East Grand Rapids, 4 Bedrooms, 3 & 1/2 Bathrooms | $399,900

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The fourth bedroom is non-conforming. This exceptional, all brick residence has been meticulously maintained and beautifully updated without compromising its original design. It has 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms and almost 2600 square feet above grade. There are plastered walls, coved ceilings with nicely proportioned, formal and informal living and eating areas. The re-modeled, sun-drenched kitchen has wood cabinetry, hardwood flooring and updated appliances. From the dining room, a door leads to a large cedar deck. From the family room, doors lead to a brick paver patio. There are fireplaces in both the living room and owner’s suite. The oversized lot includes a large manicured, fenced back, side and front yard with underground sprinkling. There is a 3+ stall garage and masterful landscaping. The lower level is completed with a large rec room, full bath, laundry and a lot of storage. A tree-lined street, historic charm and skillfully integrated modern conveniences.
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Property Details:

Status: $399,900
Listing Price: 1065 Conlon Ave. SE
Address: East Grand Rapids
City: Michigan
State: 49506
ZIP: East Grand Rapids
School District: $175,600
MLS #: 123456
TFLA Sq Ft: 2,800
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3.5
Garage: 3.5 Stalls
Fireplace: Yes
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Forest Hills, 4 Bedrooms, 3 & 1/2 Bathrooms | $289,000

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This executive ranch-style home is located in Forest Hills Northern district and in the popular, upscale Ryann Ridge neighborhood. This craftsman-style home includes four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and almost 2900 square feet of finished living space. The bright, sun-drenched home has a smart and functional floorplan. The great room with fireplace opens to the chef’s kitchen with beautiful wood cabinetry & flooring and granite on the island. From the eating area there is a four season room that leads to a private cedar deck. The owners suite includes cathedral ceilings, walk-in closet, double vanity and many windows. The daylight lower level has a spacious family room, a fourth bedroom and plenty of storage. In addition to the manicured landscaping with underground sprinkling, there is a private, neighborhood park. Quality construction, creative design and fantastic location.
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Property Details:

Status: $289,000
Listing Price: 4622 Catalpa Dr.
Address: Grand Rapids Twp
City: Michigan
State: 49546
ZIP: Forest Hills Northern
School District: $135,000
MLS #: 11025746
TFLA Sq Ft: 2,850
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3.5
Garage: 2+ Stall Attached
Fireplace: Yes
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Kentwood, 2 bedrooms, 2 & 1/2 bathrooms | $97,900

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This two story end unit condo has been totally re-done with new paint, new carpet, new flooring and stainless appliances. It is a two bedroom, two and a half bathroom home with almost 1800 square feet of finished living space. The two story great room with vaulted ceilings includes a gas fireplace and sliders that lead to a private patio. There is a ravine and small creek in the rear of the property that add to the charm of this unit. The kitchen is bright and cheery and includes a center island, pantry and eating area. There is also a formal dining room that would also function as a home office or an additional living area. The daylight lower level includes a spacious family room, storage and laundry room. The washer and dryer remain with the house. It is a smaller condominum community that is managed by the homeowners.
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Property Details:

Status: $97,900
Listing Price: 4682 Eastern SE
Address: Kentwood
City: Michigan
State: 49508
ZIP: Kentwood
School District: $52,200
MLS #: 11062480
TFLA Sq Ft: 1,779
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 2.5
Garage: 1 Stall Attached
Fireplace:
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Forest Hills, 4 bedrooms, 2 & 1/2 bathrooms | $ 274,900

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Located on a quiet cul-de-sac, this beautiful waterfront lot includes a huge private pond, sandy beach, professionally landscaped and two decorative patios. Entering the house, there is a 2-story foyer and great room with fireplace. The main level floorplan is spacious and uses architectural elements to define individual spaces. Each room has great views of the water and the woods behind. The kitchen is generously proportioned with center island, pantry, hardwoods and eating area. There is a main floor owner’s suite that has cathedral ceilings, two, walk-in closets and jacuzzi tub. The three bedrooms upstairs share a generously-sized bathroom. The walkout lower level has 1400 square feet of space that will give the new owner many options when finished. Considered to be the best lot in Ada Moorings and privately located within the popular Forest Hills Central neighborhood.
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Property Details:

Status: $274,900
Listing Price: 762 Moorings Dr. SE
Address: Ada
City: Michigan
State: 49301
ZIP: Forest Hills
School District: $155,300
MLS #: 11022494
TFLA Sq Ft: 2,310
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 2.5
Garage: 2+ Stall Attached
Fireplace: Yes
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Caledonia Twp, 5 Bedrooms, 3 & 1/2 Bathrooms | $299,900

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Meticulously maintained ranch-style home on 2 beautifully manicured acres. This 5 bedroom, 3 1/2 bathroom home has more than 2700 square feet of finished living space. There are 3 generously proportioned bedrooms on the main level including an owner’s suite and two on the lower level walkout. On the lower level there is a large family room with fireplace and plenty of storage. The great room with fireplace has cathedral csilings and steps up to the dining area and kitchen. There is a slider that leads to a terrific screened sunroom and then leads to a deck that overlooks the rear of the property. There are many windows allowing maximum sunlight inside the house. In the back of the home there is an above ground pool with attached decking. In addition, there is a fantastic 24′ x 48′ heated pole barn big enough for four cars plus a workshop. It is a quiet, private and wooded neighborhood that is convenient to the city within minutes.
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Property Details:

Status: $299,900
Listing Price: 6250 Sand Tree Ct.
Address: Alto
City: Michigan
State: 49302
ZIP: Caledonia
School District: $123,800
MLS #: 11019589
TFLA Sq Ft: 2,715
Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 3.5
Garage: 3+Stall Attached
Fireplace: Yes
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East Grand Rapids, 3 Bedrooms, 2 & 2 1/2 Bathrooms | $324,900

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This East Grand Rapids executive, ranch-style home has been meticulously maintained and tastefully updated with more than 2500 square feet of living space on the main level. The corner lot location has park-like landscaping, mature trees and a multi-tiered cedar deck. Inside there are three generously proportioned bedrooms, 2 full and two half bathrooms. There are three formal or informal living areas each of which includes a fireplace. From the kitchen there is a large great room with cathedral ceilings and sliders that open to the private backyard. The lower level has a large family or recreation room with brick fireplace and plenty of storage. Prime location, great neighborhood and tastefully updated. 
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Property Details:

Status: $324,900
Listing Price: 2262 Oakwood Dr. SE
Address: East Grand Rapids
City: Michigan
State: 49506
ZIP: East Grand Rapids
School District: $155,800
MLS #: 11019564
TFLA Sq Ft: 3,600
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2 & 2 1/2
Garage: 2-Stall
Fireplace: Yes
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Marketing your home for optimum on-line Visibility

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Many Real Estate Agents have some sort of presence on-line. Current trends in real estate require that you embrace the newest technology available to market your home for optimum visibility on-line. Many agents like myself use: websites, facebook, craigslist, and blogs to raise that visibility. However, it’s one thing to raise an Agents visibility but, an entirely different thing to raise the visibility of a clients’ home.

Optimizing my clients listings is what I focus on first and foremost.

When a client works with me on marketing their home their listing is placed on over 300 different real estate websites across the country – and internationally. Additionally, we use the newest tools available to market our clients homes on-line including: a custom domain name, custom made virtual tours, and we use the power of Keller Williams unmatched web marketing tools. This website is just one small example of on-line marketing in a broader campaign that is ongoing continuously. All of my marketing on-line is tailored towards selling my clients house and providing the best, most accurate information to potential buyers while making that information easily available through numerous means.

When it comes time to sell your home it’s important to ask the agents you interview what their marketing strategy is. Most importantly, whose interests that marketing strategy best serves.

Wyoming, 3 bedrooms, 1 & 2 1/2 bathrooms | $119,000

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This a meticulously maintained traditional, two- story home with 3 bedrooms, 1 full and 2 half bathrooms and 1,650 square feet of finished living space. Located on a quiet street with homes of higher value, this home, with a cul-de-sac location, is conveniently tucked away but close to all areas of the city within minutes. The bedrooms are generously proportioned and have been freshly painted and have new carpet. The main floor living space is open to the eating area which leads to sliders and a cedar deck that overlooks the back of the property. The kitchen is bright, cheery and includes all appliances. The daylight lower level is finished and includes a family room, half bath and plenty of well-organized storage. There is a two-stall, attached garage and the landscape has been well maintained and includes underground sprinkling. It’s a great value in a terrific neighborhood.
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Property Deails:

Status: $119,000
Listing Price: 1513 Emma Ct.
Address: Wyoming
City: MI
State: 49509
ZIP: Wyoming
School District: $66,200
MLS #: 11013722
TFLA Sq Ft: 1,500
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 1 & 2 1/2
Garage: 2-Stall Attached
Fireplace: n/a
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Forest Hills, 4 bedrooms, 2 & 1/2 bathrooms | $224,900 |

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This meticulously maintained executive ranch in Cascade Woods has had many new updates. There is a new kitchen with granite countertops, wood cabinetry, new appliances and flooring. There are new Andersen windows throughout the home. Including the finished lower level, it has 3,500 square feet of finished space. All four bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms are located on the main level. There is a fresh, neutral color palette. This wooded lot,with fenced backyard, has been professionally landscaped and includes underground irrigation. The home is in a terrific neighborhood, Forest Hills Schools and private yet convenient to all areas of city within minutes.

Property Details:

Status: $224,900
Listing Price: 7456 Lime Hollow Dr. SE
Address: Cascade Twp
City: Michigan
State: 49546
ZIP: Forest Hills
School District: $105,100
MLS #: 11012106
TFLA Sq Ft: 3,500
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3.5
Garage: 2-Stalls Attached
Fireplace: Yes
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Is your house the “shiniest penny”?

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Many people will put their homes on the market in spring time.  Always remember that you have just one chance at a first impression.  Will it be good or will it be bad?  Don’t make your listing public until you’re ready to do so.  Your house should be the shiniest penny in the bank.  If someone is looking at six homes and yours is one of them, it needs to stand above the competition.  And, if it does, you will be one the one’s who get the deal.


Remember this…you’re not selling your things, you’re selling your space.  And if people cannot see your space because of your things, you won’t get credit for your space.  Decorating your home for your lifestyle and staging a house for sale are two totally different things.  Being involved in sales and marketing for a major furniture manufacturer in Grand Rapids, gave me the opportunity to be a” fly on the wall” with some of America’s leading designers.  The concept of…less is more, opened up a new window in my mind.  That principle has been a tremendous tool for me to use with my clients.  Simple ideas can make profound differences.

Providing a staging service has become an intregal part of the services I provide for my clients.  Editing and re-arranging are important ingredients for your preparation.  If you’re planning to move, you’re going to have to move all of your personal items and furnishings at some point.  Think about packing and moving a lot of those things prior to listing your house so that they can be gone before those potential buyers come through.  A fresh neutral color palette, squeaky clean windows, shampooed carpet and polished hardwoods will all help add money to your bottom line.  And your goal should be to get the most amount of money in the least amount of time with the least amount of inconvenience to your lives!

Finding a real estate professional who can do more than simply put a sign in your yard and wait for the phone to ring will set you apart from your competition.

Spring?

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It’s suppose to be 55 degrees this week…a preview of things to come.  Don’t be fooled, we still have plenty of snow coming our way before the tulips pop their heads out of the ground.  But this time of year gives me a burst of energy just knowing what’s ahead.  Living in southern California for a number of years, I wasn’t able to see the weather cycles of the midwest.  Those cycles are great reminders of change…changes not just in our temperatures, but also changes in our lives.  Changes in our children, changes in our businesses and changes in ourselves.  Change is inevitably.  Most of us find stability in routines.  But routines can very easily turn into ruts.  Being aware of changes in our culture and in our environment prepare us to embrace new challenges and new opportunities.  As a baby boomer, I have learned from the “gen xer’s” to either get on board or be left in the dust.  I’m too young to be a relic…too much energy to be a by-stander…too many dreams left to fulfill.  So, once again, I’m changing directions.  I give credit to my kids, who are still in the “Spring” of their lives.  As I have tried to guide and teach them, I have, however, discovered the value of being a “student” of my children as well.  Oh my, they’ve taught me a lot.  Even though they butcher the English language with their texting acronyms, I am confident that when it’s their “season”, they will be prepared to take on the challenges that face us. 

Making contributions in our homes, our communities, our churches and in our work places will inevitably provide many new opportunities for growth, both personally and professionally.  It’s the time of year to get out of hibernation and…live!

3464 Monterey Hills Dr. • $35,000

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3/4 acre lot in the Forest Hills Eastern School District that is a very convenient location to schools, shopping, entertainment, dining and expressways. It is a smaller and newer neighborhood community that includes younger, active families.

Property Details:

Status: $35,000
Listing Price: 3464 Monterey Hills Dr.
Address: Grand Rapids Twp
City: Michigan
State: 49525
ZIP: Forest Hills
School District: $39,000
MLS #: 11008235
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