Posts from October 2020

My friends in Colorado just got a healthy foot of snow (even in town!) so the idea of moving right now is not the least bit attractive. The last couple times I have moved, we have been super fortunate with decent weather and relatively easy access to the house/garage. A couple "moves" ago, we hired a company to do the moving and I can't express enough how magical that whole experience was. Simply filling our car with some "breakables" and waiting for the truck to arrive at the new house was sublime. Let's take a look at some of the things you should keep in mind when planning (or executing) your move.

Since we're currently living in "crazy time", I recommend you check with the building or neighborhood where you are moving to. Some of these HOAs and condo associations have silly (IMHO) rules about which days you can move....

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I went to a new breakfast place last week and ended up leaving before I even ordered my food. While a bummer, (I was starving!) it was another lesson in the importance of first impressions. They failed on so many levels I won't detail them all here. The primary issue was, it just didn't "feel" like a place I wanted to eat. After telling my story to a few friends, I was quickly assured I had made the right decision. Today we're going to talk about that "first impression" when you are selling your home. Let's dig into your curb appeal, shall we?

We're in that time of year when curb appeal is at its easiest. You have countless options with pumpkins, corn stalks, halloween decorations and a myriad of other fall accoutrements. At our house, we have a 10 foot tall scary, inflatable "tree" holding a jack-o-lan...

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What's driving crazy busy real-estate sales in valley?

BY RACHAEL BROWN - SPECIAL TO THE CONWAY DAILY SUN (10/10/20)

CONWAY — Location, location, location. That's the triple-word mantra of the real estate world. Though there is disagreement about the term's origin — perhaps it was published in the Chicago Tribune in 1926, or perhaps coined by Lord Harold Samuel in Britain 1944 — one thing is for sure: Our location is drawing buyers to the Granite State in droves.

According to the New Hampshire Realtors' August report, the actual number of sales were slightly down from the same month last year. However, this August's $800 million total — with properties having a median selling price of $349,450 — represents the highest sales month in the state's history.

Carroll and Coos County are ve...

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OK, "locality" is a bit of a stretch. "Location" seemed too broad but you know how much I love alliteration. The idea is to love your home and keep loving it through the impending winter chill. This week I attacked my bedroom/office. Honestly there was no real reason for it. I was pretty happy with the layout. It was pure boredom. It was time for a new look and I just purchased a shiny new laptop. I figured I should go ahead and change things up in the office while I was at it. Not to mention I really didn't feel like working on a Monday morning.

Change is a funny thing. I really like my "routine" most days. Grind the coffee beans. Do some yoga. Have some breakfast. And take my coffee down to the office and get started. Going on vacation obviously throws that pattern out the window and I love it. A little...

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Real Estate Corner - VIBE MAGAZINE Summer/Fall 2020
By Bernadette Donohue, Contributing Author or REALTOR®

Being a passenger with a teenage driver, I am constantly aware that I have absolutely no control, at least over the brake and wheel. This has become a good reminder to me lately of the trust that we must place in others. Our society is built on trusting others, otherwise we would never get into a car (much less with a teenager driver). What keeps the traffic flowing and the oncoming cars from crossing the line, however, are not just the rules that our society has agreed upon, but also a human desire most have to survive, thrive, and not cause ha...

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