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Selling your Home? What Landscaping Projects Pay Off
If looking around your yard means seeing more weeds than plants, it’s time to break out the gardening tools. Did you know that by keeping up your yard, you could contribute up to 28% of your home’s overall value? That …
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Moving with Pets? Here’s How to Make the Transition Easier
Relocating can be hard not only for you and your family also for your furry friends too! Packing up all of your belongings and heading to somewhere new can be exciting and full of brand new beginnings. However for your …
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10 Real Life Tips before Buying Your Home
Buying a home takes research, time and some education from your Shorewest, REALTOR®. It is easy to get caught up in aesthetic of the home, for example if you don’t like the paint or hardware, but don’t forget about the …
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State of the Market – August 2016
A letter from Joseph A. Horning, President of Shorewest, REALTORS® Entering the third quarter of the year, we are pleased to report that the market is healthy and thriving. According to the latest report from the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association, the …
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Resource Video: Homeowners Edition
Outdoor Grilling Safety Tips What’s better on a summer weekend than the smell of a grill going with your favorite brat sizzling away? Making sure your family and home are safe while you are doing it! This informational video provides …
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How to Turn a Lowball Offer into a Home Run
Picture this: you just put your home on the market with some gorgeous photos of the remodeled kitchen and beautiful landscaping. An offer comes in the next day! …but it is 30% below your listing price. It is easy to …
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Six Materials to Stay Away from in the Kitchen
It’s finally time to remodel your kitchen and you are very excited to start drawing up the plans. The excitement turns to slight panic when you think of your budget in relation to what you want. Let us show you …
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Six Reasons a Home Deal Could Fall Through
A survey done by the National Association of REALTORS® found that one in 16 home deals fall through. However there are concrete ways to avoid this happening. Your Shorewest, REALTOR® will make sure that you aware of any changes and …
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Selling Your Home but Not Ready to Move? Here is Your Answer!
A rent-back agreement is a legally binding agreement between yourself and the people who are buying your home. It puts into terms the conditions to which you both have settled upon, for example, how long you will be staying after …
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Five Ways to Change Your Fireplace for the Summer!
Wisconsinites agree that there is nothing better than a crackling fire in the middle of winter. But right now we are in the middle of a heat flash in summer and that fireplace is sitting dormant. Fireplaces serve as a focal …
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