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  I'm reblogging another post of janeAnne's.  She writes great stuff and gets my wheels ticking.  These are my comments to her...   A long time ago now, I lived in southern California.  Some days one couldn't see clearly even one mile away, let alone into the trophosphere.  There were times when ...

    I am reblogging this post from Pangaea, and interior designer in Portland.  This is about VOCs or volatile organic compounds, in case you didn't know.  I was preveiwing property last week and this one, new and otherwise, nice starter home wreaked of VOCs.  Now, I'm not overly sensitive, but I...

  Now, here's a novel idea... by letting rain water and snow melt soak into the earth instead of into the storm drain.  This is a reblog, courtesy of janeAnne.   I was taking a photo of a permeable driveway for a "green" buyer in Asheville this week. She wants to install this type of sustainable ...

  Here's a great idea I'm reblogging from a fellow realtor.   Curiously, I've thought along the same line for years.  Instead of adding solar panels to a roof, why not make the roof itself 'solar'.  Too bad I didn't have the resources to do it myself!  Anyway, granted there are issues in Idaho be...

  Hi all, I am re-blogging this post as "food for thought" from a colleague in California on the use of geothermal energy as a source of heating.  I'm not sure the costs outweigh the benefits but, nevertheless, it is an interesting idea.  Steve Miller  Coeur d' Alene   I recently learned quite a ...

Who really WANTS to Live Green anyway?  Read on...  Just the other day I was at our local Realtor Association taking a CE course on Green Housing.  This is a subject that I would naturally gravitate toward, regardless of the need for hours.  Now, I have always figured that when attending any tra...

So, I have these clients, a cute, mature couple, who want to downsize, not so much the house, but the property.  They really like this one particular neighborhood in Coeur d' Alene which is slow to turnover.  Being a good realtor as my primary intention, I sought out to talk with the folks who li...

First off, I'd like to say congratulations for your desire and intention to buy a home.  When you own a home the pride of ownership you gain is difficult to put into words.  Then, to build EQUITY, along with the other financial advantages, the interest deduction (off of your taxes) and the curren...