Feeling pensive on a rainy day - 11/26/11 10:07 AM
Last night a thunderstorm brought some much-needed rain to the San Antonio area. As I watched the drizzle this morning, I found myself hoping the cold front brought rain to East Texas on its way south, because that area is also suffering from the record drought and heat wave. Many sections of that Texas treasure, Caddo Lake, had turned to mud and silt over the last couple of years. Some of the bayous are no longer navigable.
Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in Texas, and is a beautiful, even mystical, place. It would be a tragedy if the drought were to threaten its existence.
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Secret method to resolve a delicate situation - 11/22/11 05:48 PM
We've all been there. That ominous feeling when you realize the toilet is not reacting the way it's supposed to. You scurry to the sink to slam on the water faucet to slow down the imminent flood. Then sadly but bravely, you pick up the plunger and prepare to do battle with The Clog.
But first, here's a tip that might save you some time and grossness: grab a bucket (or if you're at someone else's house, a toothbrush glass) and add several cups of hot water to the toilet bowl. If you let it sit for a few minutes, sometimes … (10 comments)

I wish I hadn't sold that house now - 11/18/11 09:26 AM
Recently I sold a home for some wonderful clients who moved out of state to fulfill their dream of retiring to a golf course community where they could be closer to their friends. I met the buyer during the transaction and she seemed very nice.
But you know what is not nice? Her obnoxious dog. Four times in the last couple weeks since she moved in, he has dug under the fence and popped up on our deck, scaring the cats out of their wits and getting mud on the patio.
Yes, the dog lives behind me now, along with its … (11 comments)

How to get rid of telltale furniture dents in carpet - 11/18/11 08:52 AM
I just sold a house with carpet in the bedrooms and family room. The tenants who lived there previously apparently had some very heavy furniture. The dents in the carpet were still there, even after the carpet was shampooed and steam-cleaned--twice. I wish I had known about these two methods of removing the dents so I could have passed it on to my client. Thanks to Barbara, I will know next time. Check it out:
 
Via Barbara Heil-Sonneck - Home Staging Atlanta (Design2Sell - We Stage Atlanta ):
At Design2Sell Interiors and Home Staging we are often ask to share tricks … (5 comments)

Photographs of a home that will help it sell quickly. Or not - 11/14/11 09:55 AM
What do you think? Do these pictures actually help sell the house? Or should they have been left out of the listing details?

Agents, if your listing photographs don't turn out as well as they should, do you upload them anyway, or do you leave them out and go back later to take better ones?


It may not be worth your time to return to take better pictures if the house sells right away. This one hasn't.
P.S. ^ Why?!
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Effectively Preparing a Home for Market, Part 3 - 11/12/11 04:37 PM
This blog post encompasses just about everything a seller (and an agent) would need to consider before putting a listing on the market. It's a very impressive and useful checklist from a creative mind indeed. Thank you for taking the time to write this, Sebastian!
 
Via Sebastian Barrett St.Troy (Austin Market-Ready Services):
How to Effectively Prepare a Home for Market
A Market-Ready Series, Part 3
 
In "How does the Home look from the Street?" you were instructed to begin taking a look, a serious, in-depth look, at the house you either currently have on the market or about to place on the … (1 comments)

Sold! Retirees move into their new home near the Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas - 11/10/11 09:27 AM
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending a closing with another happy seller. He was one of my first property-management clients, back in 2004, and I leased his former home for him when he was transferred overseas. Later, he was transferred back to Austin and took over managing the house himself.
My client contacted me again a couple of months ago and said he was ready to sell the house, since his folks no longer lived in the neighborhood and his tenants had moved out. Now he has his sale proceeds and he is ready to move on with his life.
The … (4 comments)

 
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