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The Golden Years? Heck, Yes!

Many years ago, Matt’s grandmothers and his great aunt transitioned to nursing homes in their later years. These homes were effective at managing medication, safety, basic nutrition, and relative comfort, however, all three loved ones regressed after their transition to a nursing home. Matt often thought there had to be a better way.

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Love Where You Live!

Getting tired of the same old routine? Looking to add a little spice to your life? Well, you could try listening to the song “Spice Up Your Life” by the Spice Girls! (LOL) Ok, seriously, a home refresh is just what the Doctor and Team Skally ordered!

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Zestimate Or Not To Zestimate

The quick answer is YES! Here’s why you should do both!...

Earlier this month Zillow announced the shuttering of its home flipping business largely due to inaccuracies in predicting home values. Zillow has acknowledged their algorithm is 82% accurate in predicting Seattle area home values within 10% of the actual selling price. So for nearly 20% of Eastside homes, Zestimate is off by more than $130,000!

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Creating Your Dream Lifestyle - Home Office Tips for Productivity, Health and Happiness

When the pandemic hit, we all scrambled to create remote work and learning spaces in our homes. Now that many of us have the option to flex or work remotely perhaps it’s time to refresh that permanent set-up or actually create a functional home office that allows for productivity, health, and happiness. Here are a few of the things that worked well for us that we hope can help you create the most positive and productive home office possible!

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Creating Your Dream Lifestyle - Unleash Your Home Equity

Clients often ask us the secret to making money in real estate. Our Uncle (RIP), who was quite successful as a real estate investor and manager, used to say: “your home is not an investment, it’s a lifestyle”. We certainly agree with him on the lifestyle point, as our Team Skally “reason for being” is to make our client’s Lifestyle Dreams Come True! But if he were around today we’d certainly love to debate him on the idea that your home is not an investment. With the median home appreciating 26% over the last year and another 18% forecasted by Porch.com over the next year, our homes have incredible equity to unleash!

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Our Family Recipe for Kicking the Winter (and Covid) Blues

Almost seven years ago we took a leap of faith, moving our family from Sunny California to Newcastle. While house hunting, people warned us that it was expensive here! To us it wasn’t all that bad given we were accustomed to California prices – you pay for the weather after all! While they warned us about the prices, they didn’t seem to mention the tough winters with an abundance of rain and grey. When someone finally warned us, we cheerfully replied, we’re not worried at all, we grew-up in Minnesota and there’s nothing quite like a Minnesota winter where temperatures often fall well below zero!

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