Omaha Wooded Retreat on TODAY Show!
If you watched the TODAY show last Friday morning you may have been surprised to see a home here in Omaha was chosen as one of just a handful of properties shown on the recurring segment by Barbara Corcoran, “What Can You Buy for Under $500k”? In case you missed it, click the previous link to view.
This awesome wooded retreat is one of my listings and I am pleased to announce that the home is now Pending! The soon-to-be owners are thrilled with the exposure and have sent the link across the country to all of their out of town friends and family to see their new home on National TV!
Marketing a home in today’s market is vastly different than when I first got into the business many years ago. Our marketing used to consist of ‘putting a sign in the yard and an ad in the paper’. Then just hope for the best! In today’s marketplace, it takes a lot more than that to properly market a home.
My marketing plan consists of attacking all possible avenues to expose your home (properly) to anyone and everyone who may be interested in it. The TODAY show segment was about six weeks of work but definitely worth it!
While I certainly can’t guarantee national TV exposure, I can tell you that we can no longer just ‘put a house on the market’ and expect results. Contact Bill Swanson today if you are thinking of making a move in the near future for a no-cost analysis of your home! Or feel free to answer a few brief questions and get an online market analysis too!
Don’t forget the changes and enhancements to the tax credit! Repeat Homeowners may be able to qualify for a $6,500 tax credit instead of only qualifying first time homebuyers who are still eligible for up to an $8,000 tax credit.
Bill Swanson is an agent with over 20 years of experience with CBSHome Real Estate, an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway.
Let’s see…where were we? Oh, yes! I was last posting about getting ready for a bike ride with my buddy Jerry. Well, that went just great, as we covered about 25 miles on the West Papio & Keystone Trails, from just south of 93rd & Pacific to Papillion & back. A couple days after that, I rode from my home near 156th & W. Maple out to a few miles north of Hwy. 36 on County Rd. 15. That’s just northwest of the beautiful Douglas Co. landfill to you detail types! Yesterday (Tuesday), weather conditions were just about perfect, so I rode out to Elk City, then Hwy. 36 to 252nd St., south over the expressway onto 264th St. to Hwy. 92, east to Skyline Drive, & back home through Elkhorn & down Blondo, etc.—about 40 miles. I guess you could say I’m “back in the saddle again.”
I saw Dr. Pat Clare for my surgical follow-up visit today. He told me he feels things look good & that I should just keep on strengthening my leg muscles & giving things time to completely heal before trying out the running again. No problem there. Incidentally, Dr. Clare is Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon for the Huskers, & he is the “Main Man” behind Nebraska Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, P.C. Having known Dr. Pat for over 35 years & been the beneficiary of his excellent professional skills twice, I would whole-heartedly recommend him to anyone who needs orthopaedic care. Besides, you’d love the offices of the place & the large wall photos of athletes in action, outdoors activities, etc. Great location just south of 70th & “O” streets in Lincoln.
I will do another posting about my “knee progress” after awhile, as I am now back to assuming nearly all of regular life activites. If you’ve come across any of the postings I’ve placed about what I’ve been through with my knee surgery, I hope you’ve found them at least mildly entertaining, perhaps even a little helpful. If you wish to contact me for further information or just want to talk about what’s going on in your active lifestyle—ups, downs, anything— just click on my name following this posting to get my contact info. -Scott
Today the swelling around my foot & ankle is down to almost nothing. There’s still swelling around the knee, especially at the 3 points of insertion where surgery took place. The one spot that’s troubling me noticably is behind the knee, where it feels to the touch like there’s a bump that has stubbornly refused to go away. It’s particularly bothering me because it prevents me from fully flexing the muscles in my thigh during my prescribed exercises, especially that medialis, which helps the patella (kneecap) to track properly. If you’re interested in more detail about these things, go to my previous postings & click the embedded links.
When I get out of bed in the morning, the knee & lower back of the leg continue to be quite stiff & sore. After a bit, though, I’m finding that the leg feels much better to walk on. Still, however, I found myself putting the ice bag on the knee before going to bed last night & waiting for the cooling to diminish the discomfort I was feeling in the knee. Perhaps this had something to do with riding my road bike around the neighborhood earlier in the evening, very easily & smoothly, of course. Or…maybe it had something to do with my trip to Wal-Mart to get a paperback & some peanut M&M’s! Guess this is just another sign that life is getting back to “normal” for me. -Scott
Choosing a real estate agent, whether in Omaha or elsewhere in the USA, is not always as easy as looking through the paper or calling the name on the sign. Sometimes other people’s personal experience is the best reference for choosing an agent.
When choosing a real estate agent, what should you look for? According to Realtor.org there are 12 questions to ask an agent that will help you in the decision making process.
Certainly connecting with an agent on a personal level is a must. Do you have a sense of trust with this person? Do you respect their opinion on the pros and cons of buying or selling? There are a lot of real estate agents out there.
So what sets an agent apart? All agents go through basic education and testing to become licensed in the state of Nebraska. After being hired by a brokerage or becoming a broker themselves, all agents are required to take 12 hours of continuing education classes on various topics every 2 years as long as the maintain their license. At CBSHOME, there are additional training programs in place that new agents are required to take as they begin the business. Classes on contract writing, inspections, measuring a home, creating a market analysis and marketing are just a few.
Whoever you choose, be sure to be open and honest with your agent about your needs and concerns so they can guide you in the best way possible to get you into the home you’ve been dreaming of!
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