Blog - Sarah and Morgan Jones

Home Buying

Buying Your First Home – Step 1 Making the Offer

Recently my daughter entered into a purchase agreement for her first home, and I was reminded of how confusing buying your first home can be. We were texting or on the phone almost daily as she struggled to navigate the process. Even with an agent she liked and trusted, she was totally overwhelmed. If you […]
Marketing your home

First Impressions – Tip for Marketing Your Home #2

I know you’ve heard it said many times….”Curb Appeal”. What does this really mean and how can you improve it when it comes to preparing your home for sale? The first thing I’d recommend you do is to get in your car and drive around your neighborhood and look at other homes. How do they […]
Marketing your home

I don’t stink!….Tips for Marketing Your Home #1

You’ve decided to sell your home and plan to put it on the market in the spring….what can you do between now and then to increase its marketability? In today’s busy market, sellers might be tempted to relax when it comes to preparing their home for buyers. I often have to remind them that its like […]
Island Living

Living on a Non-Ferry Island

People ask me all the time what it’s like to live on an island with only 40 year-round residents? Don’t I get bored? Lonely? Go stir crazy? Sometimes….but in general…No. I love the quiet and the safety that comes from living in a rural environment that is buffered from the often-bizarre world at large by a […]

Home Buying Buying Your First Home – Step 1 Making the Offer Recently my daughter entered into a purchase agreement for her first home, and I was reminded of how confusing buying your first home can be. We were texting or on the phone almost daily as she struggled to navigate the process. Even with an agent she liked and trusted, she was totally overwhelmed. If you […]

Marketing your home First Impressions – Tip for Marketing Your Home #2 I know you’ve heard it said many times….”Curb Appeal”. What does this really mean and how can you improve it when it comes to preparing your home for sale? The first thing I’d recommend you do is to get in your car and drive around your neighborhood and look at other homes. How do they […]

Marketing your home I don’t stink!….Tips for Marketing Your Home #1 You’ve decided to sell your home and plan to put it on the market in the spring….what can you do between now and then to increase its marketability? In today’s busy market, sellers might be tempted to relax when it comes to preparing their home for buyers. I often have to remind them that its like […]

Island Living Living on a Non-Ferry Island People ask me all the time what it’s like to live on an island with only 40 year-round residents? Don’t I get bored? Lonely? Go stir crazy? Sometimes….but in general…No. I love the quiet and the safety that comes from living in a rural environment that is buffered from the often-bizarre world at large by a […]

Home Buying Buying a 2nd Home I specialize in an area that is very attractive to the buyer looking for a 2nd home. For some people, the idea of having a 2nd home is a very foreign concept. They ask me why does a person feel the need for two homes…or even want to maintain two homes? They tell me they’d […]

Home Buying The Tiny House Movement Did you know that there is a current movement happening where people are deliberately choosing to move into tiny homes? These homes can be permanent residences on a concrete foundation or built on wheels for flexibility. Companies are popping up throughout the country specializing in tiny homes and the Tiny House Blog has a great […]

Uncategorized Real Estate is Improving In case you haven't been watching the market or noticing the rising of "pending sales" in your community, let me tell you….the real estate market is improving! Last month our office had 21 properties go pending in 21 days, which is so much better than it's been for the past 3 years. From my 25 […]

Uncategorized 2nd Homes Can Be A Great Deal (tax-wise) Doesn't everybody yearn for a 2nd home?…. A beautiful place to go and do nothing but relax and spend time with friends and family…drinking nice wine, eating yummy food and reading those books you've always wanted to have time to read. Unfortunately, it's often hard to justify the expense of a 2nd home when […]

Uncategorized What will the new year bring? As we start into the new year, after all the excitement of the holiday, some of us have resolutions in hand for 2012 and others are just trying to finish up the last of the sugar cookies so they can quit feeling guilty on a daily basis. As for me, I started walking. I go […]

Uncategorized Island Afternoons http://islandthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/afternoon-musings/

Uncategorized Tourist for a Day A Tourist for a Day Sometimes, we have to take a moment…and re-discover our world. I find that if I’m not careful, my day-to-day cares take over and I lose site of this beautiful place where I live. The water is just a passing view as I travel through the house carrying the laundry, the […]