I was just having a phone chat with a client of mine who always has many many plates spinning at the same time.  She has had several businesses of her own over the years, and is currently running two of them.  One of them is a coffee shop in one of the local hospitals.  Now, the local Ford plant here has recently gotten rid of a number of their employees, and my client's niece was one of them.  Being the great aunt and all around busy lady that she is, she immediately thought of starting a new business with her niece to help her start her new career now that her Ford tenure is over.  So now they've started an offshoot coffee business called The Caffeine Queen that is a direct sales company that operates on the "party" system--you know, like Tupperware or the Pampered Chef.  They have so... 10/18/2007

When you are getting your home ready to market please do not forget that the first impression is what is seen from the street. This is what is called in the real estate industry "curb appeal". Potential buyers may decide not to buy your home based on how it looks from the street.  How do you think potential buyers are going to react when they walk up to your home and it looks like this? Wouldn't you rather have them get the first impression of home as being neat and clean? Preparing a home for sale is a lot more than just putting a for sale in the front yard.  Please feel free to visit my web site.  www.Find1Home.com 09/02/2007

Saturday September 25th is the evening for watching the stars at Keehner Park!  Star Gazing at Keehner ParkSaturday, September 25th, 6 to 11 pm View the stars and planets up close at Keehner Park tennis court area. Pat Freeman and other members of the Dayton and Cinicinnati Astronomers Society will set up their powerful scopes for viewing of the night sky. They will start at 6 pm for sun viewing and continue to watch as the stars and moon come out. Bring your questions and learn about the planets, stars, and other heavenly bodies. 08/23/2007

 Free concert information from a Cincinnati Realtor. West Chester Parks and Fith Third Bank are having the last edition of the free concert series for 2007 in September. This will feture the West Chester Symphony and will be call Celebrations. The event will be held at Keehner Park in the outdoor Ampitheater so be sure to bring your chaird and blankets. Admissionn is free so please no complaints about being overcharged!  The event will be September 3 2007 and will start at 7:00 P.M. I hope to see everyone there.     Please feel free to visit my web page it will open in a new window.                  www.Find1Home.com 08/16/2007

  This Friday the West Chester Ohio Fire Department willl present their monthly movie in the park. These events are free and an enjoyable exprience for the family.   The movies are held at Keehner Park at the outdoor Amphitheater and start at dusk.  Make sure you bring lawn chairs or blankets and plenty of bug spray.  This months free movie is The Incredibles and will be held August 17 2007.  Hope to see everyone there! Feel free to visit my website it will open in a new window if you click it!  www.Find1Home.com    08/14/2007

  I met a gentleman a one of my open houses this weekend that asked me a question I have been asked before.  Will your clients be willing to do a lease option?  I probed for his motivation and it seems his home in the Columbus Ohio area has been on the market since this past September. He is being relocated to the Cincinnati area and his wife and children are tired of staying in Columbus.  I had to explain to him that my clients are not willing to do a lease of any type because they will lose relocation benefits.  They wonderful company they are with is giving them a monthly stipend to defray expenses until their home sells. Their companies idea behind this is that they want the employee to worry about the job not the old home. He asked me how long the home has been on the market and I ... 08/05/2007

As a professional Accredited Home Stager here in Cincinnati, one of the services we specialize in is the Staging Consultation. Not only do we work with Sellers directly, but we also have many Realtors we partner with that offer the consultation as part of their overall marketing plan. A Staging Consultation is a very effective marketing tool when preparing your house for sale.  Making the decision to invest in a staging consulatation is much like investing in a home inspection or appraisal as part of the whole buying/selling process. The small investment you make in the presentation of your home will reap big returns when you sell your house faster and for the most money.Time and time again, we've seen the dramatic difference a few hours with a professional Home Stager can make along wi... 07/27/2007

   I received an offer on one of my listings and was driving the counter offer back to the buyers agents office and lo and behold the office is closed! It seems that on July 1 their lease was up and they decided not to renew it. Something to do with it was costing them more to maintain the office than the income they were generating!   Well I had called the buyers agent around 9 am and left a voice mail. The offer was set to expire at 12:00 noon so I called the Brokers main office. They told me to drop the counter off at their main office as this agent was working there now. It was only a 20 mile trip but something that I expected when I saw the office was closed. As I was getting off the expressway near the new office I received a call from the buyers agent. She is now working at anoth... 07/19/2007

The client had been trying to sell his home for the past 2 years here in Cincinnati. He had listed it twice and both times the house sat on the market for 176 days the first time and 192 days the second go around with no offers. Was it a fixer upper needing many repairs? Overpriced? Not at all.  This was a great family house in a wonderful neighborhood. It was well maintained...maybe just a little dated but nothing out of the ordinary for the neighborhood. When the market was really good a few years ago, this house SHOULD of sold...but didn't.  So...what was the problem?   Clutter and Personal Items.    The homeowner had so much "stuff", Buyers could not see past it to REALLY "see" the wonderful selling features of this house. They became too distracted by it and moved on to the next ho... 07/18/2007

  I recieved an email contact from a prospective buyer.      They had a home that they wanted to an it they had to see it in less than 4 hours! I called the contact number to confirm and reached the wife. She told me that they had this time free and wanted to see the home. There was not a lot of time to talk as she was at work.      I called and arranged the showing, called her cell phone and left the message that we were set to view the home. I pulled some numbers on the home and brought them with me.     While in the home I presented the State mandated Agency form. At this time the husbands cell phone rings and he proceeds to small talk for about 10 minutes. The wife is having a hard time controlling the small children and is shooting him dirty looks. He gets off the phone and I can d... 06/20/2007

Yolanda Cedrez Realtor® Phone: (513) 786-6924 E-mail: ycedrez@sibcycline.com Website: www.sibcycline.com/ycedrez Education and BackgroundLicensed, full-time real estate professionalProfessional AssociationsNational Association of Realtors® Ohio Association of Realtors® Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors® Dayton Multiple Listing ServiceSales TrainingSibcy Cline's Steps to Success Program     This is my first blog entry and a good start to learn a little about me. I can help you with all your home needs in the northern Cincinnati area. Please give me a call and I can give you a hand. Fluent in  English and Spanish.  06/17/2007

 The best Fathers Day gift that you could give is a new home. (Just a little humor here) Or you could visit a father as he is holding open some of the properties that he is marketing on Fathers Day. I am holding open 2 homes today.   The first is at 4499 Mogul Lane and will be open fron 12-2. This is my neighborhood of choice and have lived down the street for 13 years. Here is a link to details on the home  http://www.sibcycline.com/viewlisting.asp?mls=1064650&b=CIN&p=RESI&s=SFRD&m=1&sender=SearchResults   The second is at 7705 Cedar Falls and I will be there from 3-5. This home is in a secluded neighborhood 5 miutes away from shopping and expressway access.Here is the link to this home http://www.sibcycline.com/viewlisting.asp?mls=1071152&b=CIN&p=RESI&s=SFRD&m=1&sender=SearchResults I... 06/16/2007

Today I was called on to help a family who desperately needs one of those Extreme Home Makeovers you see on TV.  In fact, they have already been nominated for that show, but it seems they are done for the season and since they've already worked with a family within 100 miles of here, they were turned down.  These poor folks must be feeling like the Biblical Job by now.  They have three children, two girls and a boy.  Both the girls have Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a progressive wasting disease of the muscles.  The older one can move her head and use one hand a bit, but that's ALL.  The younger girl can crawl around on her elbows.  They are in an experimental drug trial in Utah that has helped stabilize the progression of the disease for now, but the prognosis is not good.  The home health ... 06/13/2007

  With the market in the condition that it is in right now do you talk about the absorption rate with your sellers? This is a better indicator of how long it will take to sell their home than days on market statistics. With our local MLS you can cancel a listing and get a fresh number on MLS all in the same day.  I have pulled some statistics for a price range in an area that I work in and here they are.Property Type  Residential    Property Subtype  Single Family    Areas  Butler-E12, Butler-E16 Statuses  Active, Sold (12/12/2006 or after) Price  600,000 to 700,000   ActiveListing Price Range Quantity     Average DOM $600,000 thru $649,99915185 $650,000 thru $699,99918172  33178  Summary Price InformationMinimum $600,000Maximum $699,900Average $656,206Median $650,000SoldSelling Price R... 06/09/2007

Beckett Ridge Nestled among the rolling hills and farmland of Butler County in Union Township, you'll find Beckett Ridge. A country club community of about 2000 homes, Beckett Ridge's initial construction began in 1974. Beckett Ridge is suburbia at its finest. A perfect place for golf and/or tennis enthusiasts, Beckett Ridge has its own maze of walking/running trails. Beckett Ridge Country Club has a pool, tennis courts, golf course and restaurants. Residents are in the Lakota Local School District. A great place to "get away from it all", Beckett Ridge is just 30 minutes from Downtown Cincinnati. TransportationBeckett Ridge is just 30 minutes from Downtown Cincinnati, traveling on I-75. It is also just 40 minutes from Dayton, Ohio if you travel north on I-75. Queen City Metro, Cincinna... 05/24/2007

Melissa Carpenter, SRES Realtor® Phone: (513) 535-8694 Fax: (513) 619-9587                    E-mail: mcarpenter@sibcycline.com Website: http://www.melissacarpenter.com/ Honesty, integrity, loyalty are all the qualities my clients receive. I build my business on your referrals, so your satisfaction is very important.Real Estate BackgroundLicensed, Full-time Real Estate Professional Expertise in Relocation Expertise in New Construction Builder Representation Buyer & Seller RepresentationReal Estate AchievementsOAR President's Sales Club, 2005,2006 Sibcy Cline Top Club, 2005,2006 Silver Sales Achievement, 2005,2006 Sibcy Cline Relocation Specialist (SRS) NAR-Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES) Sibcy Cline Lakota Beckett "Pacesetter", Continuous Sibcy Cline Listing Leader Sibcy Cline Sale... 05/21/2007

             Nestled among the rolling hills and farmland of Butler County in             West Chester Township, you'll find Beckett Ridge. A country club community             of about 2000 homes, Beckett Ridge's initial construction began in             1974.                        Beckett Ridge is suburbia at its finest. A perfect place for golf             and/or tennis enthusiasts, Beckett Ridge has its own maze of             walking/running trails. Beckett Ridge Country Club has a pool,             tennis courts, golf course and restaurants. Residents are in the             Lakota Local School District. A great place to "get away from it             all", Beckett Ridge is just 30 minutes from Downtown Cincinnati.             Transportation             Beckett Ridge is just 30 min... 04/19/2007

  I had 3 closings scheduled this past week and the first 2 went off without a hitch. Even though on the first one I was kind of fearful because the title company said it was ok for my client to bring a personal check because the amount was under 100.00 that they had to bring to close. The second closing went alright even with the sellers bringing 12,000.00 to sell the property.  The third closing is the one that blew up. The loan was all set and with the lender that used to carry the note on my own home. I saw that the recorded name were different from the names put on the purchase contract and agency disclosure so I asked for the property to be put into title early incase of any problems. This past Friday we were given a set to close (7 days before closing date) by the Title company a... 03/17/2007

I held an open house in West Chester yesterday and had a few visitors. The open house was posted on the MLS, I sent listing to my database of buyers and put up directionals. I have advertised my open houses in the Cincinnati Enquirer in the past and actually had people come to the open house because of the ad. I also send out post card mailers about open houses, which also sometimes brings buyers. I use both new methods (technology) and old methods (print advertising) to attract buyers. There is more than one way to sell a house! 02/12/2007

Well it finally came. The first snowfall of the season. Sunday morning about 5 a.m.the snow started to fall and it came heavy. By 8 a.m. we had about 4 inches of snow on the ground and I was scheduled to start showing homes at 9. I called my buyers and suggested that we cancel for this morning and look another day as the plows had not been in the residential areas yet. They said no problem as they had a four wheel drive! I said that walking up unshoveled driveways and trying to look at homes in a snowstorm is not a good experience and we can still see everything we want next Saturday. They agreed so I feel better about not going out and having them risk life and limb to see homes that will most likely be available 6 days from now.  Good Luck and have a great day.www.Find1Home.com 01/21/2007