NO EXCUSES Searching the Multiple Listing in Shell Knob, MO this week, I was again amazed at the just plain awful pictures that are posted! Why would any seller not object to their home being marketed as a dark pit? When more than 85% of today's buyers check the internet before contacting an a
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02/25/2010
LAND IS VALUABLE and land with water (read ' lake' ) accessability retains and normally grows in value. And unless you live in the Pacific where volcanic action builds new islands - it is safe to say that God isn't creating more land.In a time when interest rates are laughable, investing in lake
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02/14/2010
What is your home in Shell Knob worth ? Looking back to when you bought your home ....has it increased in value from what you paid for it? Have you remodeled or added on? Maybe you've updated the bath or the kitchen appliances? How has this added to the total worth of your property? Homeo
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01/20/2010
BRUTALLY FRANKIn this challenging market in Shell Knob or elsewhere, with Short Sales, Repo's, and high-end properties languishing on the market, how outspoken should you be when listing the less than perfect home?I recently went on two listing appointments in the Shell Knob area. Both houses ne
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01/18/2010
MOVE IN READY IN SHELL KNOB This ranch style home is clean and neat as a pin in a quiet Shell Knob neighborhood. It boasts 4 bedrooms, 2 baths with a walk-out basement from the lower level family room.
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01/14/2010
SHOULD ANXIOUS SELLERS OFFER A BONUS? Are bonus's bribes? Are you seeing more listings offering a Selling Bonus? It is showing up on a frequent basis in the Shell Knob/Tri-Lakes MLS. There are not only more sellers offering a bonus, but the amount of the bonus appears to be increasing. In tim
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01/09/2010
WHY ? There are thousands of houses that sit unsold, and probably thousands more that have been withdrawn from the market during this recession. Checking listings that have expired or been withdrawn in the past two years in my part of the Ozarks, Shell Knob, made me wonder how they had been mar
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01/07/2010
" LITTLE WICHITA" IN The Ozarks As a transplant to Shell Knob from Indiana, I am fascinated by all the migrations we are blessed to observe in southwest Missouri - two legged, two winged, etc. Living on Table Rock Lake, spitting distance from Arkansas, we're on the cusp of the south - a dividing
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01/04/2010
DOG LOVERS LOVE THE OZARKS Is there an increase in people owning pets, or is it a sign of our times to bring pets when house hunting in Shell Knob, Missouri? Most clients who bring their dogs when previewing Shell Knob's lake homes & cabins are traveling more than 100 miles to househunt. The
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01/03/2010
Home Prices Dropping in Shell Knob, MO Sales volume and home prices took a big hit in Shell Knob on Table Rock Lake in 2009. Not strongly affected by foreclosures and short sales, as many metropolitan areas have been, trickle-down economics is now in play. Shell Knob, MO is a very stable area
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01/01/2010
