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Homeowners Insurance-Things to Know We are all trying to save money in today's economy. One area you might want to investigate is your homeowners insurance. Here are some things you need to know: 1. With many of the national insurers suffering losses in this economy, you might want to check aroun...
09/23/2010
This is a post that is worthy of being seen by all amateur photographers. I like the tip about leaving all the lights on in the house, even in other rooms so the light will filter through the rooms. Picasa is a free program that is useful for photo editing.Ever had to do a photo shoot inside a ho...
09/22/2010
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Room by Room-Light and Spacious Several years ago there was a program on HGTV called Room by Room. They would take a room on each program and change the appearance mostly by DIY jobs and with very little cost involved. I liked watching this program because it was practical and they did things tha...
09/16/2010
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Save Time and Money On Staging Here are a few tips for staging a home to sell. Staging brings more money and a quicker selling time. 1. The main thing to do is to declutter. There might be too much furniture, the wrong furniture, boxes and stuff laying around. Look carefully at the whole room and...
09/12/2010
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Had a lovely date with my husband yesterday. We had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory after visiting the Apple Store at Perimeter Mall in Atlanta. I thought if we got to the Apple store early, we would be able to look at everything at our leisure. Wrong! The store was full of customers with peopl...
09/11/2010
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Can I Do It Myself? Most homeowners want to save as much money as they can when they put their house of the market? They might have already decided to use an agent to help them sell their home, but they decide they can save more money and do their staging and repair by themselves. They feel they ...
09/07/2010
This is a great post and should be shared with all our sellers. The home inspection can make or breat the sale and this is a great way to help save the sale. A checklist of things a Seller can dobefore the home inspector arrives Doing as much as possible before the Buyer's property inspection hel...
09/07/2010
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Staging a Vacant Home We've been seeing a lot of posts lately about the benefits of staging. There is no doubt that a home that is staged is much more appealing than one that is not. Even with a vacant home, if you add a little furniture and some art on the walls, buyers will take their time and...
09/07/2010
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My husband and I are planning a date night on Friday night. We plan to go out to eat and go to the Apple store. Sound like fun to you? Well, I'm the one wanting to go to the Apple store so I can see, first hand, what the new Ipad can do for me in my real estate career. I have been watching some Y...
09/05/2010
I was so glad to find this post by Jeff Turner and see they had developed a plugin to feed your posts from Active Rain to my wordpress blog. My blog has been my website for several years, so I wanted to be able to add value to it while I posted to Active Rain. I also found a free unqip program fo...
09/03/2010