My New Real Estate Toy - The Compass

Lisa!!

I laughed so hard at your post! Your writing style is just so....perfect!

Personally, I agree with your 5-year old and think you should have gone with the giraffe-shaped compass. After all, if you deftly step onto the front porch...and suddenly notice there's a house across the street blocking your view...the giraffe compass is tall enough to see over the top and still give a precise reading.

:::eyes rolling:::

I can't wait to read more of your posts!!

Dave


David Daniels
President/CEO
www.FlyersToYou.com

Lisa, you are so right about this and I have got to get a compass since I have been ask the same question and a time or to, I did not have an answer...thanks for reminding...going out to get one!

Looks like your compass got you headed off in the right direction! Welcome To AR!

Hey Lisa ~ Good article on Compasses. Every tool we add is a valuable one.

Lisa,

Look at all the comments on your very first post!  Now you have to comment back to them. When you do your post goes back up to the top of the groups you posted in.

Now, about joining groups.

 PS. It looks like you're not the only one up on AR at 1am.

Lisa, welcome and a great first post. It's a good ideal to have one on hand should the question of exposure come up.

Great Post!

Lisa, that sounds like one of those real basics, but I never know which way I'm going.  My current car has a compass, but that's sort of hard to use in a house!

Howdy Lisa

On a very fine first post, of many more to come.

to the fun world of bloging, learning, and networking in the Active Rain community.

I keep a compass in my Jeep and tool case at all times.

As cost of heating and cooling of home's keeps going up. The exposure question is coming up more often by folk's looking to buy a home. To help with cooling costs, the house should have it's walls haven the most surface area to the north and south, and the least shout face the east and west seen that they have a higher heat gain.

Lisa, Welcome to Active Rain and the addiction of blogging!

I used to have a credit card sized gadget that had a compass, along with a knife and toothpick, screwdriver etc.... But since I couldn't take it on the plane, stopped carrying it. Good idea to go find it and put it in my car.

Another solution: Just show houses in the morning or afternoon of sunny days. Of course you do have to remember that the sun rises in the East and sets in the West.

Here is a $3.99 compass with a conterfiet money detector. http://www.sourcingmap.com/portable-compass-thermometer-light-magnifying-glass-black-p-5039.html

I am impressed with your first post!!

Welcome Lisa,

What a great idea.  My purse runneth over, but what the heck.  I can certainly find room for one more tool.  Great Blog and I look forward to many more.  Welcome to the Rain.

Wow, you have some fanciful pictures on your blog.  I can hardly wait to read more and please keep those lovely pics coming!

Hi Lisa,

First, WELCOME to AR! I am already enjoying your blogs! I too was asked exposure for the first time a couple of weeks ago, the buyer was from CA, so no surprise there. Fortunately I had the neighborhood plot plan, so I was able to determine it. However now thanks to your blog and your great idea, I will search high and low for the deluxe compass I had as a boy scout long ago and far away. It was old then, and now super old, but I'm betting that magnetic north is still in about the same place!

Lisa, that was so entertaining.  I never think about that when I am buying or selling a home.  Good Job!

Dawn Soper

What an interesting blog!!! I showed property today and my client asked over and over about which direction the sun set.  I was clueless about how to respond.  "Uh... we can check the compass in my car..."  I'm so cluless, I don't think I have a clue about how to do that even!! I have to get one of those compasses.  Thanks for suggesting this. I never would have thought of it.

More blogging from the Southern Gal is needed..... Love the pics too, so keep it all coming!

Hi Lisa,

Thanks for the positive comment on my blog. 

The southern exposure gets sun all day, The west gets the beautiful sunsets, The East the nice morning sun and the Northern exposure gets the cool shade.

That is why the more savvy buyers want to know the exposures.  Most of the people with a GPS have a compass built in. Though yours sounds more impressive  :)

All the best!

Hi Lisa,

I'm glad you had a great weekend with the girls. 

Thanks for the nice comment on my blog.

People want to know the exposure for different reasons.

West -  Great Sunsets  - Great for Family Room or Kitchen/Patio

East - Great Morning Light I love a Bedroom with morning light

South - Sun all day.

North- Cooling shade.

All the best!

Hey, I wish you would blog some more, dudette!  I'm a waitin' and a wonderin' when you are gonna give us some more tips!

Lisa Southern 
Good ideas never get old - do they?
All the best - Lynn

This post was written back in 2008. There is now a compass that is very handy on our phones. Easy to use easy to find. Just ask Seri.