Jean's Blog

Confirm that all utilities are on and pilot flames are ignited. Provide keys for all doors and gates. Make sure that all domestic animals are secured. Change or clean dirty A/C filters. Clean range exhaust filter if there is grease build up. Check batteries in smoke detector. Free windows that ha...

How sweet it is . The smell of fresh paint. We have just had our den and foyer and upstairs hallway painter and it is so very nice to be almost finished with it. Our painter will finish up tomorrow. He did a very good job, but it was strange to have someone in my house doing my painting, as this ...

We had someone come into our office today for a 'lunch and learn' and to talk to us about staging your home for sale. She made a lot of good points, and lunch was good also. Home staging is focused on de-personalizing a home and appealing to the broadest range of buyer tastes possible.

Sandy, You are so welcome... Just this week I reached 150K points on Active Rain and I wanted to thank my great friend and fellow Rainmaker, Jean Terry for introducing me to Active Rain. She practically had to make me sign up. I told her, "I don't have time to do that!" She told me that if I trie...

Sandy Childs | Keller Williams | sandychilds@hotmail.com | 864-921-1523 821 Thistle Court, Boiling Springs, SC Wow what a garage / workshop! 22 x 24 with electricity & a yard door. Nice, well kept yard with a deck for grilling. Nice mature shade trees. 3BR/2BA Single Family House offered at $119...

With the recent tragic news of a Mother and her three small children dying in a house fire in our area, a reminder to please check your smoke alarms to be sure they are in good working, it could be the differance in life or death. In our area if you do not have an alarm, if you call your local fi...

Gardeners know you need sun, water, soil, seeds, and plants to make a garden grow. Plus you also need a few garden tools. There are many different types of tools to use in the garden. A newbie gardener often has a hard time deciding what to get. I think there are certain tools that are essential ...

Now is a great and perfect time to buy a house. The interest rate are at an all time low, the selection is great, you should be able to find just what you would want in a home. If the news media would find something else to destroy, we could get on with our life.

  There is a lot of talk lately about the market heating up.  In my own microcosm, my brokerage firm, we currently have 15 transactions waiting to close.  Of these, 12 are distress sales, either REO’s or Short Sales.    80% of my current business consists of Distressed Property Transactions.  Mar...

Great home! Sandy Childs | Keller Williams | sandychilds@hotmail.com | 864-921-1523 116 Edgebrook Court, Spartanburg, SC Beautiful updated & tastefully decorated & to Carolina Country Club golf course. Home has both formal living (with FP) & dining room 4BR/2.5BA Single Family House offered at $2...