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Best Time to List Your Home – Spring

It feels strange to write about the spring when we are finally experiencing cooler temperatures and the leaves are leaping off the trees at a very rapid rate. Still, I’ve been looking forward to writing this post ever since I started this ser...

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Best Time to List Your Home – Winter

As promised, here is the “pros and cons” post about listing and selling your home during the winter season. This is going to be a good news, bad news, good news kind of post and by good news, I mean one piece of good news that kind of wraps...

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Best Time To List Your Home – Fall

People often ask me, “What is the best time of year to sell my house?”  Without sounding too trite, the best time of year is, simply, when people are buying.  And for the past year, they’ve been buying all year round.  In Middle Tennes...

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Fire Prevention

Every time I drive past our local fire station, I’m reminded of the work that these brave men and women do, protecting our homes and our properties, as well as providing first-responder services to accidents and emergencies that, unfortunatel...

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Landscaping Renovations

Perhaps I should have started this recent blog series on getting the most bang for your renovation buck here – discussing the importance of landscaping — instead of touting the benefits of indoor overhauls. Because, really, the importance...

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Bathroom Renovation Ideas

Pardon the slight blog break of the last few weeks. I wish I could say I’d been following my own advice and updating my home, but the truth is, my team and I have been really busy marketing, listing and selling YOUR homes. Clearly, many of yo...

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Kitchen Renovation Ideas

Last week, I wrote about getting the most bang for your buck when renovating your home, either for personal enjoyment or to spruce it up to get it market ready. I focused on the whole house, advocating making wasted space functional, refinishin...

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Home Renovations That Really Pay Off

Show of hands… how many will admit to being a home renovation/design show addict? It seems that HGTV and DIY networks are the background noise of my life. I especially love Bang For Your Buck, a show that follow three different homeowners wit...

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Pets Can’t Eat People Food

I was just about to wrap up my blog series on pet safety when a facebook friend posted (what he thought was a hilarious) message about being in a bar in Washington, D.C. and witnessing another customer ordering (and then serving) a beer to his ...

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Pet Proofing Your Home

Pet proofing your home just makes sense.  First and foremost, your pets will be safer and your home will thank you for it, too.  As much as we love our furry friends, they can be tough on carpets, furniture, wood floors and well, frankly… e...

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