Carrie Heath's (bhapi) Blog

Last weekend we had a couple visit from Germany with their adorable daughters.  Herr Bergemann is the conductor for a Children's Choir group from Hamburg, and my husband and I decided it would be a great experience for our family to share our home for the weekend as they began their US tour.  Nev...

On Wednesday evening I showed a local home to a buyer, who was there for about 20 minutes with a builder friend determining if an egress window could go into the home to make an extra bedroom.  We really, truly were only in the home for about 10 minutes, then stood outside for about 10 minutes di...

Looking for a great home at a Great Price?The following Chippewa Valley homes are priced to sell at or slightly below appraised value:  1625 W Park Creek Rd Fall Creek, WI - nicely priced at only $304,900.  This beautiful 2 story brick home features 3 enormous bedrooms, great room, dining room, d...

Looking for a great home at a Great Price?The following Chippewa Valley homes are priced to sell at or slightly below appraised value:  1625 W Park Creek Rd Fall Creek, WI - nicely priced at only $304,900.  This beautiful 2 story brick home features 3 enormous bedrooms, great room, dining room, d...

Yay, it's finally spring!  I sit here hoping that this means we won't get yet another freak snowfall, but I am not convinced that we won't.  Yesterday we got the bikes off the storage hooks, aired up the tires, located the helmets and the bike locks and tried in vain to remember everyone's combin...

Well, I did learn something new. I have a first time homebuyer who is getting an FHA loan (pretty standard).  I found a home for sale, listed as a short sale that I thought the buyer would like (great deal).  We wrote a full-price offer as there were other offers coming in (they really, really li...

Last week a Wisconsin Realtor lost her life showing a vacant home.  Featured in our local paper was the story of another local Wisconsin Realtor murdered a couple decades ago, who's killer was never found.  There are also stories circulating of Realtors beaten, robbed or raped at vacant home show...

I am looking at my power and light bill.  And my gasoline bill.  And my grocery receipts, clothing receipts, and others and no longer wondering why I don't have enough cash at the end of the day for my favorite latte "treat".Last year at this time, my power and light bill for my home was $246, th...

Yay, Super Tuesday! Poll results are in, and of course, Mr McCain comes out on top on one side, and the other is pretty equally divided between Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton.  While I am a bit suprised at Mr. McCain's clear win, I am absolutely not suprised about the tie between Mr. Obama and Mrs. C...

 I belong to my local chapter of the Optimist Club, and in fact am the Vice President.  I have been a Scout leader, I teach American Red Cross classes once or twice a month, and this weekend I will be a VIP for UCP.  Why?  Because I believe that the only way to effectively grow a community is to ...