Relocating to Sacramento, California or Surround Counties

If you are relocating to the Sacramento, California area or to another area of the country then please contact me and lets talk.  I have professional resources in many areas of the country ready to help you transition smoothly and with less stress and with a great deal of professionalism.

If you are relocating to the Sacramento, California area then let me tell you what we have here to make your transition easier:

• Housing Market:  Sacramento is a very affordable area for housing, primarily due to the housing and economic depression that we have experienced over the past several years.  You can still buy single family homes in the Sacramento area starting at $250,000.00 and then spiraling up over $1,000,000.00  
  • Home Styles:
    • If you are looking for ranches or farms then you are about a 20 to 30 minute drive to these areas from downtown.  Some of the areas you may want to check out are:
      • Parts of Elk Grove, Wilton, Diamond Springs, Shingle Springs, Placerville just to mention a few
    • If you are looking for the suburbs then you are minutes away from downtown 
      • Elk Grove, West Sacramento (Southport Area), Natomas, Fair Oaks and other areas
    • If you want to live downtown there are mostly older homes and the prices are more in the $400K and $500K range and higher
• Schools:  Sacramento has good quality schools for your children.  Some areas are rated hire than others but the education level here in Sacramento is good.  Some of the areas that parents tend to want for their children are Elk Grove and Natomas.  Ask your REALTOR, hopefully one of Nextage Client First Realty Agents for a book on schools in Sacramento
• Sports:  Living here in Sacramento, we have the Sacramento Kings which is a basket ball team.  There is a AAA Baseball team called the River Cats and an all woman pro basket ball team called the Monarchs.  If you are a Football fan then we have the Oakland Raiders and the San Francisco Forty Niners which is about an hour to one and a half hour drive from Sacramento.  For the baseball enthusiasts we have the Oakland A’s and the San Francisco Giants.
• Churches: There are many faiths represented in the Sacramento area.  The best place to reference churches is in the local Yellow Pages.
• Casinos:  We have several Indian Casinos within a short driving distance from Sacramento but we are also close to Reno and South Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
• Shopping Malls:  We have several shopping Malls throughout the Greater Sacramento area.  Starting at the north end of Sacramento we have the Roseville Shopping Mall also known as the Galleria Mall.  Then as you come south you have the Sunrise Shopping Mall and a little further south is the Arden Fair Mall.  Sears, Macy’s, Nordstrom and JCPenny to name only a few of the major stores located in most of these locations.  The Arden Fair Mall is located on Arden Way and within a 2 miles radius from this mall are every store you would ever need,  so this would be a good place to begin looking once you visit Sacramento and / or move to Sacramento.
• Weather:  The greater Sacramento area is very hot during the summer months where you will find temperatures from the mid to upper 90's and low 100's a majority of the days.  In the winter months we don't usually get any snow below 1,500 feet but the temperatures are in the 30's during the night time hours (occasionally dropping below 30 degrees) and in the 50's and 60's during the day time hours.  Sacramento receive almost all of its rainfall between November and April.  All of the other months of the year it remains very dry and with a low humidity unless you live near the rivers or lakes which there are many in this area.
• Sites and Places to Visit:

• The State Capitol:  There are two parts to the state capitol.  The older section and the more modern section.  The older section was restored and show the history of our state very well.  It is worth a visit to see the preserved history within this state building.
• Old Sacramento:  A restored area of Sacramento that brings you back 80 to 120 years in the past.  There are small shops and restaurants in this section of town and worth your time to visit more than once.
• Train Museum:  Located near Old Sacramento for those who want to relive the era where the railroad helped build this country.  Have your walking shoes on when you visit this beautiful and historic location.
• Yosemite National Park:  This is a very beautiful area of California that is only a 3 hour car ride away.  Yosemite is located to the South of Sacramento and southeast of Stockton, California. 
• South Lake Tahoe:  The beauty and majestic mountains surround a lake that is said to be 9,000 feet deep.  This is located due east of Sacramento along highway 50.  There are Casino's that border the southern part of the lake.
• Mount Shasta:  A beautiful area located about 5 1/2 hours north of Sacramento off of US Interstate 5
• San Francisco:  Of course this is a very historic city in California and it is about 1 1/2 hours south of Sacramento taking U.S. Highway I-80 (West Bound)
• Golden Gate Bridge:  Located to the North of San Francisco and separates San Francisco from Marin County.  Also separates the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean
• Oakland:  Take U.S. Highway I-80 (West Bound) about a 1 hour drive from Sacramento
• U.C. Davis:  Located just west of Sacramento about a 15 minute drive along U.S. Highway I-80
• Stockton:  Located south of Sacramento taking U.S. Highway 5 south for about 45 minutes to 1 hour or you can also take California Highway 99 south.
• Mendocino:  This is a beautiful Pacific Coast town.  You can take U.S. Highway 5 North to Williams, and then take California Highway 20 west to the Pacific Coast Highway or California Highway 1 and take that South to Marin County or North to the California boarder with Oregon.  This would take all day to drive this distance.
• Monterey Coast:  Should be about a 3 hours drive from Sacramento taking U.S. Highway 5 South.  Reference your map because there are a few different ways to go to get there.  Going through San Jose will take you close to Santa Cruz, Gilroy and Salinas.

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Sunday, August 29, 2010 10:16:20 AM