Your Favorite Real Estate Team

The Lake is gearing up for a busy summer! Your Favorite Real Estate Team at the Lake of the Ozarks would like to talk about the events happening this weekend. Make your plans now to come and enjoy a weekend full of fun at the Lake! The 22nd Annual Harbor Hop Lake of the Ozark Harbor Hop is held two times a year. The spring hop is the first Saturday in May and the fall is held the second Saturday in October. Participants draw cards at more than forty locations across the Lake to make a winning poker hand. You can enter the Harbor Hop by stopping by any of the checkpoints on this year’s list. The first card is drawn where the hand is purchased. Then the participant will acquire six additional cards by hopping to six more checkpoints. The hand is complete once the seventh card is drawn. The complete hand then is turned in at the checkpoint where the last card is drawn. You hand must be turned in by 7:00 PM on the day of the Harbor Hop. Make plans to kick off the 2019 season by par

We live in a busy world! It seems like we are home less because of travel for work, kids’ busy schedules, and other social activities. There now is technology that can keep our home in the state we want it, without even being there. This technology is always advancing, and more devices are hitting the market, making options less costly. Your Favorite Real Estate Team would like to run through a list of what we think are must have smart home products for your Lake of the Ozark Home . Smart Speaker The smart speaker is a great way to get started and familiar with a smart device. Like the Amazon Echo, Apple HomePod, and Google Home a smart speaker will connect to your homes Wi-Fi and you can have it do many tasks for you. Not only will the speaker play music for you if you ask, but it can also be a virtual assistant that you have access to via voice. Hands-free activation by saying the correct “hot word”. Also, as you add smart home devices, these smart speakers can interact with

Spring has sprung and summer is right around the corner. We know that soon temperatures will be climbing, the sun beating down, the occasional thunderstorm and weeks of hot and dry days. Is your home ready for summer? Your Favorite Real Estate Team will share some ideas to make sure your Lake of the Ozarks home is in tip-top shape and ready for the summer months. Make Sure Your A/C is Working Properly When we flip a switch or push a button, we expect things to work. Finding out your A/C is not functioning like it should once the summer heat sets in is no fun. Being proactive and getting your system serviced early is smart. For one, the HVAC companies won’t be as busy yet and two, regular maintenance may prevent any further damage that could occur. Stain Your Deck Here at the Lake, we love to entertain outside. Make sure your deck is ready for your famous BBQ’s. You will want to look for any rot, warping boards or loose nails. Once you have all the repairing done, apply some

Selling your home can be a daunting task. Your home is typically your largest investment. When it comes time to sell that property you want it to be presentable and in its best possible condition before a flood of people are scheduled to come to walk through it. There are a lot of little things that you can do to help. Deep cleaning, decluttering and keeping your home looking great are extremely important. Below we will touch on slightly bigger projects that offer a great return on the money spent. If you are getting ready to sell your home at the Lake of the Ozarks reach out to Your Favorite Real Estate Team . We can sit down with you and guide you through the process and let you know what to expect. We can also give you more insight on some of these updates and answer questions you have regarding getting your home ready for showings. Updates with Great Return: Spruce Up the Exterior Focus on curb appeal! You want potential home buyers to be attracted to your home imme