Getting past the emotions of selling a home and recognizing you are marketing a house can be darn difficult for many homeowners. It's essential to get past the personal attachment to the property in order to make some key decisions about what has to be done to properly prepare the home for listin
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03/21/2016
Carlsbad 5000 Festivities are April 2 - 3, 2016 Carlsbad is home to a number of premier athletic events, and one of them, the Carlsbad 5000, is considered the world’s fastest 5K run. This popular race will be held April 3rd in Carlsbad, its 31st year, with a number of events also on April 2nd inc
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03/21/2016
Happy Spring! It's officially the first day of spring, a day when the day and night are approximately equal, and otherwise known as the Spring or Vernal Equinox. The Flower Fields in Carlsbad are in full bloom and the purple Jacarandas are not far behind. And Easter is right around the corner! A
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03/20/2016
Showing instructions that are not clear and easy to understand can drive you nuts when you want to show a house. The same is true when you don't get calls back to confirm appointments or to learn now to gain access. BUT agents who do not follow showing instructions can be a huge annoyance too, fo
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03/19/2016
La Costa, Carlsbad Will Soon Have a New Fitness Club, Equinox There is lots of construction going on in Carlsbad right now - roads are being widened or repaired, commercial properties are expanding, new residential developments are being built (e.g., Robertson Ranch, The Reserve), and some homeo
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03/19/2016
This is a wonderful resource for those of you with Pinterest sites that could use some work, as well as great ideas for getting started with a site. Rain provided some terrific tips on how to set up your Pinterest site but also on how best to pin to your boards. Anyone with other tips and advice,
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03/18/2016
Visit the Winter Spring 2016 Exhibit at The Carlsbad Sculpture Garden The Carlsbad Sculpture Garden near Carlsbad Village is a wonderful place to enjoy an outdoor stroll while enjoying beautiful works of art. The Sculpture Garden features changing exhibits of mid and large scale sculpture by loc
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03/18/2016
A Beach House on Lieutenant Island in Wellfleet MA is VERY Special Some houses are very special, for a number of reasons, and the one we owned for 9 years on Lieutenant Island in Wellfleet, MA on Cape Cod was such a place - probably our very favorite house even though it was a vacation home. Lie
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03/17/2016
A "Coming Soon" Milestone in Washington, DC Hah, I bet I got you! YOU thought I was going to make some sort of political statement in this post about changes afoot in DC this coming November. Come on, you KNOW you did. And you were hoping, because it meant the possibilty of sharing your own pol
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03/17/2016
Terramar Beach in Carlsbad is a Great Place to Relax! I didn't have time to stress-bust at the beach today - it's one of my favorite things to do - but when I do Terramar Beach is my favorite place to stroll and enjoy the beauty we have here in Carlsbad. These were from a walk I enjoyed with my w
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03/16/2016
