Well we closed on 1408 Dearborn in Caldwell. Idaho. Paint the inside of the house, Do some trim touch ups. Does anyone know why porches our usually gray? This
house has the coolest wrap around porch. I was toying with the idea of painting it a color to match the accent color of the trim. Any ideas? We also need to carpet upstairs and a little downstairs. Is there anything short of refinishing the beautiful wood floors we can do to make it shine? We also want to repaint the beautiful old claw tubs. 
I want a gasp of delight the next time a buyer walks through the door. I have a budget of less then $5k. I think a dishwasher is important even if we only clean the kitchen. We have yard work but the weather is not right for it yet. I hope we are somewhat ready by Feb 15. I have free advertising in the paper that week and the next. Then we have a though cleaning and we will be ready. The market might be slow but this house is beautiful and with the upgrades should show very nicely. One problem with short sales is the owners aren't necessarily motivated to keep the house in show able condition. Fortunately, the labor is being provided by my partner. I'm the money person. He already started. The sellers asked if we could wait until Sat. so they could finish getting their stuff out. There is very little left and I told them we wouldn't touch their stuff but we needed to start work right away. I am paying $38/day to the bank and utilities. Well soon we will reenter the treasure valley real estate market with 1408 Dearborn. Well back to selling regular real estate. Check out my website.
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