Buy our house video podcast (episode 2)

Well, I’m not sure our first episode of “Buy our house” should be considered a “success.”

We had 18 views on YouTube and 22 views on Vimeo (plus however many viewed it on Facebook).

Either way, we bring you episode 2 (with some odd audio sync problems)! We show off the new dining room table look as well as our painted garage and now emptier master closet. And I don’t want to leave out the great job Laurie did cleaning the oven!


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Buy our house video podcast (episode 1)

Thought we’d try a little short “video podcast” to highlight some of the great things about our house. We’ll try and post one at least once a week until the house sells (so in reality, we hope this will be our only one).

I shot this on my Blackberry Curve 8900 last night and pieced it together a little later. Its just a quick easy video podcast that will hopefully draw some more attention to our house.

But to begin with, we would love your advice on how to better stage our dining room. Watch the short video and then share your thoughts in the comment section below or via e-mail: house (at) casadeblundell (dot) com.

Find out more here.

Let us know what you think – both about the question we raise in the video – and about the video podcast idea.

Coyote Ridge HOA

We had an HOA meeting tonight. Interesting, not super informative but I don’t know what else they would have told us. Anyways we went over some of the budget in a basic spreadsheet format. Thought I’d put some nice images to them because after all – it’s all about the presentation and clarity.

Coyote Ridge HOA 2007-2008 Budget

Coyote Ridge 2007 budget

Coyote Ridge 2008 budget

So there you have it. As you can see landscaping and General and Admin budgets are the largest parts of the budget for sure in 2007. The 2008 budget gives it primarily to General and Admin – 42.27%.
$9,600 of that goes to the Professional Management Firm (aka Premier Communities) in 2008, up from $8,400 in 2007.

Makes the numbers a lot more interesting when you throw those pretty pictures in doesn’t it?