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VOL 23 ISSUE 2
February 2016
ROGERS COUNTY NE Oklahoma’s Leading Consumer Newspaper
Stage for Success
OklaHomes Realty offers tips on staging your home to maximize selling success.
By Sheryl Sowell The increasing use of technology and smart phones on a day to day basis has changed the world around us, including the real estate market. Whereas people used to schedule an appointment with a real estate agent to view a home they were interested in purchasing, it is now common practice for buyers to view pictures of potential homes on the Internet. While “staging” a home for sale has always been
important, it is even moreso now in the age of “click and view.” Staging is meant to highlight a home’s strengths, downplay its weaknesses, and appeal to the greatest possible pool of prospective buyers. According to Tia Stout, Associate Broker of OklaHomes Realty, Inc. in Claremore, “Today, buyers are beginning to shop for real estate (continued on page 24)
Get Hooked Up with the Best The newly remodeled Winganon Café & Bait Store is located eight miles northwest of Chelsea on Oologah Lake. Dean Kinzer, owner and operator of probably the most popular place in the area, the Winganon Café and Bait Store, has just completed a major When was the last time you passed through remodeling project. Many will remember the metal Winganon, Oklahoma, or stopped at its popular building look, but the new false front gives it a totalbait shop? You may want to revisit soon. ly different look. “Mr. Dean” (his popular nickAfter name) reminds everyone, “We often open before daylight and close after dark, and you can find a hot cooked meal, sandwiches, groceries, a walk-in cooler filled with your favorite beer, live bait, and Winganon’s most popular hunting and Winganon’s most popular location fishing acceslocation is the Cafe & Bait is the Cafe & Bait Store, which sories. And yes, Dean Kinzer and family purchased in 2011. Today, the combination café, bait (continued on page 24) shop and grocery store features an extensive remodeling by Mr. Dean. By Jim Butcher
Cabinet Refinishing The Gleam Guard Dust Free Wood Refinishing process will transform your kitchen in as little as a day – with no odor or extra preparation. By Sheryl Sowell
Tia Stout of OklaHomes Realty, in their newly renovated office.
Cabinets are the most visible and most used element of your kitchen. Everything else in the kitchen revolves around the cabinets! If you want a dazzling new look for your kitchen in 2016, focus on the cabinets. Whether your cabinets are in extremely rough shape, have only a few smudges, or are covered in thick grease from years of cooking, Gleam Guard Dust Free Wood Refinishing is the quick, clean, odor-free, reasonably-priced, highly effective solution. “We can refinish cabinets that are in really bad shape. We can also clean your cabinets and give them a new, permanent finish. The Gleam Guard finishes are available in either shiny or satin. When we apply our Gleam Guard system, it bonds to the original finish and makes the surface smooth and dry. The process remarkably enhances wood grain and keeps it looking oiled and polished. Old imperfections cannot be seen,” says owner Tracy Booth. “This is an ultra low odor process; it is completely safe for even those with serious breathing problems to be in the house.”
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South Tulsa 37,000 homes 74105–4,598 74112–6,823 74114–4,639 74120–344 74133–5,415 74134–776 74135–2,701 74136–1,201 74137–8,007 74145–2,496
Bixby, Jenks & Sapulpa 18,908 homes Bixby–74008–6,371 Jenks–74037–6,281 Sapulpa–74066–6,256
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Tracy Booth, owner and founder of Gleam Guard Dust Free Wood Refinishing.
Owasso/Collinsville 20,553 homes Owasso–74055–15,447 Collinsville–74021–5,106
Rogers County 25,278 homes Catoosa–74015–3,244 Chelsea–74016–2,310 Claremore–74017–10,514 Claremore–74019–5,470 Inola–74036–2,220 Oologah–74053–1,520
Broken Arrow 32,059 homes
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