Vickie 's Blog

The way you live in a home and the way you sell it are two different things, says home-staging guru Barb Schwarz in her book "Home Staging: The Winning Way to Sell Your House for More Money." Here are some home-staging tips to share with clients who are readying their homes for sale: Staging is n...

 Use a yard sale to reduce the clutter in your home and get rid of items you don't want to move. 1. Check with your city government to see if you need a permit or license.  2. See if neighbors want to participate and have a "block" sale to attract more visitors.  3. Advertise. Put an ad in free c...

Ten Ways to Make Your House More Salable 1. Get rid of clutter. Throw out or file stacks of newspapers and magazines. Pack away most of your small decorative items. Store out-of-season clothing to make closets seem roomier. Clean out the garage.  2. Wash your windows and screens to let more light...

You have to do this...absolutely hilarious!   1. Go to http://www.google.com/2. Click on "maps"3. Click on "get directions"4. Type "New York, NY" in the first box (the "from" box)5. Type "London" in the second box (the "to" box)6. Click "get directions"7. Scroll down to step #23  *What was this p...

We  have all been touched by   cancer , somewhere  in our lives, please read below and keep it  going.   I have been asked to keep this going and hope you will keep it  moving too.  The New M&M colors Pass this on to all of your friends. There are many women out there who have breast cancer .  Le...

How smart is Your Right Foot ? ?Just try this. It is from an orthopedic surgeon............This will boggle your mind and you will keep trying over and over again tosee if you can outsmart your foot, but you can't. It's preprogrammed in yourbrain!1. WITHOUT anyone watching you (they will think yo...

Spring into cleaning - Use a little elbow grease tomake your floors, windows, appliances and lightfixtures sparkle. Potential buyers feel more comfortablewhen viewing a clean house.Minimize clutter - "Less is more" when it comesto staging your home for sale. Put anything in storagethat takes away...

Try this from Xerox. If you go to this web site, http://www.letssaythanks.com/ you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You cannot pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services.  How A...

I advise you and your clients to go online to: www.optoutprescreen.com and do the electronic opt out for 5 years. This will keep the bureau's from selling your name, phone number, and address information as a "trigger lead"  and it will stop the junk credit card offers you get in the mail which i...

I received this as an email from a friend. I was shocked. WOW! Thought some of you would like to know what happens (or I should say doesn't happen) to your car.  Take note to the part where the manager was on the phone to his district manager and he made the comment, we were caught on film. What ...