Oregon's Spotlight on Home Staging and Real Estate

  Dear Real Estate Agent – I’ve enjoyed getting acquainted with you and think you have a great many admirable qualities that home sellers will find important.  Perhaps your attention to detail, negotiation skills and networking abilities set you apart from other agents, and I should start referri...

Your help is needed to make a difference for Salem homeless families As you drive down Edgewater Street in west Salem, you can easily pass and not notice the day center of Salem Interfaith Hospitality Network (Salem IHN).  It is in an area of older homes converted to business use and apartment bu...

Need some incentive to put in some time at your favorite charity?  How about a free night at a posh hotel?  Some 50 hotels across the country are giving away a free night to guests who prove that they completed at least eight hours of community service between July 1 and Dec. 20. The hotels, man...

How's the real estate market?  Per Forbes, "Even the wisest can't answer that, and experts caution against putting too much hope in rising home prices given the country's unemployment situation and high rate of mortgage defaults. But key measures indicate that some metros are more on their way to...

A recent poll of home buyers asked “Aside from the Kitchen and Bathroom what is the biggest selling point of a house”?    Think you know the answer? It wasn’t a spacious master suite . . . Lots of storage . . . a bonus room . . . or other structural features of a house. This biggest selling poin...

What super food has received accolades from nutritional experts as providing these benefits? improved vision cleaning arteries antioxidants strengthening blood vessels enhanced memory (whoo hoo!) reversing age related physical and mental declines (!!!!) and promoting weight control!   What super ...

  Please check out and encourage this new blogger!  It's always great to focus on the positive things around us!  I've disabled comments - please please please comment on Michele's blog!   Yesterday evening I was enjoying dinner at my moms house. I went to their Sunday newspaper as I always do to...

We've been involved in many kitchen and bathroom remodels and cabinetry is always key to not only a beautiful but highly functional room. Recently we were doing a full kitchen remodel and decided to compare the big box store to custom cabinetry options.  First I set up an appointment with "big bo...