RE/MAX Real Estate Group is proud to announce a new segment on our blog. Don Brown is our resident designer and stager who works exclusively with RE/MAX Real Estate Group. You may recognize Don from his segments in the Des Moines Register over the years and we are honored to have him join our team. Each week we will be posting tips from Don on how you can improve your current space or ways to make your home more appealing to buyers. We hope that you enjoy!

A DESIGNER’S TIP
Always remember that vacant homes do not sell well. Not only are they cold and uninviting but only 10% of buyers are able to in vision it furnished. Just an upholstered chair, end table, lamp and accessories can do the trick. Compliment with a book open, as being read, a wine glass, adorn the fireplace and bookcase with accessories and you’ll have the prospective buyer in the mood to sit down and want to stay. At RE/MAX Real Estate Group your agent will always be ready to avail the Design Center to you and your needs. Always the cutting edge in home sales.

Forbes.com once again recognized Des Moines, Iowa as a great place to do business or have a career job. After being ranked #7 last year Des Moines crept up the charts to take the #1 spot! One might argue that Des Moines is just flat out a great place to live!

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From the outside you might think that Iowa lacks one major cultural cornerstone: A professional sports team. From the inside you quickly realize that Iowa has a ton to offer to the sports fanatic.
NCAA FOOTBALL: It’s 6am and you have the grill going, face-paint on and you’re surrounded by thousands of football fans from across the state and country. Whether you are in Iowa City, Ames or Cedar Falls you can expect a great day of football. The Hawkeyes took a team to the BCS Orange Bowl in the 2009/10 season and upset the favored Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech. During the same year, the Iowa State Cyclones won on the road at Nebraska for the first time in over 30 years!
NCAA BASKETBALL: One of the greatest games ever played in March Madness history involved an Iowa team and the #1 ranked team in country. The UNI Panthers posted a HUGE upset over the top seeded Kansas Jayhawks in a thriller that went down to the wire. Expect to see the highlight video of the 3-point shot by Ali Farokhmanesh played for years to come.
SEMI-PRO TEAMS: The lovable Chicago Cubs house their farm team, the AAA Iowa Cubs, at Principal Park in downtown Des Moines. The new skipper, Ryne Sandberg is sure to draw a crowd and visitors can expect to see some of their favorite MLB players on rehab assignments along with the top prospects at every game. In addition to the baseball scene Iowa plays home to the NBA farm team for the Chicago Bulls, the Iowa Energy, at Wells Fargo arena. And let’s not forget the Iowa Barnstormers where future Hall of Fame Quarterback, Kurt Warner, got his start.
So we may not have a pro team housed in the state, but like our last post pointed out there is no shortage of stars coming out of Iowa.
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