portsmouth: How To Make Your MLS Pictures Better in Portsmouth, Va - 10/21/09 04:14 PM
Here is how to make your MLS pictures better in Portsmouth, Va. This is a lovely little vacant home in the Prentis Park area of Portsmouth, Va. The listing agent has done a good job of staging the home. I really wasn't taking this for the MLS picture but thought I … (1 comments)
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portsmouth: MLS Pictures - 10/21/09 04:06 PM
I really wasn't taking this for the MLS picture but thought I could show what you can do with about 5 minutes worth of work in Photoshop Elements 7 and a little thinking a head.
I took the first picture to show what the room looks like without any adjustments. The … (3 comments)
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portsmouth: Emergency Beacons for Boaters Going Digital - 01/21/09 09:14 PM
For all you boaters in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Portsmouth, here is some good information. Along with our tv transmissions going digital soon so are the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB) for boaters are going digital on Feb 1. The coast guard along with other rescue personal will only respond … (0 comments)
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portsmouth: Portsmouth To Finally Tax APM Terminals - 11/24/08 07:16 PM
The new APM Terminal in Portsmouth is currently paying $4 million in real estate taxes and $2.7 million in personal property taxes. The one thing they haven't been charged for is the giant cranes and there are six of them. They could either be personal or real property. The tax rate … (4 comments)
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portsmouth: Get The Lead Out - 11/13/08 04:59 PM
Do you tell your buyers that city parks are just around the corner and what a great place for the kids to play. Do you know the hazards associated with the parks? The city of Portsmouth does and they are working on "getting the lead" out of the parks. In fact … (2 comments)
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portsmouth: Food Pantry Lines Grow Longer - 11/12/08 07:01 PM
A big problem is getting bigger. With the economy slumping more people are in line for food. At Grove Park Baptist Church in Portsmouth, grocery bags line up on tables waiting to feed the hungry masses. In 1999, the church helped to feed 2,534 people. In 2007 it was 5,866 and … (2 comments)
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portsmouth: SPSA Still On The Market - 11/04/08 12:31 PM
SPSA is still trying to sell its largest waste-handling facilities located in Portsmouth. There are two buyers still in the mix. If you are interested the sites are they are the trash burning power plant and neighboring garbage-sorting center. Take a look see at them.
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portsmouth: Portsmouth to wipe out the homeless - 10/05/08 11:16 AM
This sounds pretty bad but what it means is that the city of Portsmouth will enact a 10 year plan to wipe out the homeless in the city. I said it again wrong. Portsmouth wants to collect better data on the homeless, focus on prevention, expand housing, and identify other resources … (6 comments)
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portsmouth: Pension Plan Hurts - 09/28/08 04:33 PM
Portsmouth pension plan has a bitter pill for those who go on social security. There is an offset when they become eligible for social security. It can be hundreds of dollars a month. Many retirees say they did not know about the offset and would have opted for the the state … (0 comments)
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portsmouth: Portsmouth Schools to sale land - 09/24/08 02:28 PM
Stephen H. Clarke school in Portsmouth is about to be 4.2 acres smaller. School officials are thinking of selling the land to the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority for $277,000. The money will go back into the capital improvement fund.
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portsmouth: Townebank Income Rises - 07/19/08 06:51 PM
Townebank which is headquarted in Portsmouth saw its net income rise a very modest 2.3 percent for the second quarter. The increase came partly from its employee-benefit and property-management services. Lets up this locally owned bank keeps up the good work.
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portsmouth: Just One House - 07/13/08 08:05 PM
I just had a prospect call me on my listing which wasn't for them so I sent them a few more listings in Portsmouth, Va. They drove down from Richmond to look at one townhouse in a little subdivision called Westmoreland and fell in love with it. They wanted to look … (2 comments)
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portsmouth: Smog Protection Gone - 07/12/08 09:54 PM
Many people in Suffolk are feeling like they lost something. They did. The catalytic converters have been stolen from their cars by thieves in the night. Apparently they can get up to $100 per converter for the precious metal inside. Three people were recently arrested and had over 150 charges between … (3 comments)
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portsmouth: Here A Court, There A Court - 07/12/08 07:33 PM
It seems Portsmouth can't make up its mind where to put the new court building. The new builidng would cost about $45 million but with real estate values going down so did revenues. That got the city thinking about putting the courts into an existing building in Port Centre. That idea … (0 comments)
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portsmouth: Tunnel Plan Upsets Neighborhood - 07/05/08 10:15 AM
North Truxton in Portsmouth may be in for a rude awakening if plans to ease tunnel traffic is approved. 21 homes and nine businesses will be affected by the plan. Some of the residents have in the area since 1947. The Virginia Department of Transportation wants to connect U.S. 58 to … (0 comments)
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portsmouth: Portsmouth Blight Continues - 06/28/08 05:39 PM
Portsmouth keeps trying to do something about blight in its neighborhoods but is short on inspectors. Back in 2005 four inspectors were hired but now the city has four vacancies. This only hurt the real estate valuations in the city and reduces the tax base. Hopefully the city will lift the … (0 comments)
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portsmouth: Lost Camera? Try This - 06/07/08 12:50 PM
If you lost your digital camera with your brand new listing photos in Portsmouth, Va or any where else, you should try this new website out. It is www.Ifoundyourcamera.net and aims to help you locate your missing camera. How does it do that you ask? Well quite easy. The person finding your camera … (5 comments)
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portsmouth: Another Cost Of Short Sale/Foreclosures - 05/31/08 01:21 PM
A forgotten cost of the the new real estate market consisting of vacant short sales and foreclosures is the cost to the city in terms of caring for the property. The city of Norfolk says the number of properties it cares for is up to 325 from 160 a year ago. … (6 comments)
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portsmouth: Portsmouth Boat Tax Increased - 05/24/08 07:13 PM
Portsmouth may not raise the real estate tax this year but they have the boat tax. It has gone up to 50 cents per $100 of assessed value. There are about 3,025 boats still docked in the city. That is only down about 100 from last June. The tax bills are … (0 comments)
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portsmouth: Portsmouth Teachers Get A Raise - 05/24/08 07:08 PM
Portsmouth School superintendent David Stuckwisch proposed an average teacher raise of about 4 percent recently. That is lower then what was expected. With real estate rates going down lots of budget items in city are taking a hit. The city didn't give the school system any money and this was one of … (0 comments)
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