Better Than Your Average Joe

As a Realtor, I'm asked pretty often what should be done to fix up a home.  I stumbled across Gita Bantwal's post about fixing up a bathroom without it sending you to the poor house.  These are some great tips.  Thank you Gita.Sellers !  You can update the bathroom without spending a fortune. Buy...

I have had my blogging umbrella up the last few days but promise to get wet with knowledge again real soon.  Now as busy as I have been the past few days I needed to take a few moments out to wish our beloved Alan May a very Happy Birthday.  Since I don’t have time to serenade him myself we will...

No Fooling Special. If you respond to this post by midnight tonight, purchase a home from me as your exclusive buyers agent and it closes by December 31, 2011, you will receive a $2500 voucher to be used at any of Paul Kludac's Detail Kings Car Wash Facilities. Voucher will be good until Decembe...

  In a couple of short weeks the golf fans of the world will have their eyes focused on Augusta, Georgia home of the 2011 Master’s Golf Tournament.  The Master’s is the World Series of golf and many a golfer has be raised to glory or lowered to a devastating defeat.  The mental anguish is what s...

  Come home to this delightful freshly painted two bedroom home that boasts a light and bright kitchen, new laminate flooring, Corian counters, with berber carpet throughout and a maintenance free lifestyle.  A short elevator ride to the first floor leads to the party and meeting room and to the...

When was the last time you did the right thing even if it meant losing something special? When was the last time you put somebody else’s goals in front of your own?  In April 2008 a woman’s softball game between  Western Oregon University and Central Washington University that meant nothing to mo...

  I think it was American Express that once used the tag line “membership has it’s privileges” and they weren’t kidding.  About a week ago, a Rotary friend of mine told me he had a referral for me.  It seems he was talking to somebody in one of the other groups that I belong to who had a client ...

Now before I start with my humbled opinion, I must disclose that what I’m about to say is of my sole opinion and not that of the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors. In today’s edition of Inman News it is reported the National Association of Realtors is contemplating a dues increase of $40 in 20...

The brain is a remarkable thing that most people take for granted.  If you you tell yourself that you can’t do something your brain will do everything in it’s power to make sure you don’t.  On the other hand if you keep a good positive mental attitude your brain will help you achieve your desire...

Back in my days as a mechanic,one of the guys we worked with was as lazy as the day is long.  He rarely finished a job but rarely got in trouble for goofing off.  His secret was that at least once an hour he would make a point of walking in front of the foreman’s office with an old part or some t...