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This is our home and yard and CAT in Las Vegas, Nevada. We have lived here for over 30 years and never seen anything loke this!!!! Enjoy. It was on December 18, 2008. About 3.5 inches at the house while just south of us in Henderson they got 8 inches.... Happy Holidays to all... Looks like a whit...
12/20/2008
The Video is a fast moving 3 1/2 minutes update on both the current Las Vegas sales numbers and what's happening in Washington DC with use of the "bailout" monies to ease the credit crunch and move things forward. JC also talks about the closing of the Oasis Hotel in Mesquite (500 hundred jobs l...
12/06/2008
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By JC Melvin, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRS, PMN With all that has happened and continues to unfold in this now admitted recession, we've got some serious considerations to ponder and quickly I might add. There are many real estate professionals that will absolutely flourish over these next severa...
12/03/2008
Do green homes have to cost a lot more money than regular homes? No says Green Built home expert Bob Sluys. Bob says that it starts with a social awareness which this and the upcoming generations seem to possess. Wait a minute....who cares about "Green" right now....we just want the economy to ge...
11/03/2008
Thought I would include this weeks show in my blog. With all the uncertainty in DC our clients and customers are not sure what to do or not do.... Buy or sell or do nothing at all. Unfortunately many are choosing to take the "wait and see" position. The show enclosed is a fast moving piece which...
10/23/2008
Wow, what a way to kick off a Real Estate Blogworld event. John Novak of Las Vegas and Henderson helped to coordinate the cocktail reception on the outdoor patio of Gordon Biersch less than a mile off the fabulous Las Vegas Strip. We could see the hotels lit up in the background. The reception wa...
09/19/2008
I cannot believe that we have almost worked our way to the last three months of the year once again. The kids are back in school, the weather is cooling off and before you know it, it will be the holiday season. Have you noticed the older we get - the quicker time goes by? For many years I would ...
09/18/2008
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The new book, "Shift" is out and it is on the money in terms of our real estate business.....The book and "Shift Tour" is in full swing. It is dedicated to sales professionals everywhere who are committed not just to having a great day, month, or year, but to a great real estate career. These ar...
09/04/2008
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It's really exciting news....Is it dumb luck or a sign of recovery? The inventory in the Greater Las Vegas market has dropped to less than an eight month supply based on July sales. This is a smaller inventory, relative to number of sales, than we have experienced in two full years. The real i...
09/02/2008
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REO flood in 2009! I just interviewed one of the mega REO brokers here in the Las Vegas area. His name is Tom Blanchard and he is currently handling approximately 500 REOs. During the interview it came up that the largest "Re-Set" of sub-prime loans was to hit the country in October of 2008. He ...
06/28/2008