Real Estate Geekette

We've been spared, here in the lovely Midwest, from diving prices and panicking sellers, and greedy greedy buyers. Not spared from foreclosures,  however, here in Ohio... There are many reasons for prices to fall. Take, for example, a school district nearby that has a 30 month supply of homes for...

I love my garden. Gardening, the whole earth-thing - makes me relaxed like nothing else can. I get great joy from going out daily to see what's new there - what new plant has arisen? Have the columbines multiplied? Did the iris morph into different colors this year (no!)? did the small Korean Lil...

Well, I have a ton of properties listed (ok not a TON but several). Of the vacant ones, I normally do minimal "staging" - for bath and kitchen, greenery, a touch of color, perhaps a small picture of a house in colors that go with the home's decor, nice, white towels wrapped in wired ribbon for st...

Ok, no, I'm not talking about urban areas rife with boarded-up houses. I'm talking about areas devastated by tornados, flooding, hurricanes, illness... you name it. In the US we have national building codes. As areas revamp and revitalize, we have local standards of how a home should appear in co...