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broker: Portland, Oregon Real Estate Listing Tips: Furniture Throws - 04/10/08 01:06 PM
Well, it's time to stage your house for sale and we know it's a PRICE WAR and a BEAUTY CONTEST out there, so your home must absolutely shine!
But what if your furniture is old, worn, or just out of style, and you can't afford to put in new furniture or have a stager help out?
Well an easy fix is a "throw", you know, those really big rug-like pieces of fabric which are like tableclothes for furniture. They can change your ratty old wing-back into a stylish period peice or modern looker.
Throws can be bought at any of big-box bedroom, bathroom store for a fraction … (0 comments)
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broker: What Do My 12 Year Old Son and Water Have in Common? - 03/21/08 01:47 PM
Believe it or not, as I was "speaking-with-conviction" to my son this morning as he lounged in bed about the importance of cleaning his room, even on Spring break, the part of my brain not being used drifted to a real life real estate metaphor.
Both adolescents and water have something in common: They both seek the path of least resistance and will always give way to the force of gravity. In the case of water, it rolls downhill, and in the case of teenagers, they get pulled along with their friends, and you hope they're good ones too!
When we help our … (5 comments)
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broker: Portland, Oregon Real Estate Tips: Open Houses, Beware of Thieves - 03/10/08 03:51 PM
If you're listing for sale remember to CLEAR OUT THE VALUABLES, REMOVE DRUGS FROM THE MEDICINE CABINETS, AND LOCK UP FINANCIAL INFORMATION! Assume that if you're holding open houses, anything can be stolen. An agent holding open the house has only two eyes, and if he/she is escorting one person or group through the house, another can enter unseen. Sometimes thieves work in groups to distract the agent. Last year I had a listing that was hugely attractive and was on a busy street. On warm summer days I would get dozens through an open house. I had to impose a … (1 comments)
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broker: Portland, Oregon Real Estate Tips: The Importance of Flashing! - 03/07/08 04:43 PM
As I write, my contractor is putting hammer to nail out back making a wonderful racket that will be my new deck! Through my experience with home inspections I know that my contractor needs to properly bolt the ledger board to the house with "lagbolts" and then add "flashing" where the deck meets the house to properly channel water away from behind the siding. Flashing comes in different shapes and can be made of different materials, but its job is to channel rain water away from the house and prevent it from getting behind the siding. In Oregon, as I've said many times, it's … (3 comments)
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broker: Portland, Oregon Real Estate Tips: Should I Rent or Should I Sell? - 03/03/08 01:52 AM
For many sellers around the nation the question is "Should I Rent or Should I Sell?" and the answer is that only you can decide based on your current market for both rental and sales. While making your decision, remember this... if you wait to sell you may face the same market next year, only your home is ANOTHER YEAR OLDER, and so is its INTERIOR DESIGN AND CONDITION. By not selling now, you may simply be putting off the inevitable and may be deferring necessary maintenance like cleaning gutters, painting, and discovering hidden issues like dryrot. A renter might not be concerned … (0 comments)
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Keith Berne, Real Estate Broker, Realtor, GRI
Portland,
OR
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