Steve and Heather Ostrom are both REALTORs at Coldwell Banker Realty e in Roseville, CA. Steve is the negotiator and Heather is the marketer. Steve is entering his 20th year in real estate and Heather is an experienced graphic designer.
Listing Agent: Steve Ostrom • Coldwell Banker Sun Ridge
916-308-2446 or Homes@RosevilleAndRocklin.com
SOLD 5/14/2013
Blue skies are smiling on this adorable home in Roseville. Whether your first home purchase, or you’re looking for a lower maintenance yard, or perhaps even an investment property – this cheery space is certain to warm your heart. Inside you’ll find an adorable and spacious Kitchen that connects to the Great room with cove shaped entryways and arch window-openings – keep it open and social between the areas. Center room has a closet and could function as a room for sleep / office / bonus space. Good amount of cabinet and counter top space in Kitchen. Bathrooms both have pedestal sinks. Previous owners loved living here – walked right around the corner to school and park. Currently there are tenants in the property and we are asking folks to please come to the open house.
Nearby and What’s Cool About this Area: local library “Martha Riley,” shopping, dog park, baseball diamonds, soccer fields, local public gym (near library), Utility Exploration Center, the RAC (Roseville Acquatics Center + Summer Sanders pool), and much more. Home is right around the corner from Coyote Ridge elementary school. Commuters, you’re right next to Fiddyment and Baseline to sneak back to Sacramento. Come enjoy West Roseville living. A fantastic place to call home.
1108 Montague Ln, Lincoln CA 95648 – Home for Sale
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Questions? Desiree Pointer – Coldwell Banker Sun Ridge REALTOR ®
Contact us: 916-259-3377 (text / call) or email: GreatLincolnHome@gmail.com
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Desiree is an amazing Lincoln Specialist and successfully (and quickly) got this home SOLD!
Warm color schemes, gorgeous kitchen, and an open layout with family and living room, make this a fantastic space to call “home.” A very social living area – the way a home is meant to function. In the Family Room and Kitchen, that is indeed real hardwood flooring. The Master bedroom bath has a separate tub and shower stall, as well as a walk-in closet. In both the Master and hallway bath, you will a find double-sink vanity. In the Kitchen: a 5-burner gas cook top, pantry, and plenty of counter space, as well as bar area seating. Master bedroom has a beautiful trey ceiling treatment and is nice and spacious. Less yard, less maintenance: around the home and nearby are fantastic walking trails and don’t forget to check out the Lincoln Crossing clubhouse.
Listing Agent: Steve Ostrom • Coldwell Banker Sun Ridge
916-308-2446 or email RosevilleAndRocklin@gmail.com
SOLD 5/21/13
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Gorgeous gated and modernized home on large lot (1.7+ac) plus additional buildings on property: second structure has a shower stall and bath (great studio area) + third building is a great workshop and/or storage area, as well provides protective overhang area for outdoor toys or yard equipment.
Inside the home, you’ll find a remodeled kitchen with Eco-Stone counters, premium stainless steel appliances: including dual-fuel oven and double-drawer dishwasher. Home has fantastic natural light and great recessed lighting. Upgraded flooring includes: Santos Mahogany hardwood, marble, and natural stone. Other great features: multiple gated dog-runs, large driveway and lg yard, and an automated gate.
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Great single-story home, with large yard in a court. A well-loved place to call home … home features newer windows as well as RV and alley access. This home has many other cool features: a dog-run, a spacious side-yard and primary yard, as well as camelia trees and a nice covered patio. Walking up to the home is a cute patio space with flowers blooming with color to greet you. For alley access to be more smooth for you, a fantastic sliding gate system is in place. The dog run is a very nice set-up in the corner yard adjacent to a fantastic shed (wired for electricity). See all the photos below. It’s adorable.
What’s inside? Inside the home, you have a charming kitchen with a great organizer set-up, an open area living room and dining space. In the garage, have you been craving more storage? Check out the photos and see the ample storage space you’ll have built-in to the garage (and they’re incredibly cute and colorful). Nice size Master with bath and two closets.
Location? You aren’t too far off the path, to get back to Hwy 65 and nearby to great local dining and shopping. Come enjoy court living in Lincoln, California.
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Questions? Desiree Pointer – Coldwell Banker Sun Ridge REALTOR ®
916-259-3377 (text or call) or email Desiree@RosevilleAndRocklin.com
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SOLD
Adorable single-story home in Roseville, CA … Not only a great layout to the home, an adorable and manageable-size backyard. Includes a gated dog run area, and an area prepped for a small yard set as well as a great covered patio zone.
Inside the home, a nice open Kitchen, kitchen island, ample counter space and cabinets. Family room has a fireplace and living room is spacious and connected to a dining space. Master bedroom has slider access with the master bath having a double-sink vanity. The other two bedrooms are two of the most adorable kids’ bedrooms you have ever seen. The current owner has adorable decor in these spaces that are sure to capture your heart. Home also features interior washer and dryer hook-up.
What’s Awesome about this Area?
NEARBY: close to a nearby grocery store (actually two: Raley’s and Safeway), a fantastic public pool “Summer Sanders” pool at the RAC (Roseville Aquatic Center), local dog park, fantastic local library, city gym and activity center, and great local walking trails. Did we mention Roseville has an amazing number of local parks? You won’t be lacking in local options as well as fantastic city activities going on year round. Roseville, CA is a great place to call home. Commuting, depending where “work” is, you can zip right on over to Hwy 65 going up Woodcreek Oaks to Blue Oaks or via Pleasant Grove. Commuting to Sacramento? You can go the back routes via Fiddyment or Woodcreek Oaks to Baseline.
West Roseville is a fantastic place to call home.
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SOLD
Palm trees in the backyard set the tone for a relaxing and fun escape paired up with the calming sounds of the pool water fall. Inside the home, you will find a gorgeous kitchen with pantry, which opens to a breakfast nook area and family room. First floor also is home to a dining space and living room, which is currently being enjoyed as a gaming area. Finally, last but not least there is an attractive office, with frosted glass french door entry, with nearby full bath as well as a laundry room.
Heading to the second floor, there is a a small sitting area that sits at the top of the stairs, with four fantastic rooms all equipped with their own amazing personalities. Master bedroom has double-door entry and has a well-sized Master bath featuring a separate tub and shower as well as two separate vanities and two separate walk-in closets.
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Questions? Jennifer Klein – Coldwell Banker Sun Ridge REALTOR ®
916-230-3880 (text) or email JK@RosevilleAndRocklin.com
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This adorable single-story home has an open kitchen / family room layout, plus a separate dining area and living room. An over-sized window in the kitchen allows you to relaxingly gaze out at your garden space. It appears there might even be fruit trees in the yard. Your yard fountain / pond provides the soothing sound of falling water. In addition to the garden and pond, there is a storage shed and the yard has plenty of space for your BBQ and Patio set.
Master bedroom is well-sized with a double-sink bath vanity and cedar walk-in closet. Nearby this home is a great elementary and middle school, parks, as well as great dining shopping, including the amazing Galleria Mall and The Fountains. There is a Safeway within short distance and a park right around the corner. This home is perfect for the person that wants to use the space of the local area, and have a lower maintenance yard and enjoy life. Commuters, this home is situated within minutes of Hwy 65 access.
Listing Agent: Steve Ostrom • Coldwell Banker Sun Ridge
916-308-2446 or email RosevilleAndRocklin@gmail.com
SOLD
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A home perfect for entertaining with an amazing indoor and outdoor living space, in a gated community, with a three-car garage.
In the Kitchen, you will love the gorgeous over-sized, tiered granite slab counter top. It’s a genius layout that just invites you to come sit down while dinner is being prepared. This lovely home has an open and social layout in the Kitchen / Family room area. Warm tones create an inviting space and you will never be stating you do not have enough counter space in this Kitchen. The dining room has a professional faux paint treatment that sets the tone for how attractive this home is …
En route to the Master bedroom, you will find a spectacular desk space with an adjacent closet and custom organizer. The custom organizers in closets, is a repeating theme throughout the home. Home features a double-master set-up with an additional bedroom towards the front of the home (which is also next to a full bath).
The Kitchen can only be rivaled by the amazing backyard. Both the family room and Master have backyard access to a pergola covered patio, that opens up to a beautiful solar-heated pool with waterfall. Fire up your built-in BBQ during the warm weather and when guests are over, you can put Fido the dog, in your gated and paved dog-run. Home also is wired for outdoor speakers. Right outside the Master door, is a spa.
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Other fantastic features in the home: solar heating in pool, plantation shutters, custom closet organizers, plenty of cabinet space, storage / attic space over garage, crown molding, illuminated pot rack, retractable screen door at front and back of home, gorgeous faux treatment in dining room and at fireplace, attractive chandeliers in entry way and in the master bathroom, lemon and peach tree in the backyard, hidden linen closet in second bathroom behind the door, shelving in garage, commercial grade garbage disposal, professional landscaping, replaced sliding back door with french doors and installed retractable screen door.
This home is situated in a gated community and the upkeep of local homes definitely exudes pride of ownership. Behind the home is a fantastic park, and nearby are great walking trails and preserves to explore. Nearby: basketball and tennis courts. Within minutes of great shopping both at the Galleria and the Fountains and great dining.
Jennifer Klein paid great attention to this home and listing, and really dedicated herself to the sale of this home.
If you’re looking for an agent with tenacity, experience, and dedication, please give Jennifer a call 916-230-3880 / text or Email – JK@RosevilleAndRocklin.com
Listing Agent Jennifer Klein – Coldwell Banker Sun Ridge REALTOR ®
916-230-3880 (text) or email JK@RosevilleAndRocklin.com
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NO Mello Roos, NO HOA this place has it all! Highest grade, hand-scraped espresso Mahogany laminate floors. New tile floors in bathrooms, upgraded vanities, upgraded light fixtures and fans, new oil-rubbed bronze bathroom faucets, and carpet replaced 1 yr ago in family room brand new in office / master bedroom. New upgraded baseboards and “glass cook” top stove. New Jenn-air convection oven. Large yard with new landscaping, patio, and gazebo. Warm and friendly neighborhood with easy access to highway.
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Email Etiquette + Winning Offer Packages – Helpful tips for Real Estate Agents and Related Industries Wanting to Earn New Business.
Offer Packages, you know we love them.They’re GLADLY part of our daily workings as a real estate agent. Without them, we’re eating top ramen daily, or perhaps having to take a second job. In our case, this is our full-time job as real estate agents in Roseville, CA. Some items mentioned, may only apply to our state (California)
I always try and think in terms of ease of where to improve my quality of life in my job and at home. I’m not perfect, but I love learning what others think is a great way to work smarter, not harder. So to help elevate the quality of our work world, I’m hoping this post can get either help you, or get you thinking in terms of how we can all help one another. Today I’m going to tackle the art of packaging an offer (in our humble opinion). 🙂
We all have our own individual business habits and personal wishes, particularly when it comes to delivering offer packages. Some wishes are merely for control, and others might be for personal preference. But what we have to differentiate with these “wishes” are, what’s a control and preference. AND what is truly interfering or creating more work for another agent. Why would we EVER want non-verbal cues, to color us, our offer AND clients – so poorly?
Did I just drain another agent’s battery with a large file being opened on the road? Did the agent have to go to the MLS to find my contact info? Did I just write from the bizhub again? DOH!
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Get on board with better e-behavior. Sure items may seem small and insignificant to you, but when it happens often, it becomes a huge time suck for another when you could have eliminated that issue with just a few words and actions. So here’s my list of helpful “gems” and I probably forgot a few in assembling this list and I would love to hear your helpful-hints too …
Offer Packages – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
1.Label your email “subject line” appropriately, AND reference property name
Example: : “Offer – 1234 Main St, Roseville 95678 – Buyer Brown” So when the agent goes looking for my email, they find it easily and perhaps based on “search terms” whether by “offer” and “Property Name.” FYI, a misspelled property address, may mean a missed email for agents. Particularly for agents that receive a high-volume of emails and for those of us that look for emails based on property name. This may be your one client, but when interacting with agents with a team, or multiple clients and listings – be e-courteous. 🙂 Do not send emails with “no subject” line – it’s lazy and all I’m thinking is … “I’m going to become this agent’s babysitter for this transaction.”
Also define in the email “subject line” what it pertains to, example, “request for repairs,” “addendum #1,” etc. When scanning through emails, this helps from opening ten different emails all labeled the same. When the file is closed and you have to go back, you’ll appreciate this two second task.
Consider attachment labeling as well – so each download is known to be what it contains, whether offer, preapproval, etc, and readily references which associated property and buyer. It takes little to no effort and has a high-appreciation return.
Sample Email “subject line” for Offers
2. File size of your email attachments
Biggest reason for being conscious of file size, may not be as obvious – if an agent wants to check the specs of an offer, and they’re on the road (mobile) – a small file size opens quickly on a phone (win). You don’t want to drain a battery for opening your large file-size offer (bad – we all lose). You don’t want to be this person. You know you have been there, opening that huge massive file waiting for it to download, and in the process it took your phone down to “battery funky town.”
One of the most frightening things in real estate – a dead phone battery
It’s not excusable that you’re using your home scanner that creates large files. There are solutions out there to help, heck even an e-fax does a great job with scans and keeps files compact in size. E-fax it to yourself, relabel – and voila – compact and clean file. I know Adobe Acrobat can downsize some files, but it doesn’t always work to reduce enough – particularly if they’re locked e-signed PDFs. And for the love of pizza, do NOT send separate JPEG attachments. One file, one PDF (sometimes with “protected or locked files” you can’t do this). And there’s not one solution, but hopefully we can create less work for one another.
3. Send ONE email with all offer pieces
It’s not impossible, but it’s challenging to receive items pieced back together over three or four emails and creates opportunity for error. Accidents happen, but do your best to send over one concise package offer. When you’re juggling 10+ offers (sometimes more), it’s a set-up for trouble to piece all items over multiple emails. Eliminate the risk.
Another great tool, I encourage agents to spell out the terms of the offer in written form, contained within the actual email. This text should spell out, amount of offer, terms, if applicable, preapproval and who with, and any other details that might help formulate a decision. So that the agent knows what’s going on, without even having to open the attachments. This behavior below, is a HUGE time saver and so appreciated.
This is how we present our offers (also accompanied by an email “story” and details about the buyers that might prove positive for acceptance)
4. Did you READ … the MLS instructions?
It’s a bummer when you take the time to give the answers, but nobody is reading them. It happens to us too, but double-check there aren’t attachments on the MLS. If you’re on the road all day on appointments like Steve often is, there’s that occasional need for a call. Or if the property came on while en route, sure that call is cool and really, calls are always cool with us. But be part of the solution of good communication and doing your research. And admittedly, we have a lot to always improve on ourselves.
5. Do you have your Contact Information in your email (e-Signature)? Did you write from the email you Want to be Responded to?
We’re not wanting to be a detective solely just to call/text or write you as a buyer’s agent – or simply to confirm receipt of your offer. Make sure it’s easy to respond and call you. Write from the email you want responded to, and call from the phone you want to be called back on … this includes NOT sending emails direct from a “printer or biz hub” (office scanner/printer) where one can’t quickly respond “received” or “ask additional questions via email.”
Take the extra two minutes to forward to yourself, relabel subject lines and address, and have your e-signature with all of your contact information provided with your offer. We often receive emails from the Bizhub (office scanner / printer) with no contact information, I’m asked to confirm receipt by the buyer’s agent. This is an easy fix, and ways to avoid making it hard to hunt you down as a buyer’s agent.
Our e-signature for our iPhones
Our email signature “e-sig” for our desktop computer
6. Be Responsible with Your Client’s Account Information
Every time a file is opened on a desktop, guess where that check or account paperwork is housed … that’s right, on the agent’s computer. This will become a larger issue once banks and groups start thinking in terms of items that are housed on any agent’s computer. Some agents request account items upfront, and with items blacked out, that’s fantastic. Always see offer instructions and send just what’s requested or needed, and still protects your client.
7. Please don’t CC your Buyer on the Email to Us
Unwanted “reply all” situations are often dangerous and not always communication your client had intended come to us. Yep, it happens – so please avoid this … I have seen everyone do this … title, agents, and lenders … no group is guilt-free. It’s a dangerous behavior that can open up unwanted doors of unintentional communication, that was meant just for your eyes only. We should not risk these unwanted and unintentional “reply-alls” situations.
Do YOU have any Gems of Advice to Share?
Comment below – you’re awesome gems to elevate our industry for everyone. **Keep it kind, as we’re hoping this is a tool of education to improve our workplace amongst agents**
The excitement of Steve O after opening a well-packaged offer
Property Questions or Showings?916-308-2446 – Homes@RosevilleAndRocklin.com – REALTORs Steve + Heather Ostrom
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