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Selling your home can be a tricky business. Want to know which repairs and techniques deliver the biggest bang for the buck when it comes to moving a home in a slow housing market? What repairs do you have to make and which don't really matter? Any question you have about getting a house ready for sale is fair game here. Our membership contractors will be happy to offer up their experience and opinions on how best to spruce up and stage a house for sale.
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Hello- My name is Liz and I was assigned a project in school to create and build a barn. We have to add insulation to our horse barn. We have two buildings. One buidling is 134 feet long, 60 feet wide and...
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April 11, 2012
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September 25, 2015
People, in general, have a hard time visualizing things. This is especially true with prospective buyers. They don't want a home that they think they have to put a lot of effort into fixing. But in ...
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September 5, 2008
Many homeowners take possession of a new home with almost everything finished off except the garage. In some cases the original finished paint estimate does not include the garage, storage rooms or basement...
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September 2, 2008
Is it a better idea to hire a Realtor or sell your house yourself? I know that if you go without a Realtor, then you can save money since you're not paying Realtor fees. But are you also missing o...
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June 23, 2008
I always see people staging the homes they're selling whenever they flip a property. But how effective is this? And does it get costly? It seems as though furnishing an entire home would be very ...
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April 17, 2008
When do you think the market will become stable enough to make selling a good option again? We'll soon have to be making a decision about selling, but it's a little scary at this time. Of co...
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April 17, 2008
When you got your mortgage, did you choose fixed or adjustable rate? With the way things are going in the current real estate market, I'm very glad that ours is fixed rate! If you have ad...
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June 17, 2008
Just a note to remind home buyers to have home inspection, pest inspection, etc. done early enough that it won't get too close to closing and cause stress. Luckily we had these things done early ...
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April 13, 2008
Has anyone ever used the online services of companies to help you sell your house on your own by posting it on their site? Or, has anyone tried selling their home own their own by posting ads in local p...
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July 4, 2009
I'm getting ready to put my two story home on the market. I spoke to a realtor friend from another state, who advised me in updating my home and raising the curb appeal. After taking her advice, I c...
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April 16, 2008
We just bought a new house--which is great for us, considering that it's a buyer's market. There's been a lot of talk in the news about housing going down, and I know in some parts ...
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April 11, 2008