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The Hottest Trends in Outdoor Living

Gone are the days when the yard is used for just a few months. Today, the outdoors are an extension of the indoors, with gracious spaces for eating, lounging, and playing year-round. The latest trends in outdoor living have you covered – literally.

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The Price is Wrong

Selling a house today is like being on a reality show. And that show is called “Everyone’s An Expert.” Especially when it comes to the sales price. If you’re a REALTOR, don’t bother showing neighborhood comparables. The seller clearly knows what the price should be – based on what they owe, what they need to move up to their dream house, or what they simply think it’s worth. Never mind that their “must get” price is way out of the line for their house, their neighborhood, and the real estate market as a whole.

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Market Madness – Round Of 64

The first round is always about unexpected outcomes–and all the better for it! Whenever some small mountain college topples a giant state university expected to go to the final four . . . I don’t know, an angel gets it’s wings (and gets his bracket completely bombed on at the same time, incidentally). Our first round comparing the full sixty four cities turned up quite a few more upsets than expected. When it comes to economic prowess and stability, a city’s size doesn’t always matter as much as you’d assume.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day

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Spring Ahead on Sunday March 8th

Daylight saving time (DST) or summer time is the practice of advancing clocks during summer months by one hour so that light extends into the evening hours—sacrificing normal sunrise times. Typically, users of DST adjust clocks forward one hour near the start of spring and adjust them backward in the autumn to “normal” or regular time.

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Communication in your Association

Communication is essential for the harmony of your homeowner association. Do you have a regular newsletter that is informative and timely? Is it worth reading? More often then not, most newsletters are “throwaways”. It doesn’t need to be that way. With a bit of imagination, they could be both informative and fun to read.

How’s Your Association?

Are the Suburbs going out of style?

Are you out of style? If you live in the suburbs, you just may be.

At least that’s what a new report from Portland, Oregon-based think tank City Observatory said.

People have typically moved out to the suburbs for a few key reasons: more house for the money; the possibility of better public schools; a more family-focused environment; a yard for the dog. The tradeoff is more time spent commuting, less time at home. For many, it’s worth it. But that might be changing.

“Downtown is coming back. Just look at Charlotte, Oklahoma City and Milwaukee—classic examples of U.S. cities where the well-to-do chose to live in the suburbs,” said Bloomberg in a story on City Observatory’s report. “Now they are among the most vibrant U.S. city centers.”

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6 Home Selling Tips for Winter

It’s true that many home shoppers stop looking during the winter, and there are several reasons why. Some don’t want to go on home tours when the roads are slick, others want to wait until more homes come on the market in spring, and many don’t want to change their children’s school mid-year. However, those who do need a home during the winter season are the most serious, often looking to move because they need to, not because they want to. This can put the seller in an advantageous position if they are flexible with the timing.

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How to Install Laminate Floor

Laminate flooring has the same great look as wood flooring and installation is easy with an array of styles and colors. For this project you will need laminate flooring, a jigsaw, a circular saw, miter saw, spacers, weights, a tapping block, dead blow hammer, pull bar, a tape measure, a pencil, a utility knife, a level, wood glue, silicone sealant and transitions/moldings.

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Go Where Starbucks Goes

Deciding where to buy a home can be one of the most difficult decisions to make. If you have a built-in reason to choose one area over another (it’s close to work; it’s where you grew up and you’re emotionally tied to it; there’s a rumor about a professional football team coming soon), it can be easier. But for the rest of us, a multitude of factors can make the choice challenging.

So how do you know where to buy if you’ve got value in mind? Here are a couple schools of thought.

The Hottest Trends in Outdoor Living

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The Price is Wrong

Learn why the Price is Wrong

Market Madness – Round Of 64

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Learn More about St. Patrick’s Day

Spring Ahead on Sunday March 8th

Learn More about Daylight Savings Time

Communication in your Association

How’s Your Association?

Are the Suburbs going out of style?

Click Here to Learn More

6 Home Selling Tips for Winter

See 6 Home Selling tips for the Winter

How to Install Laminate Floor

Click Here to see How it’s Done

Go Where Starbucks Goes

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