THANKSGIVING 2018

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Scott Culberson

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

If you get a chance check out my Thanksgiving 2018 video on Youtube. In this video I taste test Hershey’s candy cane chocolate bar. It was yummy, white chocolate with bits of cane cane. Could this be your newest Thanksgiving tradition?

Speaking of traditions if you are looking to sell you home and you are going into the holiday season you are probably thinking “UH OH WHAT HAVE WE DONE!”

My professional opinion on this is….Celebrate YOUR Holiday, with a few small adjustments.

Lets start outside and work our way in. Lights, lights, and more lights, if you Clark Griswold your home you definately need to take it down a notch this year. Lights are good and very festive, but lets make sure that it doesn’t look like we are trying to hurt or burn down a perfectly good home. Wreath on the front door, garland on the mailbox, and columns, even a blow up santa all very festive. As we move inside it comes down to “staging a home for sale 101.” Nothing smaller than your fist, three items per counter top, and minimal furniture. So if your holiday decorations don’t fall in line with these rules…this year you need to be celerating a little bit differently. Tree, yes, fake or real…your choice. Keep in mind you may need to remove furniture in order for the tree to fit this year, we still want good solid walkways for our potential buyers. Remember to keep to the rule of a depersonalized home. This means no photo holiday cards, ornaments or other holiday decorations with photos or names. Last but not least if you have any holiday joke decorations this is not the year to display them. Inside jokes only confuse buyer(s). The buyer(s) will leave your home trying to figure out what that decoration has to do with Christmas instead of thinking about how they can make your home THEIR home.

Don’t forget to set up a showing block with the showing service. Some buyer(s) may not celebrate the same holidays you do or they maybe they are more focused on buying a house and relocating than celebrating the season.

Selling a home is LIFE ABNORMAL so during the holiday season keep to YOUR traditision, with a few minor adjustments

Happy Thanksgiving and….

Live LIfe to the Fullest,

Scott

Taste Test #HERSHEY’S GOLD

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Scott Culberson

Click here to view Taste Test Video

I am a Broker Associate at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate GARY GREENE, and I have decided to take a break from Real Estate to share my thoughts on the new HERSHEY’S GOLD candy bar. (Check out the YouTube video) Try it yourself and chime in with your thoughts. No, I am not paid by #Hershey’s, I just have a HUGE sweet tooth. I am on the look out for the White Chocolate #Twix in The Woodlands/North Houston area, DM me if you have spotted them in a store.

Live Life to the Fullest,

S.C.

THERE IS ALWAYS TIME TO BE THANKFUL

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Scott Culberson

In the Gulf Coast Region of Texas it has been a bit of a challenging couple of months. The destruction from Hurricane Harvey will be felt for years to come. But there is always time to be Thankful. Some would say this is the icing on an already challenging year. Retail is continuing to take a hit due to e-commerce or due to their continued insistence that they understand what their customers want, yet continue to do business as they always have in the past. Real Estate has not had a bang up year, Harvey aside, due to the slow in the regional economy. Yep it has slowed and in some cases their have been layoffs and 2018 may bring more. The talking heads talk about stocks being up here and there but the trickle down to our region hasn’t happened yet, not enough to create a BOOM. But there is always time to be THANKFUL.

SOOOOO LET’S BE THANKFUL

Thankful that the HOUSTON ASTROS won their First World Series Championship, be thankful that despite their star rookie quarterback getting hurt the Houston Texans have a future to look forward to. Thankful that Tilman Fertitta kept the ownership of the Houston Rockets local and so far the season is looking good. Rumor has it he is looking at bringing hockey back to Houston and that would be AWESOME!!!! Ok, enough about sports, let’s be thankful that we live in a GOD WE TRUST country. Let’s be thankful that we can worship GOD in our own way. Let’s be thankful that we have each other and help one another…..

through thick and thin

So I did some research on where this phrase came from and it IS and oldie. My research found this phrase goes back to the English country side around the late 1300. This refers to the thick growth of the English countryside that hunters encounter and their strong desire to overcome those obstacles in order to win the prize of the hunt. The original expression was through thicket and thin wood. We all know that a thicket is a tightly grown group of trees or brush and thin wood…well that is a forest that has not grown together. History class dismissed.

Be thankful for your health, the ones you love and the ones that love YOU and make sure you take time to……………….