Kathy Strader's (kathystrader) Blog

Recently, I was spending part of a Sunday afternoon visiting open houses. I stopped by one house where I knew a Realtor I had worked with in the past would be. She saw me pull up and beat me to the door. After giving me an enthusiastic “Hello!” she said, “You’re gonna love this one.” Her tone was...

I’ve never been someone that enjoys wondering the mall and combing through stores just looking for something to strike my fancy. I’m very task oriented so I when I shop, I know what I want, and I’m reasonably sure where I can get it. I want to park, pick, pay, and go. One exception to this has al...

Over the past few days, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to customer service and reasonable expectations. Interestingly enough, this began to weigh on me not because I had received poor customer service, but because I was bending over backwards trying to give it. In the real estate business, we ...

A major part of home staging is de-cluttering. For most people, it is not exactly a pleasant task, but it is oh so necessary. Think about how good you feel in a room that has been cleared of stacks of paper and piles of books and magazines. You want buyers to have that feeling when they view your...