Buyers a Rare Breed

The Sacramento Bee profiles three buyers who are a rare breed in the softening housing market. Everyday that I see more houses in my price range become available is another day I will wait to buy.

Now that it's done, Joi Bess couldn't be happier about selling her Rancho Cordova house and buying a bigger one in Folsom.She closed escrow in April on the first anniversary of a new marriage and blended family of eight. "It worked, and we're reaping the benefits already in a fantastic house and fantastic area," she says.

In what's proving to be a second straight year of slowed sales and falling prices in many neighborhoods, that closing makes Bess a hero to the Sacramento region's real estate trade. She is a buyer.