Ever mentioned on Facebook that you are (or will be) out of town? Ever wonder whether burglars use Facebook? Read these tips from actual burglars (from Reader'sDigest.com) to help protect your home and possessions, especially during the holiday season. Many of us Continue Reading
Maybe 15 years ago, I attended a workshop by "Staging Guru" Barb Swartz, who coined the term "staging" and has been teaching Realtors how to enhance their listings since 1972. I wonder what Barb thinks about the new trend of "virtual staging"? Literally Continue Reading
If you purchased your home within the past several years, it may behoove (don't you love that underused word?) you to check on your assessed value, as it's quite possible you are paying more in property taxes than you should, based on today's lower values. I recently came Continue Reading
What did you do last summer? One of the more interesting things I did was take a mosaic tile class taught by the wonderful local mosaicist Cooie Grey-Lavin. Six friends and I had practically unlimited access to her very cool studio (behind her home) during the Continue Reading
Because I love my friend Jenny's butternut squash soup SO much (almost as much as I love Jenny!) and because she was nice enough to share it with our "BOB" book club), I thought I'd "pay it forward" and share it with y'all! If you've never attempted squash soup from Continue Reading
For the sixth year in a row, California tops the list of states that Americans would choose to live in if they did not live in the states where they currently reside, according to the 2009 Harris Poll. Florida, which was the most popular state in 2001, retains second Continue Reading
