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CLEAN DRYER VENTS FOR A FASTER, SAFER DRYER TIMEIf your clothes dryer takes an hour or longer to dry a load of jeans and towels, the problem might lie in the venting rather than the appliance.Clogged vents that extend drying times can cost an additional $18 to $24 a month. Longer drying times also reduce an appliance’s life expectancy.Enter dryer vent cleaning. It’s a niche cleaning service that hardly existed a decade ago. Most dryers ...
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Suzanne Dingley
@ 12:00 AM
on 12/09/2011
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HOW TO STAGE YOUR HOME FOR SALE
When you're getting ready to sell your home, you want to make sure it looks as good as possible for potential buyers. Here are some tips to get your ready to sell.When you're getting ready to sell your home, you want to make sure it looks as good as possible for potential buyers. Here are some house selling tips to get you ready to sell your house.
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Suzanne Dingley
@ 12:00 AM
on 11/22/2011
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Before You List, Must-do Showing TipsStaging pro Sharon Brown with Homescapes by Design in Roseville, Minn., offers her clients a checklist before they list their home for sale. The point of the checklist is to make sure the home is show-ready before the for-sale sign goes up and the first potential buyer walks through the door, and even before photos are snapped for the MLS.
The following are the changes Brown most recommends to her ...
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Suzanne Dingley
@ 12:00 AM
on 11/15/2011
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Is Your Home Ready For An Emergency?From the Home Safety Council ~
The kitchen is perhaps the most potentially dangerous place in the house, because it’s where water, electricity - and in some cases, natural gas - all come together.
Make sure you have a fire extinguisher handy near the stove, and make sure everyone in the house knows how and when to use it. You should never fight a fire if it compromises your ability ...
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Suzanne Dingley
@ 2:08 PM
on 03/16/2010
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How To Make Moving FunMoving doesn't have to be painful. Get some ideas on how to make moving fun for the whole family in this video.
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@ 2:09 PM
on 02/19/2010
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STARTING YOUR SPRING GARDENIt's not too early to being planning your spring garden...see below
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Suzanne Dingley
@ 12:56 PM
on 02/01/2010
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10 Inexpensive Ways to Wow BuyersNow is the time for home owners contemplating a spring sale to spruce up their properties in anticipation of what Mike Larson of Weiss Research calls a potentially vibrant home-selling season. "If you have been beating your head against a wall, this is going to feel a lot better,” he says.Here are 10 cheap ways to make a property more attractive to shoppers:
Improve first impressions. Touch ...
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Suzanne Dingley
@ 1:46 PM
on 01/29/2010
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How To Prepare Your House For Sale
Disassociate yourself from your home. Make the mental decision to "let go" of your emotions and focus on the fact that soon this house will belong to someone else. Look toward the future.
De-personalize. Pack up those personal photographs and family heirlooms. You don't want buyers to be distracted by personal artifacts. You want them to imagine their own photos on the walls. You want buyers to ...
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@ 1:51 PM
on 01/06/2010
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DOLLAR VS DAYSAfter you've taken step one to decide to sell your home, step two is usually setting your asking price, striving for a balance between generating offers and receiving top dollar.
Your chosen representative will perform a Competitive Market Analysis to produce an estimate of your home's "fair market value," or that price that educated buyers will pay based on listings and sales of homes similar ...
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Suzanne Dingley
@ 11:42 AM
on 12/01/2009
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TOP 5 RENOVATIONS THAT PAYIf you are thinking of getting your home ready for sale, you may want to consider some remodeling ideas that will add market value to your home. You want to be sure you are spending your money wisely and not making improvement that do not add value. Watch this video for some good tips.
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Suzanne Dingley
@ 2:54 PM
on 11/12/2009
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