Wanted: Retirement Location For Military Family Ok Rainers, my best friend from high school and her husband, Joyce and Bruce are retiring from the Air Force in March 2010. They have spent their entire 30 year career overseas minus a small 13 month stay in Fairbanks, Alaska and 18 months in Mont
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01/30/2009
Bank Counter Offer Comes Back $25,000 Over Asking Price! I had an offer in on a Short Sale for some buyers. The List price is $129,000. My buyer's made decent offer. We knew this was a back up offer and in 3 days we had a counter offer of $125,000. My buyers made a counter offer and came u
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01/30/2009
Hats Off To The House Today... No Delay on Digital TV Switchover Hurray for the House for defeating the bill to delay the digital Television switchover. It is still on track for the switch on February 17, 2009. I think the media did a great job getting the news to consumers that this transiti
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01/28/2009
Willamette Valley Market Stats for December The market stats are out! What a year it has been with all the short sales and REO's. It's been a crazy year in real estate indeed. If you are looking to purchase a home in the Willamette Valley or if you have questions about our real estate market p
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01/20/2009
Seven Things MeMe Tagged by the best of them... Bob Cumisky tagged me when I wasn't looking... I am not sure the sun was up on the Pacific Coast? Isn't there a rule you can't get tagged for a MeMe unless the sun is shining??? In Oregon that's only between the months of June and July, so I'm no
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01/18/2009
Here is an excellent post regarding Capital Gains from Bill Gassett in Massachusetts.As a Realtor working in Metrowest Massachusetts for the last twenty three years, it surprises me how often people do not realize the current tax laws regarding capital gains when selling their home. The new capit
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01/12/2009
