Just wanted to put this one out there for all the guys that are too busy to notice (the ladys, moms or not, usually remember this one), but Mother's Day is just around the turn. You have exactly one week to come up with presents and flowers for those special Mothers in your life!
That's your Mom, and your wife, if you have kids. Just an FYI if this is your first Mother's Day as a new Dad; The whole, "Well, you're not MY Mother" thing doesn't work. TRUST ME on this, okay?
Now, you've got a whole week to plan your gift. So don't wait until the last minute when all the good cards are gone and you have to drive to the nearest 7-eleven to search through the "best" smoke-scented bouquet of flowers that you can find. Start now!
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Roger Johnson is a Realtor with CENTURY 21 American Homes in Hickory, NC.
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A Painting by 11 year old Conover, NC resident Megan Johnson
Mary and Baby Jesus
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Roger Johnson is a Realtor with CENTURY 21 American Homes in Hickory, NC.
You can reach me by email at rogerajohnson@century21.com or by phone at 828-568-2121 ext 310.
I enjoy helping the first time home buyer find that perfect place. If you're ready to start your search for your Hickory NC area home, sign up for my free DreamHome Finder service to start your journey to home ownership.
Visit my website to view all Catawba County area real estate
I service the Catawba and surrounding counties, and the Hickory, Newton, Conover, Taylorsville, Claremont, Statesville and Charlotte, NC real estate markets.
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Copyright© 2009 Wordless Wednesday...Art for the Soul by Roger A. Johnson
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I'm sure that you've heard the old saying that there are three things that sell a home, "Location, Location, Location." I'm going to let you in on another little secret. It AIN'T SO! Sure, location is a prime factor in the sellability of your house, but even a bad location can be overcome. The following 3 things are the Real secrets to getting your property sold.
PRICE
The price of the property is the single most important aspect of getting your home sold. If the home is priced correctly for the area, the market and it's condition, then it will sell. It's as simple as that. What makes pricing difficult to do correctly is that several factors make it hard to determine sometimes what a person would be willing to pay. For example, you may have a nice 3 bedroom, 2 bath home that compares to others in a nearby neighborhood suggesting a price of, let's say, a $150,000. However, you happen to live on an old side road, next to the newly built county landfill. That's going to affect value, without a doubt, but determining that effect is difficult to do in some cases.
If you have a great house worth $150,000 and you want to sell it for only a $100,000, you'd think that people would be climbing the fences trying to get at it. But, if you don't let anybody know that you're wanting to sell, how will they know about the great house with the even better price? You cannot be a "Secret Seller," especially in a a slow market, like the one were in now. Running ads is a great start to marketing, but there is really more to it than that. Slapping an ad everywhere you can think of is good, but target marketing is MUCH better.
Putting the ads in the correct places where they will get the most exposure is better than the 'spray n pray' method of throwing them out everywhere. The BEST marketing, though, is putting the RIGHT ad in the best locations. Anybody can put a "House 4 Sell. Call XXX-XXX-XXXX." You need to put together a marketing plan with several good ad layouts.
Time is the final factor in getting a house sold. How much time are you willing to wait in order to sell your home? A property will eventually sell for any price you want...if you're willing to wait on the market to "catch up" to what you're asking for the property. If you have something that could sell for $150,000 today, but you want a cool $1 million for it, you can eventually get. No Really! Of course, you may have to wait 100 years or more, but you CAN eventually get that price.
But if time is a real issue for you, then it's a factor in selling, too. If comps for your house so a reasonable selling price of $150-160,000, with an average time on market of 6 months, then you can expect (assuming that you're marketing!) to sell in that range in the given time, more or less. If you price it at the top end of the range, it will likely take longer to sell, while pricing at the low range, less time to sell.
Again, if you're willing to wait it out and see, price a bit high may work, but if you need to be moving NOW, then you'd want to price it on the low side, or maybe even lower, in order to get the quickest sale possible.
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Roger Johnson is a Realtor with CENTURY 21 American Homes in Hickory, NC.
You can reach me by email at rogerajohnson@century21.com or by phone at 828-568-2121 ext 310.
I enjoy helping the first time home buyer find that perfect place. If you're ready to start your search for your Hickory NC area home, sign up for my free DreamHome Finder service to start your journey to home ownership.
Visit my website to view all Catawba County area real estate
I service the Catawba and surrounding counties, and the Hickory, Newton, Conover, Taylorsville, Claremont, Statesville and Charlotte, NC real estate markets.
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Copyright© 2009 3 Secrets to Getting Your Property SOLD! by Roger A. Johnson
Okay, okay, just switching Internet browsers won't actually make your Internet connection faster, but it will definitely seem like it does. I'm not a real big tech guy, so I can't say exactly how Firefox does i
t, but pages load A LOT faster on Firefox then on good ol' Internet Explorer.
I've been using Firefox for a couple of months now and simply love it. Besides the faster surfing, it has some really cool features that IE lacks. Personally, I really like the fact that you can easily create your own link bar at the top. Makes it very easy to get to those most used sites (like Active Rain!).
If you haven't made the switch yet, I'd suggest that you download Firefox and give it a try. I think you'll like it, too. Hey, it speeds up load times so much, now I can even read Active Brad's Blog. Finally, I can stay up to date on all the happenings at AR! :-)
And did I happen to mention that Firefox has a lot better security than IE?
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Roger Johnson is a Realtor with CENTURY 21 American Homes in Hickory, NC.
You can reach me by email at rogerajohnson@century21.com or by phone at 828-568-2121 ext 310.
I enjoy helping the first time home buyer find that perfect place. If you're ready to start your search for your Hickory NC area home, sign up for my free DreamHome Finder service to start your journey to home ownership.
Visit my website to view all Catawba County area real estate
I service the Catawba and surrounding counties, and the Hickory, Newton, Conover, Taylorsville, Claremont, Statesville and Charlotte, NC real estate markets.
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Copyright© 2009 Want a Faster Internet Connection? Switch to FireFox Browser by Roger A. Johnson
If you live in Catawba County, NC and have some old household products still lying around because they can't be just tossed in the garbage because their dangerous to the enviroment, or maybe some old electronics, it's time to load up the truck!
On May 2, Catawba County will be accepting all those types of products at the Catawba County Government Center parking lot, off Radio Station Road at the intersection of Highway 321 Business in Newton.
Things like paints, cleansers, solvents, antifreeze, batteries or used motor oils and old electronic devices like computer equipment, old radios, mobile phones, TVs, VCRs, calculators or copiers will all be accepted. The times for the event will be from 9am until 3pm.
For more information on this one day collection, you may contact the Catawba County Department of Utilities and Engineering at 828-465-8217.
Don't miss the chance to get rid of some of those hazardous waste products and old electronic gadgets!
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Roger Johnson is a Realtor with CENTURY 21 American Homes in Hickory, NC.
You can reach me by email at rogerajohnson@century21.com or by phone at 828-568-2121 ext 310.
I enjoy helping the first time home buyer find that perfect place. If you're ready to start your search for your Hickory NC area home, sign up for my free DreamHome Finder service to start your journey to home ownership.
Visit my website to view all Catawba County area real estate
I service the Catawba and surrounding counties, and the Hickory, Newton, Conover, Taylorsville, Claremont, Statesville and Charlotte, NC real estate markets.
Subscribe to My Blog via Email AR Members Subscribe to My Blog
Copyright© 2009 Hazardous Waste Disposal Day for Catawba County, May 2, 2009 by Roger A. Johnson
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