Question? If you could have unlimited sms text messaging to use to promote your homes for sale for $49.50 a month. Plus a free desk top notification service added into it. Would you be interested in it? I have teamed up with E Global Partners out of Wilmington NC and they are offering this program. I have researched this type of marketing and I could not find one for this price with all of the services that they are offering. Any thoughts? If you would like more information please feel free to contact me. Thanks and may you have many happy sales and inspections.
With economic hard times that we are seeing in the real estate market. What are you doing to bring in some extra income for your self and your family. I have teamed up with a video security program company where I can sell their program and make some money on the side let alone provide my clients with a great security program to help protect their home or business. Take a look and see if this is something you would like to join into, If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. http://members.guardyourplace.com/uid/gypmark Thanks and have a great day with many Happy sales and inspections.
Ok, according to the ground hog, spring is just around the corner. Again, that all depends on where you live right now. The east coasters might want to kill the ground hog right now. But back to the point. People who are still trying to sell their home may want to consider the following tips.
Curb appeal, Curb appeal!!
1. Get out in the yard and pick up all of the downed tree limbs
2. Clear out all of the old dead flowers from the flower beds. Be careful not to damage the new growth that has started to emerge.
3. Make sure that your gutters are clean so when the spring rains hit, they will drain properly and not against the house foundation
4. Once you have all of the above done, get the thatcher or plugger out and run it across the yard. This will help get the water and fertilizer down to the roots.
5. Ok now it is time to spread the Scouts spring fertilizer to help bring to life the yard. Make sure you use the new water save fertilizer. This will hep you save on watering later on and make your yard the green of green on the neighborhood.
6. Spread some flower fertilizer around in the flower beds
7. For the trees and bushes. Insert some Scouts tree fertilizer plugs around the trees just below the outer most limb line. This will put it in the feeder roots,
8. Power wash the wood decks, and the cement side walks to get the dirt off of them and make them look like new.
Great, now that you have done all of this, it is time to find a new location in the yard for your sign. Having it in a different place will catch the persons eye just because it is not in the same place. Try it, you will be surprised.
Now you have completed all of this and your house looks better the your neighbors homes. May you have many happy sales and inspections.
Ok, winter is finally making it appearances. So it is time to get your snow removal equipment in order for that first snow removal date.
1. Get the right shovel,IE: ergonomically shove. This type makes it alot easier on your back and hips
2. Get your snow blower or thrower out, put in some fresh gas and check out the oil level. Start it up to make sure all is well and in proper working condition
3.Instead of using salt to melt the ice on your drive way or sidewalks. Buy calcium chloride, it will work at temps down to 5 degrees, where salt will quit working at 15 degrees. Also another added benefit to using calcium chloride, it will no burn you grass or shrubs.
Spend a little, save a lot, or spend a whole bunch and save even more. Here is a tip to shave your energy bills year round.
Sure, it's nostalgia-inducing and all, but when it comes down to it, your fireplace is terribly—make that laughably—inefficient. According to the Department of Energy, a lit fireplace sucks about 24,000 cubic feet of furnace-heated air up your chimney each hour. Bonus: It's replaced by cold air that comes in the opposite direction through the same opening, causing your furnace to work extra hard to keep your house toasty. Still, we love gathering round the hearth as much as the next guy. Just remember to turn the thermostat down a little when you use it. Also, crack a window in the room where the fireplace is located and then close the door, so it doesn't suck too much warm air from the rest of the house. And remember to close your damper when it’s not in use.
Save even more by installing a programable thermostat
The weather man tonight on TV stated that we may need the furnace tonight because it may have a chance of frost in northern Ohio. So before chilly autumn nights set in, you need to make an appointment for your furnace's annual checkup. Without this yearly cleaning and inspection, a system can wear itself out quickly, pump deadly carbon monoxide into your home, or simply stop working.
Whatever type of system you have, don't wait until it breaks down to call for service. A clean, well-adjusted heating system will save you money on fuel and prolong furnace life. Annual servicing is cheap - typically less than $100 - especially when compared with the price of a new furnace. "You wouldn't wait more than a year to service your car?" "The heat in your house is just as important."
As the leaves turn and the weather cools, many of us begin outdoor cleanup. Consider the number of injuries in yard work accidents every autumn and you may begin to suspect that "fall" is actually short for "pitfall." Fall, it seems, is the season for back injuries, tumbles from ladders and lawn mower accidents. Approximately 42 million people seek emergency room treatment for such injuries each year according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here are some simple tips to avoid common autumn injuries while working around the yard.
* Use a rake that is comfortable for your height and strength. Wear gloves or use rakes with padded handles to prevent blisters.
* Vary your movement, alternating your leg and arm positions often. When picking up leaves, bend at the knees, not the waist.
* Inspect ladders for loose screws, hinges or rungs. Clean off accumulated mud, dirt or liquids.
* Never use your hands or feet to clear debris from under a lawnmower. Use a stick or broom handle instead. Likewise, never touch the blades with your hands or feet, even if the engine is off. The blade can still move and cause serious injury.
At some point in the life of your house, the lumber that holds it together will get wet. The flashing will fail, the roof will leak, or, as demonstrated by last year's hurricanes, the rains will drive and the waters will rise. Frame a house with blue lumber, though, and the water won't wet the wood in the first place.
So says Bluwood, whose answer to the glaring question about the glaring color is unsatisfying. (It's a marketing gimmick.) What is satisfying is the Florida company's "infusion film" sealant, a waterproof barrier that they promise will keep moisture out of structural lumber while keeping the wood's insect- and fungus-fighting borates in. Borates have long been known as environmentally friendly wood preservatives; the problem is that when the wood gets wet, borates leach out and leave it vulnerable. Bluwood is backing up its claims in a walk-in petri dish they call the "mold house." Inside, an ongoing two-year experiment shows untreated samples rotting away while the Bluwood remains unaffected.
Just about any species of wood can be special-ordered from the lumberyard with a Bluwood sealant. The treatment adds about 20 percent to the cost, but the wood will be guaranteed for the life of the house. And if blue's not your color, just remember, it gets covered by the drywall. Visit Bluwood for dealers for more information on this product. I have found several homes here in the lancaster ohio area that have used this lumber.
I did a inspection on Monday that when you walked in the back yard, you got ate up. I saw a area where the home owner had their dog tied out. The bugs that were biting were fleas and mosquito's. My client asked me what they could do to kill out the fleas and mosquito's? I told them that they could spread Scott's summer blend fertilizer that has a bug treatment that will kill out the fleas and help kill out the mosquito's. I have been doing this now for 4 years and my dogs have never brought a flea into the house since I started treating, and the mosquito's are almost not ever seen. You also get the great benefit of having a lush green yard.
With the way todays market is going. We really need to look at all marketing aspects that we have in our bag to help our clients to sell their property. So I thought I would bring this back up for a rea-read again. I f you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Seller inspections (sometimes referred to as pre-listing inspections) are becoming more popular because they virtually eliminate all the pitfalls and hassles associated with waiting to do the inspections until a buyer is found. In many ways, waiting to schedule inspections until after a home goes under agreement, is too late. Seller inspections are arranged and paid for by the seller, usually just before the home goes on the market. The seller is the inspector's client. The inspector works for the seller and generates a report for the seller. The seller then typically makes multiple copies of the report and shares them with potential buyers that tour the home for sale. Seller inspections are a benefit to all parties in a real estate transaction. They are a win-win-win-win. Home inspectors should consider offering seller inspections and marketing this service to local listing agents. Advantages to the home inspector:
Seller inspections allow the inspector to catch inspection jobs upstream, ahead of real estate transactions and the competition.
Seller inspections are easier to schedule and are not under the time constraints of sales agreement's inspection contingencies.
Working for sellers is typically less stressful than working for buyers about to make the purchase of their lifetimes.
Sellers can alert the inspector to problems that should be included in the report, answer questions about their homes, and provide seller's disclosure statements.
Repairs of problems found during seller inspections often necessitate the need for re-inspections by the inspector.
Seller inspections put a sample copy of the inspector's product, the report, in the hands of many potential buyers who will need a local inspector soon.
Seller inspections put a sample copy of the inspector's product, the report, in the hands of many local buyer's agents that tour the home.
The inspector is credited, in part, with the smoothness of the real estate transaction by buyer, seller and agents on both sides.
The liability of the inspector is reduced by putting more time between the date of the inspection and the move-in date of the buyers.
The liability of the inspector is reduced because the inspector's clients are not buying the properties inspected, but rather moving out of them.
The buyer might insist on hiring the seller's inspector to produce a fresh report since the seller's inspector is already familiar with the home.
Seller inspections provide inspectors opportunities to showoff their services to listing agents.
Seller inspections provide examples of the inspector's work to the listing agent of each home, which might encourage those agents to have other listings pre-inspected by the inspector.
Most sellers are local buyers and so many sellers hire the inspector again to inspect the homes they are moving to.
Advantages to the seller:
The seller can choose a certified InterNACHI inspector rather than be at the mercy of the buyer's choice of inspector.
The seller can schedule the inspections at the seller's convenience.
It might alert the seller of any items of immediate personal concern, such as radon gas or active termite infestation.
The seller can assist the inspector during the inspection, something normally not done during a buyer's inspection.
The seller can have the inspector correct any misstatements in the inspection report before it is generated.
The report can help the seller realistically price the home if problems exist.
The report can help the seller substantiate a higher asking price if problems don't exist or have been corrected.
A seller inspection reveals problems ahead of time which:
might make the home show better.
gives the seller time to make repairs and shop for competitive contractors.
permits the seller to attach repair estimates or paid invoices to the inspection report.
removes over-inflated buyer procured estimates from the negotiation table.
The report might alert the seller to any immediate safety issues found, before agents and visitors tour the home.
The report provides a third-party, unbiased opinion to offer to potential buyers.
A seller inspection permits a clean home inspection report to be used as a marketing tool.
A seller inspection is the ultimate gesture in forthrightness on the part of the seller.
The report might relieve a prospective buyer's unfounded suspicions, before they walk away.
A seller inspection lightens negotiations and 11th-hour renegotiations.
The report might encourage the buyer to waive the inspection contingency.
The deal is less likely to fall apart the way they often do when a buyer's inspection unexpectedly reveals a problem, last minute.
The report provides full-disclosure protection from future legal claims.
Advantages to the real estate agent:
Agents can recommend certified InterNACHI inspectors as opposed to being at the mercy of buyer's choices in inspectors.
Sellers can schedule the inspections at seller's convenience with little effort on the part of agents.
Sellers can assist inspectors during the inspections, something normally not done during buyer's inspections.
Sellers can have inspectors correct any misstatements in the reports before they are generated.
The reports help sellers see their homes through the eyes of a critical, third-party, thus making sellers more realistic about asking price.
Agents are alerted to any immediate safety issues found, before other agents and potential buyers tour the home.
Repairs made ahead of time might make homes show better.
Reports hosted online entice potential buyers to tour the homes.
The reports provide third-party, unbiased opinions to offer to potential buyers.
Clean reports can be used as marketing tools to help sell the homes.
The reports might relieve prospective buyer's unfounded suspicions, before they walk away.
Seller inspections eliminate buyer's remorse that sometimes occurs just after an inspection.
Seller inspections reduce the need for negotiations and 11th-hour renegotiations.
Seller inspections relieve the agent of having to hurriedly procure repair estimates or schedule repairs.
The reports might encourage buyers to waive their inspection contingencies.
Deals are less likely to fall apart the way they often do when buyer's inspections unexpectedly reveal problems, last minute.
Reports provide full-disclosure protection from future legal claims.
Advantages to the home buyer:
The inspection is done already.
The inspection is paid for by the seller.
The report provides a more accurate, third-party view of the condition of the home prior to making an offer.
A seller inspection eliminates surprise defects.
Problems are corrected or at least acknowledged prior to making an offer on the home.
A seller inspection reduces the need for negotiations and 11th-hour renegotiations.
The report might assist in acquiring financing.
A seller inspection allows the buyer to sweeten the offer without increasing the offering price by waiving inspections
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