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I can't quite figure out how to write a blog where the text wraps around the photo's. When I paste the photo my text goes to the bottom of the photo, such as this. What I have been seeing is blogs where the white space between the upper line and the line that follows to the bottom of the photo is...
12/06/2007
I was amazed to drive up on two Eagle's feeding on a fish carcass this past Monday. Talk about amazing birds that have the beauty and strength that is beyond words. It started with the spotting of the (all) brown eagle flying at 22 mph along side of my wife, a friend and I as we drove the shore l...
12/06/2007
Visit Saugatuck-Douglas Michigan this Holiday Season.I wanted to share some photo's of this beautiful area. If you get the chance, come enjoy this quaint town.  Town SignMain Street during the Holiday Season:  Tug Boat (2006) in HarborWinter photo of the pier       The summer months bring the res...
12/05/2007
What is everyones guess when our family will hit the 60,000 members mark? I invite as many of my contacts as I can. Does anyone have a good lead line that has worked for you, that everyone can use in the invite box where we personally invite them?It seems that 95% of my invites don't understand t...
11/30/2007
(A fun poem for the Real-estate Professional)To be or not to be a Real-estate agent I ask of thee.I work a job from 9-5, I wonder how to make it by.My financial goals are not to high, but still my bank account is dry.I ponder in my daily life, could a side job as an agent make it right.Extra inco...
11/30/2007
Just when you thought you were the King of Real-Estate.Along comes the buyers market making them the King! More so then ever, the seller has become the pawn. The large inventory of homes on the market has tuned the agent into the Knight.In the not to long pass, agents were shakers and movers. A c...
11/28/2007
After reading the paper today for the umpteen month in a row, still no positive news for the market.It's tough enough to get the buying public in a positive mode let alone day after day, month after month they are infiltrated with negative news.If I would continually tell my children that they ar...
11/25/2007
 Are you still leading buyers to chose the place they will call home purely on emotions?Purchasing a home becomes (in most cases) the largest investment in life. We wouldn't approach our 401k investments solely on emotions, therefore our buyers should approach the largest investment with the same...
11/24/2007
 The one who dies with the most toys wins! Or does he or she?            As we strive to accumulate the almighty dollar hoping for fortune and fame, one tends to lose the true meaning of life.                                                                                                         ...
11/24/2007
There has been a crime committed. Who did it? The crime that occurs daily is allowing the savvy buyer to sidestep the Real-estate professional services. With 80% of the buyer's doing their own homework before ever contacting an agent, it's up to the agent to police the industry.Innocent until pro...
11/23/2007