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How to Win a Bidding War 

On March 16, shortly after listing a new property, my cell phone rang nonstop. Within 4 days, I received 17 written offers to purchase. On a Friday at 3 pm the owners and I met -spread the offers on the dining room table

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What Home Buyers Want

Home buyers look for several things in their new home. Some of these “wants” are basic, such as: Price. Home buyers usually want their new home to be in a specific price range based on their budget or mortgage pre-qualification. Location. Home buyers

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Design Update – Color of the Year

Color choices for 2021 focus on Nature and Harmony The Pantone colors of the year are Ultimate Gray and Illuminating (aka Mellow Yellow). Ultimate Gray is a practical choice for backgrounds. Illuminating is best used as an accent color or perhaps one wall.

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Don’t Fall For The Chimney Scam

What’s the chimney sweep scam? Here’s how the scam usually begins: Someone rings your doorbell or calls you and says some version of: “Hello, my name is Joe. I see on our records it’s been 2 years since we cleaned your chimney. We

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Stop Eating My Flowers!

Unless you are going to plant only Marigolds, Daffodils, Poppies and Peonies (not such a bad idea), you may want to spray your flowers with something to ward off deer and rabbits. Even if you have a fence and a gate, deer often

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National Ice Cream Day

National Ice Cream Day – July 19 – is for me, “Carolyn Anderson Day!” My first book The Complete Book of Homemade Ice Cream, Milk Sherbet and Sherbet was published in 1972 by Saturday Review Press/ E. P. Dutton & Co. The book

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How to Win a Bidding War 

On March 16, shortly after listing a new property, my cell phone rang nonstop. Within 4 days, I received 17 written offers to purchase. On a Friday at 3 pm the owners and I met -spread the offers on the dining room table

Read More »

What Home Buyers Want

Home buyers look for several things in their new home. Some of these “wants” are basic, such as: Price. Home buyers usually want their new home to be in a specific price range based on their budget or mortgage pre-qualification. Location. Home buyers

Read More »

Design Update – Color of the Year

Color choices for 2021 focus on Nature and Harmony The Pantone colors of the year are Ultimate Gray and Illuminating (aka Mellow Yellow). Ultimate Gray is a practical choice for backgrounds. Illuminating is best used as an accent color or perhaps one wall.

Read More »

Don’t Fall For The Chimney Scam

What’s the chimney sweep scam? Here’s how the scam usually begins: Someone rings your doorbell or calls you and says some version of: “Hello, my name is Joe. I see on our records it’s been 2 years since we cleaned your chimney. We

Read More »

Stop Eating My Flowers!

Unless you are going to plant only Marigolds, Daffodils, Poppies and Peonies (not such a bad idea), you may want to spray your flowers with something to ward off deer and rabbits. Even if you have a fence and a gate, deer often

Read More »

National Ice Cream Day

National Ice Cream Day – July 19 – is for me, “Carolyn Anderson Day!” My first book The Complete Book of Homemade Ice Cream, Milk Sherbet and Sherbet was published in 1972 by Saturday Review Press/ E. P. Dutton & Co. The book

Read More »