May 24, 2010 by Teri Lussier
closeAuthor: Teri Lussier
Name: Teri Lussier
Email: Teri@thebrickranch.com
Site: http://www.thebrickranch.com
About: Teri Lussier is a lifelong Daytonian, and believes in the power of Daytonians to create positive change. If you give people the freedom to create their own perfect lives, they will do it.
Teri has been a real estate agent for 5 years, currently with EXiT Realty Central, and writes about local real estate on her own blog, TheBrickRanch.com, well as being a contributor to the nationally known real estate industry blog, BloodhoundBlog.
Married for 27 years, with two always-amazing children and an odd assortment of occasionally pleasant animals, it's just another day in paradise.See Authors Posts (17)
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Dayton Ohio has fifteen thousand empty lots. That’s a lot of property, but we now have the opportunity to offer people, for dirt cheap, the chance to enjoy one of the most “important right(s) guaranteed by the Constitution”. How can we use this opportunity to its best advantage? I have a few ideas. We can, and probably should, have a community garden every few blocks- gardening is good for us, but that’s not likely to be an income-producing or highest and best use of land. Expanding your lot size adds value to a house, as does a garage, so for a neighbor to acquire a lot for their own use, that’s a good idea. We tend to think of these lots as either private residential, or some sort of community property, but I think it might be beneficial to start to consider business uses and allow room for developing the lots in profitable ways- I’ve begun to think of this as “micro-development”.
April 25, 2010 by Teri LussiercloseAuthor: Teri Lussier
Name: Teri Lussier
Email: Teri@thebrickranch.com
Site: http://www.thebrickranch.com
About: Teri Lussier is a lifelong Daytonian, and believes in the power of Daytonians to create positive change. If you give people the freedom to create their own perfect lives, they will do it.
Teri has been a real estate agent for 5 years, currently with EXiT Realty Central, and writes about local real estate on her own blog, TheBrickRanch.com, well as being a contributor to the nationally known real estate industry blog, BloodhoundBlog.
Married for 27 years, with two always-amazing children and an odd assortment of occasionally pleasant animals, it's just another day in paradise.See Authors Posts (17)
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I’m thinking of the specific, unique, and completely human independence that land ownership creates. We are a nation of land owners- a remarkable thing, would you agree? Property ownership in America removes dependence on a landlord, or a government, something that many of us take for granted, however, the right to own property, and a government created to protect its citizen’s right to own property, is extraordinary.
April 11, 2010 by Teri LussiercloseAuthor: Teri Lussier
Name: Teri Lussier
Email: Teri@thebrickranch.com
Site: http://www.thebrickranch.com
About: Teri Lussier is a lifelong Daytonian, and believes in the power of Daytonians to create positive change. If you give people the freedom to create their own perfect lives, they will do it.
Teri has been a real estate agent for 5 years, currently with EXiT Realty Central, and writes about local real estate on her own blog, TheBrickRanch.com, well as being a contributor to the nationally known real estate industry blog, BloodhoundBlog.
Married for 27 years, with two always-amazing children and an odd assortment of occasionally pleasant animals, it's just another day in paradise.See Authors Posts (17)
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Today is the Ultimate Open House event in Dayton. What does that mean? Basically it means that the Dayton Area Board of REALTOR®s is participating in the NAR Nationwide Open House Day, in which REALTOR®s are encouraged to hold their listings open. As a guest, if you go to an open house, you have the opportunity to sign up for a drawing for gift certificates from Lowe’s. As a buyer, there are a few things to keep in mind when looking at open houses- dual agency, for example- and you can read about those issues, here, but mostly open houses are an opportunity for buyers to take a leisurely stroll through a property that they’ve always wanted to look through. Not a bad way to spend a few hours on a Sunday, if you love to look at homes. You can search the MLS for Open Houses in Dayton, today and on any given Sunday, right here. But this real estate column is about stories, so I thought I’d share a few quick and funny open house stories.
March 4, 2010 by Teri LussiercloseAuthor: Teri Lussier
Name: Teri Lussier
Email: Teri@thebrickranch.com
Site: http://www.thebrickranch.com
About: Teri Lussier is a lifelong Daytonian, and believes in the power of Daytonians to create positive change. If you give people the freedom to create their own perfect lives, they will do it.
Teri has been a real estate agent for 5 years, currently with EXiT Realty Central, and writes about local real estate on her own blog, TheBrickRanch.com, well as being a contributor to the nationally known real estate industry blog, BloodhoundBlog.
Married for 27 years, with two always-amazing children and an odd assortment of occasionally pleasant animals, it's just another day in paradise.See Authors Posts (17)
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The Cutest Couple In The World had all the energy and excitement that youth on the threshold of new life brings. It’s infectious and I love working with 1st time home buyers because of that. This couple was relocating to Dayton Ohio- he was a newly graduated Air Force pilot. She was graduating in a month, they were buying a home, then they were getting married, then they were moving her to Dayton. That’s a lot of change in a short time, but for this couple, it was an exciting new chapter of their lives about to be written. I was honored to be part of that.
February 23, 2010 by Teri LussiercloseAuthor: Teri Lussier
Name: Teri Lussier
Email: Teri@thebrickranch.com
Site: http://www.thebrickranch.com
About: Teri Lussier is a lifelong Daytonian, and believes in the power of Daytonians to create positive change. If you give people the freedom to create their own perfect lives, they will do it.
Teri has been a real estate agent for 5 years, currently with EXiT Realty Central, and writes about local real estate on her own blog, TheBrickRanch.com, well as being a contributor to the nationally known real estate industry blog, BloodhoundBlog.
Married for 27 years, with two always-amazing children and an odd assortment of occasionally pleasant animals, it's just another day in paradise.See Authors Posts (17)
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That’s fine. See here’s the thing, which I explained to Jim, it’s one thing if Frank wants to discuss his business with Jim- it is HIS business after all, but as a Realtor, I can’t. Part of my fiduciary duty to my clients is confidentiality. I was trusted, and entrusted with information, I’m going to honor that and I suspect that is a big part of why Jim felt no hesitation in referring me in the first place. Jim knows it’s my business to keep confidential information, confidential.
February 11, 2010 by Teri LussiercloseAuthor: Teri Lussier
Name: Teri Lussier
Email: Teri@thebrickranch.com
Site: http://www.thebrickranch.com
About: Teri Lussier is a lifelong Daytonian, and believes in the power of Daytonians to create positive change. If you give people the freedom to create their own perfect lives, they will do it.
Teri has been a real estate agent for 5 years, currently with EXiT Realty Central, and writes about local real estate on her own blog, TheBrickRanch.com, well as being a contributor to the nationally known real estate industry blog, BloodhoundBlog.
Married for 27 years, with two always-amazing children and an odd assortment of occasionally pleasant animals, it's just another day in paradise.See Authors Posts (17)
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One of the first DMM posts I ever commented on was regarding steering, or the perception of steering at any rate, and it’s a very delicate issue. My client wanted to feel safe- that’s pretty cut and dry, isn’t it? But what if a client said to me “I don’t want to live around any of those people”. Does that change the picture? I know, it’s complicated. So how do you and your Realtor find a neighborhood to love, that will love you back?
November 24, 2009 by Teri LussiercloseAuthor: Teri Lussier
Name: Teri Lussier
Email: Teri@thebrickranch.com
Site: http://www.thebrickranch.com
About: Teri Lussier is a lifelong Daytonian, and believes in the power of Daytonians to create positive change. If you give people the freedom to create their own perfect lives, they will do it.
Teri has been a real estate agent for 5 years, currently with EXiT Realty Central, and writes about local real estate on her own blog, TheBrickRanch.com, well as being a contributor to the nationally known real estate industry blog, BloodhoundBlog.
Married for 27 years, with two always-amazing children and an odd assortment of occasionally pleasant animals, it's just another day in paradise.See Authors Posts (17)
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Do you have a dream home? You know, that one home that exists in your mind against which you measure all other homes? Is yours a cool loft condo, or an ornate historic home? Maybe it’s a new, custom built 3500 square foot home on 5 acres? Is it a quiet 30 acre gentleman’s farm in that place between large working farms and suburbia?
One very cool thing about the Dayton area is that you can start at Third and Main, and drive in nearly any direction and see all sorts of homes…
November 16, 2009 by Teri LussiercloseAuthor: Teri Lussier
Name: Teri Lussier
Email: Teri@thebrickranch.com
Site: http://www.thebrickranch.com
About: Teri Lussier is a lifelong Daytonian, and believes in the power of Daytonians to create positive change. If you give people the freedom to create their own perfect lives, they will do it.
Teri has been a real estate agent for 5 years, currently with EXiT Realty Central, and writes about local real estate on her own blog, TheBrickRanch.com, well as being a contributor to the nationally known real estate industry blog, BloodhoundBlog.
Married for 27 years, with two always-amazing children and an odd assortment of occasionally pleasant animals, it's just another day in paradise.See Authors Posts (17)
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Today in the City of Dayton, there is a battle over real estate stories. As we demolish our homes, the stories go with them. The neighbors look at the now-vacant lot and shake their heads and remember the stories of the families who lived there. Happy and sad, life-altering stories are demolished along with the bricks and mortar. We cringe at shiny new infill housing. It’s not the same, is it? Where are stories that match the rest of the neighborhood? We have to make a leap of faith that the lot itself can be nurtured into new life and will someday have new stories tell, and that those stories will be an integral part of the future of Dayton, as the stories that came down along with the home, were an integral part of Dayton’s past.
November 21, 2007 by Bill Pote
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Name: Bill Pote
Email: bpote1@gmail.com
Site: http://www.daytonmostmetro.com
About: Bill is the founder and creator of DaytonMostMetro.com, and has written hundreds of articles about Dayton since 2006. An urban advocate, he has lived in Downtown Dayton with his wife Shannon and yellow lab Cody since 2003 (with a daughter added in 2007) and has been very involved with various committees and grasssroots efforts with the aim to improve the urban core of Dayton.
Professionally, Bill is the president of ResConnex, Inc. - a technology consulting firm that is now specializing in the use of project management methodologies and Internet technology to help organize and manage community-driven projects. In his spare time he enjoys bike riding and enjoying the many great things to see, do and get involved with in Dayton.See Authors Posts (126)
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August 31, 2007 by Bill PotecloseAuthor: Bill Pote
Name: Bill Pote
Email: bpote1@gmail.com
Site: http://www.daytonmostmetro.com
About: Bill is the founder and creator of DaytonMostMetro.com, and has written hundreds of articles about Dayton since 2006. An urban advocate, he has lived in Downtown Dayton with his wife Shannon and yellow lab Cody since 2003 (with a daughter added in 2007) and has been very involved with various committees and grasssroots efforts with the aim to improve the urban core of Dayton.
Professionally, Bill is the president of ResConnex, Inc. - a technology consulting firm that is now specializing in the use of project management methodologies and Internet technology to help organize and manage community-driven projects. In his spare time he enjoys bike riding and enjoying the many great things to see, do and get involved with in Dayton.See Authors Posts (126)
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