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2016
25 Things Home Owners Must Do on Moving Day Welcome to your new home! After weeks of searching for a house, then waiting even more weeks for the Bank to originate the mortgage, the Big Day is upon you. It is time to move into your new house! You may be moving across town, you may be m...
03/21/2016
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Do you edit your photographs? All of my photographs are edited before they are placed on social media sites or used in blogs. Some photographs do not need much and some have dramatic improvements with editing. When editing real estate photographs, the goal is to improve the image but all should...
03/21/2016
Book Recommendation: Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian Secrets of Eden (2010) is a novel by New York Times bestselling American author Chris Bohjalian. The Secrets of Eden movie premiered on February 4 on Lifetime Television. Alice Haywood is baptized by Baptist minister Stephen Drew just before...
03/20/2016
Social media gives you a chance to not only stay in touch with people you've done business with, it also provides you with an opportunity to get to know their connections as well. Social Media Marketing - Get Results by Being Involved Social media marketing is about give and take. In order to get...
03/20/2016
NAR has an article on social media posts that can get you into trouble. This article has guidelines on what social media topics to avoid. Discussions of commissions and bad experiences with other agents are on this list. Having a Bad Day?...Don't Use Social Media to Vent OK...the transaction didn...
03/20/2016
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Crocus, an early sign of spring in Maryland Little crocus flowers are one of the early signs of spring in Maryland. Sometimes they provide colorful spots in the late snow. When we see the crocus blooms, we know that daffodils will soon be blooming as well. Crocus, Kentlands IMG_2749Photograph by ...
03/20/2016
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Have some fun with your flower photographs When you are marketing real estate, your photographs need to show the actual conditions in the best light. However, when you photograph flowers, you can play with your editing and not have any complaints from the flowers. On Saturday, Dolores and I atten...
03/19/2016
All of the home staging suggestions you’ve heard about preparing your home for sale....cleaning, painting, mowing, packing, editing, updating and repairing are true. Price is Key But Buyers Aren’t Blind to Condition! If you’ve ever tried to sell your home, you know, or, at least, were told, tha...
03/19/2016
People are talking, discovering the advantages and the word is spreading. Why Visitors Want to Become Homeowners in Stones Manor Clarksville TN Stones Manor Clarksville is a luxury neighborhood in the Rossview School Zone. People are talking, discovering the advantages and the word is spreading....
03/19/2016
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Clothes Dryer Cleaning Day The Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service in Montgomery County, Maryland reports that they have recently responded to several clothes dryer fires. It is a good idea to have a Clothes Dryer Cleaning Day included in your spring cleaning efforts. Clean in and around your...
03/19/2016
