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Shelley Koster
Bartlesville and Grand Lake Realtor

Welcome to 2016! This year is full of exciting opportunities and changes that we can make!

One of those changes being in your home. Over the years, our homes can become very dated, and if we ignore it very soon our home can become prehistoric. While we don’t have flying cars and robot maids there are a ton of different ways you can bring your home into the future!

We set out to find those ways, and we divide them up in two blogs. The first – the one you’re reading now – will go through very general areas of your home that you can change. While the second – the one you can click here to read – will sum up five very unique gadgets you can add to your home in order to bring it into the future.

Okay, let us not waste any more time. Here is part one of bringing your home into the future!   Read the rest of this entry »

Shelley Koster
Bartlesville and Grand Lake Realtor

2016 is the start of a brand new adventure, and while 2015 was a wonderful year, you might find yourself taking inventory, and looking to make some changes for the new year. We’ve all come to call these New Year’s Resolutions.

Our resolutions are the simple changes we want to make in order to make our lives better. We wanted to make some suggestions to homeowners and future homeowners of resolutions we think you should make for 2016. Read the rest of this entry »

Shelley Koster
Bartlesville and Grand Lake Realtor

We are less than a week away from 2016 and it seems that time has flown by this year. As you begin to make plans for this next year, you might find yourself with a few money regrets, a few financial decisions you wish you would have done differently in 2015. Well, while it is impossible to go back, you can try to do better this year.

A new year offers a chance for new beginnings, and if you find yourself wanting to manage your finances better, or save more money this year, then here are six money habits you need to break in 2016. Read the rest of this entry »

Shelley Koster
Bartlesville and Grand Lake Realtor

Event Time! This week we are taking a second to remind everyone of the AWESOME events going on in Bartlesville!

There is always something fun to do when you’re in Bartlesville, whether it’s going to Woolaroc, Osage Hills, or catching a show at the local theater, there is something for everyone. Now, without further delay, here is what is going on this month in Bartlesville! Read the rest of this entry »

Shelley Koster
Bartlesville and Grand Lake Realtor

If you were out last Thursday you might have noticed a few snow flurries floating around. Which means, the temperature in Northeast Oklahoma has finally begun to drop. Here in the next few weeks, we’re bound to see even more snow, ice, and below freezing temperatures; winter has finally arrived.

Oklahoma winters can be brutal, especially on your car, which is why it is so important to keep your car well maintained during the season and make sure you are prepared for anything. Here are a few tips to get you started. Read the rest of this entry »

Shelley Koster
Bartlesville and Grand Lake Realtor

We started this over Thanksgiving, and it was a huge hit. So, we thought we’d bring it back for Christmas.

As you know Christmas is just around the corner, and if you are planning on going to any parties or having a dinner with family who you haven’t see in a while, you might wonder what there is to talk about. There are always pleasantries and small talk, but once those fade you can find yourself looking at your phone wishing you were somewhere else.

Honestly, there is nothing worst than a lull in a conversation, it makes everyone in the room completely uncomfortable, even though no one will admit it. And if your conversational skills aren’t what they use to be or you’ve never had them, you might be dreading the upcoming events.

This week we asked those in our office to come up with some conversational starters and questions that we’ve nicknamed, “Table Talks.” Here are our staff’s top “Table Talks” for Christmas! Read the rest of this entry »

Shelley Koster
Bartlesville and Grand Lake Realtor

We started this over Thanksgiving, and it was a huge hit. So, we thought we’d bring it back for Christmas.

As you know Christmas is just around the corner, and if you are planning on going to any parties or having a dinner with family who you haven’t see in a while, you might wonder what there is to talk about. There are always pleasantries and small talk, but once those fade you can find yourself looking at your phone wishing you were somewhere else.

Honestly, there is nothing worst than a lull in a conversation, it makes everyone in the room completely uncomfortable, even though no one will admit it. And if your conversational skills aren’t what they use to be or you’ve never had them, you might be dreading the upcoming events.

This week we asked those in our office to come up with some conversational starters and questions that we’ve nicknamed, “Table Talks.” Here are our staff’s top “Table Talks” for Christmas! Read the rest of this entry »

Shelley Koster
Bartlesville and Grand Lake Realtor

They’re the person whose name you try to avoid during Secret Santa drawings. They’re the spouse who you wish would just tell you what they want. They’re the neighbor who seems to have it all…

They are, the hard to buy for!

We all have someone in our lives that we just can never think of what to get them for Christmas, you might have known them for years, but what they want for Christmas eludes you. So, what do you do? Well, if you’re like most of us you wind up handing them a gift card or cash, but this year try something new.

Here is part one of our list of gift ideas for those that are hard to buy for! Read the rest of this entry »