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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
Summertime is finally here!  Here's a list of things to do this month to help get your garden growing for summer, provided by MSN Real Estate.   Plant extra bulbs now for a burst of brightness later in the summer. Water at cooler times of the day to prevent quick evaporation and lower your water bills. 'Color spots' For splashes on color in early summer, select bright nursery annuals already in bloom. Perennials are June-perfect planters   Plant flowering perennials of all kinds for late spring, summer and fall blooms:  Oriental poppy, foxglove, salvia, aster, colubine, delphinium, feverfew and heuchera name a few.   Lawn Care If your lawn needs aerating, it's not too late to perforate away. Overseed or reseed those stubborn scraggly spots. Fertilize now, if you haven't already. Think c...
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
Kick off summer with Cheyenne's Hispanic Festival taking place Friday, June 3 - Sunday, June 5, 2011 Cheyenne Depot Museum Various Hours throughout the weekend Brought to you by the Wyoming Pork Producers council, this festival provides the City of Cheyenne with the opportunity to celebrate the various Hispanic cultures in our community.  The festival will provide educational and cultural exhibits, as well as a variety of food and entertainment. The exhibit "Paredes de Halbando, Walls that Speak", murals by Steven Lucero will be displayed in the Hynds building. Come enjoy live music, folkloric dancers, beer and food, food and more food! For more information, including hours of operation, visit Cheyenne Hispanic Festival.
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
Most homeowners don't think about their property insurance all that often because it's common to enjoy the security of knowing that your insurance company has you covered.  But is that really true?  Are you covered for those unusual, unlikely situations that you think will never happen to you?  Here are 7 freaky home threats that you should makes sure to be covered for.  The unlikely hood of them occurring is high, but if it does occur, you want to be sure to be covered! Flood.  Although this one is fairly common, it is the most common calamity not covered by a standard policy, which many homeowners discover the hard way.  Flood insurance can be purchased from most insurance agents, but it is underwritten by the federal government and provided in policies separate from your homeowners i...
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
Only 64 days until the Daddy of 'em all, the 115th Cheyenne Frontier Days.  Since 1897, Cheyenne Frontier Days has been kicking up dust with the world's largest outdoor rodeo and Western Celebration.  To help enhance you're excitement for this year's celebration, here is the 2011 concert lineup: July 22:  Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow July 23:  Jason Aldean with Mark Chesnutt and Thompson Square July 24:  The Charlie Daniels Band with the JaneDear Girls July 27:  Montley Crue with Sick Puppies July 28:  Darius Rucker with Kevind Costner & Modern West July 29:  Zac Brown Band July 30:  Toby Keith with Eric Church Tickets can be purchased online. Check out a full line up of events at this year's Cheyenne Frontier Days. Frontier Lodging Availability.  NOTE:  For Frontier Days lodging reservati...
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
Should you rent?  Or should you buy?  Even those who would normally say no to buying, are now saying yes!  Here is a post from the KCM Crew about what makes more sense financially; to buy or to rent: Business School professors Eli Beracha of East Carolina University and Ken H. Johnson of Florida International University have done extensive research on which makes more sense financially: to rent or own a home. They published, Lessons from Over 30 Years of Buy versus Rent Decisions: Is the American Dream Always Wise?In their paper, the professors do not dispute the social benefits of homeownership: "Home ownership is touted as the "American Dream". It is credited with enhancing wealth, increasing civic pride, improving self-esteem, crime prevention, child development, and better education...
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
It's beginning to be that time of year again; time to get the garden started.  Here are 7 habits/tips that every successful gardener should use: Make a compost.  Mother nature never throws anything away.  Start with kitchen, yard and garden debris and you will wind up with two benefits:  a great soil amendment and many green points for avoiding the landfill.  Use the compost.  Spread compost around plants to ward off disease; put a bit in your potting mix to add slow-release micro-nutrients; top-dress beds with it to improve soil structure now matter what kind of soil you are using; or use it to help restore life to soils that's exhausted from years of chemical abuse. Plant crops in wide beds.  This includes anything planted for harvesting; vegetables, cutting flowers or shrubs on hold ...
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
Joing the Cheyenne Mineral & Gem Society for the 12th Annual Cheyenne Mineral, Fossil, Gem & Rock Show Saturday, May 14; 9 am to 6 pm Sunday, May 15; 10 am to 4 pm American Legion Post #6 2001 E. Lincolnway, Cheyenne Enjoy exhibits, jewelry, fossils, petrified wood, grab bags, fluorescent minerals, free gold panning, silent auction, a faceting demonstration and a gold nugget to be raffled off.  Don't forget your camera; there will be large dinosaur models you won't want to miss. Admission is $3 per person.  Children 12 and under are FREE. See you there!
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
When it comes to real estate, we've all fallen to a mistake or two.  Here are 10 mistakes you can avoid in real estate provided by HGTV. Not providing easy access for showings.  Make your house easily accessible to potential buyers.  If there is nowhere to park or it is difficult to get into your house, buyers may skip it and move on to the next. Waiting until Spring to sell you home.  Although Spring is the busiest season of real estate, it doesn't mean that buyers aren't looking 365 days of the year.   Buying without actually seeing the property.  With all of the Internet pictures and virtual tours, it's easy to buy a house without seeing it first.  But keep in mind that virtual tours may be deceiving.  Plus, it's hard to actually get a sense and feel of a home by only looking at pict...
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
Are you starting to feel some despair that your house has been on the market for a while now with no bites?  Well have no fear!  Here are 7 great tips to increase your home's curb appeal, provided by MSN Real Estate: Start the power washer.  Winter is finally over and your home has probably taken quite the beating from it.  Rent or borrow a power washer and give the exterior of your home a good cleaning.  Add mulch.  Mulch always looks a bit sad after winter; it gets spread around and blown about.  Adding a thick new layer of mulch can work wonders for your home's curb appeal. Clean out flower beds.  Although you may not have flowers coming up in your beds yet, still make sure that they are presentable.  Trim dormant ornamental grasses and hostas to the ground, and clean out any leaves ...
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
Many Beatles fans never had the opportunity to experience a live Beatles show; until now.     A Beatles Tribute Classical Mystery Tour  Saturday, April 30, 2011 7:30 to 9:30 pm Cheyenne Civic Center Classical Mystery Tour offers that live experience in the comfort of a concert hall.  The four musicians in Classical Mystery Tour look and sound just like the Beatles, but Classical Mystery Tour is more than just a rock concert.  The full show presents some 30 Beatles tunes sung, played and performed exactly as they were written.   Hear Penny Lane with a live trumpet section; experience the beauty of Yesterday with an acoustic guitar and string quartet; enjoy rock/classical blend on the hard-edged I Am the Walrus.  From early Beatles music on through the solo years, Classical Mystery Tour i...
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
When a real estate agent tells someone that buying a house is a great investment, most people think they are only saying that because it's their job to do so.  So because of this, the KCM Crew wanted to offer potential homebuyers with an outside perspective on homebuying being a good investment by gathering information from members of the investment community.  This is what they found: The Wall Street Journal Jim Woods wrote an article earlier this year for Market Watch, part of the Wall Street Journal’s digital network. Its title: Why your best investment is a house. Mr. Woods compared the investment potential of real estate against other asset classes such as stocks and precious metals. Here was his conclusion. One reason your best investment right now could be a home has to do with ...
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
  St. Patricks day may have come and gone, but are you still feeling the urge to go green?  Here are 8 easy ways to green your home provided by CNNMoney.com: 1. Be wise about windows.  By putting windows in the right places, you can benefit from the most old-fashioned kind of solar power.  Homes in the northern part of the country with most of its windows facing the sout will collect more light, and therefore more heat in the winter. 2.  Ventilate and if circulate.  The key to keeping cool in the summer without cranking the air condition is to force warm air out of your house as quickly as possible.  vents in the attic space, combined with insulation in the ceiling below, keep the cool air downstairs from being warmed by the pocket of hot air above. 3. Insulate.  Upgrading the insulatio...
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
Join the Cheyenne COMEA House for their 4th Annual "Empty Bowls" Event Thursday, April 21, 2011 Holiday Inn (204 West Fox Farm Road, Cheyenne) 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Enjoy soup, bread and a beverage, as well as a "bowl" for $10.  This even is to help raise money for the homeless by bidding on their silent auction items including artwork from local artisits and an IPOD TOUCH.  All proceeds to benefit the COMEA House and Resource Center. Tickets are $10.00 and available at COMEA House, from the COMEA Board Members and at the door.  
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
Choose a listing agent.  This is the person who will represent you and have a fiduciary responsibility to look out for your best interest. Get your home ready for sale.  Start by cleaning, decluttering and improving your curb appeal.  Hire a professional stager to stage your home or ask your agent for help in staging.  Also, be sure to make any necessary repairs. Figure out how much your home is worth.  Don't make the mistake over over pricing your home.  Price your home in line with recently sold homes that have the same features as yours.  Also consider whether your market is cold, hot or neutral and price accordingly. Market your home.  Sit down with your agent and agree on an advertising/marketing plan to sell your house.  Be sure to take quality pictures and make them available fo...
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
Can you believe it's already April?  And you know what that means; SPRING is here, well and of course tax deadline is approaching quickly! Here are some tips from the IRS spokesperson, Gregg Semanick, as April 18th slowly creeps upon us: Don't miss the filing deadline, especially if you owe money.  EIther file your tax return, or request an extension by April 18 to avoid possible penalty.  Wondering how much a penalty could be?  Well if you owe $1,000 and file late, your penalty could be as much as $250; 25% of the unpaid balance. Keep in mind that an extension postpones filing, not paying.  The filing extension is generally accepted with or without payment as long as it is correctly completed and filed by April 18.  An extension gives you until October 17, 2011 to file your return but ...
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
Lets face it; home improvement projects can put a dent in you wallet and now adays most projects make you feel like you're throwin gmoney to the wind.  Just a few years back you coul dcount on getting the bulk of your money back for almost all home-improvement projects; today not so much.  In a study conducted by Remodeling magazine, the average return on value for aan upgrade declined from 87% in 2005 to 64% in 2009.  So it is important that when you do decide to remodel, you do it in the best way to maximize your return on the investment. Here are six rules provided by Money Magazine to make sure this happens: Repairs get the biggest returns.  Although a Jacuzzi and Sub-Zeros would be nice enhancements, your smartest money is going to needed maintenance.  If buyers discover problems d...
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
The Cheyenne Little Players Theatre is proud to announce the opening weekend of    Noises Off by Michael Frayn April 8-10, 2011 April 15-17, 2011 Mary Godfrey Playhouse 7:30pm     One of the funniest plays of the late 20th Century, this class backstage farce, complete with slamming doors, sexual dalliances, confusions, and errant plates of sardines, follows a hapless acting troupe who prove that whatever can go wrong - on the stage or off - during the course of a disatrous provincial tour, will. Tickets are on sale and range from $16 to $22 each. For more information, visit Cheyenne Little Theatre.
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
Enjoy one last Winter Farmers Market in Cheyenne on    Saturday, April 2, 2011 10 am to 2 pm Historic Train Depot in Downtown Cheyenne (121 West 15th Street)     You'll find a bounty of locally raised grass fed meats from Beef, Bison and Lamb, along with free range pastured Chicken.  As well as winter vegetables like winter squash, onions, leeks, beets, carrots and even lettuce (weather permitting). You can also enjoy fresh homemade artisan breads, cookies, pies, cinnamon rolls, pineapple upside down case, cupcakes, soups, chowders and more. This is a great way to help support local Cheyenne farmers as well as enjoy fresh foods.  Vendors sell items that are produced in Wyoming or northern Colorado; within a 150 miles of Cheyenne. For more information, visit Local Harvest - Cheyenne.
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
The internet has become a great go-to source for pretty much anything.  But the real question is whether you can believe everything you read and hear on the internet.  Anyone who is preparing to buy or sell a house should make sure they do their research and try not to get taken by these four "lies" in Real Estate: Phony Photos and Videos:  The world of digital has been a life saver to buyers, sellers and agents.  It makes it easy to get a house out on the market, and for buyers to view potential houses they want to walk through.  But the problem is, it's easy to portray a digital image in a way that enhances what you would be looking at in person.  You may not want to think that it is done, but it is easy for sellers to post potures of yards and kitchens that you wouldn't find if you w...
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By Connie Webb, Your Cheyenne Wyoming Realtor
(Century 21 Bell Real Estate)
There's a dear little plant that grows in our Isle,'Twas Saint Patrick himself sure that set it;And the sun on his labor with pleasure did smile,And with dew from his eye often wet it.It shines thro' the bog thro' the brake, thro' the mireland,And he called it the dear little Shamrock of Ireland.Andrew Sherry     Don't forget to wear your GREEN today!  
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