If you plan to sell...
A special THANK YOU to all who honored us by letting us be your Realtor or referred us to your friends and family!!!
We are REALLY excited about 2012! We already will have quadrupled our business by the end of January, compared to January of last year.
Now is the time to start working on your house if you are thinking of selling this year. Start by de-cluttering and de-personalizing!!
- Go through cabines, closets, clear off counters, tables etc.. You'll be amazed at how much more spacious it already looks.
- Get rid of any plants that are not doing fabulous. Dead or droopy plants are dead energy!!!
- If the colors are outdated, update them. Watch HGTV --- see what's in.
- Replace flooring that looks tired , dirty or worn if it's not going to clean up.
- Paint walls and ceilings if they need it.
- Check the wood-work. If it's painted, it may need freshened. If it's stained, go over with Old English. After you've painted the walls, don't put much back, if anything.
- If you have any wallpaper at all, TAKE IT OFF!!! I listed 2 houses this past year that had been listed by another agent that had wall paper. They chose to remove when I listed, but only did so after a couple of months. The next people to look at both of them bought the houses-yay. It's a hassle - but worth a sale and the sooner it sells, the more money in your pocket!!
- Go through your closets, take items that you haven't worn or are out-dated to a resale shop. At one point, Curt was making 2 trips a week to the LSA resale shop.
- If there is a basement and it's finished, all of the above suggestions apply. If not finished, paint walls, floor and ceiling if at all possible.
Before it goes on the market, make sure the following are new or "like new": 
- landscaping
- front exterior lights
- house numbers
- door handle, lock, etc..
You never get a second chance for a first impression! The buyer sits in front in the car and stands on the front porch critiquing the house. It's your only opportunity for the first impression!
Yes, I did all of this to my house. We had a contract in 1 week. You can either do all this work up front or after you put in on the market - reducing the price as you go. It is a tough market, but if you want to sell as soon as possible for the most money in today's market, our team would love to help you! If you want me to stop by and give you suggestions, it would be my pleasure, just let me know when.
We had a team advance (retreat is going backwards) at my house in December. Goals set for 2012 and a great deal of discussion of new ideas and ways to help us be better at what we love doing! We all left excited and energized!
Let us know who we can assist! When you hear of someone needing our services, tell them to call us, then pick up the phone and give us their name and number.
It is an absolute pleasure to be of service! Can you tell I have a true passion about this business? God has blessed me abundantly each and every day and I love sharing!!
so how much is that per $1,000? $4.70 per thousand on a mortgage. For a house with a $100,000 mortgage, that is 470 per month, Now that is great!!!
A word of advice - give us a call - Do NOT wait until Spring. There are a lot of people waiting until Spring to list their house. We have buyers NOW!! Call and let's strategically work on a plan to market your property! 
From Kevin Kast meeting and greeting everyone at the front door to the speaker, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, to the food to all the old photos! There was an aerial picture of the facility at an open house back in 1961 - with all of the old cars in the lot. Lots of memories for me!! I worked there in 1961-62 as an X-Ray tech when Dr. Snullen was head Radiologist and Jack L Fond, Chief X-ray tech - sure has changed.
Jacke Joyner-Kersee spoke. What a wonderful lady. She had me previously with young athletes. She is such a splendid person and gave back to her East St. Louis community!
. On three different occasions (1994, 1987 & 1986), she was honored by Track & Field News as the World Athlete of the Year. She also was named as the top American Athlete five times (1994, 1992, 1991, 1987 and 1986).
having Sally the Clown make their favorite things out of balloons.
It is our way of giving back and saying thank you to everyone that supports us at Glenda Williamson Realty. We could not have done it without the wonderful donations of door prizes from our local business 
partners, clients, and friends... a great big THANK YOU (you know who you are)! 
