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Friday, October 16, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
starlight
The view at Starlight Theater before the show tonight. "Anything Goes" is a lighthearted musical with subtle humor that is still pertinent today.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Help Needed
This woman needs a kidney transplant. Her name is Victoria. She is the mother of two. None of her relatives match. She has Sjogrens Disease and needs some help. Her mother passed the word to me, I am passing it on to whoever reads this blog. Tweet, blog, whatever you can do to help her find a matching donor. Thanks.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Green House by Architects in KU Master's program
See more photos of the green, energy efficient home built by students in the master's of Architecture program. Each year students design and build a house. The 2009 class has created something unusual to see in a Kansas City home. They used solar power, geothermal power, high efficiency HVAC and ductwork, and a wind turbine! Personally, I don't think I would keep the bathrooms black but the inside is pretty amazing. Good flow; brilliant design. The building is a work of art.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Slow Down!
Recently I've noticed cars going much faster than the speed limit along 63rd St. in Brookside. The speed limit between Wornall and just east of Main is 25 mph. With all of the pedestrian activity in those few blocks, people really do need to reduce their speed.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
St. Patrick's Day Warm Up Parade, Brookside Style
The weather was perfect for the warm up parade yesterday! We walked up to 63rd & Brookside Blvd., visited with friends at the Brooksider, then enjoyed the parade from the vantage of Meyer Blvd. People lined the streets around Brookside Blvd., 63rd St., and Meyer Blvd. Afterward, we walked down to The Gaf for dinner and drinks. The Irish Musicians were having their regular session so the place was packed with many merry friends.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
The Brookside St. Patrick's Day Parade in Kansas City starts at 2pm today. See you there! Speaking of green, the world's first triple-rated green home can be bought for only $29,000,000. See it here: Acqua Liana
And if you miss the Brookside revelries, the Martin City St. Patrick's Day Parade and festivities are tomorrow. Sunday. They start at 11am Parade at 2pm.
Erin Go Bragh!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
One Homebuyers Misconception
AHA! I learned something new that can help homebuyers.
Recently, at an open house, I asked a woman how she had found that the house was open. This is something I do to find out where I should be advertising. The woman told me she had found it on my company web site. Great! That's one site that's working to give the people the information they need.
The woman signs up to search, and keep track of available properties, through my website using the benefit of my paid up license. Then she says, "Oh, but I check all of the companies because I want to see all of the houses." What? It had never occurred to me that people do not realize what the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) is and how it works.
A long, long time ago, there were no computers. Each agent would get a "book" of flyers containing the current listings. If you wanted to show your buyers another agents listing, you would have to call that agent to make arrangements. Imagine back when there were no cell phones. The listing agent would have to make arrangements with the seller and coordinate with you and the buyer to get the home shown. Could take days or longer!
Here are the most frequently used status changes:
Pending: means that an offer has been made, the sellers have accepted the offer and we are now probably waiting on inspections.
Contingent: means that an offer has been made and accepted but we are waiting for a contingency. Perhaps the buyers need to sell their home first.
Sold: means that the home has sold and closing has occurred. MLS will have the sale recorded before the tax records are updated.
Expired: means that the home was listed for sale at one time but did not sell. Either the sellers received no offers or did not accept the offers they did receive. This home is no longer for sale. The contract between the seller(s) and the realtor listing their home expired.
BackUp: This means that the sellers have received and accepted an offer, but if someone wants the home, they can make an offer and, if the present contract fall through, the back up offer will come up next. If there is more than one, the sellers will choose the offer they perceive as being most favorable to them.
Temporarily Withdrawn: means that the home was listed for sale but has been taken off for a day or a week or whatever time the homeowner(s) have specified. This can happen with a sudden illness or accident. Also, this sometimes happens when the owners decide too repair something or get new carpet. The home will go back on MLS as Active when the situation has resolved.
Active: this means the home is listed for sale.
So, the moral of the story is that All Realtors in Kansas City put All homes for sale on MLS (with few exceptions) and Your Realtor can Show You Any Home For Sale in Kansas City! Even the ones that aren't on MLS! Checking with 10 different realtors at 10 different companies is a waste of your time when we have systems in place specifically built to save you time.
Search homes for sale in Kansas City.
Thanks for reading!
Maria Morton
Recently, at an open house, I asked a woman how she had found that the house was open. This is something I do to find out where I should be advertising. The woman told me she had found it on my company web site. Great! That's one site that's working to give the people the information they need.
The woman signs up to search, and keep track of available properties, through my website using the benefit of my paid up license. Then she says, "Oh, but I check all of the companies because I want to see all of the houses." What? It had never occurred to me that people do not realize what the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) is and how it works.
A long, long time ago, there were no computers. Each agent would get a "book" of flyers containing the current listings. If you wanted to show your buyers another agents listing, you would have to call that agent to make arrangements. Imagine back when there were no cell phones. The listing agent would have to make arrangements with the seller and coordinate with you and the buyer to get the home shown. Could take days or longer!
Here are the most frequently used status changes:
Pending: means that an offer has been made, the sellers have accepted the offer and we are now probably waiting on inspections.
Contingent: means that an offer has been made and accepted but we are waiting for a contingency. Perhaps the buyers need to sell their home first.
Sold: means that the home has sold and closing has occurred. MLS will have the sale recorded before the tax records are updated.
Expired: means that the home was listed for sale at one time but did not sell. Either the sellers received no offers or did not accept the offers they did receive. This home is no longer for sale. The contract between the seller(s) and the realtor listing their home expired.
BackUp: This means that the sellers have received and accepted an offer, but if someone wants the home, they can make an offer and, if the present contract fall through, the back up offer will come up next. If there is more than one, the sellers will choose the offer they perceive as being most favorable to them.
Temporarily Withdrawn: means that the home was listed for sale but has been taken off for a day or a week or whatever time the homeowner(s) have specified. This can happen with a sudden illness or accident. Also, this sometimes happens when the owners decide too repair something or get new carpet. The home will go back on MLS as Active when the situation has resolved.
Active: this means the home is listed for sale.
So, the moral of the story is that All Realtors in Kansas City put All homes for sale on MLS (with few exceptions) and Your Realtor can Show You Any Home For Sale in Kansas City! Even the ones that aren't on MLS! Checking with 10 different realtors at 10 different companies is a waste of your time when we have systems in place specifically built to save you time.
Search homes for sale in Kansas City.
Thanks for reading!
Maria Morton
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Kansas City Twestival One of Over a Hundred Around the World!
The Kansas City Twestival will take place at the Tower Tavern located at 401 E 31st St. (13th & Broadway). Map
KCMO 64108. The event starts at 1800 hours (6pm).
Over 100 cities around the globe will participate in this event to raise money for Charity: Water
On our planet, 1.1 billion people do not have enough clean drinking water. (that's 1 out of every 6 of us)
All monies raised will go to support Charity: Water. Volunteers work to drill wells into the aquifirs to get freshwater.
Once the well is installed, volunteers teach villagers how to maintain and repair the well and hand pump. They also
teach sanitation and hygiene classes.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Tickets can be purchased at the Charity: Water website. Volunteers are still needed.
Food & drink sponsors are still needed. There is 1 band signed up; another is possible. Although the event is being
organized by Tweeters (Twitter), anyone is welcome to come and join in the festivities. It's a great chance to
meet some new people in KC and help some people you haven't yet met. Or maybe you know someone from
Twitter or facebook; this is your opportunity to meet them IRL!
If you don't Twitter in Kansas City, check ceck with your local Tweets to see if there is an event in your town.
KCMO 64108. The event starts at 1800 hours (6pm).
Over 100 cities around the globe will participate in this event to raise money for Charity: Water
On our planet, 1.1 billion people do not have enough clean drinking water. (that's 1 out of every 6 of us)
All monies raised will go to support Charity: Water. Volunteers work to drill wells into the aquifirs to get freshwater.
Once the well is installed, volunteers teach villagers how to maintain and repair the well and hand pump. They also
teach sanitation and hygiene classes.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Tickets can be purchased at the Charity: Water website. Volunteers are still needed.
Food & drink sponsors are still needed. There is 1 band signed up; another is possible. Although the event is being
organized by Tweeters (Twitter), anyone is welcome to come and join in the festivities. It's a great chance to
meet some new people in KC and help some people you haven't yet met. Or maybe you know someone from
Twitter or facebook; this is your opportunity to meet them IRL!
If you don't Twitter in Kansas City, check ceck with your local Tweets to see if there is an event in your town.
KC Scottish Highland Games
KC Scottish Highland games
will be held Saturday
February 21, 2009 @
415 W 13th Street
(12th & Broadway)
Kansas City, MO
64105
Hours: 5pm til 9pm
will be held Saturday
February 21, 2009 @
415 W 13th Street
(12th & Broadway)
Kansas City, MO
64105
Hours: 5pm til 9pm
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Illusions, Delusions
Illusions Sellers Use To Drive Away Buyers
When sellers wait to do the cleaning and repairs they were advised to do, they may miss opportunities to get an offer on their house. It doesn’t matter that I explained what you are going to do on MLS; doesn’t matter that I tell the showing agents about your plans to fix, clean and repair. When the potential buyer walks into your house they have an impression. Right at that moment; it can be a good first impression, or a bad one. Whichever it is, that’s the one that sticks. They will not come back just because you cleaned, repaired or updated anything in the house a week after they initially toured your house. They are gone. Sayonara. Next! Out of here! Bye-bye. They have moved on.
The first 30 days are the best time to get a full price offer. The first week, or day, is best. Buyers are excited to be seeing something that no one else has seen. That’s a selling point. Buyers who see your house the first few days it is on the market may have looked at 10 or 20 houses. They are ready to buy. But they cannot imagine how the house will look when you have finished getting it together. They need to see it. That’s why they have asked for a showing. They want to see it. If you want to sell your house, have it parade ready. On the first day it is advertised for sale.
When sellers wait to do the cleaning and repairs they were advised to do, they may miss opportunities to get an offer on their house. It doesn’t matter that I explained what you are going to do on MLS; doesn’t matter that I tell the showing agents about your plans to fix, clean and repair. When the potential buyer walks into your house they have an impression. Right at that moment; it can be a good first impression, or a bad one. Whichever it is, that’s the one that sticks. They will not come back just because you cleaned, repaired or updated anything in the house a week after they initially toured your house. They are gone. Sayonara. Next! Out of here! Bye-bye. They have moved on.
The first 30 days are the best time to get a full price offer. The first week, or day, is best. Buyers are excited to be seeing something that no one else has seen. That’s a selling point. Buyers who see your house the first few days it is on the market may have looked at 10 or 20 houses. They are ready to buy. But they cannot imagine how the house will look when you have finished getting it together. They need to see it. That’s why they have asked for a showing. They want to see it. If you want to sell your house, have it parade ready. On the first day it is advertised for sale.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Affordable Treasure in Hyde Park South
Featured Home in South Hyde Park seen on Tour today. This historic beauty was built in 1910 by, obviously, some master craftsmen. It is located on Charlotte St. just south of 39th St. If you are looking for a home with character and have an appreciation of well cared for, older Kansas City homes with fine architectural details, I'd love to show you this inviting home. It is priced fairly at $144,500. 3 bedrooms, 1 and 1/2 bathrooms, fireplace, large front porch, stone basement, new mechanicals, and updated kitchen. Please click on "contact Maria Morton" on the left side bar or call 816.560.3758 to see this home.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Above and Beyond
Over the holiday a conversation about taxi cab companies arose amongst our group at Charlie Hoopers. Four out of six of us had positive stories to share regarding the same local cab company. I'd like to share one of the stories with you.
After a somewhat hectic day, Erin arrived home to discover her purse was not with her. She telephoned all of the places she had stopped that day but no one had seen her purse. This was not just any purse, this was a day timer organizer with all of her contacts, calendar, credit cards, ID, basically everything she needed to live and do business. Replacing all of the contents would be impossible.
The next day she received a call from her bank. Not an 800 number, or corporate headquarters either; the branch that she did business with. They called to say that someone from Atlas Cab had called about her purse. Wow. Then the cab driver brought the purse to the bank. Complete with all of the money, credit cards, ID's, contacts, etc. Someone at Atlas Cab went to a lot of trouble to find the bank's number, place the call, verify the location and identity and then have the purse delivered.
Kudos to Atlas Cab of Kansas City! And a special "hello" to Jill and Alvin from your "Let's drive around and look at the Christmas lights!" customers.
After a somewhat hectic day, Erin arrived home to discover her purse was not with her. She telephoned all of the places she had stopped that day but no one had seen her purse. This was not just any purse, this was a day timer organizer with all of her contacts, calendar, credit cards, ID, basically everything she needed to live and do business. Replacing all of the contents would be impossible.
The next day she received a call from her bank. Not an 800 number, or corporate headquarters either; the branch that she did business with. They called to say that someone from Atlas Cab had called about her purse. Wow. Then the cab driver brought the purse to the bank. Complete with all of the money, credit cards, ID's, contacts, etc. Someone at Atlas Cab went to a lot of trouble to find the bank's number, place the call, verify the location and identity and then have the purse delivered.
Kudos to Atlas Cab of Kansas City! And a special "hello" to Jill and Alvin from your "Let's drive around and look at the Christmas lights!" customers.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
New Year; New Beginnings
Well, the last few weeks of 2008 were a little hectic. Along with the regular Christmas activities, I had a few doctor's appointments that really cut into my time. Glad that's done. The exciting thing was two of my favorite agents asked me to join them in forming a team! What an honor. What a lot of work! Not only did we form a team, we changed brokers. So, I'll start the new year with wonderful views from Prudential KC on the Plaza!
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