Low Maintenance Lawn and Yard

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Many homeowners enjoy the summer because it allows them to get outdoors and plant flowers, shrubbery and other yard accents. A home is a large real estate investment, and for many owners, their yard is an extension of their house. Maintaining a well-manicured lawn is not a difficult or tedious task, but it does [...]

Curb Appeal Starts at Your Front Door

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There are lots of things you can do to add a bit of curb appeal to your home (learn lots of our favorite tricks in our Ultimate Guide to Curb Appeal!), but you'll find that one of the simplest and most impact changes you can make is with a touch of color. Jenni Radosevich, author [...]

Coming Soon: Texting With Your Appliances

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Warning: What you are about to see could possibly blow your mind. You’ve been warned… What you just saw isn’t some sick Buzzfeed joke. It’s REAL and it is all part of LG’s new HomeChat™ service that allows homeowners in South Korea to communicate, control, monitor and share content with their latest smart appliances. [...]

Fix It or Not? What to Ask When Prepping Your Home for Sale

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When you make the decision to sell your home, it can be tricky to know which changes would make your home sell more quickly or boost the sale price — and which would just be a waste of your time and resources. Each home (and each homeowner) is different; that’s why we’ve come up [...]

Why have we been named ‘Best Real Estate Company’ so often?

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Only Coldwell Banker Grass Roots Realty (CBGRR) has received the “Best Real Estate Company in Nevada County” award seven out of the last 10 years—for 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005 and 2004! The award is based on a questionnaire put out by The Union newspaper asking readers to write in whom they judge to be the “best” in [...]

Reverse Mortgages: New Rules Make Them Safer for Homeowners

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The promises of a reverse mortgage -- never having to pay a mortgage bill again and using your home's equity to finance retirement -- can sound too good to be true. It almost was too good to be true during the Great Recession, when more borrowers were withdrawing most of their home equity at [...]

Don’t Let Winter Put a Chill on Your Home Sale

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While spring is traditionally thought to be the prime season for home buying, people buy and sell homes throughout the year. The need to relocate for a new career, health reasons, or the urge for new life experiences can happen at any time. Selling a home can be stressful. Add in harsh weather conditions [...]

Why Our Being at the Top Helps You

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Coldwell Banker Grass Roots Realty is doing nearly two times the business of any other single real estate company in Nevada County. And that’s good for you! We’re not just bragging about how much business we’re doing. We want potential home sellers and buyers, like you, to know how valuable our success is to [...]

A Garage Addition Can Solve Your Storage Problems

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For many Nevada County residents, the garage is far more than a spot to park the car — it’s become more of a catchall for every outdoor item the family owns. Many residents spend a ton of time outside, so they often have to store their surfboards and windsurfers in addition to the normal gardening and lawn [...]

With Home Buying, Planning Ahead Will Make the Multiple-Step Process Easier

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If you’re planning in the spring to buy your first house, you already may be feeling a bit overwhelmed about what can often be a complicated and convoluted process. The good news is that you have plenty of time to learn the myriad steps to buying a home and getting prepared for the endeavor. [...]

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