Dunning St. Gantt Chart

I must first thank Lindsay Wood Davis for introducing me to the Gantt Chart. The project management concept is fairly simple and I would have drawn one up, but now I know it has a name, years of proven track record, as well as free software on the web to help you build a pretty one. This is by no means an endorsement of the following software but I am trying View Path. If it works how I might expect it will, I will post a link to my planner here. (It is working fine but I have not figured out the link thing yet)

Hard Water, Free Business Cards and Bekee

I figure a blog can wander off topic if the information it shares in doing so is parallel or just worth knowing. Enter Bekee. Bekee is the person that every New York ad agency has a strategy for. I would bet most of them are wrong. I am sure there are industry terms for her, early adopter, acquisitive, gen _ . Any way, she just acquisitived a fancy new machine that claims to replace the need for a water softener. She probably came across it in a blog, on her i phone, as she with her left hand made an interface change to the American Girl website.

The Scale Watcher has been installed in her home (that she and her beau bought with this great broker I know) and the jury is still out. As she is generally on the mark, I too look forward to the final ruling. So here are some more tidbit resources I gleaned from her. You can text Google to define a word. Really, just text "define _____" to 46643. It will reply with the first thing off the net that comes up. One more, free or almost free business cards, perfect for the upstart entrepreneur or as Bekee so creatively displayed a party invitation or any printed card need.

It's almost like a different house

Alright, so it doesn't look like a new house, or even a different one. The stairs are painted, the dead vines have been removed from the porch, as have the recycling bins and ash trays. Will all of the expense, $350, be recouped in the sale? I don't know, no one does. It does look an awful lot nicer from the curb, it does allow a buyer to walk into the home seeing 3 less projects, it does make a better first impression. Don't worry about whether or not the 500, 1000, 2000 dollars you spend prepping the house will be recouped, worry about what you can do to make sure the house does sell, and that it sells faster than your neighbors' house.

Anton and Sons

Here is a little preview of a new residential income property listing I just took and a shot of one of the Anton real estate heiresses. Evelyn and I just ventured down Main St. to take some before photos of my new listing. In the coming days someone will spend a few hours and a few dollars making it a little prettier and ready for sale. We'll see if it makes a difference in some after photos I will take for the MLS and also post here. Go ahead and click on the image above to enlarge it. What would you do to prep this property.