5 Best Ways to Ensure Your Home Sells Fast

5 Best Ways to Ensure Your Home Sells Fast

Pick a Tech Savvy Realtor

Today your realtor not only has to be reputable (belong to an accountable organization of realtors) but also tech savvy. They must take good digital photos and may even prepare a virtual tour video that they then post on a website. They must be available at a moment's notice by cell phone or instant text email.

Best Bang for the Buck - Pro Stagers

There are now Pro Real Estate Stagers. Your Real Estate Agent may be able to recommend one. He or she will advise on the best ways and even cheapest ways to improve the look of your home and property for showing. Have you ever seen the caption under an ad for a home, "A pleasure to show"? These words are not for the agent's pleasure but to catch the eye of the buyer.

Get a Home Inspection

Why wait for the potential buyer to get a home inspection? Get one first. He or she can point out unforeseen issues that you never would have thought about on your own. Issues like plumbing, roofing, heating/air conditioning, drainage, basement mould and any electrical concerns need to be addressed before an offer is made on your home. Get the jump start and have the documentation ready and proof of work done to avoid delays.

Make Your Kitchen Really Cook

It's an old saying but the kitchen is still the heart of the home. Here is where you want to spend your money for home improvements. If updating old lighting fixtures with brighter, more energy-efficient ones, replacing a kitchen faucet or adding new cabinet door handles is within your budget then by all means do it. Many people opt for re-facing old doors or giving them a fresh coat of paint. Also many dishwasher panels can be switched around simply by removing a couple of screws. Sliding the panel out and flipping it over gets rid of the old scratched, dented or stained panel in a jiffy.

The Bathroom is Next

Buff up the Bath. Next to kitchens bathrooms are important rooms to update. Think of simple things like a new toilet seat and a new vanity or pedestal sink, easy for any handy homeowner to install. If you've installed a new sink, surely you can use easy-to-stick vinyl tiles to cover up the old bathroom floor. Consider re-grouting or re-tiling the tired-looking tub area. If it's within your budget a prefabricated tub and shower surround will give the bathroom a shiny, new fresh look that appeals to potential buyers.

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Why Choose Calgary Downtown?

Why Choose Calgary Downtown?

In the recent past, Calgary downtown didn't offer much in the way of entertainment as a reason to stay after work. That is changing. In fact people are choosing to stay downtown after five to dine and then maybe go to a show instead of fighting the traffic home. Public transportation runs through downtown Calgary and you can ride the C-train to take you to your destination.

Everything You Can Imagine

The downtown core offers almost everything you can imagine with some of the best fine dining, pubs and lounges and unique high end stores such as Holt Renfrew at 510 8th Ave SW. Calgary has many parks like the Elbow River and various pathways for an outdoor experience that you may be missing. Many residents choose to park their cars and then take a walk.

Attractions

There's plenty to see: Fort Calgary at 750 9 Ave SE is a Historic Site complete with a Museum, The Glenbow Museum at 130 9 Ave SE is Western Canada’s largest museum. Olympic Plaza at 801 Macleod Trail SE is an Urban Park, site of open air festivals. The Bow, at 124 7^th Ave. is Canada’s tallest skyscraper outside of Toronto. The Epcor Centre at 205 8 Ave. SE is a wonderful arts venue for performing arts. It is the home of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. There's also the Dragon City Mall at 100 3 Ave SE which is considered an attraction with its Asian theme.

Why Not Live Downtown? Buy, Lease or Rent

For maintenance free living and close to all the hotspots there are plenty of condos, lofts and townhouses to choose from. There are many construction projects on the go and planned for the near future throughout downtown Calgary. You can see how desirable the downtown core will eventually become. Why not buy now rather than later?

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Great Time at the Stampede

Great Time at the Stampede

There is so much to do. My niece is visiting from Quebec and she has been 3 times so far. With the price of admission to Stampede Park, the entertainment at the Coca-Cola Stage is free and showcases many of today's hottest artists. Hurry, only a few days left.

Believe it or Not - Out of Scorpion Pizza!

I thought I would try the Scorpion Pizza but they were all sold out. Who would have thought but the Scorpion Pizza slices at $10 per piece were more popular than expected.  The only vendor Percsilla Laraue, owner of 'Pizza on a Stick', says that there should be some later this week.

Whaahoo!

My daughter takes an imaginary ride on the famous bronze horses. Not for long though since the fireworks were about to start. They were great! My kids like the fireworks although my youngest didn't like the noise so much.

Calgary - Great Place to Live

I love to look at homes, so whether it takes 1 or 300 I will work with you to find the best home at the best price. I like to meet first and take you to look at a few homes. That not only helps me better understand what it is you are really looking for but will also let you get a feel for my personality; I believes it is far easier to do business with someone you like!

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New Flow for Bow River

New Flow for Bow River

First Significant Alteration

The very famous Bow River (meaning 'river where bow reeds grow' in Makhabn) that runs through the city of Calgary begins in the Rocky Mountains. It first winds around the foothills and onto the prairies. The Bow takes in the Elbow River at the historic site of Fort Calgary near downtown. Between 1910 and 1960 The Bow was engineered to provide hydroelectric power for Calgary which significantly altered the river's flow and certain ecosystems. It is now considered an important source for irrigation and drinking water.

Flood Alteration Horror Story

For the fishing guides in Calgary the floods last year were a horror story. These fishing guides take thousands of visitors from all over the world floating down the Bow River each summer. They know the Alberta river system better than most and count on them to make a living. They watched as the severe flooding changed the Bow River and put their livelihoods in jeopardy.

This Year Different

As another spring approaches the city's largest river, it means the start of another fly-fishing season for Kevin Peterson. He has been floating the waters for over 20 years but this year will be different. Peterson says, "There is a lot of it that has changed, you know, a tremendous amount since the flood."

Boat Launch Moved 60 Metres

As an example of the extreme change, one local boat launch is at least 60 metres farther east. Now gravel sits where water once flowed. "The day that the flood happened, looking at the river, we had no idea what to expect…whether we would get a guide season last year [and] what the river would look like afterwards," said Peterson.

Huge Changes to Economic Spinoff

Damages from the rushing floodwaters of the Bow River can still be seen along the banks today. Peterson says, "It's amazing the volume of earth that has been moved." There have been some attempts to repair it. When fishing is how you make your living, change and overcoming obstacles isn't easy. The 'steady stream' of tourists who come to fish the river also buy gas, food and stay in hotels. Questions regarding the economy of fishing remain as Peterson dropped his boat into the water for the first time this season, the once familiar waters now uncharted.

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