For Homesellers Only: Should It Stay or Should It Go?

I talked with a seller yesterday who is preparing their house for the market.  The questions asked were the same ones that every seller asks:  What should I put away?  Do I have to take my family heirlooms off the walls?  Do I have to start packing? This weekend open house guests were followed by the [...]

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The Amazing Things You See At Open Houses

Or, maybe they see you.

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A Laugh A Week is here to stay

Not long ago, I wrote a post featuring a Billings tire company that posts great sayings on their storefront reader board.  The post was a hit.  Which led me to think that people really like to laugh or chuckle or just giggle a little.  So… I’m making “A Laugh A Week” a permanent fixture of my blog [...]

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Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most

“Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most” is the title to a lovely song written in 1955 by Tommy Wolf with lyrics by Fran Landesman.  It’s a love song, but it seems an a propos title for today in Billings.  It’s snowing!  Granted, it’s a spring snow.  Which means that it won’t last long, [...]

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Stand Up! Sit Down! Be Counted!

Be Counted! For the good of your community, your state and your voice in government.  I’m talking about the census.  I got mine in the mail yesterday.  As I opened the envelope, the voices of the conspiracy theorists and the suspicious whispered at me.  Now, I’ll be the first to suggest that a little skepticism towards government [...]

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Downtown Billings – It’s All Here!

That’s the motto of Downtown Billings – It’s All Here.   I love downtown Billings.  I live downtown.  I work all over town;  but, downtown… downtown is “it” for me.  There’s always something going on downtown.  The fantastically popular Alive After Five series has been announced.  It starts up again on June 3rd.  Hooray!!  How [...]

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Do you know what it takes to buy a home?

Do you? Know what it takes to buy a home? And be a home owner?  There are all kinds of enticements out there:  interest rates continue to remain at historic lows; the housing market remains a buyer’s market; and there’s the Federal Government’s homebuyer tax credit.  With all of that, lots of people are thinking [...]

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Tax Credit Deadline: What you must know

The homebuyer tax credit deadline is looming.  If you listen to the news at all or if you are looking for a new home, you are no doubt aware of the tax credits that are being offered for first-time homebuyers and repeat buyers, or “long-time residents”, as repeaters are called in the legislation.  Here are [...]

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The St. Patty’s Day Parade

It’s time again for the annual Billings St. Patty’s Day Parade and Celtic celebration.  And it couldn’t come soon enough!  We’re ready to break out of our winter doldrums and have some light-hearted fun. Maybe even do a jig.   The parade is a fun one.  There are lots of old-fashioned floats, compelte with candy-throwing, crepe [...]

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How to Avoid Homebuying Confusion

Buying a new home can be confusing, especially for first-time homebuyers.  I recently met with a client who is excited to move into his first home and start his life as a newlywed.  The trouble is, he doesn’t know what he wants. He finally realized this the other day, which led me to share some [...]

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