Great location in uptown Maumee! Lots of great updates w/open floorplan and neutral decor. Nice back deck and fenced yard. Spacious garage. Walkability factor is a 10 on this one! Seller is willing to leave bar stools, dehumidifier, gas grill, lawn mower & snow blower. Home Warranty Included!

FHA ready Ranch w/full basement & attached garage. Appliances stay. Laundry on first floor AND in basement. Patio room/enclosed porch was new in 2000. Replacement windows. All BRICK and nice concrete driveway. Home warranty included!

House on a hill w/RIVER VIEWS! And w/out fear of ice jams after winter thaws! Never before on the market w/tons of potential. Master bed & bath addition may not be included in square footage. Laundry chute & glass block windows in basement. Appliances stay, including washer & dryer. Waterfall feature in back will make your heart sing w/your touches.

    3 bed 2 bath home on large lot! Attached garage, basement, vaulted living room ceilings with fireplace. A few touches can make this a showplace! Appliances stay. Large yard. Generous bedroom sizes. Minutes from turnpike, UTMC and expressways. A one-owner home. HMS home warranty included!

  Old World charm meets the updates you’re looking for! Newly remodeled kitchen & bath. Gorgeous French doors lead to huge screened-in back porch. Partially finished basement for entertaining. Stately curb appeal on corner lot. Home Warranty. Rents for $1,800/mo. Subject to income verification, cred/bkgrnd chk & landlord references.  

  On a street of nicely maintained homes! All brick, impeccably maintained w/coved ceilings & hardwood beneath carpeting. Master bed & bath on main floor. All appliances stay, including new elec. washer & dryer and newer fridge. All window treatments and custom blinds included! Discover the quaint back porch for some get-away garden space off the garage! Fully fenced. See

Brand new kitchen counters, backsplash & sink! Fantastic 4 bed-2 bath home w/nice updates & charm. Neutral carpeting & gorgeous woodwork. Maintenance-free vinyl siding, replacement windows & doors. Appliances stay, including washer, dryer & freezer. Fenced yard w/privacy fence. Partly finished basement. Lawn mower & snow blower can stay.

NEW ROOF is scheduled before September 2015. Live in your own personal South Toledo park! Impeccably maintained lawn & landscape will make your heart sing! Newly sealed driveway. Partially finished basement. Nearby UTMC. See you real soon!

Great price and MOVE-IN READY! All Brick & low maintenance perennials. Gorgeous hardwoods & lots of bright natural light. Nice updates. Appliances stay. Fresh paint. Wow-3rd bdrm 21′ x 13′ w/huge walk-in closet. Furnace new 09, A/C ’08, roof about 10 yrs old. Full basement & detached garage. Great access to expressway. Includes Home Warranty.

Gorgeous character near Ottawa Park, UT and Toledo Hospital. Newer replacement windows and mechanicals. All appliances stay, including washer & dryer. Backyard is a garden lover’s dream w/fountain & pergola. Could be a showplace with your touches! Extra-wide stairs to basement and a dream pantry. Stool in basement along with extra storage. Fresh paint in living room & stairwell. See

Fantastic brick ranch in Sylvania schools. Includes all appliances with washer and dryer, large fenced yard, shed, attached garage and enclosed back porch. Discover hardwood floors underneath the carpeting! Great location, close to everything. See you real soon.

All brick ranch on over 6 acres of woods and cleared land. Privacy fence in back. Updated kitchen appliances stay (washer and dryer are negotiable). Sliding back door off family room. Garage may be the cleanest you’ve ever seen! Replacement windows in 2005… Furnace around 2003. Great opportunity for acreage in Sylvania Township!

Stately brick 4 bed 2.5 bath home on over a quarter acre! New furnace and A/C! Fantastic fenced backyard w/mature trees and space to roam & garden. Gorgeous low-maintenance perennials. You won’t see any electrical wires overhead either! Heated 2-car attached garage & first floor laundry. GREAT closet space & lots of storage. Includes Home Warranty. See you real soon!

Impeccably maintained freestanding villa w/fantastic maintenace-free deck, high ceilings & sun room. Open concept kitchen to dining area and great room! Fireplace, first floor laundry & attached two car garage. Home warranty included. This is a must-see home!

Fantastic 4 bed, 2.5 bath house w/ brand new roof, partially finished basement, 2 car garage, nice deck and front porch! Hardwoods beneath carpeting. Woodburning fireplace in family room opens to updated eat-in kitchen. Nice details include new siding, gorgeous crown moulding & attic storage. New garage doors. Replacement windows come with 30-year warranty. MOVE IN READY!

Spacious kitchen will knock your socks off! Bay window adds lots of natural light. Appliances can stay. Dining room overlooks lush backyard w/professional landscaping. Gorgeous hardwood floors. Living room addition has half bath, vaulted ceilings & walk out slider to deck. Ceiling fan & special pellet burner. Basement has large rec room, living area and a possible 4th bedroom. See

NEW IN 2013: ROOF, windows & siding. Practical kitchen has nicely updated ceramic floors & pull-out drawers in cabinets for super handy storage! Gorgeous hardwood floors in bedrooms. 2 full baths and 2 car attached garage. Lower family room is completely remodeled & very bright! Includes a cozy fireplace. Nice patio & fenced yard. Impeccably maintained PLUS home warranty. See

Move in, FHA ready in Washington Local Schools! NEW ROOF, NEW CENTRAL AIR & ELECTRICAL BOX Gorgeous Corian counter tops in kitchen. All new carpeting throughout. NO WALLPAPER. Discover the large cedar closet in the attic! Newer garage & back yard is like a park. Much larger than you think, too. Basement is super clean with glass block vented windows.

All the updates buyers want! Newly remodeled kitchen, bath, bedrooms & more. Walking distance to water! Gorgeous granite countertops, new cabinetry & fixtures. Finished basement. New windows, siding, roof & doors. Fridge, dishwasher and microwave stay. Deck & 2.5 car garage. Easy to show. Small yard — so mowing is a BREEZE! Hardwoods under carpeting. 3rd bedroom could also be

  4 beds, 3 FULL baths in top-ranked Perrysburg Schools! Large kitchen & full dining room. FIRST FLOOR LAUNDRY. Home warranty. Fenced yard. Addition could be a family room or first floor master bedroom with attached full bath. Close to schools, stores & parks!

  3 Bedrooms – 2 Full Baths – Built in 1927 – 1,103 square ft. of living area. Other features include an enclosed front porch, detatched garage. Located in Start High School District. Cost: $54,900

3 Bedrooms – 1.5 Baths – Built in 1927 – 1,566 square ft. of living space. Other features include a 2-car attached garage, central air conditioning, and many updates. The cost is $134,900. This South Toledo home has the old world charm you’re looking for with 2nd floor laundry! Gorgeous woodwork and lots of built-ins throughout.  Large gourmet kitchen, dining

This Ottawa Hills classic has 3 beds & 2.5 baths. All new kitchen & master suite that will make you salivate! Fantastic charm & additional space recently added is fantastic. 2 fireplaces. Full basement/w living area. Square footage accounts for addition added in the 90’s. 2-car garage. 3-season porch. Tons of bright, natural light.  See you real soon! Check out

Check out this brand new listing at 2805 Latonia, in Toledo!  This move-in ready home features a full basement and central air, with a very attractive price!  Read all about the details on Realtor.com, and take a short virtual preview by watching the slideshow.  Don’t hesitate to call me if you’d like to see this in-person; we’ll schedule a private

Check out the details on this great new listing at 3602 Prairie, Toledo, Ohio!  Read all about it on Realtor.com, or take a virtual “stroll” through by watching a video tour. Still want more information?  Call me to set up your private showing today: 419-215-8026.  See you soon!

Check out this beautifully maintained home that just hit the market: 4322 Kingsbury, Toledo, Ohio.  Don’t miss this one – you’ve got to see it to believe it!  View the details on Realtor.com and take a brief video tour if you’d like, but you MUST call me to set up a personal showing! Trust me, this is a MUST see!

Coming from a 900 square foot house to a new home with 2,700 square feet – Kari’s still working on filling up the cabinets. 🙂 Congrats to my clients who are now residents of Monclova!

It’s spring here in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan, and it’s the perfect season for everything Real Estate!  If you are thinking about listing your home for sale, don’t miss this awesome market!  Now is the perfect time to give me a call for a consultation; check out a few of these recently listed homes whose owner’s did just that:

Seriously? Ok. For sale in Point Place for under $60,000. Lawn mower NOT included.

Hundreds of Realtors are doing OPEN HOUSES all over the country today. The National Association of Realtors has declared it, National Open House WEEKEND, so take advantage! Stop by MY open house in the heard of WATERVILLE, OHIO! From 2-4, you can come by and see this historical home right out of the Sears Catalogue from 1910. There might be

So, it IS true.  Not all firms ARE alike.  At RE/MAX Preferred in Toledo, OH, the number of closed transactions PER AGENT is among the top in the country.  I’m really proud to be part of such a firm.  Some firms have agents who do a couple deals a year on the side of their full-time jobs. Agents here are

If you’re a seller, make sure you consider closing costs — and not just YOUR closing costs.  Buyers will ask you to pay THEIRS, too. I’m attaching a document to help Seller’s calculate their closing costs. (closing costs SELLER)  Now. for buyers, depending on your type of loan, a seller can contribute up to 3 or 6 percent towards your

Moments like this are among my FAVORITE!

CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS! Amber Stark, Age 30 wins the OVER 30 category! Elizabeth Hemsworth, Age 10 wins the DOMESTIC USA category! Silviana Cuijper, Age 11 wins the INTERNATIONAL category!

Click here! So proud of my company.

When showing houses, you never know what quirky things you might find.  I enjoy taking pictures of such quirky things and posting them to a blog, twitter or my facebook page, much like I’m doing now. Sometimes it’s the little things. Like the bear toilet paper holder that might sway you to buy the house.  Just ask your Realtor to

In January 2011, nearly 46 percent of all Toledo area transactions were CASH, that’s according to John English at Birch Tree Title and NORIS MLS. That’s the highest percentage of cash sales in the past 5 years. It’s a reflection of our hard-hit market and banks not loaning money like they used to a few years ago. February 8, 2011

My grandpa was a wise man. I was always amazed and very proud at all he accomplished as a very successful businessman, but he didn’t have any special advantages growing up. His family was very poor. I remember my mother telling me the story about how he was the only kid in his high school graduating class who did not

Not to sound cliche’, Toledo has a rockin’,  world-class art museum.  I’ve taken some great classes, meet some new people and expanded my horizons. I always sign up for classes I know nothing about.  Now I can add printmaking and glass cutting to my resume.  I’ve got cuts on my hands to prove it.  Here’s my latest work!

Scarcity of credit for housing is a problem. I’m an affiliate member of the Toledo Home Builders Association and do my best to keep tabs on what’s happening in the housing industry. I received a message from Bob Nielsen, 2011 NAHB Chairman of the Board (National Association of Home Builders) regarding a number to call to help address difficulties in