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New Salvation Army Store

Montrose Colorado

Opens February 2010.

The lease is signed and move in and setup has begun!

Salvation Army Store Plans Grand Opening of its new Montrose Colorado Store location at

1210 N. Townsend Unit E, Montrose,  Colorado 81401

in February of 2010. 

This location is on the NE Corner of San Juan Ave and N

Townsend Ave.  

(For locals this was most recently “Stone Mountain Flooring” and before that for you old timers who have been around Montrose forever… the Old Vurls Farm Supply and Hardware Store…  Wow that takes me back.)

They have quadrupled their size (almost 18,000 SF) from their old location on S 1st and anticipate being able to offer not only a better selection of clothing, furniture and household goods but hopefully with time they plan to bring additional services for the community. 

Plus the entire store and space will just feel more freindly and open with better lighting and elbow room.  Be sure you check it out no once but throughout the year as I am sure the store will evolve and improve on an incremental level with time as it adapts to its new larger space.

Stop by and see the new store, (Say hi to Eric or Dan if they are there), pick up something you need or don’t need and know that you are helping the community.  Or better yet make a donation of time, money or something you don’t need and help out.

Many of you saw the Bell-Ringers for the Salvation Army in front of local stores recently around Christmas and all of these people were volunteers many Realtors, trying to pitch in. 

The Salvation Army is a great organization that helps many people in need.  Please stop by and congratulate them on their new location at

1210 N. Townsend Unit E, Montrose,  Colorado 81401

Let them know you appreciate them being here to help the community!

Their Phone Number is (970) 249-3891

http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/

The link above is to the USA Salvation Army Website - currently when viewed it is showing me pictures from the Haiti Earthquake Disaster and talking about their relief efforts and fundraising. 

This is exactly how Salvation Army responds to disasters around the USA and around the Globe.  They are an International Non Profit Organization.

Similar to Good Will and in disaster releaf to the Red Cross all of these organizations and thousands of other smaller ones help to make the world a better place.

Here is a direct link to make an online donation for the Haiti Relief Fund.  Please donate if you can.

https://secure20.salvationarmy.org/pages/makeDonation/usa/makeDonation.jsf

Thank You and God Bless!

Chris

www.SoldCORE.com

An Instruction Manual for a Home!

This is sweet!  And a great idea for anyone with custom features in a home that could use a little explaining.

OK THIS video is kind of crude.  It is for  a Bank Owned, REO (foreclosed, repossesed from a former owner (Not the one in this film… ))  This was the original owner, who had left a VCR tape for its future guests, inhabitants or owners.   I just filmed it playing on a TV with my flip camera so the quality isn’t as good as it is on the original tape (which will go with the home).   

If the buyer of this home requests it, I may delete these videos from Youtube later but wanted to have it available on the web for a client or all clients for that matter (who might be interested in living “Off the Grid” and decided this would be the easiest place to pop it up there for now. Plus I said I would post regularly.

So what good does this do you… Well if your thinking of buying a Solar Powered Home near Telluride Colorado, then this is the instruction manual to your new home… Otherwise the main benefit would be some general education about having a solar and wind generated home and ways or ideas on how to conserve energy.  

VIDEO 1:

Solar System Operations Manual 312 Elam Ridge Rd Part1

VIDEO 1:

Solar System and Stereo Instruction Manual 312 Elam Ridge Rd

VIDEO 3:

Solar System and Kitchen Manual 312 Elam Ridge Rd

Cant afford this home?

You could also check out this cool looking ebook I found on saving energy in your existing home (with or without solar power) at http://budurl.com/SaveElectricity  I haven’t bought it yet, but for $20 I plan to.  The video sales pitch seems to be talking about the same kind of issues of saving energy by keeping some appliances and items from drawing electricity even while they are shut off.   If you buy it before I do, let me know what you think of it. 

Or if you want to help me out, check out these clickbank products on solar, wind and energy saving products in this little hoplink widgets… Note if you do buy something I will make a commission off of the product, thus you would be helping me keep on bloggin.

Thanks, Chris Ormsbee

Hello, if you don’t know my name is Chris Ormsbee. 

I am a Realtor working for Century 21 Action Realty in Montrose Colorado. 

We/I am located at 1245 E Main St and our office phone number is (970) 249-7777 (lucky sevens)… I have a partner too.  Her name is Diane Haynes so feel free to call her too… (970) 596-3521.  Our Team name is “The Montrose Gold Team”  and we have the website www.MontroseGoldTeam.com but I just checked and it is “parked” at GoDaddy… still… oops… Gotta fix that (put it on the todo list).  Will probably point it to www.SoldCORE.com my original website, which does point to this blog under the button on the right. 

BTW SoldCORE is kindof underconstruction as well.  If you want to search properties in the area, check out www.C21ActionRealty.com it has the IDX service all hooked up.  I am going to try to offload this to the office site soon from my site (its on the todo list…) 

Today is my Birthday!  Yeah I officially cleared another year!  Still breathing!  Still not perfect (but its a goal to keep getting better all the time - like fine wine, scotch or whiskey!) I am now 46 and have been selling Real Estate for over 4 years now.  Wow! 

On bad days, I Often I wonder why I picked this profession (the pay has been less than great lately), but deep down I know why… I love Real Estate, I love learning, I love variety, and I love people in general.  I especially like helping people. 

I hope my blog (this blog) helps people, including myself.  It provides a means for me to share what I know and what I want to know, with more than one person at a time (more efficient).  I have recently become addicted to Facebook and had a stint on twitter (that I need to revive as well).  I am trying to embrace social media in an attempt to educate as well as drum up business and I suppose make my life more fulfilling in general.

So here are other ways to keep up with me:

Facebook  - Name:  Chris Ormsbee  Web address:  http://profile.to/chrisormsbee

I kind of over twitterized and have several accounts (don’t think I have touched any since March sorry guys…)  but I had flavors of interest I was trying to use… think they all still work.  And I will follow you back eventually I need a tool here too.

Twitter 1 - ChrisOrmsbee - To be or not to be an internet marketer!  (to peddle real estate and whatever I can believe in and make money off of).

Twitter 2 - ProfRealEstate - Professional Real Estate (”dude” I guess!)

Twitter 3 - YourCoreAdvisor - To tie into and brand with this blog (I hope!)

Twitter 4 - ProForeclosure - (Trying to niche in on foreclosures - but a lot more money is to be made investing in foreclosures, than as a Realtor… Takes lots of time with a lot of uncertainty of return, still I know a lot about the process and how to deal with the various issues… and help people in this situation)

So follow me or be my friend there!  I am pretty friendly, but sometimes strange (especially my sense of humor), and I am definitely opinionated and most of you will probably not agree with all of them (but thats cool).

Other social sites to come (once cloning is a reality or I find a tool to integrate better across the sites to share my thoughts and ideas…)  Or if someone gives me a personal geek for my Bday!  haha (did you know I used to be a geek [I have a BS in Computer Science from CSU 1986], so I like it.  I just don’t have enough waking hours to do it all).

So here it is! 

I was never big on New Years Resolutions so I am going to do a

Birthday Resolution…

As we get older “regularity” can be a problem for some, so I am going to try to dedicate some time on a regular basis to tweeting, sharing my thoughts on facebook and posting here.   My goal is 8 hours per week as follows (2 hours for blog posts, 2 hours for tweeting, 4 hours for facebook (cut back from about 16 now), and 2 hours for other social media (TBD).   I am going to post this “Schedule” on my wall. in an effort to make it a reality.   And of course about 40-50 hrs/week straight up real estate dealing.  The rest is mine, and my kid’s and my girl friend’s…   Its a lofty goal and so often we just jump when a client calls (so it kills our schedules), but I am going to try real hard to be more regular as I age…

Your job is to send buyers and sellers to me, or if thats you call us!

Also please make helpful suggestions (like how to stop the viagra spammer comments) and where you think I should focus (for your benefit).   BTW Diane is less than convinced that this Social Media is worthwhile - so please feel free to drop her an email to convince her otherwise (NO SPAM PLEASE).  She can be emailed at: DianeHaynes@C21ActionRealty.com

I can be emailed at ChrisOrmsbee@SoldCORE.com

Thanks in Advance!  Chris

Diane Haynes and Chris Ormsbee

Here is a couple photos driving down Main Street in Montrose.   (I was going to post a whole series but ran out of time and had this saved in drafts since June…)  But as Arnold Schwarzenegger, said in “The Terminator”  “Ill be back”

I often like to use photos to capture for rent signs and phone numbers, for sale signs, FSBO signs, etc.  One brilliant teacher’s program I bought (whom unfortunately I forget which one so I can’t give credit right now) also suggested taking a small (8×12) white board and writing the address on the white board in large print and then holding it up to take the photo of the property or house.  This way you have all the pertinent information and as “they” say “a picture is worth a thousand words”.

Anyway, while I don’t claim to be a professional photographer, I like to shoot lots of digital photos and hope to get lucky and sometimes it works, but for informational purposes, like what does the street look like, town etc. I think the drive by shootings (of photos) are often sufficient. 

I even shoot through the windshield as you will see (reflections) or hold my camera up through the sunroof, so cut me a little slack on the quality or composition, we can call them informational photos…

Great Property & Location for Restaurant/Bar

Drive by shooting of McDonalds on Main St Montrose

Looking West on Corner of Main and Locust

The Red Barn Restaurant - Good Food & Good Times!

Century 21 Action Realty (My Office) Corner of Main and San Juan Ave

Dominos Pizza at NE Corner Main and Nevada

Half of the Coffee Trader (Sorry) at Main and Junction

Old Hallmark Building NW Corner Main and Cascade

Thats all for now!