Thursday, October 15, 2009

Special Event: Fall Frolic!

I hope you will join me for this opportunity to support our local businesses!

~Hot Mulled Cider, Caramel Apples, Holiday Shopping~

I will be there offering real estate information as well as a number of local business owners offering skincare, clothing, handbags, jewelry, crafts, and more!

Date: Thursday October 22nd
Time: 10am-1pm and 4pm-8pm
Place: 413 Hawthorne Road in Roland Park

Hosted by Cortney Chaite and Molly Chacko

*There will be participating vendors giving part of their proceeds to benefit Roland Park Elementary and Middle School

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Baltimore City Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off: October 10 & 11, 2009

Public Works Director David E. Scott today announced the dates for the Bureau of Solid Waste’s Fall 2009 Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off.

Saturday and Sunday, October 10th and 11th, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute parking lot, Falls Road and Cold Spring Lane. Citizens are advised to use the Cold Spring Lane entrance to the lot.

Baltimore City residents can dispose of paint, pesticides, herbicides, car and household batteries, propane tanks, drain cleaner, gasoline, pool chemicals and many other hazardous items.

Materials that will not be collected include mixed refuse, unknown or unlabeled materials, acids, asbestos, ammunition, explosives, fire extinguishers, fireworks, industrial and medical wastes, acetylene tanks, small propane cylinders and radioactive materials, including smoke alarms with a radioactive symbol and mercury (thermometers or switches).

Proof of city residency, e.g. a driver's license, telephone bill or tax bill, is required to drop off items. Residents must also be able to identify the material.
For additional information, please call 311.

Staging in a Virtual Reality- Great Article!

I thought this was a really great alternative to physically staging a vacant property! This way you can give buyers the effect of staging without moving/purchasing/renting any furniture.

http://www.realtor.org/rmotechnology/articles/2009/0910_technology_virtualstaging

I'm always looking for new ways to better my listings with todays technology! Keep you eye out for additional ideas or feel free to give me a call.