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2009
I have a listing with an over-the-top master bath. Way over-the-top in terms of the amount of money that went into it. And luckily, my sellers didn't make this particular improvement. But they did recently put some money into the kitchen. The woman they bought the place from spent over $100,00...
01/31/2009
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On my side of the street, the sidewalks get help from the sun to melt any snow and ice that show up during the winter months. But across the street, it’s a totally different story!I had dinner last night at an across the street neighbor’s house. And her walk was a hockey rink! Traversing the t...
01/31/2009
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Tonight, I'm watching the show about the top ten kitchens – one of them has a pull out food and water shelf for the dog. Other times I get hooked on “Designed to Sell”, a show I make my sellers watch, and then there is the real estate fantasy show, "Househunters", where an agent shows her clien...
01/30/2009
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I’m always surprised at how many listing agents under use their Multiple Listing Service to promote their listings. And it’s like wasting free advertising – well not exactly free. We due pay our quarterly dues for access to this system.There is great potential to plug listings with both the info...
01/30/2009
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I’ve always found it sort of tricky to choose the right background music for an Open House. Like wallpaper, musical taste is extremely personal. And it has to be in the background – almost subliminal. A lot of the music that my chamber group plays is background music for wedding receptions an...
01/29/2009
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State Farm has been my insurance company since I got my first car back in the 1970’s, and I have to say they’ve been a really good neighbor the entire time. But there’s this one thing!In September, my house was broken into, and the burglar stole a bunch of computers that he (I’m assuming it was ...
01/29/2009
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Today, President Obama made good-natured fun of the good people of the District of Columbia, where most of the schools were closed today. Well, actually, the DC public schools did open, albeit a couple of hours late. But Sidwell Friends School, the private school the Obama daughters attend, s...
01/28/2009
Yesterday afternoon and early evening, my phone was ringing out of it's little belt holder, with bloggers from all over the region calling to say they were afraid to brave the area roadways. The sidewalks in front of my house started to look like a winter Olympics skating venue as a steady drizz...
01/28/2009
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OK, I can show up as a little Pollyanna. I'll admit it. But even I know our economy is in a precarious situation. Having said that, I just read three really well-written, but freaky scary and negative posts right here on Active Rain. Oh, and depressing. Yeah. Like not quite slit-your-wrists...
01/26/2009
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Today, I showed some "starter" homes in Takoma Park, and several of them were foreclosures or short sales. I carefully set up the itinerary and called the showing contacts to set things up. With every home but one, we got in without a hitch. Either there was a lockbox or sellers let us in and t...
01/24/2009
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