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$389,900 There are five 1 bedroom, 1 bath units and one 2 bedroom 1 bath unit - as well as a 3 bedroom, 2 bath stick built home, 3 unpermitted RV sites and a managers site. All units except unit #2 have been updated, working on #2 now. All run on separate meters for power and gas, each has it’s own water heater. They are in great shape, there’s plenty of parking and a huge common area out back for the tenants to enjoy. ! #2953388
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$649,000
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$429,000
BEAUTIFUL VALLEY VIEWS! 3 bdrms, 4 baths, 4858 sq.ft., elevator, lg. great room, open floorplan, vaulted ceilings, central vac., 1296 shop, 3 car garage + RV parking. Master w/balcony & steam shower! #2949085
$90,000
CUSTOM BUILT HOME IN ROGUE RIVER 2360 sq.ft., 3 bdrm, 2.5 baths on .94 acre close to 1-5. Brazilian cherry wood floors, grante counters, Walk-in dual master shower, tankless hot water heater. Breakfast nook off kitchen, 9’ ceilings, heated floors in master bath & shower. Detached 28’x44’ heated workshop with separate unfinished office/storage room. #2946102
FULLY FENCED LARGE CORNER LOT 3 bdrm, 2 baths, walk-in closets, inside laundry, vaulted ceilings. Lg. front covered deck + 2 car detached garage. #2945144
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$150,000
4.6 LEVEL ACRES IN GRANTS PASS! 3 bdrm, 2 bathroom with1800 sq.ft. 1984 doublewide manufactured home. Great place to call home. Plant a garden, enjoy spacious home with split floorplan and inside laundry. New electrical power pole. Incredible acreage for the price! #2950594
$240,000
GREAT FARMLAND BRING YOUR CRITTERS Gated 6.67 level acres w/ 3 bdrm, 3 bath home that sits back off the road. 2 garages and barn. Would make a great horse setup. #2946102
$160,000
NESTLED ON .59 ACRE 3 bdrms, 2 baths, paved driveway up to home & very low maintenance yard. Well at 30 GPM*, drip system for trees, 10x20 storage shed + 5,000 gl. water tank. #2951316 *per seller
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Make your home stand out among the competition with some simple improvements.
Along with tulips and daffodils, “For Sale” signs will soon be popping up across neighborhood lawns. An improving labor market in the U.S. is expected to spur increased home sales in 2015, so if you’ve been wanting to sell your home, low interest rates and tight inventory levels should create an attractive environment. “With the improving economy, we will see more people leaving their parents’ homes. Living in your parents’ basement isn’t part of the American dream,” says Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors. “Nearly three million new jobs were created in the last 12 months, and that provides incomes for families and confidence for making long-term decisions.” NAR forecasts a jump in existing home sales in 2015 to a 5.25 million rate, an
increase from 4.93 million sales in 2014. The national median existing-home price was $208,500 in 2014, a 5.8 percent increase from 2013, according to NAR. Yun forecasts the median home price to rise again in 2015 to $218,300. Inventory levels, or the number of homes for sale, remain tight, which could give sellers an edge. “For most of 2014, inventory stood at 4.5 to 5.5 months of supply. That compares with a more balanced market of 6 to 6.5 months’ supply,” Yun says. There are several things you can do to help your home stand out among other listings. “Makeovers can be inexpensive, but give back big returns,” says Gary Rogers, broker-owner of Waltham, Massachusetts-based RE/MAX On The Charles.
When it comes to readying your home for sale, think about three things: clean, clutter and color, says Sheryl Grider Whitehurst, managing broker at Traders Realty in Peoria, Illinois. Here are five things you can do to get a leg up on the competition this spring.
1. Spring Clean Your Home Take the time to do a deep cleaning on your home. Clean your windows. Consider a fresh coat of paint. Clean the grout in your ceramic tile. Consider whether your carpets need cleaning. “When you walk into a nice hotel room, everything is nice and sparkly clean. You want the same thing for your house,” Whitehurst says. Even small things can make a difference. “Make sure the furnace filter is clean. If it
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Immaculately Kept Home The bright & light feeling arrives from the vaulted ceiling floor plan, the oversized bay living room window, and a bay window and large slider to the covered back patio. Planked hardwood flooring in the living areas and top quality carpet in the bedrooms. Wonderfully sized 1407 sq ft home with large 3 bdrm 2 bathrooms. Kitchen features a refrigerator, stainless steel range oven with smooth cook top, & everyone’s desire: a pantry. Don’t miss the plant & decorative shelf dividing wall. Large utility room includes built-in cabinets, and acts as a perfect mud room from the garage. Open and level 2.5 acres is evergreen treed with an open feel. There is an attached double car garage for your vehicles and a detached garage or workshop for the man cave. Perfect for restoring automobiles or keeping the drift boat stored away. With a shared Rogue River access this home may be perfect. $297,500 #2953215
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is dirty, potential buyers will wonder how you have taken care of other mechanicals in your house,” Whitehurst says. Cleaning also means sprucing up your landscaping, which includes flower beds and bushes. “People wait until the last minute to prepare the outside, and sometimes it just doesn’t get done,” Rogers says. “The earlier you can have a professional landscaper come in to do a spring cleanup, the better. If the weather will tolerate it, put some more plantings in. Why not get a fresh look and fill out a flower bed? It can take some time to for those to set and mature, so the sooner the better,” Rogers says. “A good professional spring cleanup could be $400 to $500, but is probably the best return dollar-for-dollar. It will get people to go into the house, and it makes people think you cared about the house.”
Take Time Spring Cleaning Your Home! Tackle one room at a time: While you may want to finish your entire home in one day, the reality is you will be exhausted and you probably won’t do as thorough of a job as you would like. Instead, make a checklist for each room and what needs to be cleaned ahead of time. Take one weekend and go buy all necessary cleaning supplies, tools, and cleaners necessary and then pick a room and start. Pull out furniture and dust behind as well as appliances in the kitchen. You will save more time tackling one room, than doing a little bit in every room.
Don’t forget what you can’t see: While most house cleaning involves what you can see with your eyes, spring cleaning involves also tackling what you don’t see. Underneath beds, and behind entertainment centers are an ideal place for dust to collect and add to seasonal allergies in your home. To save time, each day you inhabit a room, dust behind and underneath objects in that room. After a week, your whole home would have been dusted! Treat your exterior home like the interior: When spring cleaning, take a walk around your exterior home and look at what is obvious. From cleaning up debris from trees, raking leaves, and general cleanup to washing the exterior windows. To save time on exterior projects, do a project each time you go take out the trash, or get the mail. Instead of exhausting yourself cleaning the entire exterior of the house, tackle the porch one day, the driveway another, and the windows another day. Make it fun: Since spring cleaning isn’t always on your top of fun priorities to do, consider making a reward for yourself and family members for cleaning up! Make a checklist for the entire house, and delegate jobs to your teenagers, spouse, and even have toddlers pick up toys in their play area! If you attach a reward like going to get ice cream afterwards, or going to the movies, you will be surprised how quickly your house may be cleaned – without you spending all month to do it. Spring cleaning doesn’t have to be time consuming and once broken up among family members and days, the entire house won’t seem as daunting as once thought. If your life is too hectic and you don’t have enough time to think about cleaning your home thoroughly, consider having friends and family to help, or even hiring a professional cleaning service. A cleaning service can get your home to a higher level of clean that you could maintain afterwards. Either way, spring cleaning will pave the way for you to enjoy yourself outside or even inside this season!
Also take a look at your house from the street. What do you notice? Have your shutters faded over time? Does your front door need a fresh coat of paint? How does your mailbox look? Ask yourself: “Can I do something simple to make it look like I take pride and ownership in my property?” Whitehurst suggests. Consider your backyard as well. “Curb appeal means the back, not just the front,” Rogers says. “Have your decks power-washed, or painted or stained. Consider getting a plastic shed for rubbish barrels. Have a clean, neat place to store rubbish barrels.”
2. Clear the Clutter It’s time to get out the packing boxes. “If you are serious about moving, start packing now. Think about getting a small storage locker. Lighten up the house. If the living room has too much furniture, it doesn’t look usable,” Rogers says. With spring just around the corner, consider packing away your winter clothes, so the closets appear more spacious. “People want to go into a property and see that there is ample room for their things,” Whitehurst says.
3. Use Color Themes It’s OK to be a little bold with color, but make sure everything matches. “It used to be that everything had to be neutral colors -beige or white. Now, people are bringing color into their homes. But make sure that everything goes together,” Whitehurst says. Does your bedspread match the room color? If not, buy an inexpensive bedspread that will coordinate. The same goes for throw pillows on your couch. Use small, inexpensive items to pull color themes together to create an appealing appearance.
4. Consider Getting a Home Inspection Typically, many homebuyers get a home inspection before completing the purchase of a home. Why not find out ahead of time which items the
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ell taken care of home in Grants Pass has a open floor plan with vaulted ceilings & solar tubes. Three good sized bedrooms. Master has two walk-in closets. Security door off Master to patio, bring your hot tub. Built in bookshelves, lots of cabinetry, garden window in kitchen, and dbl paned windows. Very low maintenance yard front and back. New roof in 2014. Call Lynn for your personal tour today! #2954018
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3br/2ba 1952 sq.ft. Gold Medallion energy efficient home! Wood burning frplc in livrm, formal dining, breakfast nook & famrm w/built-in shelves. Master w/walk-in & dual sinks. Gated RV prkg, lg. garage w/workbench. #2953141
$277,000
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home inspector will report need attention? The key is to be proactive. “Maybe there is a small drip in the faucet or there aren’t electrical ground-fault circuit interrupters where they are supposed to be, near water. These can be a small fix, and it creates a less-hassled transaction,” Whitehurst says. “We are seeing transactions fall through because of issues over home inspections. Then the house has to go back on the market, and everyone is disappointed,” Whitehurst says. The bottom line: Don’t give prospective buyers reasons to check your house off the list. “When people look at a house, they are really looking for reasons not to buy. They are looking for things wrong with it,” Rogers says.
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Pricing a home too high can eliminate some potential buyers from even viewing your house
Real estate experts advise being realistic when it comes to your selling price. It needs to be competitive. “Buyers are looking for the best value. Research often tells us that if you price your home close to what it will sell for, it will sell faster and actually for more money that if you price it too high to begin with,” Whitehurst says. Pricing a home too high can eliminate some potential buyers from even viewing your house, and that could mean your house sits on the market longer. If eventually you decide to do a price reduction, buyers may wonder what is wrong with the home. “You can price your home to get sold, or to get your neighbor’s house sold,” Whitehurst says. “If my house is priced higher, which one will look like the best value?” ~usmoney.com
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