Jacki and Jerry's Blog

We almost had to pinch each other to realize it was true!  After many months of working with our laptops sitting on card tables and yelling into our phones over the sounds of sawing and drilling, our market center was finally transformed from tired old space in dire need of a facelift to a classy...

We were sure hoping for better weather, but hey, 50 degrees isn't all that cold.  Wrong!  When you're sitting close to the Ohio River and the wind is blowing, it's colder than a well-digger's derriere!  (That was my mother's favorite way to describe how cold it was outside, except she didn't say ...

Come on.  'Fess up.  When you're in real estate, or sales in general for that matter, it's hard to turn it off at the end of the day - especially when you have to make a concerted effort to LET your day END.  Am I right?  I was just casually talking with a client-turned-very good friend who moved...

Jerry and I have been to several beautiful vacation spots over the years, and I have often found myself saying, "I love this place!  I could live here for the rest of my life!"  We've even picked up the local paper and grabbed a HOMES magazine and dreamed about owning our own private piece of par...

    I am having such a great time on Active Rain !  What a great resource for interacting with, and learning from, other Realtors, as well as mortgage professionals, home inspectors and home staging experts.  The blogs I write have given us great search engine optimization, and we can post our bl...

If you're planning a move to beautiful Oldham County soon, and you've got little ones in elementary school, The Oldham County Board of Education has provided a comprehensive list of streets with district school assignments for each.  Click on the map below for a copy of this list.   Jacki and Jer...

4 Bedrooms 3.5 Baths           2 Years Young         Walkout Finished Basement             4,342 Finished Sqaure FeetWe get so many phone calls from Buyers looking for that PERFECT OASIS of PRIVACY! Well, THE SHAFER TEAM has what you're looking for right here on 5 glorious ACRES in LaGrange's bea...

The Open House.  Most Realtors will tell you they have a love/hate relationship with them.  When they are well attended, and certainly when they actually result in a sale, how exciting!  On the flip side, when no one shows up and you sit there like the Maytag Repairman hoping someone will come an...

The Open House.  Most Realtors will tell you they have a love/hate relationship with them.  When they are well attended, and certainly when they actually result in a sale, how exciting!  On the flip side, when no one shows up and you sit there like the Maytag Repairman hoping someone will come an...

Be watching your mailbox:  It's not Publisher's Clearinghouse, but some money IS on the way!  The government's $168 BILLION DOLLAR Economic Stimulus package is coming soon - maybe as early as Spring.  Intended to jumpstart the economy by distributing tax rebates across our land, the Feds are hopi...