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Beat this, Lassie
The other day our dog came into the house and my wife asked me if I let him in; I replied that I hadn't. We scratched our heads and then figured that the dog opened the screen door and walked in. This is something we've wanted the dog to do for years so we wouldn't have to let him out (our doggie door in our last house was a piece of junk and fell apart requiring me to replace the door before we sold the house).
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Dishwasher - Luxury or necessity?
When we looked at our rental house, we said we'd take it almost immediately, but it wasn't until we got home that we realized it didn't have a dishwasher. Was this a deal breaker for us? It wasn't, but made us think. My resourceful wife looked on Craigslist and found a portable dishwasher within a few days. I picked it up for $65 and brought it home.
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When wireless doesn't work
In the house we just sold, I had a primarily wired network with only a few things wireless. This worked out pretty well as I had gigabit Ethernet switches in a few places and everything was quite reliable. Since we moved into a rental, running Cat6 cable everywhere was not a choice, so I had to go wireless in the house. I chose my office location in a central part of the house as it had coax close to it and WiFi would cover the entire house.
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Finding a Real Estate Agent
One of the big decisions we had to make after we decided to sell our house was finding a seller's agent. We decided to interview four agents to see what they could do to sell our house quickly for the maximum amount possible. We picked 2 agents that worked in our area, 1 agent from the area we wanted to move to and 1 agent that was a referral from a friend. Before we started, we had a number in mind for what we wanted to list the house and another number for the lowest we'd sell.