Kim Clark, Sales Representative Volume 2, Issue 4
EXIT Realty Twin Bridges
Local Real Estate News
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Selling this Year? HOMESTAGING…. If you are thinking of selling your home this year, perhaps having a home stager may be an option? If you think that is too expensive, I’d like to share a portion of this article with you.
3. Pick up a couple of planters and a new welcome mat for your front porch
Inside this issue:
7. Freshen things up with flowers and fruit. Ms. Stoker says her team always puts an orchid or greenery in every bathroom and puts a bowl of fruit – lemons, limes, oranges – in the kitchen.
To read the full article, please check out the link at the end of this excerpt. Here are some quick-and-dirty ways to help you stage your home on a dime:
1. Remove 20 to 50 per cent of furniture and accessories in each room
2. Stick to neutral paint colours on the wall, and add a fresh coat of bright white paint to the baseboards
3. Clean all windows and scrub all floors
4. Buy a fresh set of crisp, clean bedding and white fluffy towels for the bathroom
5. Edit your art. If your walls are plastered with wedding or baby photos, go out and buy a couple of works that are a bit more mainstream.
6. Ditch the shoe racks, small book cases or storage pieces. These will give the buyer the impression that space is tight.
April 2012
Poetry Corner
2
Real Estate Re-Invented
2
Recipe of the Month
2
Bulletin Board
3
Inspiration Corner
3
New Waterfront Listing
3
A Moment with Kim Clark and EXIT Realty
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8. Don’t use air fresheners to mask the small of tobacco, dirty laundry, cats or last week’s leftovers. Try using a lemon-scented cleaner, says Ms. Bourne, to help remove unwanted odours.
To read the complete homestaging article, visit The Globe and Mail. www.theglobeandmail.com/globe -investor/personal-finance/homecents/how-to-make-your-housepicture-perfect-for-the-sale/ article2393191/
Kim Clark Sales Representative
I hope everyone had a very:
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April is Cancer Month
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POETRY CORNER
CANCERS SO LIMITED
It can't shut out memories
(Version submitted by Kristen Homandberg, Pipestone Minnesota.)
It can't silence courage It can't invade the soul It can't reduce eternal life
It can't cripple love It can't shatter hope
Read it… Write it… Live it...
It can't quench the Spirits
It can't corrode faith It can't eat away peace
It can't lessen the power of the resurrection
It can't destroy confidence
Most of us know someone that has been affected by this terrible disease. Take a moment this month to help the cause. Every little bit helps to conquer cancer.
Fight Back
It can't kill friendship
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the area when buying or
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road from the Independent
They’ll think it’s dessert!! Even though April Fool’s Day is over for another year, keep this recipe in mind! Sounds Delicious for any suppertime prank!
“April Fool’s Day” - Meatloaf CUP-CAKES! Prepare your favorite meatloaf recipe as usual, but, before baking, divide the mixture into muffin tins and pat the meatloaves flat. HAVE FUN WITH MEALTIME! The kids will LOVE it! 1. Bake as usual, but shorten the cooking time (these thinner meatloaves won't take nearly as long to cook).
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2. While the meatloaf is in the oven, make a batch of mashed potatoes; add a little extra milk and whip with an electric beater until they are fluffy and spreadable. 3. When the meatloaves are done, invert them onto a round plate. 4. Cover the meat with a thick, even layer of mashed potatoes.
5. Finish frosting the "cupcakes" with the remaining potatoes. Optional: Squeeze a little ketchup into the centre of the cupcake and garnish with halved cherry tomatoes to look like cherries. "Happy April Fools' Day!" www.allrecipes.com
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CORUNNA COMMUNITY CHAT
The word "phobia" is a term that refers to a group of symptoms brought on by feared objects or situations. What fear would the word “ergophobia” refer to?
ANSWER:
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “The only people you should ever want to ‘get even’ with are those who have helped you.”
INSPIRATION CORNER Five minutes after you die, you’ll know how you should have lived.
What’s missing in CH_ _ CH?
Live within your harvest—reap what you sow.
Get rich quick! Count your blessings!
How do children spell LOVE? T-I-M-E
Feeling gratitude & not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
Two things you can count on — DEATH & TAXES — are you ready for both?
The man who tries to walk two roads at the same time will split his pants.
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
May all your troubles be as short as your New Year’s resolutions!
Challenges in life can make you either bitter or better.
Steve Morris, CEO EXIT Realty
“Well Done!” is better than ‘Well Said’
Real Estate WORD OF THE DAY
Get rid of your pride before you have to swallow it.
BREACH OF CONTRACT Failure is success—if we learn from it.
The failure to fulfill an obligation under a contract.
Fill your years with life—not your life with years. www.sayingsforchurchsigns.com
7 days without prayer, makes 1 weak
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Is 2012 your year to live on the water? Page 3
EXIT REALTY TWIN BRIDGES FINDS 2 NEW HOMES! GRAND OPENING April 28, 2012
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A Moment with Kim Clark We are coming into a great sea-
enough, I might add) but some-
We all have the same 24 hours
son….a time of renewal and
times we lose sight of what it is
per day, so it’s all about how
growth….and a time to reflect.
we are trying to accomplish.
we manage our time. I have a
For many people, we are all
fond interest in motivational
The first few months of the year
striving for the same outcome
speakers and inspirational
seem to flutter away and before
— to make a living and enjoy
stories and quotes. Little by
we know it, it’s already April and
time with loved ones. Now
little, I am taking words of
we’re 4 months into a brand new
some of us have various needs
wisdom and incorporating
year. For anyone that has goals
when it comes to our lifestyle
them into a plan where I am
slated for 2012—how are they
and the way we live it but all
learning to “balance”.
coming along? Are you a quar-
people really want is “more
ter of the way closer to reaching
time to spend with family and
that goal? It’s scary how quickly
friends” and just enjoy life. I
our time can get away from us,
think this takes some restruc-
especially in these hectic times
turing of our priorities and
where everyone seems to be in a
having some sort of balance
hurry. No matter where you are
between work and play. Be-
in your personal goal strategy,
So, when you are hustling and
lieve it or not, there are very
there is one thing that you
bustling in the coming months,
successful people in this world
should make priority in your
remember to ‘stop, look & lis-
that are not work-a-holics and
lives and that is ‘making time for
ten’ and be grateful for all the
still make a very good living
loved ones’. We rush through
little things that surround you
but they have carved out those
our days, trying to make the
as they tend to be the impor-
‘special times’ so it is scheduled
most out of every hour granted
tant memories upon reflection
into their lives.
in your future.
to us (which never seems to be Articles in this publication remain the material of its writers and source data is detailed accordingly. This newsletter is not intended to solicit properties currently for sale or expired.
©Copyright 2012, Kim Clark.