Ann Gioe, CRP, GMS's (agioe) Blog

Here are a few more thoughts on where to spend your money or what to do with what you have when it comes to getting ready to sell your home! 1 - Updating fixtures -  You can renew the look of a room just by replacing old or outdated light fixtures, door knobs, light switches, faucets.  Here's a g...

My Dad spent months at a time on a submarine during WWII.   His brother was in the Baatan Death March in the Phillipines.  Our family has great respect and gratitude for military service past, present and future.  Today - I thought we would share a little history of the celebration of Veterans Da...

Who knew there was such a thing as an Indiana State Festival Association? Never too old to learn about a new association - and yet another valuable website!   www.indianafestivals.org has a very user friendly website with calendar and detailed listings and day by day festivals throughout the stat...

Don't confuse "staging" with "decorating".  Decor is an expression of a style.  Staging is a strategy to attract buyers in order to sell your home. Here's just some of our favorite thoughts beyond the common sense ones we all hear about - like curb appeal and de-cluttering and sparkling clean. 1....

The following info is compiled by our own Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors for Central Indiana.  Remember that Real Estate is LOCAL - so get your news here - not from the national media. The 3rd Quarter provided the brightest picture of the year for central Indiana's housing consumers....

Indiana tourism has created a new website JUST for the fall season in Indiana     www.visitindianafall.com   It's a source for tours, taste and traditions.  You can even track the changin leaves through an interactive section. This website has info on excursions, wineries, festivals and more. Thi...

Remember the good ole days of Halloween and Trick or Treating? (showing my age here) We would set out shortly after dinner with pillow cases.  Running full tilt from house to house, filling a pillow case, then running home to dump and run back out.  Word would get out on the street as to which h...

*I apologize for this delayed post - This is such a great even for Central Indiana - and I slept through the beginning!*     Since 1991, the annual Heartland Film Festival has introduced audiences to transformative independent films from around the world that artistically explore the human journe...

  A National Site selection publication (Area Development) ranks Indiana among the top 5 in the nation for doing business.  This publication has been in existence since 1965 and has 42,000 executive subscribers. This ranking is derived from location consultants who work with nationwide clientele...

 It's a short list this week!  Spring Mill State Park is having their Haunted Village all month! It's going to be beautiful this weekend - get out and shuffle through some leaves! Harvest Homecoming New Albany October 1 - 9 www.harvesthomecoming.com/ Riley craft festival Greenfield October 6 - 9 ...