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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
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  Insider Hints for Design on a Budget                Don't have a big budget but want to make some big design changes to your home? Well-designed rooms don’t always have to come with a huge price tag; in fact, designing on a budget may be easier than you think. Many times, by changing small elements, you can give a room an entirely new personality. Sometimes adding a few colorful pillows or picking up a paintbrush is all you need to do to make your room look like something out of the pages of a magazine. The Power of Paint One of the most common fixes for a boring room is color. “Color is easy to do and inexpensive,” says Kathy Browning, owner of Design Consultants, a design firm in Virginia Beach, Va. Updating the color of just one wall in any room will give it an entirely new feel.  ...
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Preferred Real Estate, Inc.; www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com)
Canine Performance Sciences breeds, trains and produces elite detection dogs Published: 07/27/2015 By: Janet McCoy Please click here for original post. From scientific breeding and puppy development to training, evaluation and research, Canine Performance Sciences has one goal: creating the ultimate detection dog to defend the nation. For 25 years, Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine has had a canine detection program, building on the science and research of the program and growing it into today's internationally respected leader in the research and training of working dogs. It is one of only two such programs at a veterinary college in the United States. Using the patented Vapor Wake technology and research designed to learn how a dog's nose and brain work together to d...
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
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  Top 5 Landscaping Tips to Increase Property Value Contributed by Rick Ryan RISMEDIA, Wednesday, August 05, 2015— Landscaping is one of the most important ways to increase your property’s value quickly. In fact, a gorgeous landscape design can increase the value of your home by at least 5 to 11 percent—and maybe more. The best part about landscaping is that even though it’s one of the most valuable home improvements you can make, it’s also one of the easiest. If you’re wondering how to turn your landscape into one of your home’s most valuable assets, here are some tips to get you started.1. Match Landscape to Your Home’s StyleThe best way to get an excellent return on investment with landscaping is to make sure it fits with your home’s style. For instance, if you own a Victorian home,...
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
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New updates to the East Lake Estates - Auburn, Alabama site plan have been posted. This is a great custom neighborhood. Stop by the model home or schedule a personal tour. (334) 332-7263 http://www.eastlakeestates.com/   
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
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Here Are 11 Awesome Things You Can Do In Alabama For $10 Or LessPlease click here for original post.Great times don’t have to cost a fortune. As a matter of fact, there are many fun things you can do here in Alabama for $10 or less. I’ve listed 11 of these fun things below. 1. Birmingham Botanical Gardens flickr/Andrew Callow Visit the Birmingham Botanical Gardens--Alabama's largest living museum with a variety of more than 12,000 plants in its living collection. It's also Alabama's most visited FREE attraction. Birmingham Botanical Gardens is located at 2612 Lane Park Rd, Birmingham, AL 35223. Hours: Daily - Dawn to Dusk 2. Ivy Green: Helen Keller Birthplace flickr/{just jennifer} For less than $10, you can take a tour of Ivy Green, the birthplace of Helen Keller. The cost of this tour...
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
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Some People Don’t Know That Alabama Was The First State To Do These 10 ThingsPlease click here for original post. Posted in AlabamaJuly 30, 2015by Jennifer Young  The state of Alabama is known for many things such as its award-winning college football teams, its historical role during the Civil Rights Movement, and (of course) its delicious Southern food. In addition to these things, there are 10 things Alabama is known for doing first and I’ve listed them below. 1. Saturn V, the rocket that sent the first Americans to the moon on July 20, 1969, was designed and built in Huntsville at Marshall Space Flight Center. wikipedia 2. In 1902, Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill performed the first open heart surgery in the Western Hemisphere. This surgery took place in Montgomery. wikimedia commons 3. In...
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
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Take a look at this 5 BEDROOM; 2 Bath home in Auburn, AL for ONLY $159,500!!!  What a great deal!!!!!Great open floor plan with large living room and huge private fenced in back yard with many well established flowers/trees. Open foyer with a large dining room. Spacious kitchen with pantry and breakfast room. Screened in porch perfect for relaxing or entertaining. French doors to screened in porch. Wood burning fireplace. Fresh paint. Lots of storage. Well maintained home with lots of charm!DIRECTIONS: From East University Drive, turn into Shelton Park onto Dekalb Street, turn right onto Whitaker Lane, Home is on the Left. Close to shopping, work, Auburn University, restaurants, highway, parks.Click here for more pictures.
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
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"When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves."  Victor E. Frankl 
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
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Sometimes the distance between winning and losing is quite small.  Giving just a little extra in a situation can often determine if you reach your goal or not. 
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
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Summer Outdoor Movie Series featuring FrozenMovies are FREE and open to the public! Join us on select Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. (or 15 minutes after sunset). at Duck Samford Park fIeld 8. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and a picnic (no alcohol or glass containers). Follow the City of Auburn on Facebook at facebook.com/CityofAuburnAL for the latest weather updates and venue changes! Date: July 25, 2015Time: 7:30 PM go to website » Duck Samford Park-Field 8  
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
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10 things your clients should know before moving to a newly built homePlease click here for original post.These tips will make moving in a pleasant experience  by Einat Mazafi   May 1, 2015 Getting clients into a newly built home can be thrilling, but there are things you, and they, need to know ahead of time to help them have the best experience possible. You’ll be able to help clients move into their house feeling confident that you’ve done everything to ensure it will be a home by staying involved in the process with a little research. This way, they will be so satisfied with your service that when they are ready for another new home, they will certainly contact you again. 1. Choose the developer first. Though the model homes might be beautiful and shiny, if the reputation of the bui...
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Preferred Real Estate, Inc.; www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com)
These 8 Amazing Spots In Alabama Are Perfect To Go Bass FishingPosted on 14 July, 2015 | In Alabama PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ORIGINAL POST. Alabama has many incredible bass lakes. Some of these lakes are primarily known for having large numbers of bass, while others are primarily known for having certain types of bass. Luckily, bass fishing can be done year-round in Alabama. Let’s take a look at 8 lakes in Alabama that offer great bass fishing opportunities. 1. Lake Guntersville Alabama State Parks At 69,000 acres, Lake Guntersville is Alabama's largest lake. It's located in northern Alabama, between Bridgeport and Guntersville, and is known world wide (among the bass fishing community) as a great place to catch big bass. 2. Pickwick Lake facebook/Pickwick Lake/Jae Driscoll Pickwick Lake i...
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
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Lee County area residential sales through June up 20% from prior year By Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) Click here to view or print the entire June report compliments of the ACRE Corporate Cabinet. For original post please click here.Sales: According the Lee County Association of REALTORS MLS, Lee County area residential sales totaled 188 units in June, an increase in sales growth of 1.1 percent or 2 units above the same period last year. This represents the best sales results for the month of June since at 2000 when the Center began warehousing data for Lee County. The previous high was 174 transactions experienced in June 2007. Year-to-date sales through June are up 20.2 percent from 2014.  Two more resources to review market: Quarterly Report and Annual ReportForecast: June sa...
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Preferred Real Estate, Inc.; www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com)
A few literary landmarks: An Alabama road tripBy Carla Jean Whitley | cwhitley@al.com  Please click here for original post. "To Kill A Mockingbird" is perhaps the most famous Alabama novel, but it's far from the state's only successful tome. Alabama authors and sites associated with their tales are spread from the Mobile Bay to the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Learn more about Alabama literature by joining Red Clay Readers, AL.com's online book club, which will begin reading Harper Lee's "Go Set A Watchman" July 14. Visital.com/books for more information.1. Indian Springs School, Indian SpringsAppears in "Looking for Alaska" by John GreenThis private boarding school just south of Birmingham served as the inspiration for the fictional Culver Creek Preparatory High School. The ...
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Preferred Real Estate, Inc.; www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com)
10 things we have to explain to out-of-towners about Auburn UniversityFor original link to article please click here.By Amber Sutton | asutton@al.com  AUBURN, Alabama -- When out-of-towners come to Auburn University, they often have a lot of questions about the city's offerings and the school's rituals, like "What's up with having two mascots" or "Why waste all that toilet paper?"Whether they're on the Plains to watch a football game or to simply check out the college campus, visitors often want to know the origin for the traditions that Auburn is known for.To make things easier on residents tired of retelling the history of Toomer's Oaks every Saturday, here's a guide on how to answer the questions most frequently asked by people not from Auburn.1. Why do Auburn fans say "War Eagle"?In...
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Preferred Real Estate, Inc.; www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com)
Inaccurate Zillow 'Zestimates' a source of conflict over home pricesPlease click here for original post.When "CBS This Morning" co-host Norah O'Donnell asked the chief executive of Zillow recently about the accuracy of the website's automated property value estimates — known as Zestimates — she touched on one of the most sensitive perception gaps in American real estate. Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff, shown in his downtown Seattle office, says Zestimates are "a good starting point" but that nationwide Zestimates have a "median error rate" of about 8%. (Ellen M. Banner / TNS)  By KENNETH R. HARNEYZillow is the most popular online real estate information site, with 73 million unique visitors in December. Along with active listings of properties for sale, it also provides information on house...
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
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New and Existing Home Sales Increase By David Crowe RISMEDIA, Friday, July 10, 2015— As the spring turned to summer, the pace of home sales increased nationwide. The rate of new single-family home sales, as estimated by the Census Bureau, improved to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 546,000 in May, the fastest pace in seven years and a 2.2 percent increase over April.New home inventory remained steady at 206,000 units nationwide (completed and under/not started construction). The months’ supply measure (the number of months required to exhaust existing inventory at the current sales pace) fell to 4.5, the lowest since June 2013. Low inventory and growing demand will support increases for single-family construction in the months ahead.Sales growth is occurring on the re-sale side of...
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By Laura Sellers, www.AuburnOpelikaALRealEstate.com
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Boost Curb Appeal in a Day Contributed by Jessica KyriakosPlease click here for original post.Sometimes when planning to sell a house, in the name of renovating interior living spaces, updating bathrooms, replacing appliances and adding decorative touches throughout the bedrooms, homeowners leave outdoor curb appeal as a last priority. While of course the inside of a home is important, sellers make a big mistake when they neglect the exterior. Why is a home’s exterior so important? Consider this: Curb appeal is often a potential buyer’s first impression of a home, the very thing that helps him/her decide whether or not to come inside. Whether they’re shopping online or by cruising through neighborhoods, the outside of your property is the first thing they’ll notice. If you’re selling yo...
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