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Highest Position - Explore #2 (Thank you all so much :D)
Quite a number of my flickr mates have asked me what is my new toy after i recently sold off my car. There you go ... here it is haha! Well, not exactly this train since i don't live in Melbourne myself but close enough since i've been taking public transport to work lately :)) I will post a shot of my car one of these days i'm sure.. just no chance to take it yet ;) Hope you all have a wonderful day ahead! :D
View LARGE On White to go on a joyride with me :D
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About
The City Circle Tram in Melbourne
The Shot
Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) taken handheld using Sigma DC HSM 10-20mm lens
Photomatix
- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Photoshop
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'curves' to increase the overall contrast
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'curves' to separately adjust the shades of the tram
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation'(blues) to enhance part of the sky
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation'(yellows) to decrease the tone of the ground
- Used 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer
You
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are (as always) welcome
Music
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I covered up the family jewels with an "oops" to keep prying pervy eyes from seeing the real deal. My booty has been on the internet so much though that they should build it a monument.
Click to download large version - 1920 x 1080
I recently learned about posterous - giophotos.posterous.com/ - A free blogging platform. It can update automatically to Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, and many more social networking websites. One has a lot of privacy controls during the publishing process. It is FREE! :-))
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Capturing the time when Swan's had the contract to run the since-withdrawn Stockport Metroshuttle 300 service.
Stockport, Mersey Square, 14/08/2010.
AEC Routemaster Park Royal at Dagenham ASDA London August 1991. New to London Transport for use on passenger transfer service between the Cromwell Road West London air terminal and Heathrow Airport, on behalf of British Airways and previously British Overseas Airways Corporation
Rock Ferry's former London Buses Leyland Olympian 14166 passes by New Brighton station whilst working the free promenade service on the afternoon of July 25th 2015.
La famosa opera di William Shakespeare rivisitata dalla compagnia Sementerie Artistiche di Crevalcore (BO), in uno spettacolo attuale, energico, frizzante e con un cast di assoluto livello.
Dennis Trident with converted Alexander ALX400 bodywork at Chesterfield railway station Derbyshire May 2024. On loan from Stagecoach Devon to help out on the seasonal 'Peak Sightseer' route network. However, on an alternative duty where it provided a free shuttle service to/from a Real Ale Festival held at the Barrow Hill Roundhouse.
Preserved Bristol VR with Eastern Coachworks body in King's Lynn Norfolk September 2023, where with other older buses and coaches provided inter site transport during the Heritage Open Day.
On the TfGM-supported free Rochdale town centre service. Both service and operator no longer exist.
Rochdale, Smith Street, 20/03/2014. Posted 03/08/2021.
A bit excessive for the free city centre Metroshuttle! Presumably a shortage of Optare Solo / Versa hybrids has neccessitated the use of a double deck hybrid to penetrate the pedestrianised areas that the Metroshuttle penetrates. 39029 wearing the silver livery that First's hybrids wear is seen on Withy Grove whilst operating Metroshuttle service 2.
Yutong E9 in Leicester city centre August 2023 on the free circular service branded as 'HOP', hence the frog logos. In certain streets of high pedestrian movements, the vehicle emits a croaking frog like warning sound.
Yutong E9 in Leicester city centre August 2023 on the free circular service branded as 'HOP', hence the frog logos. In certain streets of high pedestrian movements, the vehicle emits a croaking frog like warning sound.
Preserved Bristol VR with Eastern Coachworks body in King's Lynn Norfolk September 2023, where with other older buses and coaches provided inter site transport during the Heritage Open Day.
Riapertura della Chiesa Madre di Quartirolo "Madonna della Neve" in Carpi (MO), dopo il restauro post sisma del 2012
From the website...
www.theawl.com/2010/07/the-invention-of-the-bookmobile-ru...
The first American bookmobile came in 1905 when the head librarian of Washington County Free Library, Mary Titcomb, pioneered the mobile distribution of books across the county. With library janitor Joshua Thomas steering the horse-drawn wagon, Titcomb delivered boxes of books to "deposit stations"-the general stores and post offices of small towns.
Even before Titcomb began her delivery services, the response to this "first buggy book wagon" was met with positive cries: "Libraries to the people!" From then on, the popularity of the library wagon rose: boxes of 30 volumes each were sent to 66 deposit stations throughout Washington County. By 1912, automobiles replaced the original horse-drawn carriage. Without the physical limitations of animal-powered transportation, these vehicles carried even larger collections than before.
In his book Library Ideals, Legler describes how some of the earliest bookmobile were maintained:
Not everyone supported the passage of texts into small towns. Over in England, as early as 1825, Blackwood's Magazine published an article that claimed, "Whenever a lower order of any state have any smattering of knowledge they have generally used it to produce national ruin." It seems the political menace of placing a text in the "wrong" hands has always paid books the compliment of their influential force.
Rural librarian Patricia Salau lauded the cultural possibilities of bookmobiles:
Country people do not have other access to library materials...Frequently, their occupations do not encourage a cultural inclination, or an attitude of self-education...The bookmobile has to show country people that it is available for a range of topics beyond recreational reading, and further, it has to show them that it is useful to learn by reading and discussion, and to consider topics which don't normally arise in their pastoral or small-town undertakings.
Despite the somewhat demeaning connotations of Salau's description of "pastoral" or "country people," her intentions are downright noble.
There was, of course, "good" reading and "bad" reading. One study of the time worried over farmers, who seemed to read only "bulletins and journals of agricultural practices," while another warned against "penny dreadfuls," which threatened "the youth of to-day, whose literary excursions will take him into the company of ‘Buster Brown' and ‘Happy Hooligan,' will have an even chance with the youth of a generation ago to develop into a useful and law abiding citizen?" Hey! I never realized how old this debate was either.
The influential public librarian Eleanor Frances Brown notes that although earlier bookmobiles were filled with "westerns, mysteries, light love stories, general fiction, a smattering of not-too-deep non-fiction, and a great amount of children's material," they progressively accrued intellectual texts of "abstract art" and "literary criticism." She writes in Bookmobiles and Bookmobile Service (1967) that, by the 1960s, "there was little, if any, interest in the light and inconsequential."
With the rise of bookmobiles, texts were accessible to an older generation who had never encountered libraries or any concept of information repositories. In one case, a....
woman sixty years old walked three miles over ploughed fields to get books, reading ‘Little Women,' ‘Lorna Doone,' and ‘The Vicar of Wakefield' for the first time, catching up on all the reading she hadn't had time to do in the first half century of her life.
The bookmobile also provided often-detached rural populations opportunities to socialize. In attempts to appeal to adults, bookmobiles often added late night stops. (I'm a little disappointed these don't happen anymore.) The goal of the bookmobile to educate and thus "make better Americans" opened up a cultural conversation that spreads each day with the traveling word.
When I was growing up, my local public library would give out covers to hold our library cards. In one pocket, you would place your library card, and in the other, your bus pass. On the front, a happy slogan read: "All roads lead to the library." Wouldn't it be cool if the road was the library?
•Re-painting of inside and outside of home
•Replace or fix missing cabinets
•Missing Stove's replaced making property qualify for FHA/VA loans again
•Full house cleaning included and is part of our service
•All surfaces disinfected
•Small and large appliances professionally cleaned
•Floor sweeping and polishing, Deep grout cleaning, tile cleaning
•Professional carpet cleaning with 250 degrees of heat, carpet restoration
•Mirrors cleaned (streak-free), even large complex windows
•Bathroom completely sanitized and disinfected (Including toilets and showers)
•New Toilets/Toilets repaired if needed
•Linen service on furnished homes
•Furniture dusted and/or vacuumed/steam cleaned
•Upholstery cleaning
•Ceiling fans dusted removed and professionally cleaned
•Light bulbs replaced/High wattage clean bulbs
•Light fixtures removed and cleaned
•Wall washing
•Baseboard cleaning
•Vacuum air vents
•Drapery cleaning
•Shutters, mini-blinds, and screen cleaning
•Junk Removal & Cleanup - to avoid HOA fines, neighborhood complaints, city fines, safety, compliance, and appearance
•Yard Care Service including tree trimming, mowing, etc
•Swimming Pool Maintenance: Fill up, maintain, chemicals, clean up
•Updating and Repair Services available. Work is performed on a case by case basis
•Pest control, Scorpions, bees, wasps
•Random weekly home checks, photo reports in case you are out of state
•We help the homeowner to obtain a higher offer on their property
•Guardian Angels, full time home guard to watch over your property while on the market.
•Our Guardians will help agents prepare for open houses
•We work with short list of experts in the real estate field to list the home, market it and provide the expert advice needed to work with banks and lenders to get the deals closed.
•We work together with the homeowner for major needed repairs to obtain the best offer possible for the homeowner, reducing the tax difference the seller is forced to pay on a short sale.
•We take homes $40K and up, subject to a safety inspection.
Vacant Home Rescue
A 100% FREE service for Sellers of Vacant Homes
Info@vacanthomerescue.com
•Re-painting of inside and outside of home
•Replace or fix missing cabinets
•Missing Stove's replaced making property qualify for FHA/VA loans again
•Full house cleaning included and is part of our service
•All surfaces disinfected
•Small and large appliances professionally cleaned
•Floor sweeping and polishing, Deep grout cleaning, tile cleaning
•Professional carpet cleaning with 250 degrees of heat, carpet restoration
•Mirrors cleaned (streak-free), even large complex windows
•Bathroom completely sanitized and disinfected (Including toilets and showers)
•New Toilets/Toilets repaired if needed
•Linen service on furnished homes
•Furniture dusted and/or vacuumed/steam cleaned
•Upholstery cleaning
•Ceiling fans dusted removed and professionally cleaned
•Light bulbs replaced/High wattage clean bulbs
•Light fixtures removed and cleaned
•Wall washing
•Baseboard cleaning
•Vacuum air vents
•Drapery cleaning
•Shutters, mini-blinds, and screen cleaning
•Junk Removal & Cleanup - to avoid HOA fines, neighborhood complaints, city fines, safety, compliance, and appearance
•Yard Care Service including tree trimming, mowing, etc
•Swimming Pool Maintenance: Fill up, maintain, chemicals, clean up
•Updating and Repair Services available. Work is performed on a case by case basis
•Pest control, Scorpions, bees, wasps
•Random weekly home checks, photo reports in case you are out of state
•We help the homeowner to obtain a higher offer on their property
•Guardian Angels, full time home guard to watch over your property while on the market.
•Our Guardians will help agents prepare for open houses
•We work with short list of experts in the real estate field to list the home, market it and provide the expert advice needed to work with banks and lenders to get the deals closed.
•We work together with the homeowner for major needed repairs to obtain the best offer possible for the homeowner, reducing the tax difference the seller is forced to pay on a short sale.
•We take homes $40K and up, subject to a safety inspection.
Vacant Home Rescue
A 100% FREE service for Sellers of Vacant Homes
Info@vacanthomerescue.com
•Re-painting of inside and outside of home
•Replace or fix missing cabinets
•Missing Stove's replaced making property qualify for FHA/VA loans again
•Full house cleaning included and is part of our service
•All surfaces disinfected
•Small and large appliances professionally cleaned
•Floor sweeping and polishing, Deep grout cleaning, tile cleaning
•Professional carpet cleaning with 250 degrees of heat, carpet restoration
•Mirrors cleaned (streak-free), even large complex windows
•Bathroom completely sanitized and disinfected (Including toilets and showers)
•New Toilets/Toilets repaired if needed
•Linen service on furnished homes
•Furniture dusted and/or vacuumed/steam cleaned
•Upholstery cleaning
•Ceiling fans dusted removed and professionally cleaned
•Light bulbs replaced/High wattage clean bulbs
•Light fixtures removed and cleaned
•Wall washing
•Baseboard cleaning
•Vacuum air vents
•Drapery cleaning
•Shutters, mini-blinds, and screen cleaning
•Junk Removal & Cleanup - to avoid HOA fines, neighborhood complaints, city fines, safety, compliance, and appearance
•Yard Care Service including tree trimming, mowing, etc
•Swimming Pool Maintenance: Fill up, maintain, chemicals, clean up
•Updating and Repair Services available. Work is performed on a case by case basis
•Pest control, Scorpions, bees, wasps
•Random weekly home checks, photo reports in case you are out of state
•We help the homeowner to obtain a higher offer on their property
•Guardian Angels, full time home guard to watch over your property while on the market.
•Our Guardians will help agents prepare for open houses
•We work with short list of experts in the real estate field to list the home, market it and provide the expert advice needed to work with banks and lenders to get the deals closed.
•We work together with the homeowner for major needed repairs to obtain the best offer possible for the homeowner, reducing the tax difference the seller is forced to pay on a short sale.
•We take homes $40K and up, subject to a safety inspection.
Vacant Home Rescue
A 100% FREE service for Sellers of Vacant Homes
Info@vacanthomerescue.com
the free vintage bus service was available at the west end festival from Victoria Park- Kelvingrove Park - Botanic Gardens
The last day of the free shuttle bus around Guildford. The service has been axed by the council as of 30 August 2008.
the free vintage bus service was available at the west end festival from Victoria Park- Kelvingrove Park - Botanic Gardens
the free vintage bus service was available at the west end festival from Victoria Park- Kelvingrove Park - Botanic Gardens
Free service,
Lot C,
Kneeling bus,
Natural gas vehicle,
On my way to Petersen Auitomotive museum
For my video; youtu.be/KquPTwf3WoA
Los Angeles airport, California, United States
•Re-painting of inside and outside of home
•Replace or fix missing cabinets
•Missing Stove's replaced making property qualify for FHA/VA loans again
•Full house cleaning included and is part of our service
•All surfaces disinfected
•Small and large appliances professionally cleaned
•Floor sweeping and polishing, Deep grout cleaning, tile cleaning
•Professional carpet cleaning with 250 degrees of heat, carpet restoration
•Mirrors cleaned (streak-free), even large complex windows
•Bathroom completely sanitized and disinfected (Including toilets and showers)
•New Toilets/Toilets repaired if needed
•Linen service on furnished homes
•Furniture dusted and/or vacuumed/steam cleaned
•Upholstery cleaning
•Ceiling fans dusted removed and professionally cleaned
•Light bulbs replaced/High wattage clean bulbs
•Light fixtures removed and cleaned
•Wall washing
•Baseboard cleaning
•Vacuum air vents
•Drapery cleaning
•Shutters, mini-blinds, and screen cleaning
•Junk Removal & Cleanup - to avoid HOA fines, neighborhood complaints, city fines, safety, compliance, and appearance
•Yard Care Service including tree trimming, mowing, etc
•Swimming Pool Maintenance: Fill up, maintain, chemicals, clean up
•Updating and Repair Services available. Work is performed on a case by case basis
•Pest control, Scorpions, bees, wasps
•Random weekly home checks, photo reports in case you are out of state
•We help the homeowner to obtain a higher offer on their property
•Guardian Angels, full time home guard to watch over your property while on the market.
•Our Guardians will help agents prepare for open houses
•We work with short list of experts in the real estate field to list the home, market it and provide the expert advice needed to work with banks and lenders to get the deals closed.
•We work together with the homeowner for major needed repairs to obtain the best offer possible for the homeowner, reducing the tax difference the seller is forced to pay on a short sale.
•We take homes $40K and up, subject to a safety inspection.
Vacant Home Rescue
A 100% FREE service for Sellers of Vacant Homes
Info@vacanthomerescue.com
the free vintage bus service was available at the west end festival from Victoria Park- Kelvingrove Park - Botanic Gardens
the free vintage bus service was available at the west end festival from Victoria Park- Kelvingrove Park - Botanic Gardens
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - The Presidio of Monterey Installation Tax Center officially opened its doors for business in its new location with a ribbon cutting center on Jan. 30. Garrison Commander Col. Joel Clark and Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Commandant Col. Danial Pick performed the ribbon cutting prior to touring the facilities. The Tax Center is open to assist active military, their family members and retirees with preparing and electronically filing their taxes throughout the tax season Mon. - Fri., 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Appointments can be made by calling 831-242-7365.
Official Presidio of Monterey Web site
Official Presidio of Monterey Facebook
PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
•Re-painting of inside and outside of home
•Replace or fix missing cabinets
•Missing Stove's replaced making property qualify for FHA/VA loans again
•Full house cleaning included and is part of our service
•All surfaces disinfected
•Small and large appliances professionally cleaned
•Floor sweeping and polishing, Deep grout cleaning, tile cleaning
•Professional carpet cleaning with 250 degrees of heat, carpet restoration
•Mirrors cleaned (streak-free), even large complex windows
•Bathroom completely sanitized and disinfected (Including toilets and showers)
•New Toilets/Toilets repaired if needed
•Linen service on furnished homes
•Furniture dusted and/or vacuumed/steam cleaned
•Upholstery cleaning
•Ceiling fans dusted removed and professionally cleaned
•Light bulbs replaced/High wattage clean bulbs
•Light fixtures removed and cleaned
•Wall washing
•Baseboard cleaning
•Vacuum air vents
•Drapery cleaning
•Shutters, mini-blinds, and screen cleaning
•Junk Removal & Cleanup - to avoid HOA fines, neighborhood complaints, city fines, safety, compliance, and appearance
•Yard Care Service including tree trimming, mowing, etc
•Swimming Pool Maintenance: Fill up, maintain, chemicals, clean up
•Updating and Repair Services available. Work is performed on a case by case basis
•Pest control, Scorpions, bees, wasps
•Random weekly home checks, photo reports in case you are out of state
•We help the homeowner to obtain a higher offer on their property
•Guardian Angels, full time home guard to watch over your property while on the market.
•Our Guardians will help agents prepare for open houses
•We work with short list of experts in the real estate field to list the home, market it and provide the expert advice needed to work with banks and lenders to get the deals closed.
•We work together with the homeowner for major needed repairs to obtain the best offer possible for the homeowner, reducing the tax difference the seller is forced to pay on a short sale.
•We take homes $40K and up, subject to a safety inspection.
Vacant Home Rescue
A 100% FREE service for Sellers of Vacant Homes
Info@vacanthomerescue.com
•Re-painting of inside and outside of home
•Replace or fix missing cabinets
•Missing Stove's replaced making property qualify for FHA/VA loans again
•Full house cleaning included and is part of our service
•All surfaces disinfected
•Small and large appliances professionally cleaned
•Floor sweeping and polishing, Deep grout cleaning, tile cleaning
•Professional carpet cleaning with 250 degrees of heat, carpet restoration
•Mirrors cleaned (streak-free), even large complex windows
•Bathroom completely sanitized and disinfected (Including toilets and showers)
•New Toilets/Toilets repaired if needed
•Linen service on furnished homes
•Furniture dusted and/or vacuumed/steam cleaned
•Upholstery cleaning
•Ceiling fans dusted removed and professionally cleaned
•Light bulbs replaced/High wattage clean bulbs
•Light fixtures removed and cleaned
•Wall washing
•Baseboard cleaning
•Vacuum air vents
•Drapery cleaning
•Shutters, mini-blinds, and screen cleaning
•Junk Removal & Cleanup - to avoid HOA fines, neighborhood complaints, city fines, safety, compliance, and appearance
•Yard Care Service including tree trimming, mowing, etc
•Swimming Pool Maintenance: Fill up, maintain, chemicals, clean up
•Updating and Repair Services available. Work is performed on a case by case basis
•Pest control, Scorpions, bees, wasps
•Random weekly home checks, photo reports in case you are out of state
•We help the homeowner to obtain a higher offer on their property
•Guardian Angels, full time home guard to watch over your property while on the market.
•Our Guardians will help agents prepare for open houses
•We work with short list of experts in the real estate field to list the home, market it and provide the expert advice needed to work with banks and lenders to get the deals closed.
•We work together with the homeowner for major needed repairs to obtain the best offer possible for the homeowner, reducing the tax difference the seller is forced to pay on a short sale.
•We take homes $40K and up, subject to a safety inspection.
Vacant Home Rescue
A 100% FREE service for Sellers of Vacant Homes
Info@vacanthomerescue.com
A Unique and 100% FREE Clean up & Preparation Service for Sellers of Vacant Homes
We deal in homes $40K and up, subject to safety inspection.
"Our goal is to help sustain or raise neighborhood values,
while making house hunting a safer and more rewarding environment for Realtors and buyers. We hope to help desperate home sellers prepare their homes for the market and avoid unnecessary heartache and fines. We believe our hard work and genuine passion for our company, will bring Realtors and homeowners the much needed solution to a very difficult problem. "
You are trying to decide if you should put your home up for short sale. You have left in a hurry, leaving no time to fix up the issues to get the home ready to be put on the market, nor do you have the time or the energy to put into a home you are being forced to sell. It could be the case you have finally been harassed and pushed over the edge by the bank and you just want out. The loan modification that once looked so hopeful isn't sounding nearly as appealing as it did on TV and you don't want to be in the same boat you're in at this moment, three, four, five or six years from now....Or you could be the unfortunate landlord left with a property that tenants have destroyed, fines continuing to pour in from the HOA and the city. Your agent keeps telling you the utilities must be on for a home to be inspected and you know that the majority of buyers will pay to have the home inspected before buying it.
It could be that today while driving down the block to pick up your children from school, you start to notice how every vacant home you see has broken windows, overgrown grass, or green pools. You fear squatters may claim your home, you have already heard about the vandals stripping homes for copper, air conditioning units, cabinets and counter-tops. Not having these items, will make buyer s unable to qualify for an FHA loan - the most common type of financing - leaving you with even less options to sell.
Unfortunately what most sellers don't know is depending on the bank, no matter what anyone tells you, a short sale can take
12 months or more to close. Also, remember when you are signing the seller documents at closing the bank will make you sign forms agreeing to pay taxes on the difference between what your house sells for (short sale) and what you owe. This can be pricey, meaning it's better to obtain a higher offer for the home you are selling.
So what do you do next? You are the homeowner that has the 3 bedroom 2 bathroom in a quaint little neighborhood that just needs cleaning, you cant afford to put the utilities on, and the pool is a mess. Good news my friend, your Guardian Angels have arrived. We deal in homes from $40k and up, and we pay all of the utilities and upkeep on the home while it is on the market.
Here at Vacant Home Rescue, we are not waiting for the market to improve itself, we believe the start of seeing a change in the market, is getting sellers the best offer they possibly can on their homes. If it sounds too good to be true, it's not. The service is 100 % FREE for sellers. After agreeing that we can work out a way to help your home, we transfer the utilities into the company's name, we then take a list of much needed repairs including paint touch ups and steam cleaning of your rugs, we assess any green pools or pools that need fill up and maintenance. If pest control is needed we handle it, all at our cost. We then assign a Guardian Angel to watch over your home, keeping it show ready the entire time it is on the market. Your Angel will carry their own renters insurance covering the value of the home, personal liability, water/property damage, slip and fall, fire and flood. The homeowner as well as our company will be listed on the policy in case something is damaged and left for repair. For your peace of mind, your Angel is fully screened and background checked. Your Angel will not be classified as a tenant and will not have any pets. Your Angel only needs 15 minutes' notice for all showings so they can take a walk, leaving behind snacks and ice water for your buyers. Your Angel also agrees to random weekly home checks every week by their area director. Your Angel will cover all of the utilities and keep the home's front yard looking fantastic.
The value of using Vacant Home Rescue's FREE service, comes in the care the company and our Guardian Angels have for homeowners and listing agents. The good of the seller is what really counts and to throw our weight behind something that will improve the condition of the housing market in Arizona, albeit one house, one neighborhood at a time, is an extremely rewarding ethic. We want to be part of the overall solution to seeing a change in the market, while building our own organization on goodwill, hard work, and dedication to our home sellers.
*
"We plant a tree at every home we help"
the free vintage bus service was available at the west end festival from Victoria Park- Kelvingrove Park - Botanic Gardens
A Unique and 100% FREE Clean up & Preparation Service for Sellers of Vacant Homes
We deal in homes $40K and up, subject to safety inspection.
"Our goal is to help sustain or raise neighborhood values,
while making house hunting a safer and more rewarding environment for Realtors and buyers. We hope to help desperate home sellers prepare their homes for the market and avoid unnecessary heartache and fines. We believe our hard work and genuine passion for our company, will bring Realtors and homeowners the much needed solution to a very difficult problem. "
You are trying to decide if you should put your home up for short sale. You have left in a hurry, leaving no time to fix up the issues to get the home ready to be put on the market, nor do you have the time or the energy to put into a home you are being forced to sell. It could be the case you have finally been harassed and pushed over the edge by the bank and you just want out. The loan modification that once looked so hopeful isn't sounding nearly as appealing as it did on TV and you don't want to be in the same boat you're in at this moment, three, four, five or six years from now....Or you could be the unfortunate landlord left with a property that tenants have destroyed, fines continuing to pour in from the HOA and the city. Your agent keeps telling you the utilities must be on for a home to be inspected and you know that the majority of buyers will pay to have the home inspected before buying it.
It could be that today while driving down the block to pick up your children from school, you start to notice how every vacant home you see has broken windows, overgrown grass, or green pools. You fear squatters may claim your home, you have already heard about the vandals stripping homes for copper, air conditioning units, cabinets and counter-tops. Not having these items, will make buyer s unable to qualify for an FHA loan - the most common type of financing - leaving you with even less options to sell.
Unfortunately what most sellers don't know is depending on the bank, no matter what anyone tells you, a short sale can take
12 months or more to close. Also, remember when you are signing the seller documents at closing the bank will make you sign forms agreeing to pay taxes on the difference between what your house sells for (short sale) and what you owe. This can be pricey, meaning it's better to obtain a higher offer for the home you are selling.
So what do you do next? You are the homeowner that has the 3 bedroom 2 bathroom in a quaint little neighborhood that just needs cleaning, you cant afford to put the utilities on, and the pool is a mess. Good news my friend, your Guardian Angels have arrived. We deal in homes from $40k and up, and we pay all of the utilities and upkeep on the home while it is on the market.
Here at Vacant Home Rescue, we are not waiting for the market to improve itself, we believe the start of seeing a change in the market, is getting sellers the best offer they possibly can on their homes. If it sounds too good to be true, it's not. The service is 100 % FREE for sellers. After agreeing that we can work out a way to help your home, we transfer the utilities into the company's name, we then take a list of much needed repairs including paint touch ups and steam cleaning of your rugs, we assess any green pools or pools that need fill up and maintenance. If pest control is needed we handle it, all at our cost. We then assign a Guardian Angel to watch over your home, keeping it show ready the entire time it is on the market. Your Angel will carry their own renters insurance covering the value of the home, personal liability, water/property damage, slip and fall, fire and flood. The homeowner as well as our company will be listed on the policy in case something is damaged and left for repair. For your peace of mind, your Angel is fully screened and background checked. Your Angel will not be classified as a tenant and will not have any pets. Your Angel only needs 15 minutes' notice for all showings so they can take a walk, leaving behind snacks and ice water for your buyers. Your Angel also agrees to random weekly home checks every week by their area director. Your Angel will cover all of the utilities and keep the home's front yard looking fantastic.
The value of using Vacant Home Rescue's FREE service, comes in the care the company and our Guardian Angels have for homeowners and listing agents. The good of the seller is what really counts and to throw our weight behind something that will improve the condition of the housing market in Arizona, albeit one house, one neighborhood at a time, is an extremely rewarding ethic. We want to be part of the overall solution to seeing a change in the market, while building our own organization on goodwill, hard work, and dedication to our home sellers.
*
"We plant a tree at every home we help"