One of the things I have discovered since I married Walt is that he has a green thumb. When we combined households he contributed several potted flowers and plants. One of the flowers he brought was this lovely Amaryllis I love the bright red blooms and the lovely green foliage. Walt and
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04/13/2017
Dogwoods have always been one of my favorite trees. Last week, I saw a pink one, which is quite rare, but I was in the car so I was not able to get a photo of it. I thought the next best thing would be to take a photo of the dogwood tree behind my house. This one is in full bloom. I am able
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04/13/2017
Recently, I have been showing new construction homes to a buyer client. The buyer is looking for a newer house with a nice kitchen, formal dining room, a downstairs master bedroom and an office or study on the first floor. We have looked at model homes in new developments, proposed constructio
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04/10/2017
There was one point when I was a REALTOR in Florida that all of my listings had a water view. I had listings with an ocean view, marsh view, lake view and a pond view. I decided to capitalize on this and used the phrase, "Are you looking for a home with a view?" in my print advertising. This a
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04/04/2017
Yesterday I answered a question by Corinne Guest, Managing Broker in the Q & A section of Active Rain. She asked what had been our most odd day in real estate. Having been a licensed REALTOR® since 1999, I have had my fair share of odd days. In May of 2000 I was on floor duty when I got a cal
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03/29/2017
The last three houses that I have owned had double garages. In reality, only one of the three would hold two cars. The picture below is of my previous house. This garage has about one and a half feet of extra space on each side of the door. The picture below is of our current house. It h
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03/26/2017
In the Williamsburg area, we have two types of open houses, broker opens and public open houses. Broker open houses are held on a weekday; lunch or snacks are often served and sometimes a gift card is offered. In this area, brokers open houses can be a great networking event despite the fact tha
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03/20/2017
From the time the crew arrived at our house on the morning of January 27th until they drove away from our new home, the experience with The Other Moving Company was great. They were friendly and jovial, they wrapped the doorways with plastic and also made sure that they took good care of our furn
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03/18/2017
I recently posted a blog about a company with an unusual name: The Other Moving Company an Unusual Name. Since February 2012, I have moved three times. I had some damage in the prior two moves so I was hoping to have a better experience this time. Our recent move with The Other Moving Compa
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03/16/2017
When Walt and I decided to move into a different house, we interviewed two moving companies. I had some damage and poor customer service on my two prior moves so I was hoping to have a better experience this time. One of the companies that we interviewed was The Other Moving Company which is ba
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03/15/2017
