same thing happened with second box. within five minutes of leaving the finished project, a pair of blues moved into the "house of blues", lindale, tx. we moved the boxes this year due to a very aggressive young cat we have. the old boxes were on wooden posts or trees with carpet strips as a cat barrier. it's amazing how quickly the birds made new nests....only a day of two. last year we believe one nest in an old fence post raised four sets of young blues...at the end of the summer we counted twelve blues on a line in our yard.

Guess we're sort of in your shoes. We put our 'old' house on the market last April. In 6 months, we had only 3 showings. My agent was someone we'd dealt with before, was established and who we trusted. I could NOT get him to do any open houses, getting directional signs was a struggle, he only had the house listed on his website and the usual MLS ones. At the end of the listing, we took the house off the market, did a little more work on it (stripped some wallpaper, did some more painting, etc.). Mind you, even when we started, the house was in good condition, well-maintained, pretty, nicely decorated and staged and appropriately priced. This January, we re-listed with a different agency. One of our neighbors is a young (about 30) real estate salesman who was honestly, more help to us last summer than our original agent was. He wanted our listing, and contacted us within a couple of hours after the sign came down. When we were ready, we listed with him. He's been absolutely amazing!!!!! He's had our house on the usual MLS sites as well as on: Facebook, Twitter, Craig's List, etc. He put a gorgeous slide show of our home on Youtube. Within weeks, he held 2 open houses for us. He's been fantastic about keeping in touch and keeping us informed every step of the way. Well, guess what? We signed a contract to sell only SIX WEEKS (to the day) after signing on with him. And we sold for only about $15,000 less than we were listed at last summer (we actually are getting about $40,000-50,000 MORE than what similar homes in the neighborhood have sold for in the past year). Honestly? Even in this market houses ARE selling. But it's more important than ever that a seller find an enthusiastic, web-saavy agent. In the 6 weeks our house was on the market we had OVER 25 showings, and were still getting requests for showings for a couple of weeks after we'd worked out our deal with the buyers. I'd highly recommend letting your contract with this agent run out, and find yourself a hungry, motivated young fellow or girl who has a lot of sales (our guy is always going to closings--he sells a LOT). And yes, the more photos your agent posts, the better the potential buyer is able to evaluate the property. And it's apparently a fact that these days MOST buyers do their looking on the internet--it's the first introduction they have to your home. Just to repeat--a good agent is the best tool you'll have for selling your home. I am still floored by the difference in the services we've received from this fellow, compared to what the other agent was willing to do. There's just no comparison at all--and it was his enthusiasm that sold our house, definitely! And don't forget, after you do contract to sell, having a good agent is going to help getting through the process as calmly as possible--ours is directing us every step of the way, and he's really made things go smoothely for us.

Claglsu- I couldn't agree with you more about the media. For goodness sake "shut up already". I am very fortunate to be in a decent market right now. However, everytime I sit down and flip on the news that is all they harp on. Can they not find something else to hound for a few months? I am also very lucky to be in a market where only 32 homes are on the market and 27 of them are less than 1/2 acre, two are one more than an acre than me with no shop and then me. I have the land, the shop 30X50, and a remodeled home. I am priced below the ones with more land and NO shop. So surely sooner or later someone will figure that out. We have been on the market since June 21...so I am whining wayyyyyy to early in the game. Wish you the best of luck..it will sell....it will sell...Does that chant sound familar! HA!

It has an overall much hipper vibe than the Girls ever had, doesn it! That said, there are elements that still seem from the past. It looks modern yet staid in places. And $3 mil? Yikes. I know, I know... it's LA.