skin.
- There’s only one letter that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name.
- The leading cause of dry skin is towels.
- My dentist told me I need a crown. Of course, he was absolutely right!
So, who will be crowned in gold these next 10 days? The US has six contenders from Tahoe along with all the other great athletes from our country. Fun times to watch great athletic abilities from so many places. Have a beautiful Valentine’s or Galentine’s Day along with all the festive television. See you next time!
Best wishes,