Eilean Foster

Taking longer to dry your clothes? TAKE THE HINT! It's way past time to clean out your dryer hose & vent!

Affordable long brushes can be purchased at your local hardware store. Use them to run from your outside vent into the hose connected to your dryer. Run the brushes back & forth and then run your dryer to loosen up the blockage - Repeat brushing up the dryer hose and then run the dryer for a few minutes until the air flows freely to the outside!

As many as 15,000 house fires start a year due to lint-clogged dryer vents!! Don't risk your home and family because you put off a 15 minute job!

Refrigerator/Freezer Vents Should Be Cleaned Out Too! Better airflow increases the compressor life and life of the appliance!

Eilean Foster
Keller-Williams Realty
Atlantic Shore
(609) 602-6699

Alot of us are very happy that the hot weather appears to be gone - but it is now time to focus on the home fire risks that we face!

Have a fireplace? Contact a local chimney sweep and get that creosote build-up removed! Also, your furry and feathered friends may have thought your chimney was the best place to build a nest! A Chimney Sweep Will Evict Them!

While having a dryer in your home is a great time-saver, it also is a fire risk! Go to your local hardward store and obtain a long wire brush that you can use to clean out the lint build-up in your dryer vent - inside & outside vents!

Use oil to heat your home? If you didn't have your furnace cleaned-out in the spring, contact your oil supplier and ask them to take care of that before you turn that thermostat UP!

Gas take care of your central heating? You too need to replace those filters in your vents! Your local hardware store should have them in stock, and you can easily do this yourself! If you are uncomfortable checking out your gas heater, contact your service provider and ask them to take care of this for you!

If you didn't replace those batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors when you changed the clocks in the spring - replace them NOW! You won't smell the smoke until it's too late - Don't take the risk! Just because your detectors are electrically connected, your safety is worth the few dollars to purchase battery operated types to back them up - just in case of a power outtage!

And if you have a lawn sprinkler system - time to get those lines drained and turn off the water!

If you use kerosene heaters, follow ALL the warning instructions! Those systems do suck in animal fur that will clog up the vents!

GET PREPARED! I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR HOUSE IN THE NEWS!

Eilean Foster
Keller-Williams Realty
Atlantic Shore
(609) 602-6699 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (609) 602-6699 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Alot of us are very happy that the hot weather appears to be gone - but it is now time to focus on the home fire risks that we face!

Have a fireplace? Contact a local chimney sweep and get that creosote build-up removed! Also, your furry and feathered friends may have thought your chimney was the best place to build a nest! A Chimney Sweep Will Evict Them!

While having a dryer in your home is a great time-saver, it also is a fire risk! Go to your local hardward store and obtain a long wire brush that you can use to clean out the lint build-up in your dryer vent - inside & outside vents!

Use oil to heat your home? If you didn't have your furnace cleaned-out in the spring, contact your oil supplier and ask them to take care of that before you turn that thermostat UP!

Gas take care of your central heating? You too need to replace those filters in your vents! Your local hardware store should have them in stock, and you can easily do this yourself! If you are uncomfortable checking out your gas heater, contact your service provider and ask them to take care of this for you!

If you didn't replace those batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors when you changed the clocks in the spring - replace them NOW! You won't smell the smoke until it's too late - Don't take the risk! Just because your detectors are electrically connected, your safety is worth the few dollars to purchase battery operated types to back them up - just in case of a power outtage!

And if you have a lawn sprinkler system - time to get those lines drained and turn off the water!

If you use kerosene heaters, follow ALL the warning instructions! Those systems do suck in animal fur that will clog up the vents!

GET PREPARED! I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR HOUSE IN THE NEWS!

Eilean Foster
Keller-Williams Realty
Atlantic Shore
(609) 602-6699

I recently had 3 clients request that I find them a rental property. I was given the "must haves", and then fortunatley was able to find a few options for each client. Well the clients waited too long and before the week was out - those properties were GONE!

Finding a rental propety is not like finding your "Dream Home", there aren't many options that stay on the market for days, possibly weeks or even months! I have been informed by rental managers that since the influx of foreclosures and short sales, they have seen a rise in rental applications!

There is stiff competition as more often than not, rental property management requires that a renter's credit score be as good or better than one who is buying a home! Owners are collecting applications and waiting to see which applicant has the highest score before making their decision!

Remember, you aren't the only one looking to rent!

Eilean Foster
Keller Williams Realty
Atlantic Shore
(609) 602-6699

The President has decided that the State-Assisted closing costs/downpayment assitance will come to an end as of Sept 30th this year! The USDA Program will be folded into the FHA Loan Program. Not to be confused with the USDA Rural Development Section 502 Program; better known as the "502 Direct Loans"; which are USDA Guaranteed Loans. Currently, there has been no news given about this program coming to an end, but the funding comes only once a year and when it is used up; a homebuyer must wait until the following year's funding.

Rental properties are at a premium due largely to the many foreclosures and short sale homeowners who must turn to rental properties to move their families. For every one property that I have taken clients out to see, there have been already 3 applicantions presented to the owner! Owners wait to review all applications to obtain the prospective renter with the best credit score - YES! credit scores are just as important when trying to rent a property as when you are buying! Rental costs are also rising as it is an in-demand commodity!

So the real question remains, when it is necessary to have a good or great credit rating and there are programs that will assist with downpayments or closing costs; why waste that rental downpayment when you have the buying power to buy your own home!? There are many affordable properties for sale that require little or no repairs to move into immediately!

With the USDA downpayment program coming to an end, and the limited funds available for this year with the USDA Rural Development Section 502 Program; NOW is the time to get off the fence and connect with a Realtor who will work with you to help you realize your dream of home ownership! You Have The Buying Power NOW!

Helping You To Realize Your Dream!

Eilean Foster
Keller-Williams Realty
Atlantic Shore
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