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2008 

Every so often I get a great one page flyer from Lowe's - the home improvement store.  It's all about getting you home ready or getting you home nice or just puttering around. It's a quick read and mostly right on the money.  This one is about getting organized and de-cluttering, which is always ...
01/30/2008
I just came away from two customer service experiences that were so positive I just had to blog about them.  It just served as a reminder that, done right, great customer service makes me feel so warm and fuzzy and with such positive feelings toward the provider that I will gladly become a raving...
01/30/2008
I just finished watching a show on CNBC called The Millionaire Inside: Debt Makeover and I was astonished at the real estate advice the Money Mentors were offering. Granted.  The debtors (two couples and two singles) were in deep debt and had pretty poor credit scores as a result. However, there ...
01/29/2008
Here are the housing statistics for December 2007 in the City of College Park and Town of Berywn Heights, MD.  As you can tell, it's a little better than Prince George's County as a whole but still not a pretty picture with the number of sales significantly down and the Days on Market significant...
01/24/2008
I'm relatively new to Active Rain and I have to admit that I'm not tuned into all the tricks and hacks in order to get to the top of the list.  Heck, I'm not even really sure how to get a nice little HTML signature file to show up at the bottom of my blog posts like some Bloggers can.  However, I...
01/21/2008
In my previous posts about getting your home ready for sale I emphasized the importance of --1.  Being Priced Competitively2.  The Benefits of Location3. The Overall Condition of Your Home 4.  Curb Appeal 5.  Making Repairs and de-cluttering and6.  How Long it Might Take Your Home to Sell Now, it...
01/19/2008
Our local Multiple Listing Service (known as MRIS) provides a ton more in services than just listing your home. It also provides accurate data regarding housing sales. Below is a general overview of the situation in Prince George's County. It ain't pretty. 2007 2006 Total Sold Dollar Volume: $131...
01/18/2008
Move-In Home in Commute Distance to Metro AreaLocation: Bladensburg, MDThis great home has a bedroom and full bath on the main level - hardwood floors in living room - separate dining area. Upstairs bedrooms are large with another full bath. Unfinished basement has lots of potential and lots of s...
01/16/2008
Now that you've decided to put your home on the market and make the outside look great (curb appeal) and you've priced your home competitively so that you will attract the most buyers possible it's time to make the inside look great. In the age of the Internet and with lots of people online looki...
01/12/2008
Way back in October (is that way back?) I posted something called Realtors and their Photos asking the question posed from a great guy at Adaptive Blue about why Realtors have their photos on thier business cards.This post is about cars and I'll come to the point in a minute.When I first began my...
01/05/2008
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