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Compact Fluorescent Lights

I don’t know about you, but I’m really getting into this spring cleaning and greening challenge.   I hope you’ve made plans to join me!  I’ve made a list of ecologically responsible “to-do’s” and plan to check them all off by T...

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Spring Greening & Cleaning

How many of you have started your spring cleaning? How many are avoiding it like the plague? I admit that it can be hard to get started, but I actually love this annual ritual of cleaning, purging, donating and re-organizing. It’s good for my...

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Exterior Improvements For The Spring Market

So you’ve interviewed and hired a great Realtor®, have made smart interior improvements and now you’re ready to list your home for sale, right? Wrong! Unless, you’ve already spent some time and effort sprucing up your home’s exterior, ...

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Time Change Home Maintenance

We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog post to bring you this message: HOME MAINTENANCE. JUST DO IT. As you know (at least I hope you know or you’ve been operating an hour behind all week!), the time changed last weekend. We lost an hou...

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Interior Improvements For The Spring Market

So, you’re ready to sell your home? Great! If you read last week’s post, you should be well on your way to hiring a fantastic real estate professional to help you market and sell your home and take full advantage of the hot spring market. I...

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Interviewing A Realtor®

Last week I encouraged potential sellers to take advantage of the hot spring selling market and start making preparations NOW. The first step on that “to-do” list was to interview and hire a Realtor® who will help prep, market and ensure t...

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Spring Selling

If you’re a regular reader, you might have noticed that this missive is a bit late. I (and my trusty team of assistants) have been incredibly busy listing several new homes for sale in just the last few days. Those smart homeowners are gettin...

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Pet Care In Winter

Before you click out of this post because you think you’ve already read all I have to say about cold weather, let me assure you that this is new information! Believe me, I’m more than ready to move on. In fact, I’ll be writing about the...

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After The Storm

I just saved this post as “after the storm” and it gave me a chuckle. I sound like Jim Cantore or one of those cute guys on the Weather Channel. What I meant, of course, was how we can help our homes and properties recover from snow, ice ...

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Winterizing Your Home In 2014

Have you recovered from the arctic blast that Mother Nature delivered to Middle Tennessee last week? I was completely unprepared! Between holiday recovery and some truly delightful temperatures leading up to the big freeze, I was taken comple...

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