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<h1>West Roseville Real Estate,alan roxie,bancroft,homes for sale,roseville,lincoln,rocklin,granite bay.</h1> <p>homes for sale roseville,lincoln,rocklin,granite bay,luxury homes,3 bedrooms,4 bedrooms,den,horses,3 car garage,shop,work shop, storage,greater,family homes, bank repo,short sale,</p><table width="100%" height="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td height="26"><a class="menuItem" href="/About.aspx?ID=8617">About Alan & Roxie</a></td></tr><tr><td height="26"><a class="menuItem" href="/toolkit.aspx?ID=8617">Home Finder</a></td></tr><tr><td height="26"><a class="menuItem" href="/CustomContent.aspx?fp=3772&ID=8617">Roseville Pricing Trends</a></td></tr><tr><td height="26"><a class="menuItem" href="/OpenHomes.aspx?ID=8617">Open Homes</a></td></tr><tr><td height="26"><a class="menuItem" href="/OfficeListings.aspx?ID=8617">Office Listings</a></td></tr><tr><td height="26"><a class="menuItem" href="/Search/Default.aspx?ID=8617">Property Search</a></td></tr><tr><td height="26"><a class="menuItem" href="/PerfectProperty.aspx?ID=8617">Find the Perfect Property</a></td></tr><tr><td height="26"><a class="menuItem" href="/Buyer/BuyerInformation.aspx?ID=8617">Buyer Information</a></td></tr><tr><td height="26"><a class="menuItem" href="/Seller/SellerInformation.aspx?ID=8617">Seller Information</a></td></tr><tr><td height="26"><a class="menuItem" href="/Schools.aspx?ID=8617">Schools</a></td></tr><tr><td height="26"><a class="menuItem" href="/Contact.aspx?ID=8617">Contact</a></td></tr><tr><td height="26"><a class="menuItem" href="/CustomContent.aspx?fp=5521&ID=8617">Tips for home buyers</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a class="menuItem" href="/Search/PropDetail.aspx?ID=8617&parent=listings&listingID=81-7-10058288&pso=livingArea%20ASC">2945 Black Hawk Ln, Lincoln</a></td></tr><tr><td><a class="menuItem" href="/Search/PropDetail.aspx?ID=8617&parent=listings&listingID=81-7-10069233&pso=livingArea%20ASC">9224 HENLEY Way, Sacramento</a></td></tr> </table> <p><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 18pt"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 24pt"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 18pt"><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><font style="font-family: " face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "><font style="font-family: " face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "><font style="font-family: " face="Arial" size="2"><font style="font-family: " face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "><strong style="font-family: "></strong></span></font></font></span></font></span></font></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><font style="font-family: " face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "><font style="font-family: " face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "><font style="font-family: " face="Arial" size="2"><font style="font-family: " face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "><strong style="font-family: "></strong></span></font></font></span></font></span></font></span><span style="color: #ffffff"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 18pt"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 24pt"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 18pt"><strong>alan & roxie bancroft roseville real estate rocklin lincoln<br /> </strong></span></font></font></span></font></span></font></span>  </strong></div> <div style="text-align: center" align="center"> <div><u><span style="font-size: 18pt"><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">NOBODY IS HOME</span></strong></span></u></div> </div> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">If you’re looking for a shopping companion or company for lunch- don’t call Susan. She and Scott, her husband, put their house in Roseville up for sale with Realtors  Alan & Roxie. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Her house is being shown. The lights are on. A young couple is looking at the kitchen, to see how it would fit their family.  Your friend is gone. What has happened to Susan and her family?</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><em>They have been shanghaied—</em>by the dream of owning a new home. Something better for the entire family.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">And that’s the way it happens. Quickly.  Not really. They have been thinking of a new home for a long time. They've decided now is the time to purchase. Interest rates are low, prices are excellent, they can choose from a wide selection of homes both new and resale.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">The next thing you know they’ll be loading up the moving van, their hearts signing with excitement.</span></span></p> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">There’s a new sprit in the air around <a href="http://www.roseville.ca.us/">Roseville</a>. <a href="http://westfield.com/galleriaatroseville">The Galleria Mall</a> completed a huge new addition. <a href="http://thefountainsatroseville.com/">The Fountains</a>, across Roseville Parkway from the Galleria opened. New, one of a kind stores and restaurants bring excitement and fun.</span></div> <div> </div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman">Their search has started and includes the surrounding areas of; <a href="http://ci.lincoln.ca.us/">Lincoln</a>, <a href="http://www.granitebay.com/">Granite Bay</a>, <a href="http://www.rocklin.ca.gov/">Rocklin</a>, <a href="http://www.auburn-ca.com/">Auburn</a>, and <a href="http://www.antelope.ca.us/">Antelope.</a> Susan can become familiar with the entire region by searching the <a href="http://www.placer.ca.gov/Departments/CEO/EconDev/VidPortraits.aspx">Placer County</a> web site. There is some duplication of town information but the site covers outlying areas and Lake Tahoe.</div> <div> </div> <div></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Susan is on the move. She decided to look and dream to find the best home. She has good information availabe to her on the web. She can find many homes that suit her needs without leaving her living room. Using Home Search and talking to Roxie she will decide which areas have the best homes for her family.<br /> <br /> Her two childern, Crissey and Riley, are middle school age and active in extra curricular school programs. Susan has been able to gather the information about local school districts, by going to the town's web page (above) and locating the school web site, in every area where she found a home she liked.</span> </div> <div> </div> <div></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><em><strong style="font-size: 14pt">There is one house</strong></em> near <a href="http://www.whitneyoaksgolf.com/">Whitney Oaks</a> a short distance from Roseville in the town of Rocklin. A subdivision finished about ten years ago and includes the <a href="http://www.springfieldatwhitneyoaks.org/">Springfield.</a> retirement community.  </div> <div class="page-caption">This is a special house, in a special setting. <a href="http://www.visualtour.com/show.asp?T=1870272&prt=10003"><img alt="" src="http://www.visualtour.com/oem/default/visualtour.gif" border="0" /></a> Not too big, 2907 square feet, priced at $479,500. Imagine your family standing on the hillside looking into the lush green tree filled hillside rising up beyond the terraced valley. The area is dotted with homes of different styles and sizes. Lazy streets cris-crossing the hillside in a school-girl quilt pattern as though it were laying rumpled on your grandma’s lap. A big advantage of the location of this home is how close it is to the other retirement communities; <a href="http://suncityroseville.org/">Sun City Roseville</a>  and Del Web of Lincoln Hills. Scott's parents are plannng to move to the area soon and may pick one of those communities. This home is just what Susan and Scott wanted. It’s not new, but you can’t call ten old. <br /> <br /> <strong>I</strong></span><strong>magine your family here; in this home</strong> <div> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">The owners have added so much to this house. Extra storage space, a full workbench with over-head lighting and several 110 volt and one 220 volt power outlets in the 3<sup>rd</sup> car garage. Thick carpet in the hallways, bedrooms, and family room. High ceilings with hidden lights help shadows accent the stone fireplace. T</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">hree large bedrooms, den and an extra room, set off from the main family area, which is used as a office, hobby or special craft room. With extra built-in cupboards and shelves. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">The kitchen is very spacious, large enough to have a round table with seating for six, and has served as a family gathering place, soft brown granite counters blend with appliances.<font face="Arial"> </font>  </span></span></div> </div> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Does the description of this house entice you, would you be interested in it if you thought you were able to move? </span></span> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">You could<em> find the home of your dreams?</em> If you look<em> with Alan & Roxie</em> !</span></span></p> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">"If  Roxie could show you homes in the area that would come close to your needs or match them exactly <em><strong>and</strong></em> in the process prove to you that Alan can sell your home--are you willing to spent 70 minutes of your time to change your life?"</span> <div> </div> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><strong style="font-family: Times New Roman">Bank Owned and Short Sales</strong></div> <div>Alan and Roxie handle short sales for banks and owners. <em>Henley Way</em> <a href="http://www.visualtour.com/showvt.asp?t=1871805&ref='+document.location.hostname">CLICK HERE</a> for a VisualTour of this listing. This is a two bedroom home that is in perfect condition, give Alan or Roxie a call for additional information on bank owned or short sales. Be forewarned; sometimes a short sale takes weeks to get a response from the bank holding the note.</div> <div> </div> <div style="font-size: 12pt"><strong>A Little Mortgage Information</strong> <div>Lyon Real Estate has a business relationship with VITEK Mortgage Group. When Alan and Roxie purchased their home last month, Stephanie McCarthy played a major role by securing a new mortgage for the Bancrofts with little fuss. The loan was completed and the mortgage documents were delivered to the title company on time. Stephanie has years of experience and VITEK has many loan programs available.  If you would like information about how much of a loan you can safely handle, non-threating and completely private, call Stephanie; 916-783-2283. VITEK and Stephanie have prepared short videos to help buyers understand the mortgage process. Take a look at <a href="http://www.agentsite.com/Boom/displaypres.aspx?ID=8863_142064">Six Short Videos</a></div> </div> <div style="font-size: 12pt"><strong></strong> </div> <div>  <div><span style="font-size: 12pt"><strong>Free Service</strong></span></div> </span></div> </span> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Would you like to have all the house hunting information come directly you? <em>Free! </em>You can see what’s on the market <em>(Alan & Roxie are willing to share the Roseville, Lincoln, Rocklin, Granite Bay and the entire Placer County Realtor Multiple Listing area with you)</em> and when you find a house that piques your interest just call Roxie.</span> </div> <div> </div> <div style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><strong>Information at your finger tips</strong></span> </div> </span> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Roxie has a powerful new on line tool just for you. You no longer need to spend hours driving the neighborhoods, finding a house for sale, not knowing anything about the property trying to decide whether it meets your needs. The service brings the information directly to your computer at home, on the road, or in a motel room. Think of the advantage you have; you can compare and sort all of the homes you have an interest in before getting in your car. <br /> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><em><strong>Try it. </strong></em> It's the best real estate tool for locating properties. You can use it today, next week or next month and when you're finished just indicate so on the page. No strings attached. Start looking for your new home today.</span></div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br /> Doesn’t it make sense for you to have a professional on your side when you’re buying a home, a person who has been a Realtor® for 23 years, has been a real estate broker and managed a relocation department for a major firm. You want someone who understands what you are looking for and how to find it. Has information about interest rates, and can represent you in a home buying transaction. And is looking out for your best interest.</span></span></div> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Roxie can find the details, on most properties in a hurry. She will ask the owners, or their representatives, your <em>specific</em> questions and if you’d like to see the house that too.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">The system is intuitive, you'll be amazed. <em>Talk to Roxie</em>. She will ask you a couple of questions. Before you know it all the information on the homes you are interested in will come directly to you. You don’t have to call anybody. You make the decision. You must <em>call Roxie</em>.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Go-ahead drive by, you’ll have the address. Look at the neighborhood. Ask about the schools. And when you’re ready and want to see the inside and back yard call either; Alan or Roxie.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Don’t miss an opportunity and the excitement of finding a better home for you and your family to enjoy.</span></span></p> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">As you are reading this don't you think it would be a good <em>time to call 474-0284, talk to Roxie</em>? </span> <div> </div> </span><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><strong style="font-family: ">"Give</strong> <strong style="font-family: ">me just 70 minutes of your time and I will show you how to get the most money for your house" </strong></span></span></strong></span><strong> </strong></div> </font></font></span> <div><br /> </font></span><span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "><strong style="font-family: ">Do you know how to attract buyers?<br style="font-family: " /> </strong></span></span></strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Incredibly, there are the little secrets most real estate sellers miss entirely.  Missing these bits of information can cost you a bundle right here in Roseville</span></span>.</span></div> <div><br /> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong>The turmoil in the real estate market, how do you compete?<br />  </strong></span>         <span style="font-size: 12pt">    • </span><span style="font-size: 12pt">Why do people flock to a house in foreclosure or a bank short sale?<br />             • Proof families are looking for a new home and want to live in your neighborhood. <br />             • How can you take advantage of the real estate traffic? </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">        <br /> There are many outstanding <em>opportunities to sell</em>. Families are looking for homes in your neighborhood. They are looking all over the Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln and surrounding areas. Is your house going to be one they look at? <em>It can be</em>.</span></span></div> <div><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Buyers look at the outside of your house first</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"> <br /> <span style="font-size: 12pt">Chefs tell you <span style="font-size: 12pt"><strong>“presentation is 50 % of the enjoyment”. </strong></span>Chefs call it <em>plating,</em> presenting every dish  with panche.  Department stores wrap your packages in their branded boxes and shopping bags. After your purchase is wrapped the clerk walks from behind the counter and hands you the bag or box thanking you for coming into the store. </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">You must adopt this same <em>"open-welcome"</em> attitude with your house. How you package your home to attract buyers is extremely important. </span></span></div> <p align="left"><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Present your house to take advantage of its best features<br /> </span></strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><strong>7 proven ways to make your home attractive.<br /> </strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt">Buyers look for clues. Clues coming from the outside give them an expectation of how the inside has been treated. Simple, but when was the last time was you really looked at the front of your house as a buyer.  Remembering, first impressions are lasting. If it doesn’t look inviting, you may have lost thousands of dollars before the buyer enters the doorway.  </p> <ul> <li>The front garden flowers should be full of life. <li>Any area not intended to be lawn should be well cultivated. <li>The dead plants, branches fallen from trees during the winds, and debris removed.  <li>Is the outside needing attention to get the house looking its best? <li>Do you needed to touch up the paint? <li>Do you need to clean under the eaves? <li>Clean windows send an instant good impression. </li> </ul> <div>Are the things that caught your attention when you were buying the house? The approach should say <em>welcome. I've been well cared for. </em></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Your home can be the best looking and be the best value in the neighborhood. Look at your house through the eyes of your buyer. </span></span> <div> </div> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"> <em>Roxie & Alan can help</em> <em>you</em> make your house attractive, by making suggestions and having the right people available to make your house look its best.</span></span></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px"> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px"> <div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"> <hr style="width: 684px; height: 1px" size="1" /> </span></span></div> <div align="left"><br /> <em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">There is a house  just off the intersection, a low roofed, white brick, four bedrooms, two and one half baths with a 2-car carport.  A narrow, curved, gravel driveway leads to the wooden fenced, rear yard just to the south of the carport parking area. A short covered walkway runs between the house and carport.  The house is about 125 feet from the sidewalk and is a bit lower than the road. <br /> <br /> Having been for sale 5 months with no offers, the owners were getting frustrated. The reason was easy to spot, there is no TLC, (Tender Loving Care) almost completely over-grown with trees and brush. <br /> <br /> The front yard gently sloped toward the house and didn’t have a lawn. The green leaves of the bushy mature trees hung low over the driveway blocking the front view of the house and entry from the road. An over grown landscape is okay for a hermit, but not if you want to attract buyers. <br /> <br /> Alan hired and supervised a local company to do the tree trimming and yard cleanup front and back. He hired a painter to paint the trim around the roof edges and carport. In five days, the house was ready for buyers. <br /> <br /> Newly planted flowers lined the old pave-stone walkway. The view from the street is of a newly painted, six panel front door. The door is a deep soft red with a small stained glass window about eye level. Painting the entry walls a rich brown made the area look new. Replacing the burned–out light bulb over the door and cleaning the fixture made the area bright and cheerful. The yard, manicured. <br /> <br /> <strong>The house, if you were driving by, looks as though someone cared.</strong> <br /> <br /> </span></span></div> </blockquote></blockquote> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"> <hr /> </span></span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px" align="left"><br /> </em><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Does your house pass the drive-by test?<br /> <br /> </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">You have won the eyes of a buyer. </span> <div> </div> </span></font></div> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">                   <span style="background-color: #ffe0b8"><em><span style="background-color: #ffff99"><span style="color: #0010ff; background-color: #ffffff">Alan,</span></span></em></span></span></span></p> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px"> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px"> <p align="justify"><span style="background-color: #ffe0b8"><em><span style="background-color: #ffff99"><span style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0010ff"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Thank you so much for all of your professionalism and going over and<br /> Beyond for us.</span></span></span></span></span></em></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="background-color: #ffe0b8"><em><span style="background-color: #ffff99"><span style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0010ff"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">We have never had so much involvement and concern with any other<br />  Realtor we have dealt with in the past. We never have to wonder<br /> what’s going on as you  email weekly reports and keep in touch by<br /> phone as well.</span></span></span></span></span></em></span></p> <div align="justify"><span style="background-color: #ffe0b8"><em><span style="background-color: #ffff99"><span style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0010ff"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Your personal care is so appreciated. Since we are so far away, <br /> you’ve really given us peace of mind by always being available and <br /> willing to take care of any problem that arises. What would we <br /> have done in some cases such as needing a padlock put on the <br /> gate to keep out a trespasser? You really put out mind at ease just <br /> knowing you are watching out for us. </span></span></span></span></span></em></span></div> <div align="justify"><span style="background-color: #ffe0b8"><em><span style="background-color: #ffff99"><span style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #0010ff">Again, Alan, we just want to let you know we really appreciate your <br /> professionalism and concern and would gladly recommend you.</span> </span></span> <div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"> </span></span></div> </span></span></em></span></div> <div align="justify"><font size="2"><span style="background-color: #ffe0b8"><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="background-color: #ffff99"><span style="background-color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="2"><span style="background-color: #ffe0b8"><em><span style="background-color: #ffff99"><span style="background-color: #ffffff">Sincerely,  Karey</span></span></em></span></font></span><br /> </span> <hr /> </span><br /> </span></span></em></span></font></div> </blockquote></blockquote> <div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">The feeling you want buyers to have is excitement, being a kid, a child looking for adventure, exploring. You want them to feel as though they can sit down and make themselves at home.<br /> <br /> Be a buyer for a moment. Walk up to your front door and open it, what do you see, a warm friendly home or an attitude of indifference. Buyers judge a house by feeling. Feeling comfortable, feeling warm and friendly, and feeling homey, secure. Does your house offer a buyer these feelings?   <br /> <br /> Can you improve the entry of your home, open up the area so you can greet more than one person? Does moving into the room feel natural or do you have to make a detour around furniture or toys. Place the furniture inviting the guests into the living area.</span></span></div> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Every family and each house is unique and their combination is without equal.<br /> As long as <em>Roxie and Alan have been selling real estate</em>, they have yet to find two houses or two families exactly alike. It is precisely why there is a family for your home.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">There is a home for every family. This is true, but how much a buyer is willing to pay for your home is related to your dollars at closing. You will have more in your bank account when you present your home at it’s best </span></span></p> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">When you <em>invite Alan & Roxie</em> to come to your home and make suggestions on marketability and appearance, they will give you the benefit of 23 years of bringing buyers and sellers together. They know the hidden signals wives give husbands when you have sparked her interest, what specifically you can do to improve the desirability of your house.<br /> </span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"> <hr /> </span></span></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px"> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px"> <div><br /> <em style="background-color: #ffff00"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><em style="color: #0010ff; background-color: #ffffff">Dear Roxie,<br /> How can Bill & I ever begin to express our thanks and gratitude <br /> for all the special attention we received from you and Alan.<br /> <br /> Your vast knowledge of the area and real estate market made <br /> our home purchase a wonderful smooth and easy experience.<br /> <br /> Roxie, your unselfish devotion to your clients is evidence of what<br /> a special person you are. We feel extremely fortunate to have <br /> connected with you and hope that our friendship will continue….<br /> <br /> Fondly Bill & Sheila<br /> </em><br /> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"> <hr /> </span></span></div> </blockquote></blockquote> <div></em><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt">Buyers imagine their things in your house</span><strong></span></span></span></div> </strong> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"> </span></div> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">When buyers start to get interested in your home as theirs, they will in their minds, place their furniture in your home.  Buyers look past your furniture, but will use it as a reference in placing their own. This is why an uncluttered room will offer a buyer better opportunity to feel comfortable. Have you ever noticed new homebuilders never fully furnish a new model home? Buyers are given suggestions where to place their furniture.</span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><br /> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Presenting your house in the best possible image to a buyer matters to you in more dollars in your bank account at closing. Alan & Roxie know from 23 years of helping sellers stage their homes buyers imagine their family in your home.  Help them buy your house with clean and uncluttered rooms.</span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"> <br /> <strong><span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong>Do you recognize the buying signals</strong> </span></strong></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Serious buyers are on a mission. Focused, having done their homework on the internet. There is a good chance they know more about Roseville and the surrounding area than you do.</span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"> </span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Here is an example of having a single task on your mind.</span></span></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px"> <div dir="ltr"><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Roxie had been working with a couple. Each day she had shown them many houses. Late on the 4th day they had gathered in her office to write a contract to purchase a wonderful home, four bedroom, den on a large lot, when Mrs. had to get her purse from the car. She asked Roxie for the keys but also asked the color of the car. </span></span><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">She had been riding in the car for 4 days and she didn’t know the color.<br /> </span></span></strong></em><br /> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">She had one thing on her mind, to buy a house her family could make into their home. Buyers who have limited time to make major decisions, have just one thing on their minds; find the perfect home! She knows that “perfect” is unlikely but she will investigate every possibility. Shouldn’t your home be one of those possibilities?</span></span></div> <div><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">How quickly the real estate market changed</span></strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">  <span style="font-size: 12pt">The real estate market is different than it was 2 years ago when anyone and everyone who wanted to purchase a home did.  There are more homes on the market and fewer buyers today. Sales are down, but not out. Homes are still selling and they are selling for good prices. </span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"> </span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">You can bet that a person who looks at a foreclosure that is unwelcoming, a bit grungy and maybe a little smelly will be looking for a better home in the same area. That home could be yours. Alan & Roxie can show you how to attain the best price.</span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Do you know where buyers 1st learn about properties for sale? </span></strong></span></div> <div dir="ltr"></div> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Think of the advantage you will have by getting your house to the buyers fast. Knowing where buyers learn about your home can be a great insight to knowing where to advertise. The buyers have given up on newspapers and home magazines. It is not a big secret, 96% of all buyers look to the internet for information. The big catch is how you get them to your home? </span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">A mistake in seeking buyers could be costly</span></strong></div> </span> <div dir="ltr"><br /> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><strong>Are you sure you know all the ins and outs of selling your most valuable possession?<br /> </strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt">When Alan set up his first house purchase it was somewhere between a disaster and a nightmare. He would have paid big money just to have someone to talk to, on the other end of the phone line.  Someone who told him what he needed to do, how he needed to do it, the papers he needed to sign and what the time line was going to be, what the cost is and, what his expectations needed to be.</span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><br /> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Until he went through the whole thing, he knew nothing. It probably cost him a lot of money and certainly a lot of grief figuring it all out. </span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"> </span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">This, to Alan & Roxie, is the point of the entire story. This is what every person and family in this country wants to hear—they will, they are the people who will work with you, hold your hand if needed.</span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><br /> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">No matter what you think and say in public, every one of us had at some point and time just wished someone had taken us by the hand and shown us the path. Put all the marketing speak aside and just say here’s what you need to do, they will do that.</span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"> </span></span></div> </blockquote> <div dir="ltr"></font><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt">                     </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="color: #0010ff"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="color: #0010ff"><em>Dear Alan and Roxie,<br /> <br />                      How much I appreciate you both for your help in my recent house buy.  You made it easy.<br />                      Every real estate agent tries to match the client with the home most fitting their needs and <br />                      desires.  As always, and we've worked together since 1991, you have gone way beyond duty    <br />                      and meeting my high expectations.  And you haven't abandoned me just because the closing<br />                      is over.<br /> <br />                      I have flirted with real estate as an investment sometime, and have kept you busy over<br />                      the years. Along with the trust I had in you both from the beginning, a friendship has grown <br />                      along with the number of "deals" we worked out together.  Friendship like ours won't happen<br />                      with all your clients, but you make it likely that a great many of your associates in business<br />                      will also be your friends.<br /> <br />                      I am an older woman who sometimes has problems, unlikely as that may seem, and <br />                      I free free to call on you for help.  You don't fail me. In real estate matters, you have<br />                      a solution or at least a way or place where I can find one. In non real estate issues, I have<br />                      in you a combination of "Dear Abby", Dr. Brothers, and Warren Buffet.  Maybe not quite, <br />                      but you get the idea. Thank you. stay in touch.<br /> <br />                      Sincerely,<br />                      Peggy <br /> <br /> <hr /> <br /> </em><span style="color: #000000">After you think about what you really need to to get on with your life in a new home, you begin to realize you have only one choice to make,<em> get information from Alan & Roxie about selling your home<br /> </em></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">There is not enough space here to share with you all of the real estate information gained over the years and the feelings of others. Alan & Roxie do not have a large staff. They do the work. Each client is given personal attention. However, that being said and the desire that Alan & Roxie have to provide for the needs of their clients, they limit the number of clients and listings.<br />  <br /> If you wish to talk to Roxie you can, just pick up the phone and call. If you get voice mail, please leave a message she will call you back.<br /> <br /> Attending all the inspections and walkthroughs while others may talk about customer service, the Bancroft’s, ask, listen and take action.<br /> </span></span></span><br /> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 14pt">I wonder how quickly you are going to<em><strong> call Alan & Roxie to get the most out of your life and sell you home?</strong> </em></div> <div dir="ltr"><em> </em></div> <div dir="ltr"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">....          </span></span> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong>Alan & Roxie Bancroft<br />                474-0284 (R) or 474-0282 (A)<br /> </strong></span>         </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">   <br /> <br />    <span style="font-size: 12pt">PS...Over the years we have enjoyed the frendship of many professionals. Most are small business people or have a unique product or service that you many have a interest in. <br />     <br />   <strong>Ken Metcalf</strong>, Seniors Reverse Mortgage. <a href="http://www.seniorloanprograms.com/">http://www.seniorloanprograms.com/</a> Ken has been in the mortgage business for many years and if you have a question about reverse mortgages he can answer it and he has a booklet <u>Understanding Reverse Mortages.</u>Ken will send you a copy free. It has a lot of valuable information. Please tell him you saw it here.<br /> <br />    <strong>House of Bread, </strong>In the shopping center at Roseville Parkway and Pleasant Grove. She has fantasic <em>FRESH</em> home made bread. Her products are worth going out of your way for. <br /> <br />    <strong>Buca de Peppo</strong>, Donny Edson. Great Italian Restaurant, 1212 Galleria Blvd. 771-9463 Great fun place. You might call ahead to see when your table will be available.<br /> </span><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />      <br /> </div> </span></font> <div></div> </span></p>