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Here are the best tips I've learned from experience over the years.

1. Clean your house -- no kidding... the cleaner your house is, the easier it is to sell.

2. Fix any glaring problems. You know -- doors hanging off, blowing in the wind... that sort of big thing!

3. Advertise yourself, even if you have a Realtor. It's not a given that your Realtor will actually advertise for you. It's an option that they can add in addition to putting you on MLS (Multiple Listing Service...). If you place your own Ad, include the Price, size, and any special features. There's nothing more annoying to us than a House without a Price -- it's much better to be completely up-front, so people will know well in advance whether your house is in their Price Range, and almost everyone has a Price Range. In the last year, or so, the Online For Sale By Owner Sites have become increasingly popular, so definitely give them a try, first.

It's amazing how many homes are Sold By Owner, now. We've sold most of our houses, over the years, on our own... you just need a good Real Estate Lawyer and you're all set. It's good to look at everything you can before you buy, and give it a try if you're selling.

4. If you're not on a tight time-line, consider selling on your own -- you just need some good 'people skills' and a good Real Estate Lawyer. It's a Sellers Market out there, so it's worth a shot... you can always hire a Realtor in a couple of months.

5. Take some great Interior and Exterior pictures of your house, then make up a sheet with a written list of the features of the house, dimensions, etc. Make lots of color photocopies so you can have them available to any potential buyers. You can set up a mail box of sorts to hold the info so people stopping by can just pick one up privately -- put it in the Front Yard, or Main Entry of an Apartment Complex, if that's where you live). Lots of people will be interested in the house price before viewing.

6. Have Open Houses -- from 1:00 'til 6:00pm. For some reason, these are great hours. The typical Open House (if there even is one...)is from 2:00 - 4:00pm. Too hard for people with busy lives (the ones with the money to actually buy your house! ha,ha!) to get to in time. Hey, you're cleaning and prepping your house, anyway -- what's a few more hours? Those'll be some of your best-paid hours in your life, if you sell on your own, since you'll save about $20,000. on an 'average' home! Now, that ain't bad!

7. Put out fresh flowers -- potted or cut -- in as many rooms as you can. Adds great color and gives your home a lovely lived in feel. Also, the old 'bake something that smells delicious' thing really is effective. You can also put a cinnamon bun in the microwave for 45 seconds, or simmer apple juice, vanilla and cinnamon on the stove. It's welcoming and it works! Oh, yeah. Wear something appropriate AND Put the dog/snakes/leopards where they won't bother your potential buyers! :)

8. Get any offers in writing. Have your Contracts ready and read through them first, so you're not struggling to figure out who the Vendor is when your Buyer is sitting there...:) (If you're the Seller, you're the Vendor!) When you're using a Realtor, be sure that they have good contact numbers for you so you can all act quickly when an Offer comes in on your Home.

9. Contact a Lender On-line before you start the whole thing -- you need to know the current Mortgage Rates so you can help your Buyer, if necessary, and for yourself, so you can know how much you can afford for your next place.

Find a good Real Estate Lawyer, first, too, so you can give your Buyer his or her name. (When you're selling yourself, you can share a lawyer, unless your buyer seems crazy, in which case it may be wise to find another buyer, or at least retain separate lawyers!)

10. Keep a positive attitude. The right person always shows up at just the right time, so keep your chin up and sell your house : )

Good Luck!! : )

Oh, and if you're in Los Angeles, California, let me know, and I'll put you in touch with THE Best Realtor! 

Survivor Nicaragua, That Crazy Marty!

OMG, that Crazy Marty on Survivor!! Can you belieeve that, giving away his Immunity Idol?? hahaha! How stupi is this guy?? (You know I love the word 'stupi'... pronounced stooo-peee, as in something someone might do in a POOL, in the middle of a GAME, when other people have to jump into said pool.... eewwww, and here, I liked Fabio before he did his little widdle in the pool! Yuck!)

So the whole time Cara and I are watching to see how the conversation will go between creepy Sash (is that his name?), who is THE laziest of all the lazies (although pretty much ANY of the young people, except for Alina and Chase, are painfuly lazy... I hope that's not generational, because we're gonna need them to work hard for us in their future, to pay for our retirement! hahaha!)... anyway, this Sash guy lays about all day, waiting for Old Jane to go get him some fish, for Marty to simply hand over the Immunity Idol, and what happens?? Jane hands over the fish, and Marty hands over the Idol... this Sash guy might like to consider running for office! Getting people to do your bidding for nothing ain't easy!

Man, what a fragmented little team, the Marty Team... what will I call them if he is voted out, since that's about the only name I can remember... what can I say, I know a lot of men called Marty (some good, some very, very bad...)... but with the New Merge, next week, watch out, baby, let's see what's gonna happen. I love that the loveliest of all the girls, NaOnka (NOT a PE Teacher, as the show suggests every damm time they show her name -- infuriating to me -- remember when I was sooo mad at the possibility that she MIGHT be a real teacher in L.A., so I looked her up in the California Commission of Teacher Credentials... you can look me up on there, and I'm on it, all right, because I AM a real teacher in California, but she is NOT a teacher of anything -- she's too despicable from all her hateful comments about sweet little Kelly B., the very brave girl with the prosthetic leg, and I couldn't bear the idea of someone that horrible being in charge of sweet little children.... and next week she'll be stealing some precious food from her own tribe ... oh, man, just keep going 'til you're voted out, I say...)

So Jill is out... and I liked Jill, too -- so level-headed... but I wonder if she played too quiet a game, not enough focus on the political side of Survivor? You gotta play the game from all sides... I can't wait for the merge... I canny wait for the Bad Guys to get voted out... oh, and who is this Kelly S.? Purple Kelly, right? We have hardly seen ANY screen time with this girl, and she's really pretty, so she must make it really far in the game... that's what Cara and I secretly believe... if we don't see very much of someone, then all of a sudden, they're in every other camera shot, that's one that will stay for a long time, so we'll see if our theory is right! lol! I loved the 'beach shot' of Kelly S. posing on the beach in her bikini -- a little preview for when she poses for Playboy... a girl can always hope! hahahaha! (Hey, you gotta take your 15 minutes of fame and run with it, as far as you can go... which reminds me, I thought we were gonna see Rachel and Kristin from Big Brother 12 on the pages of Playboy, but, no, not a word from anyone on the 'cast' of Big Brother... seems odd, right? To be on TV sooo much, then just disappear from the public eye?... maybe it's not too late for Playboy with the Survivor Girls... or Girls of Reality TV... would be funny! lol!)

You know, I wonder if I can relate so well to Survivor because I feel a little like I'm on an island with some seriously crazy folk, myself... lately, it seems I am surrounded by sharks... craazy sharks. Hateful, disturbed sharks, out for blood... soo not good to be in the damm water with all those sharks, because you know they can't remember not to bite you... it's in their nature. What I have to figure out is how to get out of the damn water, get to some dry land, and then stay away from said sharks for the rest of my life... wish me luck on that one! lol!

Okay, here's something that might make you laugh... I was gonna title this piece, 'Biitches B Crazy', on account a' all da biitches I've had to deal with in the last few weeks. Sadly, all women. Come on, women, I thought we were gonna band together, unite, don't become a negative stereotype... I thought we'd come a long way, baby. What about Maude? She would be so bitterly disappointed in the crappy way women treat each other, especially in the workforce. What happened to Solidarity? Now it's kill or be killed? Shame. (Did you see how I cleverly changed the spelling of 'biitches' and 'damm'?? haha! I hate being blocked by language checkers!)

So we're hoping, praying and wishing that we can sell our property, here, move back home, asap... I just want to live a normal life, again, free of all the crazy that I seem to be running into a whole lot, down here in Los Angeles... one day it'll happen, we'll get an offer on our house, and we'll be FREE!! Yippee! I look forward to that day! It would be like getting voted off the island, only you wrote your own name on every paper, to make sure you got to go home! lol! I hope you are having a crazy-free week -- write and tell me what that feels like - I'd loove to know! haha! Love & Luck, (and Money!!), Ailsa xox

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Okay, I have been playing around with the idea of The Money Frog for over a year, now, my biggest struggle is trying to remember how on earth I used to get new pictures onto my website -- really, how did I forget that?? I have a fantastic picture of The Money Frog in my email, and on my phone, so surely there is a way to get it on here for you to rub. Yep. Rub it. Rubbit, rubbit. Lol! No kidding! Money will come to you : )

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So, I'm at my Escrow Lady's office, overlooking the ocean (Clue # 1 that the Money Frog works!), and we're signing page after page after page for my new Mortgage on this lovely Condo that I had just purchased, and I couldn't help but notice this giant Frog she (Lori) had on her desk. So I said to Lori, Hey, what up wit' da Frog?? haha! Really, it's not the most handsome frog, ever, but he was huuge, and happily sitting on her desk.

Lori tells me this great long story about how she used to go in to her favorite Chinese Restaurant in Manhattan Beach, and every time she went in there for dinner, she would rub the Money Frog on her way out. And each time she would rub the Money Frog, checks would come to her within three days. Money would just pour in, in three magical days. (Clue # 2 that the Money Frog works!) She told the Owners of the Restaurant, who were very, very nice, how lucky she had been with the Money Frog, and how she had received money right after rubbing it. So the Owner of the Chinese Restaurant brought back a giant Money Frog from China, the next time she went, and gave it to Lori. How nice was that??

Of course, I rubbed the Frog, immediately... then, shockingly, I made a teensy little joke about how much money you might get if you did something else to the Money Frog, and we all laughed, and rubbed that damn Frog some more! hahaha! And wouldn't you know it, money started pouring in to me, too. Within the three days. (Clue # 3 that the Money Frog works! lol!)

So the next time I was down in Lori's office, signing even more papers and paying even more money for Escrow, I took a picture of the Money Frog, so I could put it in my phone, to show everyone I knew, and have them rub the Money Frog, see if the same thing happened to them...
and it did! Yippee! I'm all about everyone gettin' rich, right?? Money is fun, so why not get as much as you can?? Yeah, let's all get wealthy, buy more property!! hahaha! (Clearly, I'm all excited about this!)

This is a Series of Pictures of The Money Frog -- WooHoo, I finally got The Money Frog pictures up on my Site!!

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So I have been looking online for different ways I can market The Money Frog, and I think I have some pretty good options... right now I'm just looking at the cheapest manufacturing for my new Money Frog products, then I have to figure out if I should try to sell them online, or strictly on Venice Beach! hahaha! (Yes, if you're new to my site, http://www.buildyourownhouse.ca/index.htm, welcome, and I do live really close to the beach... but not ON da Beach, and that is the Goal!! Come on, Little Money Frog, get mama to da Beach!! lol!)

I've got a lot of work to do to get my new Money Frog business off the ground, but I'm really excited about it, and I hope it will do well. I think what I will do, initially, is try to find you some Money Frog links, so you can easily check things out, see him for yourself.

Now I have little Money Frogs all over my house -- he likes to sit inside the Front Door, to the South of the door, not too high up. The legend is that The Money Frog leaps down in the middle of the night to go and bring money into the house, that's why he sits close to the Front Door. The Position of the Money Frog is important -- facing toward the interior of the room -- I like The Money Frog to sit at an angle, looking into the center of the living room. The Placement of the Money Frog is really up to you -- some people like to place the Money Frog in the corner of their rooms, looking toward the center of the room, or surrounding the Front doorway. Placing Two Money Frogs together, on either side of the Front Door is said to be very lucky (!)... You can put a little Money Frog on either side of your front door, too, and anywhere money flows into your life, like by a cash register, a computer (if you make money using your computer, and I hope you do! lol!). He does not like to be in your bedroom or in your bathroom (let's hope you're not making big money in yo' bathroom!! lol! Yick!!)... a little tricky, though, since often your computer is in your bedroom...

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Feng Shui Tips: Oh, and while we're doing a little Feng Shui (The Money Frog is all a part of Feng Shui, called Chan Chu, and he wants to bring Good Luck and Good Fortune into your Life), here are a couple of other wee Feng Shui tips -- put anything Yellow by or on the West Walls of your home, to bring in more money, and put Green things on or near the South walls to bring more Luck into your Home and Life ... let me know if it works! :)

Feng Shui Love Tip: Aaand, if you want to bring more Love into your life (really, I need to do a whole lot more of this!!), group things in 'couples' (pairs)... so two candles together, instead of across the room from each other, two bowls, two of whatever (phallic symbols??? hahaha! No, I being silly!)... and add Pink to your bedroom... I have lovely pink blossom silk Japanese Cherry Blossom Branches and Pink Silk Roses... guess I should add waaay more pink, right?? haha!

Hey, did this just work??? Did I just get a picture on here of ME?? Haha! No, this not The Money Frog, it's ME! Go ahead and rub it for luck, if you likes! hahaha! No, that's silly! But this is huuuge for me -- if I can just figure out how to access my Money Frog picture, then I can put that on here, too!! And finally update the pictures on me site!! WooHoo!! (Okay, this is really annoying -- I can see my picture on my site when I'm working on it, but then when I pop into my site online, only a box with an 'x' pops up, and the link won't work, either... ugh! Dammit, I'm gonna have to take a stoopid course in how to put the pictures on me site! Or maybe me just call my old webmaster, Steve... he be brilliant!!) Otay, one way or another, I will get you the Money Frog picture, so you can rub it, too!! Make you some money!! lol! :)

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