The new website is live! We tried to keep the same look and feel but added a few new pages that we hope are of interest to our clients. The Home Buyer Programs are the most exciting. Lots of stuff is in the works to make it a really great market for first time buyers. Prices are right but properties need work so we are at the ready! HUD is dumping money in the system and we are watching it closely, attending meetings and making sure we are ready to participate.
Terry didn't fix anything unusual this week that I know of but we are heading to our Colorado house next week and I'm sure will have lots to report on from there. A minor bathroom renovation is planned along with a few structural repairs. No telling what will happen. Hopefully we will get to ski a bit too! Keep an eye on our website for photos...
Now is a great opportunity to make sure the deferred maintenance on your home is brought current. You can benefit from good pricing due to the slow construction market and enjoy your improvements in the interim. So many of these projects get deferred until it's time to sell the house. Painting, flooring, electical and plumbing upgrades always have a good return on investment. There is the added benefit of keeping good subs in business. We are happy to refer ours for your small project.
Always (playing house),
dawn
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Getting Started!
You would think at the ripe old age of 46, more than 20 years in business, an almost 17 year old son and a decade long business/personal relationship that "getting started" would NOT be a phrase in my vocabulary! Au contraire, mon amis...
Environs, the company I own along with my long-time partner in love and crime, Terry Kitts, is finally launching a Blog so we can share our wealth of knowlege and experiences with anyone who might be interested. I'm hoping to get him set up with his own Blog as well but for now, I'll be posting my own stories and information along with some from him. Frankly, his are generally more interesting. For example, yesterday, while investigating a malfunctioning furnace at one of our rental properties, the cause was determined to be an unlucky bird who found its way into some part of the equipment, apparently some time ago. Yuk! Today, after much thought as to what was making our leaky, but perfectly sized, coffee pot leak, he clipped a wire and fixed it! Most of us would have tossed it and spent endless hours shopping for another.
I, on the other hand, spent countless hours yesterday organizing email lists, producing marketing material (not my expertise) and accounting for the dollars flowing in and mostly out, of our business. Not so exciting. I'm hoping to have more entertaining entries in the future that can be helpful, informative and sometimes just plain fun. dawn
Environs, the company I own along with my long-time partner in love and crime, Terry Kitts, is finally launching a Blog so we can share our wealth of knowlege and experiences with anyone who might be interested. I'm hoping to get him set up with his own Blog as well but for now, I'll be posting my own stories and information along with some from him. Frankly, his are generally more interesting. For example, yesterday, while investigating a malfunctioning furnace at one of our rental properties, the cause was determined to be an unlucky bird who found its way into some part of the equipment, apparently some time ago. Yuk! Today, after much thought as to what was making our leaky, but perfectly sized, coffee pot leak, he clipped a wire and fixed it! Most of us would have tossed it and spent endless hours shopping for another.
I, on the other hand, spent countless hours yesterday organizing email lists, producing marketing material (not my expertise) and accounting for the dollars flowing in and mostly out, of our business. Not so exciting. I'm hoping to have more entertaining entries in the future that can be helpful, informative and sometimes just plain fun. dawn
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