Brainerd, MN

Enlist in the Lord's Army: Mark your calendar for February 22 at Heritage Assemblies of God Baxter, MN. The Battle will begin at 8:00 AM to Noon. Men across the Brainerd Lakes area are called to enlist in the Lord's Army to fight for their purity at The Battle. The Battle is the first of a four stage strategy for sexual purity for men and teens called Every Man's Battle for Purity. Is the battle just for those with sexual problems or addictions? NO! It is for every man because every man experiences attacks on his sexual purity. We need one another is the Lord's Army to win the war for Purity.

For more information or to register call 218-829-3209 or visit the website at www.heritageagchurch.org

Coming this Spring: One Night that Could Change Forever by Allison Lordbock for the women warriors.

Hey everybody, my new blog featuring virtual tours of homes for sale in the Brainerd Lakes Area is here:

Brainerd Real Estate

Thanks for looking!

Statistics say that the best chance for selling your property is within the first seven weeks? Experience has shown that this is true. These studies show that the longer a property stays on the market, the less the seller will net upon the sale. It is so very important to price your property at a competitive market value at the signing of your listing contract.

Our present market is so competitive that even over-pricing by a few thousand dollars could mean that your house will not sell.

An Overpriced Home:

• Minimizes offers
• Lowers agents' response
• Limits qualified buyers
• Lowers showings
• Lowers prospects
• Limits financing
• Wastes advertising dollars
• Nets less for the seller

When you are ready to list, contact me for honest advice on how to get top dollar for your home! A home that shows well and is priced to sell – will sell!

The big question is: Do you want to sell or stay??

Is the market price less than what you owe ? We need to have an honest conversation on Short Sales and other options. Do not walk away - there is hope there is help!

Kathleen Lordbock

REALTOR/Short Sale & Staging Specialist

Keller Williams Realty Brainerd Lakes

218-831-8001

resaledesign@gmail.com

photos by Flickr

In reading a blog on the net , I came across the idea of the 50% Space to Stuff Ratio This was new to me but may be old stuff to some of you.

The concept is that you are to evaluate the floor space in your home. If it is almost completely covered, there is no room left for new opportunities to come in. Reduce what is on it by 50% and there will be room for movement and the ability to change out what you want for now and for the future. When you have an open house and there are a lot of people in the room - they need to be able to get around.

Then when you bring in something new, something old goes away - far away- permanently.

This will help considerably with your organizing, as there will be less to organize. Once your home is ready to be sold, you will not have all your stuff to deal with. What is left is what you really want to keep and/or need.

This may help in explaining things to clients about how much to remove before staging.

Once again, it is 50% available space to how much stuff is in that space, for some you may need to give a 75% figure. Men probably like this numbers concept better than most women, we go more by how it looks.