A little piece of info on me :)

Cathy Yochheim — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:12:00 GMT

My first foray into real estate was tagging along with my dad; he was a real estate agent selling farms in Ohio. Dad made sure I knew my way around the court house showing me how to search down the recorded information. I found it fascination some of the sales were for $1.00 and love and affection. Others were in lieu of payment for military duty. He also taught me about metes and bounds (from the creek to the large boulder on the east side).

My real estate career has taken me from working as an agent in Virginia (high heels and suits) to New Mexico, (that was short lived with twin babies). California and pages and pages of contracts.

I took a break a few years back from my real estate office, "Sierra Sunrise Properties" in Pine Grove and Camanche and moved to Wyoming. There I realized that people died each winter inside their homes due to the extreme cold and housing conditions. I started a Habitat for Humanity affiliate and a process for home ownership on trust land on the Wind River Reservation, a tow million acre reservation with about 6,000 people and 300 homes. I was asked to work on federal housing programs and had wonderful partners that came together to form Housing Partners a non-profit community housing development organization. The learning curve was tremendous with putting together a 15 acre development using tax credits. But when the apartments were built and the little ones where riding around on their bikes oh what a feeling. Arriving back into California I worked for Rural Community Assistance Corporation doing training for non profit housing organizations and communities on federal housing programs. Lots of travel and hotels, I was ready to settle down and enjoy my home. But through it all I still love the people, for me that am what it's all about and love of the land. Some of my favorite days are out hiking around some ranch and getting to know folks who love our county. We are so fortunate to live in this beautiful part of the world. Anyway, I am back to residential real estate. In March my husband Eric and I bought Realty World in Jackson located on Hwy 49/88. Stop by and I will put on the coffee or tea. Love to get to know you all, as they said in Virginia.

Whether you are in the market to buy or sell, I'm committed to providing you with the highest quality service. You deserve to have all the latest market information and the very best advice, both of which I can provide you with. You can contact me at Realty World ~ Motherlode 209-223-5595 or my cell phone is 209-418-0839. I look forward to working with you.