Don Corson's (dcorson) Blog

Reynoldsburg, OH was graced with the newest location of Five Guys Burgers and Fries the simple but fantastic burger joint that is quietly taking the nation (and world) by storm.  I have sampled the joys of the Five Guys at the Easton Town Center in Columbus, OH recently, but I haven't yet tried ...

Ms. Bantwall spells out some excellent points in her post here.  Having your home readily available for other agents to show, even at short notice, is vitally important to getting the maxiumum number of showings. Having great photos is one of the most important factors in getting the maximum numb...

I have been thinking alot lately about the virtues of my parents and grandparents generation, and how they would have behaved in our current economic times.  Actually, we know: it was called the Great Depression.  And they did whatever was necessary, whether it be sell apples, collect scraps of t...

I think my first experience with a "flashy" real estate agent, up close and personal, was a brief meeting in the mid- '90s with the agent that sold my sister's home in New Jersey.  She rolled up in a almost new  black 7-series BMW (similar to the one above), dressed to the "nines", well coiffed,...

I had to stop by a new Bank foreclosure listing that we having coming up, in a neighborhood on the southwest side of Columbus, OH.  The "trash out" crew had not yet been there, so the home is exactly as it was the day the former residents moved out.  This particular home was fairly well cared fo...

Went out today to take a look at this house with an investor client of mine.  This is a newly updated foreclosure listing in Canal Winchester, OH, which is a suburb of Columbus, OH.  He is always on the lookout for good project homes that are too nasty for the normal handy homeowner to want, but ...

I have been playing with Picnik, the free, online photo editing site lately, and I have only scratched the surface, but so far, there is alot to love, especially for us real estate professionals who are not professional photographers in the making.   I first saw HDR photography for real estate a ...

The 45th annual Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival is happening this weekend at Huber Park, in the center of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.  Huber Park is located on Davidson, Close to Haft Drive.  The best bet for parking will be finding a spot on a side street in the Huber neighborhood. Reynoldsburg, Ohio is th...

I see oceans of confusion with agents on the whole Wordpress question for websites and blogging activity.  In early 2009, as I was beginning to investigate new solutions for my Real Estate presence online, I did much lurking and digging online as to the best solutions.  I looked to the professio...

The 2010 BIA Parade of Homes, which most people refer to as the "Columbus Parade of Homes" kicked off last weekend in New Albany, in a subdivision called Ackerley Park.  We must still be in a recession, since there are only 8 homes in the Parade this year.  I think this is probably a smart numbe...