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Daniel and Laura Bennison with Reece & Nichols Prairie Village talk about some of the latest trends and customs in the Kansas City Metro real estate market. We provide tips for For Sale by Owners and other homeowners looking to sell their house. Our goal is to add as much value as possible to our clients. Our blog is one of the outlets for potential clients to get to know us or past clients to keep a pulse ot the Kansas City real estate market.

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2009 

Here are two quick pieces of advice from a FSBO Conversion specialist for sellers who are trying to sell their home as a For-Sale-By-Owner.  TIP #1  Don't leave bags of leaves or trash in your yard or side yard.  It's a distraction and it's ugly.  Leave them in the garage or anywhere as long as t...
11/29/2009
 Over a hundred years ago, the small 11 block Town of Strother straddled the Missouri Pacific Railroad tracks. Today, that small town consists of 65.24 square miles and is known as the City of Lee's Summit. In the late 1800's, a man by the name of William B. Howard was drawn to this fertile, gen...
11/28/2009
No doubt about it, fall is here and with it, the leaves.  They're everywhere except in the trees where they belong.  This year I took advantage of the fall pick-up services.  For $55, I got two leaf pickups.  All I have to do is rake about a gazillion leaves to the curb and keep them from blowing...
11/28/2009
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I know a lot of people, like myself, who work hard all day and then come home only to another full-time job - home management.  Some of it can be fun, like gardening,  but for the most part home management is job.  Cleaning, raking, shopping, cooking, cleaning, maintainence, changing furnace filt...
11/28/2009
The Waldo TraditionThe year was 1841. Dr. David Waldo of Gasconade County, Missouri, was convinced by friends in Independence, Missouri, to purchase some Jackson County land. He took their advice and subsequently bought a 1000-acre tract of land that to this day bears his name.From Gregory Blvd.,...
11/28/2009
When it comes time to list your house with a realtor, size matters.  I'm not talking about the size of your house, or your bathroom or kitchen, although these things matter too.  What I'm referring to is the size of the company you list with.  Can a Realtor with a small company do as well as one ...
11/27/2009
The early yearsHenry Bloch was born July 30, 1922, the second son of a prominent Kansas City lawyer. He attended Southwest High School, began his college career at the University of Kansas City, and later transferred to the University of Michigan, from which he graduated in 1944. Henry joined th...
11/25/2009
J.C. Nichols' Role in Kansas City History   By the late 1930's, the Nichols Company had acquired control of more than 4,000 acres of land and was building racially restricted subdivisions in Johnson County, Kansas, across state line, and adjoining his original projects in Kansas City, Missouri. B...
11/25/2009
A HOME AS AN INVESTMENT AS A REALTOR, ACCOUNTANT AND A HOMEOWNER, SOMETIMES I WONDER WHETHER A HOME IS AN INVESTMENT.  CERTAINLY THERE ARE BENEFITS TO HOME OWNERSHIP, BUT IS A HOUSE AN INVESTMENT?  WHAT SORT OF RETURN SHOULD I EXPECT, IF ANY?  WHAT ARE THE RISKS? Well, the benefits, risks, costs ...
11/25/2009
History of Overland Park   The city traces its roots back to 1905 with the arrival of its founder William B. Strang Jr., who platted subdivisions, including one named "Overland Park," along a military roadway. Strang envisioned a self-sustaining, well planned "park-like" community that had strong...
11/25/2009
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Daniel and Laura Bennison with Reece & Nichols Prairie Village talk about some of the latest trends and customs in the Kansas City Metro real estate market. We provide tips for For Sale by Owners and other homeowners looking to sell their house. Our goal is to add as much value as possible to our clients. Our blog is one of the outlets for potential clients to get to know us or past clients to keep a pulse ot the Kansas City real estate market.