Merry Christmas to All!

I hope that everyone had a very merry Christmas! Ours was wonderful. Santa was good to all! Asa had such fun playing with his toys that we still haven't finished unwrapping them yet! (Sorry about the red eye - haven't fixed that yet but I loved this picture)

Home Decor

I was reading an article the other day with a lot of great ideas for decorating. Here were some of the websites they listed. I've not had a chance to check them out so let me know if you do!

Furnishcheap.com
Hotelsurplus.com
1stdibs.com
Dumpsterworld.com
Rentaldecorating.com
Elsewares.com
Tvshoppingsurplus.com
More @ cbs46.com
For fabrics: Discountfabrics.com
Fashionfabricsclub.com
Gstreetfabrics.com
Lewis-sheron-textile.com

From best bargains magazine by better homes and gardens

Waiting for Santa!

We are ready and waiting, now lets hope Santa will fit down the chimney!

Advertising

In an effort to create more exposure for my listings I've just registered with Point2Agent. This site submits your listings to many search engines as well as member Realtors. In addition it creates an agent website that seems to be a good site. You can take a look at it by clicking here: http://leighanneshepard.point2agent.com.
The list of sites includes: vast.com, edgio.com, TheHousingPages.com, VideoHomes.com, House.com, base.google.com, livedeal.com, cyberhomes.com, trulia.com, zillow.com, oodles.com, and many more!!
So far I'm impressed with this new tool! I'll let you know more about it later but I think it is going to be a wonderful tool to offer my sellers and buyers!

Note from Leigh Anne

Well, Christmas is almost here and it is 75 degrees outside! I'm loving this weather. If I could figure out a way to move my desk outside - that is where you would find me!

Investor Special

I have an investor special. This is a pre-foreclosure short sale that has been reduced to $159,900. The subdivision's average sale price is $194000 so this is a great opportunity to make some money! The price (as with all short sales) is subject to bank approval.

Please let me know if you have any interest!!

Leigh Anne

Note from Leigh Anne

I hope you are enjoying my blog and my website. I've been working very hard on the site - even learning HTML! - so I have put a lot of work into everything that you see here. I've got most of my existing pages finished now I'm beginning to work on building content and submitting it to search engines. So at the moment I am learning about SEO (search engine optimization) and taking pictures for some of my coming features. I'm not revealing my works in progress so you will have to keep checking back to see what changes come about! If you have a suggestion on what you would like to see please leave me a comment!!

Staging your home...

One of the first questions I am asked as a Realtor when I talk with someone about selling their home is "Do I need to do anything to it?"

The answer is usually "Yes."

This link will take you to 10 tips on "staging" a your property. That means how to make it look its best to a buyer. When you put up that for sale sign you are "competing" for a buyer. Your competition consists of every home on the market in your price range so that means some are new construction, some are professionally decorated, some are spotlessly clean, some have pets, some have kids, etc. (You get the idea - there are a lot of differences out there.) So you have to make yours stand out above ALL of these if you want to attract a buyer. Staging can help you do this faster.

Hope you enjoy the article!

LAS