Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:
Spring/winter, spring/winter. Daffodils and blossoms have survived so far, but a blast of winter predicted this weekend may be the end of them. Real estate perks along regardless, and I’m happy to report the closing of my 10th sale in Fleur du Lac and a beautiful new lakefront listing in Homewood. A colleague has just listed a fabulous 1,530-acre trout fishing ranch outside Fall River Mills, CA that includes over a mile on Fall River and a custom Airstream fishing camp for $18.5M. For the California side of our Tahoe area, the highest priced listing is a West Shore lakefront at $45M followed by my three: a legacy estate at $30M, beautiful Olson-designed and built Homewood home at $26M, and a brand new build at $22M. Now let’s see what everyone else is doing!
Residential Real Estate – week 4/4 – 4/10
| Location | New Listings | Escrows | Solds |
| N/W Shores/Truckee MLS | 25 | 11 | 14 |
| Incline/Crystal Bay MLS | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| East Shore MLS | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Reno/Sparks MLS | 162 | 142 | 98 |
For Tahoe/Sierra, Lahontan had a nice escrow at $6.995M and my new listing in Homewood at $26M. Incline had a $20M sale on the dry side of Lakeshore Blvd, and a $4.85M lakefront condo go to escrow. East Shore had a Chase lakefront listing at $6M go to contract, and two Beach Club new listings, one at $5.475M. Reno had a big increase in listings and a Montreux sale at $5.475M.
Local/Real Estate/Luxe
- For local homeowners, Hemmings and Jarrett in the Cobblestone, Tahoe City is having a great warehouse sale of furniture.
- Tahoe Fund’s contest for best project in the Basin crowned the Wildfire Alert Camera as winner. It’s run by the University of Nevada and helps close a major gap in detection. It received the $10K prize, thanks to generous donors.
- The old Cal Neva is under total renovation, with confirmed financing package in place to bring this to fruition.
- The Boatworks in Tahoe City may be in financial trouble, the owner so far defaulting on terms of a major loan.
Entertainment
- This is a classic: Remember ‘My name’s Friday’? Fun one with Johnny Carson. https://tinyurl.com/yc5xfdm9
TidBits and Quotes
- Challenge yourself when life is easy, so you’ll be ready when life is hard. James Clear
- If you do not know which port you are seeking, no wind is favorable. Seneca
- A good reputation is acquired by many actions and can be lost by one. Philip Dormer Stanhope
- Sledding in your 50s is a great way to meet people. Today I met 2 paramedics, an EMT, a spine specialist, and I’m pretty sure I saw Jesus for a moment.
- Me: Puts on lotion. My dog: Thank you for covering yourself in a delicious marinade just for me.
- I keep hearing it takes a village to raise a child. Do they just show up or is there a number to call?
- It’s been brought to my attention that I’ve offended some of you. Please accept my apologies. I meant to offend all of you.
- I found the key to happiness. Surround yourself with animals and stay away from idiots.
- Put two straws in your mouth, the other end of one in a drink, the other outside it. You won’t be able to drink through either straw.
- If all the people in China stood on a chair and jumped off at the same time, it would knock the earth out of orbit. (Now, how do they know that?)
- You will experience the billionth second of your life when you are 31 years old.
- Kangaroos cannot move their legs individually.
- Remember, if we get caught, you’re deaf and I don’t speak English.
- A large group of baboons is called a congress.
- You don’t need a parachute to go skydiving. You need a parachute to go skydiving twice.
- The chance of you dying on the way to buy a lottery ticket is greater than your chance of winning.
- A Blue Whale’s tongue can weigh more than an elephant.
- A buttload is an actual unit of measurement. One buttload is equivalent to 126 gallons of wine.
- There are more fake flamingos in this world than real ones. (My friend, Florene, had a bunch of them she planted on the lake shore where we partied when the water level was down.)
This coming week I’ll be at the REALM Global Collective in Arizona, where about 200 of the top 1% of Realtors from across the country and beyond will gather for our annual meeting. Great opportunity to catch up with colleagues and learn the latest impacting our respective luxury markets, from wellness to marketing and other resources benefitting the needs and wants of our clients. Have a great week and see you next time!
Best wishes,
Trinkie