Wednesday, May 2, 2018

867 Sentinel Dr Tracy, CA 95304

Property Site: http://tour.circlepix.com/home/AY6BQE/867-Sentinel-Dr-Tracy-CA-40819890
This beautiful home features 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths plus an office. The kitchen has gorgeous granite countertops, a walk in pantry and opens to a large family room, perfect for entertaining. Upstairs, the master bedroom is large with a wonderful sitting nook. But don't miss the backyard. It features a large workshop, man cave, or she shed, plenty of room for RV parking on the side yard, plus the home backs up to farmland so you don't have any rear neighbors. This is a move in ready, must see home that won't last long.
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3.00
Square feet: 2,104
Price: $538,000

For more information about this property, please contact Brian Hill at (209) 914-5034 or Brian.Hill@bhhsdrysdale.com. You can also text 4996449 to 67299 (Message and Data Rates May Apply, see terms and privacy policy).


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MLS ID: 40819890

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867 Sentinel Dr Tracy, CA 95304

Property Site: http://tour.circlepix.com/home/ADDKNG/867-Sentinel-Dr-Tracy-CA-18027091
This beautiful home features 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths plus an office. The kitchen has gorgeous granite countertops and opens to a large family room, perfect for entertaining. Upstairs, the master bedroom is large with a wonderful sitting nook. But don't miss the backyard. It features a large workshop, man cave, or she shed, plenty of room for RV parking on side yard, plus the home backs up to farmland so you don't have any rear neighbors. This is a move in ready, must see home.
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3.00
Square feet: 2,104
Price: $538,000

For more information about this property, please contact Brian Hill at (209) 914-5034 or Brian.Hill@bhhsdrysdale.com. You can also text 4995997 to 67299 (Message and Data Rates May Apply, see terms and privacy policy).


See more listings at: realtorbrianhill.com


MLS ID: 18027091

https://www.facebook.com/10211990807261043 https://www.twitter.com/BrianHill_BHHS

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Winter Home Maintenance Tips

Who has $50,000 to throw away? (If you answered yes, please throw it my way) According to Mack Strickland, an appraiser and real estate agent in Chester, Va. a poorly maintained home can lower a home's appraised valued by 10%. Assuming an average home value of $500,000 here in Tracy, that's $50,000 it could cost you when you go to sell your home.

So with that in mind, I thought it was a good time to suggest a few home maintenance projects to tackle this winter.

1 - Water - It rains in the winter. (Usually at least) Water is your home's number one enemy. When it rains, take a look at your gutters. Is water flowing like it should be? Is there a blockage? Does the water flow away from your home or is something causing it to pool around your foundation? Are there any leaks in your gutters? 

You might have to wait until the rain stops to fix these issues, but during or right after a rain is a great time to check and make notes of what needs your attention.

2 - Indoor projects - Since it is cold and rainy during the winter months, turn your attention indoors. Here are a few ideas.
     - Replace old, worn caulking around sinks and bathbtubs
     - Pull out your refrigerator and free standing stove and clean that hidden mess.
     - Update cabinet hardware and adjust hinges if needed.
     - Check for sign of leaks under sinks.
     - Clean cabinet doors and apply a wood protectant.
     - Check around your water heater for any signs of leaks.
     - Lubricate hinges of interior doors.
     - Clean shower heads.

That list should give you a good start. If you need more ideas, a simple google search will turn up plenty.

Many home maintenance tasks are small, inexpensive items that are easy to take care of but, if left unattended, could lead to big problems in the future and as mentioned at the beginning of this article, cost you thousands of dollars.

So make a chart or a checklist on your phone and start slowly checking these items off this winter. 

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And of course, when you are ready to sell your home, give me a call.

Sunday, December 3, 2017

Monday Morning Coffee


A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~ Tenneva Jordan 

 I knew I was not supposed to be quite so excited. I was too old for that. At age eleven, the oldest and my mom’s “grown up” girl, I had to keep my cool. I was in middle school after all. 

But every chance I got, when I was alone, I checked each present under the tree. I read every tag and felt every package, guessing at the contents within. I had examined each gift so often that I could tell which present went to which person without even looking at the tags. 

 It had been a tough year for my family. Whenever my mom looked over at the tree and scattered presents, she would sigh and warn us, “There won’t be as much for Christmas this year. Try not to be disappointed.” 

 Christmas had traditionally been a time for my parents to spoil us. In years past, the presents would pile up and spill out from under the tree, taking over the living room. I had heard the phrase “giving is better than receiving,” but thought that whoever had said that must have been out of their mind. Getting presents was the whole point! It was the reason I couldn’t get to sleep on Christmas Eve. On Christmas morning, we eagerly waited in the hallway until Dad told us everything was ready. We rushed into the living room and let the wrapping paper fly. We made weak attempts to wait and watch while other family members opened their presents, but as the time passed we lost our self-control.

 “Here’s another one for you,” said Mom as she handed me a package. I looked at it, confused. Having spent so much time examining the presents before Christmas, I recognized this one. But it had not been mine. It was my mom’s. A new label had been put on it, with my name written in my mother’s handwriting. 

 “Mom, I can’t…” I was stopped by my mother’s eager, joyful look—a look I could not really understand. “Let’s see what it is, honey. Hurry and open it.” 

 It was a blow dryer. Though this may seem but a simple gift, to me it was so much more. Being an eleven-year-old girl, I was stunned. In my world, where receiving outweighed giving by light years, my mom’s act of selflessness was incomprehensible. It was a huge act. 

Tears filled my eyes and I thought in disbelief about how much my mom must love me to give up her Christmas so I could have a few more presents. 

 I have always remembered that Christmas fondly. It had such an impact on me. As an adult with children in my life whom I adore, I can now understand my mom’s actions. I see how she was not “giving up her Christmas” as I had thought, but was finding an even greater joy in her Christmas because giving truly is better than receiving. My mom’s simple act meant the world to me. ~ Jennifer Yardley Barney

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Tracy Market Report October 1

Tracy and Mountain House Market Report
Market Monday
Week of September 24 - October 1 2017

28 Homes Sold in Tracy and Mountain House this past week. You can check out the charts and graphs below to see some of the details about the types of homes, size, how many bedrooms and bathrooms and more.

There are currently 141 homes for sale in Tracy and Mountain House with an average for sale price of $564,652.


Sold Homes Sept 24 - Oct 1





For an even more in depth look at the current real estate market in Tracy, click here.

Monday, September 4, 2017

Monday Morning Coffee September 4, 2017







Against a consensus forecast of 180K, the economy added 209K jobs in July. 

Strength was seen in health care, business services, and leisure and hospitality. 

The unemployment rate declined from 4.4% to 4.3%, which matched May's reading at the lowest level since 2001.

Economic strength usually results in rate increases, but offsetting factors have kept mortgage rates down.


“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” ~ Mark Twain
In the late 1960s in Ruston, Louisiana, two Bulldog quarterbacks' life paths diverged sharply. You might have heard of Terry Bradshaw, who went on to attain the top pick in the 1970 NFL Draft, a lengthy career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, four Super Bowl victories, a spot in the Hall of Fame and a second career in front of the camera.

You might not have heard of Phil Robertson, who was ahead of Bradshaw on Louisiana Tech's depth chart but gave up football with one year of eligibility remaining because the game and any future in it interfered with his heart's dearest passion: duck-hunting season.
"At the time, no one quite understood what exactly was my problem because I didn't put football as the ultimate goal, being this stud hossfootball player, but what they didn't see then, they get it now," Robertson said. "Because as it turns out, what am I talking about now?"
Robertson was referring to the duck call business he started out of his home, which became the Duck Commander regime and led some 40 years later to the creation of Duck Dynasty.

This is one of those times where a one-sentence pitch will tell you immediately whether a show is for you: "Duck Dynasty follows a backwoods millionaire family running a duck call empire on the Louisiana bayou."
Coming out of Vivian, Louisiana's North Caddo High School, Robertson said he fielded offers to join the football programs at LSU, Ole Miss, Baylor and Rice, but chose Louisiana Tech to remain close to home. Afterredshirting his freshman year, he was joined by some soon-to-be famous company on the depth chart.
"The quarterback playing ahead of me, Phil Robertson, loved hunting more than he loved football," Bradshaw wrote in his autobiography, It's Only a Game. "He'd come to practice directly from the woods, squirrel tails hanging out of his pockets, duck feathers on his clothes. Clearly he was a fine shot, so no one complained too much."
He spoke fondly of Bradshaw... "Bradshaw's a great guy," Robertson said. "I was the one that named him the Blond Bomber, and while he was at Tech, I said 'Son, you've got the want to and the drive to play in theNFL, you got a great arm,' and I said 'You got brains,' and when I got to brains, Bradshaw said, 'Are you serious about the brains?'

I said, 'Well, you have enough sense to play in the NFL.' As it turned out, I put it this way, he must've been smart enough to win four Super Bowls."
After three letter-winning seasons and with one year of eligibility remaining, Robertson had had enough. 

He says he spurned interest from the Washington Redskins and went after the ducks full time in the fall while completing his undergraduate degree.

"Bradshaw will tell the story better than I do," Robertson said. "To put it bluntly, he was very happy that I chose ducks because he moved up a slot. I was blessed with a good arm, or Bradshaw wouldn't have been playing second string to me.

"But you gotta remember, my heart was then and to this day -- let me put it this way: Throwing a touchdown pass to a guy running down the sideline, and he runs down with the ball for six, it was fun.

However, in my case, it was much more fun to be standing down in some flooded timber with about 35 or 40 mallard ducks comin' down on top of me in the woods. That did my heart more good than all the football in the world."

Robertson went to work as a schoolteacher for several years after graduating from Tech, obtaining his master's degree in education via night classes, with a concentration in English.

"I kinda liked ol' Shakespeare and them guys, you know," Robertson said. "I went back and got my master's just in case. I thought, if I ever needed it, I'd have the sheepskin to show people no matter how dumb I looked, actually I was about half intelligent. I got the degree to let 'em know I wasn't as dumb as I acted."

And all the while, Robertson continued to hone his hunting craft. Dissatisfied with commercial duck calls, he began producing and selling his own about 40 years ago. These led to a series of duck-hunting videos that began 25 years ago, which led in turn to stints on the Outdoor Channel. Then came the call from A&E.

"Let's face it," said Robertson, "the bar has been set pretty low for you to get on American television these days. I think they said, 'Why don't we try a functional family,' and somebody said well, that's a novel idea.

Round here, you know, there's no outbursts, belligerence, cursing, gettin' drunk, dope, no, we're all Godly people, so maybe it's a little switch for a change. We're not actually rednecks, but we probably could be calledgoodoleboys."

Indeed, we can think of a few college fans who'll be able to relate to theDuckmen's no-shave, no-laundry policies during the 10-week season. "We shower our bodies during the hunting season, but under no circumstances do we ever wash our clothes," Robertson said. "We hang 'em up and let 'em air dry. We begin to look like the landscape around us, you know what I'm sayin'?

Oh, they'll get it. Hey, life is good, life is good." ~ Campus Insider Newspaper

Friday, September 1, 2017

Escape The Heat This Weekend


With temperatures expected to reach 113 degrees inland this weekend, I thought it was a good time for a blog on places to go this weekend to escape the heat. One of the many great things about living in the Bay Area is that if you don't like the weather, just get in your car and drive a little bit and you can change it.

It's looking like it might be difficult to completely beat the heat this weekend but here's a list of places you can go that should be a little bit cooler.

The beach - With great beaches like Santa Cruz, Monterey and Half Moon Bay all within easy driving distance, the beach is a great place to go and get away from the heat. Of course this weekend, escaping the heat is relative as these beaches are still expected to see temperatures around 90 degrees, so bring lots of sunscreen. The beach can be a day trip or spend the whole weekend. If you plan to spend the weekend, then find indoor things to do during the hottest parts of the day and enjoy the beach in the morning and evening. Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Half Moon Bay all have some great shops and restaurants you can spend time in out of the heat.

Tahoe - Head to the mountains. Tahoe is expected to reach a high of 88 which makes it a great choice to escape the 113 degree heat. If you've only been to Tahoe in the winter, I highly recommend checking it out in the spring and summer. Between the lake, golf courses, casinos, spas and great restaurants, there is plenty to do. Check out this list of 50 Things to Do In Tahoe This Summer.

Mendocino Coast - The coolest spot on my list goes to the Mendocino Coast with temps expected to be no higher than 81 degrees on Saturday. It's also a great place to go to escape all the tourists. Fort Bragg is probably the best known town in this area and features great shops and boutiques, an indoor water park and water view restaurants. Don't forget to hop aboard the Skunk Train and enjoy a beautiful journey through the Redwoods without the hike! For more information on what the Mendocino Coast has to offer click here

The City AKA San Francisco - Most likely if you are like me you can start to feel like you've done and seen it all in San Francisco. You've done Pier 39, Golden Gate Park, Lombard Street, etc so what else is there? Well, there's a lot actually. Have you ever checked out the Wave Organ or the tiled staircase or the Seward Street Slides? What about the Cable Car Museum?
Here's is a list of 155 obscure things to do in San Francisco. It's still expected to reach 90 degrees tomorrow so make sure to find a few things that are indoors.

The Wave - You won't be escaping the heat with this option, but if you just want to cool off without going far from home you may want to check out Dublin's new waterpark The Wave. With an indoor pool, waterslides, a splash zone and more it would make a great place to spend the day, but don't be surprised if it is crowded. Here's a link for more information.

What about you? Do you already have plans to escape the heat? Where would you go and what would you do? Please share your heat beating escapes in the comments below.