Rosalie's Reflections

  “What can you do to sell my house WITHOUT dropping the price,” he asked me several times throughout my listing presentation.  He confided that he had cancelled his last listing agreement just days ago due to lack of showings. The home is new within a few years and in an upscale location but yet...

Thursday started off as so many Thursdays before until it arrived. The email that left me rather shaken all day long.  The email that informed us that one of our co-workers had passed away in his sleep the night before.  Roger was a kind man with a sweet smile and years of experience selling real...

I am the outdoorsy sort of girl. There is nothing I like to do more then jump in my kayak and paddle around looking at wildlife. If I am not in my kayak I am out hiking the trails with my camera. One of my favorite haunts is Palisades State Park in Garretson,SD. Palisades is a small slice of heav...

So even if you are on the market you may not be in the market. We preach over and over ad naseaum about the importance of listing at the correct price but today lets talk about the next spoke in the wheel, condition.  If you are listing your house and it is not in show room condition the people t...

  I was so intrigued by this home that I went up and rang the bell to ask the homeowners if I could take a photo to share on my blog.  The homeowner was a very pleasant woman that was even nice enough to show me around. She gave me some other details on the house as well. This beautiful house was...

             I started out the child of a single mother, of modest means in a modest town. We never did starve but we didn’t have much money to throw around either. My mother was in college during a good chunk of my childhood, and my saving grace was my grandpa and grandma who I was with constant...

  I am a foodie. I will be the first to admit it. I am a voracious cook. There is nothing I enjoy more then being in my kitchen, listening to Jazz, while cooking with a glass of wine in hand. And I can make most anything, with the help of a recipe. But sometimes a cook just doesn’t want to cook! ...

Sioux Falls 20th Annual JazzFest is coming to town July 14, 2011- July 16th, 2011.  With two stages and 23 great acts there will be something for everyone to love. There will be beverages and food vendors as well. Outside food and drink is prohibited and leave Rover home as well…. unless he is a...

Terrace Park, located in the heart of downtown Sioux Falls, is one of my favorite places to be. Established in 1917 on 52 acres there is something for everyone here. Terrace Park pool built in 1994 has several slides and is a zero entry pool for the safety of your little ones. For the older kids ...

  RASE-REALTOR Association of the Sioux Empire- June 2011 Housing Market Statistical Reporting   Sioux Falls, SD – July 8, 2011: You may have noticed some "noise" lately about where the market is heading. Some accounts are optimistic while others, well, aren't. The good news is that local data p...