Relocating To Nevada County
Home buyers vary when it comes to their individual home style and choices; however, they share many of the same values when it comes to selecting a community. After employment, the top priorities for most are quality of life, schools and medical care. In western Nevada Continue Reading
The Four Seasons of Nevada County
One of the desirable features of Northern California’s Nevada County is its four distinct seasons. Set against the Tahoe National Forest, our community offers a myriad of year-round recreational opportunities to suit every desire for the great outdoors. You don’t have to go Continue Reading
Gardening With El Niño
“In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside 24 hours.” Mark Twain must have been talking about Northern California during an El Niño year. Currently, Mother Nature has us jumping back and forth between umbrellas to tank tops and flip flops. We Continue Reading
Don’t Mess With Mosquitoes This Year!
There are many property owners who wait until the last minute to prepare for a truly pesky pest that is becoming more and more prevalent in Northern California – the mosquito. Mosquito bites are more than just itchy. Each year, over 1,000 Americans will contract an illness Continue Reading
Five Home Owner Blogs To Follow In 2016
With the new year comes a new opportunity to spruce up your home through DIY renovation projects and fresh landscaping. If you’re a trendsetter, you’ve probably already started to utilize Pantone’s Colors of the Year for 2016, Rose Quartz and Serenity. Beautiful colors, yes, Continue Reading
Celebrating and Selling: Successfully doing both during the holidays
Marketing your home during the holidays can seem like such an inconvenience when really, it doesn’t have to be. If you’ve decided to capitalize on the fall real estate market of low inventory and rising prices, you’veprobably already taken the next step of preparing your Continue Reading
Selling Your Home This Fall
Often, sellers are warned against putting their home on the market during the fall and winter seasons. Truth is, listing a home during the holiday months can attract empty nesters and millennials who are looking for a seasonal deal before the housing market gets back into Continue Reading
Moving up Now Could Be a Good Move
Have you been thinking about a bigger home? Perhaps you’ve outgrown your home, desire a different school district, or you’re one of the many homeowners who are no longer underwater and can at long last leverage your purchasing power. With continued low mortgage rates and Continue Reading
Is Your Home Ready for El Niño?
In mid-August, the Climate Prediction Center issued an El Niño advisory stating “there is a greater than 90% chance that El Niño will continue through Northern Hemisphere winter 2015-16, and around an 85% chance it will last into early spring 2016.” In the midst of a Continue Reading
Kathy Papola has 36+ years experience successfully representing buyers and sellers of estates, ranches, residential, subdivisions, land and commercial properties with a background including financial lending, recreational lake management and a real estate brokers license in the State of Nevada.