Staging Your Home Step 1Does your home have Curb Appeal?Posted: May 09, 2011 at 4:30 PM by Brian BeezleyOne of the most effective and inexpensive tools in today’s Real Estate market is "staging" your house. It doesn’t matter how hard your sales agent works to bring buyers to your home, if your house does not look like the dream home they imagined, they simply won’t buy it. “Staging” means furnishing, decorating, outdoor clean-ups and ultimately arranging homes in such a way to attract increased buyer interest A recent national survey indicated that staged read more |
It's Easy Being GreenPosted: March 18, 2011 at 1:52 PM by Brian Beezley Yesterday everyone was decked out in green for Saint Patrick’s day, but we don’t have to only be green one day a year. Many people are turning to ‘green’ solutions to help our environment.It’s amazing to me how much waste can come from owning a home. In my house, if we kept all the cardboard and plastic that we go through in a year, we could probably fill up one of our bedrooms and all the chemicals we use for washing dishes, clothes and the floors wo read more |
Don't Let it Go to the Dogs!Posted: February 11, 2011 at 2:55 PM by Brian BeezleyI have two dogs- two very well behaved large dogs. One is an eleven year-old border collie and the second is a 15 month old Catahoula leopard & lab mix. The city of Medicine Hat is a dog owner’s heaven. With the parks and the off-leash areas, any dog owner would be thrilled to live here. Since moving to town, we have walked at almost every park in and around the city. Sometimes it’s just the pups and me and sometimes my 12 year-old daughter tags along. read more |
To Buy or not to buy - first?A common DelimaPosted: February 02, 2011 at 5:07 PM by Brian BeezleyEventually we all end up in the same place. Whether your family is quickly outgrowing your home or you’re seeing the last of your children packing to move on into the realm of adulthood, many of us find that it’s time to find a new home that better fits our needs. But now there is a dilemma. Should you secure the home of your dreams by writing an offer subject to your current home selling or are you better to wait and except an offer before you buy?In a buyer’s market, such as what read more |
Are Rental Suites a Sweet Deal?Posted: January 13, 2011 at 3:42 PM by Brian BeezleyI love HGTV. I’ve especially come to enjoy the shows about real estate, but one of my favourites is Income Property. If you haven’t seen it, it’s about people who have, usually, purchased a home with the intent to rent out part of it to help cover the mortgage. The host comes in, looks at the property and then helps to renovate it to make it a beautiful rental suite. At the end, almost invariably, the home owner is thrilled with the outcome and is able to earn a large percentage of their m read more |
