I've been in real estate for nearly 18 years and you would think that by now I would know when it's time to give my client the pink slip...the boot...the see-ya-later-alligator...the ol heave ho...but, alas, I still hang on. There's always that nagging thought in the back of my head..."What if
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03/17/2010
Bob Haywood's featured article, "What You Do on Facebook Matters" struck a chord with me in that the emphasis of my business is living the rural lifestyle. Many of the folks I deal with are the "hands that feed us" and yet we know little about what they do. All we care about is what is on our
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03/16/2010
I rarely will use this venue to gripe about our government...unless I have facts that will benefit a client or fellow agent. However.................when I saw this story I about fell over in my chair. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I am sure all of us (as small business owners) will b
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03/15/2010
HELP WANTED AD: Do you laugh in the face of killer goombas? Call us. $80,000 a year plus a free house. A parent can dream can't she? Having a son that loves gaming (maybe not to THAT extent) and has an eye for animation...seeing this Farside cartoon made me laugh. It also made me think...ho
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03/11/2010
So...you have to live in the city...but want a little bit of the rural lifestyle splashed with some elegance. This home is it! Tucked away at the end of a culdesac...laden with shade trees...in a neighborhood that folks are waiting to get into. Even better...is a nice sized raised bed garden
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03/10/2010
Last spring I noticed a wren feverishly pulling apart my coconut based hanging basket to make his own little nest in the bush around the corner from my home office near Bergheim, TX. It was fascinating to watch this little guy work. I looked forward to seeing him each morning and finally decide
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03/10/2010
If you have a client that wants to live and buy the rural lifestyle it usually means you will be looking for land on the outskirts of town at best. For those agents who normally sell in the city, understanding the ag exemption can be a benefit and huge savings to your client. Living in the cit
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03/02/2010
I woke up with a sinus headache about two and half hours ago...played Bejeweled Blitz on facebook until my meds kicked in and then thought...hmm...wonder if anyone blogs at 3:20 a.m.... I checked the blog tab and most blogs posted were out of California...seems understandable. There may be a fe
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02/27/2010
I have never been good at making decisions when faced with a bazillion choices... I'm like a kid in a candy shop. Coming from a poor family...when we did get to choose "just one" piece of candy from a case filled with every imaginable type of candy...it would send my head swimming. Recently, w
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02/26/2010
It was 1997...Christmas...and there was one last gift for my daughter, Steph, to open. She had a huge collection of the stuffed 101 Dalmatian dogs...but her real desire was to have a dog of her own. Steph begged and pleaded...but it just wasn't the right time. After much prayer and deliberat
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02/25/2010