Welcome Home to Iowa City!

After watching my 10 year old grandson go thru open heart surgery this past week, I've decided to complain a lot less and not sweat the small stuff!  Mr. Seller: You don't want to pay for replacing the obsolete electrical system in your home. That's fine! But you may lose the buyer!Ms Seller: You...

Mother's Day is one of my favorite days of the year! We usually get together for an early breakfast with our 3 kids and 3 grandsons. Then the rest of the day is MINE! If it's not raining, you'll find me outside- working on my flower beds. Or I might go fishing. All by myself or maybe with one of ...

All I wanted when I got up on Friday was to do a couple showings, return some calls and e-mails, enter a new listing, go to a closing at 2:00 in my office and go home! We were going out of town and leaving at 5:00. Everything went as scheduled until 1:40. I hadn't received a copy of the HUD state...

As all REALTORS are aware, April is Fair Housing month. That's not to say that we shouldn't follow the fair housing guidelines all year long! It's just that April is the anniversary month of the Federal Fair Housing act. It's a good time to remind everyone of the guidelines and how they apply to ...

I have buyer clients who are moving to Madison. They have already been contacted by a REALTOR through their relocation company. First off, she told them they would never be able to find what they were looking for in the price range they gave her but if they went up just $40,000 she was sure they ...

As I read many of  your blogs, I find myself thinking, "I've felt that way!" or "That's happened to me!". We may all live in different parts of the country, be affiliated with many different companies but what it really boils down to, is we all have a passion for real estate and doing what is bes...

It is Sunday afternoon and I have been sitting in my office the last 4 hours going through my e-mail and catching up on all the great articles I just have to read. I am fascinated by the on-line communities and blogging. Taking the e-PRO course really introduced me to a world I was vaguely famili...

We still seem to have a problem with consumers trusting Realtors. Have they had a bad experience? Did they just think it was bad and really it was a misunderstanding that the "bad" Realtor didn't even know about? Did they have parents who pounded it into their heads to not trust strangers? What i...

Is winter ever going to be over???  Growing up on an Iowa farm, you'd think I'd be used to the snow and cold. Maybe it's because I'm getting older. My body can't stand the cold and I have a real fear of falling! My husband, Tom, holds on to me and says "be careful, gramma".  He's experienced the ...