Cottage or Castle, What's Your Dream?

Seasons of Change   This week feels like the seasons are changing. We let go of summer; flip-flops, t-shirts, skirts and shorts. Let's go outdoor activities like sailing and swimming. We switched to soccer and football. We reorganize our closets making room for fall winter clothes.   All this beg...

The Blogging Train   This summer is one of the most extreme temperature summers I can remember. We had a 30 degree drop yesterday and it felt "cold." Today is predicted to go back up 25-30 degrees. All this change reminded me I got distracted from my blog.   Does this happen to you? There really ...

Tax Refund!   It's official, you completed your tax return and you are getting a refund. Now what? You have many options; let's consider one that will guarantee a return from your "return".   Stage a room in your home! You know how good it feels to get a makeover. That's the feeling you can get g...

This information is important everywhere. If you want to sell your home, it must be available to show. Instead of holding a public Open House, consider a Wine & Cheese Gathering. Invite all the neighbors, realtors and buyers. You may be surprised at the results.   There are several Important Item...

Three Things I Wish My Website Would Do Thank you Websitebox for this contest. The top three things I wish my website would do: Have a live Twitter feed that continually updates. I would like the ability to access my Twitter account from the website; posting updates, re-tweets, etc. A “Hot Sheet”...

Well written post on "listening". As I commented, a tip to help you "hear" what is being said is to take notes and confirm what you heard so everyone is on the same page. Taking notes keeps you focused and less likely to interrupt.       Silence is golden when selling your house. God gave us two ...

ActiveRain must be trying to get this point across-all blog posts featured in today's e-mail focus exclusivelyon curb appeal. A recommendation to all, use your camera to objectively review your homes curb appeal. A picture can detail many flaws that the human eye "blocks out" in person.     Curb...

Where Do You Get Your Information? I find it interesting that Facebook is such a huge source of information, information on all subjects. Now there is a 'vibrant' page for Realtors® and Facebook is trying to keep us engaged on their site. I thought long about this over the weekend. Social media, ...

  This post is introduce you to a very exciting site called iPhoneography.com Now I'm not recommending that you use an iPhone for professional level photographs but there are some major advantages. First, the phone is always with you. There are very many apps coming out now that help you enhance ...

iPhone and iPad Managing Your Apps   This post poses a question: how do you manage your apps on your iPhone and iPad? Do you use the same ones on both devices? Do you reserve some specifically written for the larger screen of the iPad and don’t try and use your iPhone even if they will work on bo...