The Real Estate Juice

Great Reno Fire 2011

2011-11-18T13:58:00.000-08:00

I woke up at 3am this morning to news of a fire in the Caughlin Ranch area of Reno, NV. The television was saying that homes were threatened, the wind was blowing and the fire was spreading.

Soon after, my phone was exploding with texts and Facebook was full of friends posting more details about the event. People were posting pictures of homes burning in their backyard. The pictures were surreal as the fire was moving, homes burning, neighborhoods under siege.

I had numerous coworkers evacuated and another whose yard was totally engulfed in flames. We were all texting and calling and trying to comfort one other.

At this time, 10,000 people have been evacuated, over 400 acres have burned. We are having hurricane force winds of up to 85 miles an hour and over 25 homes have been destroyed. The fire is 0% contained.

The evacuation area is large, three High Schools have become evacuation centers. Our Real Estate office is in the middle of the evacuation area and fire storm.

Our home has become an evacuation center for our friend Dorothy, her daughter Alex and Company (3 dogs). A small gesture we can make to our friend in need.

Please consider helping our community. Reno is a small town. I know several who have lost homes, more whose neighborhoods were devastated and many others who know someone, who knows someone.

The local Red Cross is taking donations and in the coming days people are going to need clothing, food and shelter. Please find the compassion to help my neighbors!!!

Our prayers go out to everyone in need...may God bless our neighbors and friends.

Monday Morning Mojo

2011-11-14T08:14:00.000-08:00

Intero Founder, Partner and COO blesses us with his wisdom, every Monday morning. We are going to post them here to share them with you. These little nuggets are applicable in your business life and personal life and are designed to encourage you to grow as a professional and as a person. Enjoy!!

Mon. Nov. 14th, 2011 | 4:30am | Tom Tognoli

At the beginning of the NFL football season every team has the same goal…win the Super Bowl. Leading up to the season there is countless hours, days, weeks, and months that go into planning, strategizing and putting together a winning formula. They don’t just show up on opening day and wing it. We all know what would happen if they did.

Life and sports have so much in common. When we start our year we really need to approach it just like a new season in football, with the goal of winning our Super Bowl. The definition of winning a Super Bowl may be different for everyone, but the steps it takes to give us the best chance at accomplishing our goals is the same. We need to plan, strategize and take the time to put together our winning formula before the new season starts…don’t just show up on opening day and wing it. If we do, we are going to get CRUSHED!!!!

In Business this means putting together a Business Plan…in Life it is putting together a Life Plan. It is about taking the time to put together a plan for all the areas of our F-5 (Faith, Family, Friends, Fitness, and Finance). So many of us wait until the New Year before we take time to even consider what we are going to do to Win. I am here to tell you if we wait until then, we are winging it and we are going to get CRUSHED.

One of the things we encourage everyone to do at Intero is to create their Business Plan in October…yes 3 months before the New Year. We know this will not only help them kick off the New Year on fire, but it will help them finish this year strong. For a copy of the Intero Business Plan click here. Even if you are not in real estate there may be some ideas you can take from it in creating your own plan.

Don’t wait until the end of the year and do what most other people do…don’t wing it. Don’t wait until the end of the game when you have to throw up the Hail Mary in desperation. If you wait until then it is pretty much hopeless.

As you put together your plan remember the following:

A play = your day
A touchdown drive = your week
A game = your month
A season = your year
A Super Bowl = your life

Take the time to visualize your Super Bowl Winning Strategy. Then put together your plan for winning the Season (F5 Plans). Then set goals and strategies for each month. Then take those goals and strategies and put them in your calendar. Then show up every day and execute on every play (what your schedule tells you to do) with all of your effort and focus. Do this and you stand the best chance at winning a Super Bowl.

Touchdown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Top Ten Reasons Why The Reno/Tahoe Housing Market Is A Good Bet!!

2011-11-13T15:07:00.000-08:00

Don’t believe the doomsday statisticians; below are the Top Ten reasons why the Reno/Tahoe housing market is a good bet:

1. Turn back the clock to 1998: You can purchase a $1mm home for $500K.

2. More for you money: Current inventory provides affordable buying opportunities while your income remains relatively constant. Even after taking a 20% pay cut, your income get’s you more in Reno.

3. Geographically Desirable: Proximity to Mountains, Lake Tahoe, Recreation, Ski Resorts and Mother Nature.

4. Tax Haven: Desirable tax structure making it very attractive to California’s upwardly mobile and retirees.

5. Great Airport Access: G6 or commercial, you are 10 minutes from Downtown Reno and 25 minutes to Lake Tahoe, skiing and recreation. Piece of Cake.

6. Top ranked Schools and Athletic Programs: From Hunsberger Elementary (Top 10 in Nation) to UNR and everything in between.

7. Biggest Little City: Truly a small town feel, with big city culture including museums, performing arts and special events practically every weekend.

8. Why buy at the Top?: With inventory well below costs, and new alternative energy industry coming to town, jobs are growing and housing prices have bottomed. A buyers market indeed, the perfect storm. Don’t miss out. smart money is doing it.

9. Proximity to the S.F. Bay Area: pay a little more (Like $10mm) and have a second home on the Lake; or maybe $500K and drive 20 minutes to many of the most spectacular public beaches on the planet, including Sand Harbor where you can enjoy your favorite Shakespeare play.

10. Reno 911….the media loves to poke fun, if they really did their homework, Reno/Tahoe would be discovered. Maybe not….I like my 10 minute commute to work to Reno or my leisurely drive over a mountain pass to my Lake Tahoe office. Oh and I might stop and make a few turns on the way!

Vince Scott

22 years and still loving it!

Don’t tell anyone.

WELCOME!!

2011-11-04T14:56:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the JUICE….the official Scott Team Blog site. Where you get the real skinny, the “juice” on what’s going up, down and sideways in the world of Real Estate and other cool stuff in the Reno and Lake Tahoe area. As the Broker/Owner of Intero Real Estate in Reno and Lake Tahoe, I would like to welcome you to our BLOG. I have to say that this is my first official blog and I’m looking forward to creating an open dialogue with all of you savvy Investors, Developers, Friend and Clients, Fellow Brokers and Agents. We will be posting some Youtube footage among other things to shed some light on all the reasons we all live and love it here in Reno/Tahoe. One of the best kept secrets in the United States for Recreation, Lifestyle and Real Estate Investing.

Welcome to the Juice!

Vince Scott

Owner/Broker

Kristen Gil

Realtor, SFR

Christi Mercurio

Realtor

Transaction Coordinator

Coming Soon

2011-10-27T13:59:00.001-07:00

Our new blog for The Scott Team is coming soon! Stay tuned!!