Category: Groovy Ranch

Building Groovy Ranch: Update 16 (BTW, Happy Anniversary)
Cleaning up for Home Showings is Fun (Not!) Since we’re selling our home, we’ve got a daily routine for cleaning up for home showings. This routine takes about an hour and consists of the following: all garbage removed, windows opened, cushions and linens fluffed up and sprayed with Febreze, toilets cleaned, counter tops and all…

Building Groovy Ranch: Update 15
Eight showings. Good feedback. No offers. Those are the results of Groovy Home’s first week on the market. We’re a little disappointed, but far from panic mode. Should we fail to get any offers over the next two months, though, our realtor Hailey will have to talk us down from the ledge. Or, at the…

Building Groovy Ranch: Update 14
Our major news this week is that our home went on the market on last Thursday. Since then we’ve had six showings. Not bad for six days, two of which were Good Friday and Easter. The weather here in Charlotte has finally shed its wintry countenance. Highs are in the mid-70s and lows are in…

Building Groovy Ranch: Update 13
We’re in our final countdown to listing our home for sale. We’re going live tomorrow! Last week, our realtor Hailey brought her photographer to our home to take the listing photos for our sale. Have you seen the magnificent photo montages along with the homes for sale on Multiple Listing Service (MLS)? I’ll bet our house…

Building Groovy Ranch: Update 12
To paraphrase the Airplane character Steve McCroskey, “It looks like I picked the wrong year to write an ebook.” Yeah, even though my ebook, The Groovy Guide to Financial Independence, is sure to revolutionize how Americans approach personal finance, it’s not coming to an ebook reader near you anytime soon. My goal was to publish…