| Dec 18, 2008 |
Healthy Humidity and Your Home |
Winter generally brings very low humidity to our homes and the extreme dryness can cause health and other problems. Here we discuss some ideas on how to combat both low and high humidity in your home. |
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| Nov 25, 2008 |
Green Facts and Energy Savings Ideas |
Start with small changes that make a big difference in your own energy use and the pollution we generate on our planet. If every American home replaced their five most frequently used light fixtures or the bulbs in them with ones that have earned the ENERGY STAR label, we could save close to $8 billion each year in energy costs, and together we would prevent the greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions from nearly 10 million cars!
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| Nov 4, 2008 |
You Need to Know the Details of the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act |
No matter the circumstances, there's a lot of stress a homeowner goes through in a foreclosure or a short sale. The loss of the home itself and any equity can add a lot of anguish to a situation that may be beyond the control of the homeowner from job loss or illness to changing market conditions.
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| Sep 26, 2008 |
To Buy a New or Gently Used Home: It's a Question of Both Budget and Lifestyle |
With all the options now for home buyers, many will weigh heavily whether to purchase a new home or an existing one. Often discussions erupt that are more emotional than rational, and you can be called upon for decisive wisdom. |
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| Aug 26, 2008 |
Part II: Show & Sell: Tips You Can Use From Retail Sales |
Humans can discern about 10,000 smells! Remember Cleopatra? She placed layers of rose petals on her palace floors to entice Mark Antony. |
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| Jul 29, 2008 |
Show and Sell: Tips You Can Use From Retail Sales |
Yes, a home is a large asset, not a coffee maker or an impulse purchase, but employing the innovative techniques we discuss here, adapted from retail strategies, can help you achieve your goals and your client's. |
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| Jul 1, 2008 |
Can You Green a Home on the Cheap for a Faster, Higher Sale? |
Offering something unique and timely can always help sell a home more quickly and possibly closer to the listing price. Aside from the usual home staging techniques, implementing some easy, but key energy and water saving options too might just do the trick! |
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| Jun 1, 2008 |
Turn Your Office Green in 2008! |
Whether you have your own office or are part of a larger office environment, you can make some dramatic changes for your pocket book and the environment quickly and easily. Here are just some ideas to get you started. |
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| May 4, 2008 |
Become a Renaissance REALTOR -Turning Prospects into Clients |
The home buying market is blossoming into a new challenge for real estate professionals; several generations are now simultaneously buying homes for different uses. Real estate professionals taking the first step to getting ahead in the market are embracing a unique opportunity to hone their marketing skills. To reach a specific generation successfully it is essential that a REALTORŪ understands the real estate needs, wants and values of the four home buying generations.
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| Apr 23, 2008 |
Secrets to Staging the Outside to Get Them Inside! |
You've had that experience with a client where you drive up to a house and they don't even want to go inside. It's an immediate "un-appeal." You may know the inside of the house shows much better, but you just can't convince them to spend the time to even go inside. |
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