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  • Super Staging Will Not Overcome an Overpriced Home ~ Get the THING priced right.

    For one reason or another you’ve decided it’s time to sell your home. So you googled “How to sell a house or how to sell my home”.
    At the point your home becomes “for sale” in your mind, you need to stop thinking of it as your “home”. It is now a product on the market (house for sale).

    • Whether you have listed with a real estate agent or not.
    • Whether you’ve told anyone that it is for…

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  • Think you are losing money when selling? Think again!

    Once again this year seems to be a very tough market for many homeowners, especially those who would like to sell their home. From all indications the market at least on this side of the state has hit bottom. And that is why there is one group of sellers that have an incredible opportunity that may not last much longer. They have the opportunity to not only wipe out their potential loses, but…

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  • Before You Start Looking For a House You Need To Apply For the Mortgage

    It is now more important than ever to make sure that this step in the home buying process is the first step. Today underwriting guidelines for lenders have become more stringent. Because of that we need to re-examine what a good mortage appliacation looks like. As you begin this process there are a few items that can help get your loan approved with the best terms possible. And at the same time…

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  • The Boomers May Be KEY in the Housing Recovery.

    A spokesman for the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Walt Maloney [1] say that the Boomers are actually better equipped to buy than in any previous time period. This generation tend to be financially stable and have the necessary 20% down payment on a home and enough buying power to get 176% more house that the national median. The real question is…Will they do it?

    Maloney says that…

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  • What Does It Take To Get It SOLD!

    After being in the Real Estate Industry for over 12 years we are often asked the question “What does it take to get our home sold?” And our answer is “For every property it takes something different.” But there are a few main things that we find are common denominators in getting houses sold quickly.

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    First, it has to be a desirable home or property. For example: We just…

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  • “Party On The Lake” - OPEN HOUSE

    On Sunday, August 21st from 2-4pm we will be hosting an Open House at 9061 24th Ave.

    This is not your average open house…we are having a party complete with boat rides and refreshments so that you can experience what it is like living on the lake.

    Cedar Lake West is a wonderful private all sports lake located on the North side of Jenison. It is a wonderful place for friends and family to…

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  • My Path to Becoming a Real Estate Agent

    1/31/2011
    Author: Gene Woodman

    One of the things that I always get asked in either a listing appointment or with a new potential buyer is “Why should I use you as a Realtor®”. And my response is “Because of my experience in life and my desire to help people through the process of buying and selling.” Now that’s just my short answer, but below you will find a story of my long answer…

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  • An Optomistic Look at a Sad Day for Grand Rapids

    July 8th 2011

    Yesterday many of our citizens watched and listened in horror as the tragic events occurred that took the lives of 5 adults and 2 innocent children in our community. The suspect in the murders Rodrick Dantzler snapped in the late afternoon and went on a killing rampage. Then he led police on a very scary chase through the streets and highways of our city and in one last ditch…

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  • What is going on TODAY in Real Estate?

    What people need to know is that today is much like the market of 20 years ago. We have cheep money, 4.5% for a fixed rate mortgage. And if that is not enough home prices are 40% cheaper than they were before. But here’s the problem potential buyers are very pessimistic and are afraid of taking advantage of these very attractive markets right now.

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    Here’s what the buyers are…

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  • Current Home Sellers Beware!

    We as a company want to keep our sellers informed as to potential dangers out there when listing your home for sale. Below is an alert that was sent to us from our local Real Estate Board – GRAR. We think that is a very interesting read and is meant to keep you aware of potential scams. We do advertise our listing on these sites mentioned and have not had any issues arise so far. If you notice…

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  • Saturday Slip-n-Slide is a huge SUCCESS!

    On Saturday June 11th CITY2SHORE Real Estate threw a huge party to celebrate and give back to our community. We accomplished this by transforming the Soccer Bowl AKA Charlie’s Dump in a huge Slip-n-Slide. The slides consisted or 4 separate slide that were about 40 feet wide and about 200 feet long. There were 56 local businesses that stepped up to help sponsor the event also. We had 1666…

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  • Saturday Slip-n-Slide Event!

    Join us on June 11th from Noon to 5:00 pm to benefit KIDS HOPE USA

    This is an awesome community event that is planned for the first Saturday after school is out for the summer. Just imagine this community’s best snow hill being transformed into a huge Slip-n-Slide. You guessed it, Rosewood Park at the corner of Rosewood and 18th Ave. better known as the “Soccer Bowl” or AKA Charlie’s…

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