help selling your home: October's Story - 10/20/09 09:19 PM
October’s big Real Estate story will be the expiration of the $8,000 tax credit on November 30th for eligible first time homebuyers. Since most transactions are taking a minimum of 30 – 45 days to close after an offer is made, buyers who need financing will need to sign … (4 comments)
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help selling your home: Statue de la Liberte - 07/04/09 10:01 AM
Today for the first time since 9-11, you can go to the top of the Statue of Liberty. "On that fateful day in 2001, she held her head high as she witnessed with her own eyes the horrors that took place just across from her watery home. Symbolism and sentimentality … (6 comments)
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help selling your home: Firing Up the Barbie (que) - 07/03/09 06:48 PM
The 4th of July is the most popular outdoor cooking holiday of the year. It is also an very busy time for emergency rooms and burn units.
Make sure that you are ready to safely celebrate and cook up your summer feast.
Using a Gas Grill?
Make Sure Your Tank … (0 comments)
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help selling your home: WHITE ON WHITE ON WHITE - 03/10/09 06:32 PM
OK, so we are in the middle of another Minnesota snowstorm and I have white on my brain, Anyhu - here I go.
A monochromatic background needs some skillful help to not be perceived as bland. Various shades of white with loads of textures will keep it interesting. Texture will … (20 comments)
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help selling your home: Minnesota Home Stager Report They said it - Part l - 12/31/08 10:03 AM
This is the first in the series of quotes to start out your New Year with wit.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. -Winston Churchill The only difference between a tax … (2 comments)
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help selling your home: Minnesota Home Stager Report - Paul the Doll - 12/17/08 04:05 PM
Paul Bunyan is part of the new 2008 Holiday Village located in the Westgate Mall Brainerd/Baxter Minnesota. Paul the Doll and his big wooden chair were found on E-Bay and were created by Designer & Fabric Artist Marilyn Lee and Craftsmen Kenny Kraeplin. His creators donated him to the … (4 comments)
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help selling your home: His Justice Can Not Sleep Forever - 10/16/08 02:46 PM
Chuck Norris is a pretty cool guy. His shows had family oriented content, you clearly knew who the bad guys and the good guys were and the good guys always won. He is a conservative Hollywood star with 40 years in the business. He expresses concern about how the pool … (15 comments)
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help selling your home: Christian Motto: Be Prepared - part 1 - 04/26/08 09:07 AM
I Peter 3:15
"But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have."
What do you say to someone who asks you about your Christian Faith? Can you explain … (13 comments)
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help selling your home: Rock Against Drugs Concert - 04/19/08 10:35 PM
April 25th, Friday, from 7-10 P.M. at the Aitkin, Minnesota V.F.W. will be a night of classic rock music. This is a free event sponsored by the Kinship of Aitkin County youth leaders.
These young people are taking a stand against drugs and are bringing community awareness to … (2 comments)
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help selling your home: Karla's Casserole - 04/15/08 09:11 PM
Now if you are baking a ham or just ready to try something different for a side complement or even as a breakfast brunch dish - this is the one. Of course, you have to be a pineapple lover and we at the Lordbock house are. Our favorite pizza is … (17 comments)
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help selling your home: Lighting Up a Sale - 03/28/08 06:55 PM
As stagers, we have all dealt with the cheap fake brass lighting fixtures that seemed to be so popular a few years back and are - shockingly- still being installed in houses today. Do these add to the ambiance of a home? Are they admired by visitors or ignored? … (24 comments)
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help selling your home: Brainerd Lakes Curling Association - 02/02/08 01:04 PM
photo by edit felix
Winning the New Club state championship sponsored by the Minnesota Curling Association was a team from the Brainerd Lakes Curling Association The event was at Curl Mesabi in Eveleth and ran at the same time as the women's and men's state curling championships . With … (4 comments)
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help selling your home: Life Lessons ~ Part 2 - 11/24/07 11:17 AM
You are enjoying your job and things are going well - until a door slams shut, a deal falls through, a contract has loopholes and your client goes through them. You find yourself contemplating: becoming a hermit, taking a vacation permanently, going back to school and becoming a Climatologist. All … (20 comments)
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help selling your home: 2007 Community Celebration in Brainerd Minnesota - 10/09/07 09:54 AM
Instead of just having a one day high school homecoming event, this year Brainerd celebrated the week as a community. It didn't come close to our Fourth of July celebration, but that would be hard to compete with. I believe it to be the best in the State of Minnesota.
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help selling your home: Crow Wing County Hippology Team Places First at State - 10/04/07 11:35 AM
photo by Fusko- Flickr
Creative Commons
What is Hippology? Hippology is a Greek word, with the word root "hippo" meaning horse and "ology" meaning the study of. Hippology was first presented in Washington State in 1997 when Pierce County sponsored an exhibition at State Fair in Puyallup.
Objectives The … (0 comments)
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help selling your home: Minnesota Home Stager Report - Is It Squeaky Clean? - 09/10/07 11:36 AM
photo by JRGould
I have not seen this term used for a while, but when I did - it brought on a blog. (I seem to have that reaction often, nowadays.) A key component that buyers are searching for is a home … (8 comments)
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help selling your home: Minnesota Home Stager Report - Key Dates For The Brainerd School District - 08/29/07 12:18 PM
With the upcoming school year closing in quickly - plans need to be made in the case of student illness or days off from school for working parents that have younger children in the school system. Arrangements will need to be made in advance for a day … (4 comments)
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help selling your home: Minnesota Home Stager Report-Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis, MN - 08/02/07 12:19 PM
Bridge collapsing video
As many of you have already heard, we have suffered loss here in Minnesota as a very busy highway bridge that spans the Mississippi river collapsed during rush hour. My daughter and I were just recently on that bridge on our way to shop at IKEA for some … (4 comments)
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help selling your home: Mall of America Theme Park to get New Theme - 07/28/07 04:49 PM
The Park at MOATM, is the largest indoor family amusement park in the nation. The park is home to seven acres of fun with more than 30 remarkable rides and attractions, nine mouth watering places to eat, plenty of entertainment and, of course, shopping. And now having once been Camp … (3 comments)
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help selling your home: Modeling For Your Children - 15 F's - 06/12/07 12:37 PM
In reading our Sunday magazine distributed before service I came across a thought provoking article on how children learn behaviors and thus came about writing this blog. At least weekly, my grown daughters remind me of something we did or said or were involved with. It could be a vacation, or … (5 comments)
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