Home Selling Ideas to Entice Today’s Buyer: Part 2

In Part 1, professional stagers from Bungalow Home Staging & Redesign and rcShelter LLC gave insight on their thoughts and the ideas they give sellers in preparing their home for sale along with some before and after photos. Let’s continue the discussion.   Nationally, the median age of first-time home buyers is 31 with approximately [...]

What To Do With All That Extra Paint?

Whether you are buying or selling a home, the age old question of, “What do I do with all that extra paint?” comes up. This is time to add a helpful action step to your calendar. There’s a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Saturday, May 5 from  8:30am – 4:00pm at the Essex County [...]

Q&A Series: Real Estate Uncovered, vol 1, iss 3

People ask me and my real estate partner and husband Bob Meaux real estate questions all the time. We know many other people are probably asking the same questions. Here’s where Real Estate Uncovered comes in. Periodically I will post Q&As we’ve discussed with someone or respond to questions we’ve heard from others. If you [...]

Q&A Series: Real Estate Uncovered, Vol1, Iss2

People ask me and my real estate partner and husband Bob Meaux real estate questions all the time. We know many other people are probably asking the same questions. Here’s where Real Estate Uncovered comes in. Periodically I will post Q&As we’ve discussed with someone or respond to questions we’ve heard from others. If you [...]

Q&A Series: Real Estate Uncovered, vol 1,issue 1

  People ask Bob and I real estate questions all the time. We know many other people are probably asking the same questions. Here’s where Real Estate Uncovered comes in. Periodically I will be posting the Q&As we’ve discussed with someone or responding to questions I’ve heard from others. If you have a real estate [...]

Decorating Tip: Avoid The Biggest Mistake Made in Painting a Room

Avoid the biggest mistake made in painting a room. It’s easy to avoid it but almost no one thinks about taking the one step needed to do so. IF YOU ARE PAINTING A ROOM A CUSTOM COLOR, DON’T FORGET TO GET AN EXTRA GALLON OR TWO OF THE CUSTOM PAINT MIX WHEN YOU FIRST PURCHASE [...]

Real Estate: Free Estimates? Beware.

As your hunt for the place of your dreams or begin to renovate your dream home, keep one thing in mind: Free Estimates in real estate may be a thing of the past for awhile. We have all heard the news of how the fight for freedom in Arab nations has begun to strike concern [...]

Use Google to See a Home for Sale in a Whole New Light in All This Snow

You are looking to buy or sell a house in this crazy, harsh, and unpredictable weather. Do you just want to see this type of picture to the right? Or do you want to have some version of the house where you can see how the property looks without all the snow-covered hues? Use Google [...]