I’m a military brat who was born in Texas, raised in Hawaii and went to high school in Mannheim, Germany. My mother taught English at the elementary school I attended in Honolulu, Hawaii. Both my stepfather and ex-stepmother were Sergeant Majors in the U.S. Army and my father retired as a Sergeant First Class.
I spent the first few years of my adult life in Paris, France as a private tutor for children before relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area. When I was hired by United Airlines as a flight attendant, Bob decided the time to propose was now or never…so we got married in 1997 and I became an office manager for a start-up prototype development firm in Silicon Valley instead.
The experience of buying our first home together in Discovery Bay, California was what prompted me to begin a career in real estate. I got my real estate license in 1999 and began selling real estate part-time at Prudential California Realty (which later became Alain Pinel Realtors) while continuing to work full-time. My first two sales within three months of doing real estate were waterfront properties that earned me commission checks significantly larger than my salary, so I decided to quit my job and became a full-time REALTOR, selling real estate in East Contra Costa County, California – Brentwood, Discovery Bay, Oakley and Knightsen.
In 2001, Bob and I opened our own real estate office in downtown Brentwood, California (Realty World Platinum) and that year, we received the “Top Productivity Office” award for sales volume from the Realty World Northern California corporate office. Since then, I’ve earned the e-PRO Internet Professional designation (endorsed by the National Association of REALTORS), TRC (Transnational Referral Certification) and CRS (Certified Residential Specialist), which is the highest designation awarded to sales associates in the residential sales field.
One of the benefits to being a Placer County REALTOR is that after seeing thousands of homes and listening to buyer feedback, I’ve learned the aspects of what makes a floorplan desirable and what works well for different households, whether it be pet or kid friendly, multi-generation living or aging-in-place. I am also very interested in the principles of feng shui when it comes to designing the layout of a home as well as selecting the color palette and creating harmony with correct furniture placement.
Applying everything I’ve learned about home design over the years proved to be a success when we designed and built our first custom home at Ruby Hill Vineyard Estates in Livermore Valley Wine Country, since we sold it without even putting it on the market first! The buyers had been watching the home being constructed and decided to stop by and ask if we were interested in selling it. Once they walked through the home and we described what the finished product was going to look like, they ended up deciding that this home was perfect for them…and we completed and sold the income-producing vineyard estate property in January 2010 for the full asking price of $2,435,000.
While Bob is the “hands-on” person of our Placer County real estate team doing the bidding at trustee sales and rehabbing foreclosed properties, I’m the shopper and I pick out all of the finishes (cabinets, counters, flooring, paint color) plus I do the “behind the scenes” work. I’m the one who does all of the contracts, research, sales comps, foreclosure reports, blogging, tweeting, web design, photography, marketing Placer County properties for sale or rent and basically just about anything that’s done on the computer.
Whether you’re a cash investor looking for foreclosures in Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln or Granite Bay, or you’re interested in buying a lot and building a custom home in Placer County, Sacramento or El Dorado counties, I generously offer you my knowledge and expertise to look out for your best interest as our client and I treat every single transaction as if it were my own.
Souza Realty in Placer County
Souza Realty specializes in Placer County, California real estate: foreclosures, trustee sales and Placer County lots & land. Bob and Leilani Souza are a husband & wife Placer County real estate team actively investing in real estate since 2001, flipping properties as well as holding them for rentals. The Souzas are also experienced in custom home development and are familiar with the entire home building process, from lot selection, floorplan design and permits to where to shop for the best deals on materials and supplies.
If you could benefit from our knowledge when it comes to investing in Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln, Loomis and Granite Bay real estate or you’d like our guidance when it comes to buying a lot and building a home in Placer County, please contact us for a FREE consultation.
Bob Souza
Leilani Souza, CRS, e-PRO, TRC
Souza Realty (DRE #01262541)
925-513-3400 Bob
916-408-5500 Leilani
bob@souzarealty.com
leilani@souzarealty.com
Serving Southwest Placer County:
Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln, Loomis, Granite Bay
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