Latest Blog Posts

• 1-2-3
  By Katie Pocras Halperin, Nebraska Home Sales Realtor Garages. It’s as easy as 1-2-3. But what’s the right number? How many should you have? Are more garages better? I think this has been scientifically proven: Garage Creep. It’s a condition where one’s belongs expand exponentially to fit the space. I like to say, “If you [...]
• Sure Signs of Spring
  By Katie Pocras Halperin, Nebraska Home Sales Realtor There are the typical signs of spring. The birds come back and build nests in hard to reach places. Your neighbor, the one with the perfect lawn, is getting a jump on everyone else. And kids running through the sprinklers when you still have on a jacket. [...]
• Romancing The Home
  By Katie Pocras Halperin, Nebraska Home Sales Realtor Online dating: what possibly does that have to do with buying a home? There is a plethora of online dating sites. And you can learn an awful lot about a person by their online ad. Or can you? Is all the information accurate? I read by the [...]
• Celebration
  By Katie Pocras Halperin, Nebraska Home Sales Realtor While many Nebraskans were off in Orlando for the football bowl game, I was bundled up (oh, man was it cold) in Celebration, Florida. Celebration is a town of about 7,500 people and is a Walt Disney master planned community. Essentially, it’s in the Orlando-Kissimmee area. Close enough [...]
• New Year’s Resolution
  By Katie Pocras Halperin, Nebraska Home Sales Realtor I’m not much for New Year’s resolutions. They don’t seem to stick. However, this year I’ve decided my house needs a resolution. And since this clearly doesn’t involve me, then just perhaps I’ve got a chance. To start, House, you need to go a diet. I figure House can [...]
• Pulse of the Market
  By Katie Pocras Halperin, Nebraska Home Sales Realtor A common question these days is what’s going on with the residential real estate market? Are things getting better? Are the glory days back? I can point to many articles, statistics that claim good times are just around the corner. But I can also find supporting information [...]
• Fences
  By Katie Pocras Halperin, Nebraska Home Sales Realtor Remember the famous Shakespearean line from Hamlet? “To fence, or not to fence: that is the question:” Or something close to that. Why do homeowners want fences? Is it to keep people out or in? A couple of homes ago, we had a fenced backyard as did our [...]
• You’ve Got Mail
  By Katie Pocras Halperin, Nebraska Home Sales Realtor Mailboxes. What possible can a mailbox have in common with a home sale? Not much, really. Most people don’t paya them any attention. But I do. Every once in a while I’ll have a home buyer tell me they “don’t want a home with one of those [...]
• The Grass Is Greener
  By Katie Pocras Halperin, Nebraska Home Sales Realtor The grass really is greener on the other side of the fence. No kidding. It’s been scientifically proven. The reason the grass looks greener is the angle the grass is cut. The grass looks greener, thicker from afar. If you’re standing in your own yard, looking down, your [...]
• Who’s Knocking?
  By Katie Pocras Halperin, Nebraska Home Sales Realtor I love front doors. While is Lisbon, Portugal, my kids and I had a blast finding fabulous tiled doors. Doors can say so much about a house and who lives there. Brushing aside the cobwebs and the last of the summer potted blooms aside, really take [...]