My goals are simple. . . .work harder, listen more, be myself. Most importantly, never get out of touch with my customers. Promote myself more - If I don't promote myself who will? Of course, my customers will do some type of promoting for me but the rest is totally up to me by my treatment of
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12/31/2006
....don't you love to here those words coming from your customers? I sold a home earlier this month to a customer who was very delicate. I know she needed someone to help her thru all the process. This was not her first home purchase. Despite that, my goal was to get her what she wanted - a h
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12/31/2006
Here are since different views on existing home sales in Florida for October & November:According to the Florida Association of Realtors, single-family existing-home sales dipped again for November and the median sales price slipped 3%.The National Association of Realtors reported a slight reboun
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12/31/2006
In a recent article in the Sentinel, it was reported that the 109th Congress passed the tax law in its final hours in which 100s of homeowners is expected to save a total of $91 million when they file their taxes for 2008. For some homeowners, this means it will be cheaper to get mortgage insura
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12/31/2006
...what can be done about it? This was a letter written to the local paper by a frustrated homeowner. He stated that due to the bad hurricane year of '04 & '05, an increase was expected, like many of us homeowners believed. However, he was not expecting a 571% increase in his premium as well a
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12/30/2006
Daytona Beach Police Chief, Michael Chitwood states that the homeless 'give this beachside city a bad image'. So what's his solution? He'll do whatever it takes to get them off the streets. By what means? Reports states that he instructed his officers to arrest, yes arrest the homeless for pe
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12/30/2006
Permits are currently on hold for developers in Winter Haven according to recent reports. Before developers can build high-end condominiums on 10 acres located between lakes Howard and May, they need to have an approved construction date.The proposed condo development will be named Latimore Land
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12/30/2006
According to a recent report, borrowers tend to purchase too many points when selecting a mortgage -- and in the process end up paying more than they would have with no points and a higher interest rate. The study was co-authored by Abdullah Yavas, Elliott Professor of Business Administration at
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12/22/2006
For many residential real-estate markets in the U.S., 2006 started with an advantage to sellers and ended with buyers holding the upper hand. But, unlike what some people had expected, the switch didn't follow the deafening "pop" of a massive real estate bubble. At the same time too, this taught
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12/22/2006
According to the Wall Street Journal, here are their findings for the best and worst places for the real estate market:Best and Worst Real Estate Markets in the U.S.Ranked as the worst market is Stockton, Calif., where home prices may decrease 7.1% in 2007 and an additional 5.3% in 2008. Ranked
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12/22/2006
