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As a teenager my oldest son Johnny had a really good sense of when to leave a party, he said he could just feel it - he'd leave and then in a little while the police or parents would arrive.  Dont worry this post isn't about Johnny's party habits or the fact that he was going to partys that were ...
05/10/2012
Saturday I showed homes in Middleton Idaho - one of my favorite areas in the Treasure Valley.  Middleton lives up to it's name it is right in the middle of our area and it's quite fast to get to anywhere, workwise, shopping wise and recreationwise.  It's a full service small town - with plenty of...
04/30/2012
Help!  There has to be some company somewhere that does this.  I need this in Oregon and Idaho.  I have one company 50% down 12-15% interest, need some other options too.  Since Countrywide imploded there isn't anything available for this segment of the real estate market.  There is money to be m...
04/16/2012
It was a closing like any other recent one.  I don't know why but it really struck me that this young couple had no idea how lucky they were. They are young enough that since they have been looking, prices and interest rates have always been low. They bought a bank owned property in Weiser Idaho ...
03/29/2012
I just got word that one of my very first latino clients, Baudelio Rodriguez, had passed away.  He died at 55 of some kind of cancer. I was very green -in  real estate  I had come from a background of various small businesses where how I dressed was not very important.  Consequently I didn't have...
03/18/2012
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Real farming like with tractors.  I know this because during my drive to work the other day there were 5 of them between my home and my office.  I didn't get irritated because my husband sells farm implements and some of the tractors were probably his sales.  Farmland has risen slightly in value ...
03/06/2012
This is the second profession I've been in where I am expected to be an expert on everything.  Years ago it was antiques, you were literally expected to have some idea of the value of everything! In real estate my oddest one was gardening.  An email lead kept asking me gardening questions, I had ...
02/21/2012
This is farming country, an hour northwest of Boise Idaho, the Treasure Valley.  Among other crops one quarter of the nations onions are grown here - it is also the birthplace of Ore-Ida french fries.   I woke up yesterday to a backhoe in my front driveway area.  The irrigation company is cleanin...
02/16/2012
 This home has been updated beautifuly while preserving some very nice vintage features.  It's on a couple of acres, has great shops and other outbuildings.  Three beds two baths, covered patio, mature trees and it's in Vale Oregon.  Vale is a town in Eastern Oregon -  it's just a little over an ...
02/07/2012
I have just listed 10 S 20th Street in Payette Idaho.  Payette is on the Idaho/Oregon border and is an hour from Boise - it has a population of 7400.  Payette was the "big " town when I was growing up - there are beautiful parks and the Payette River goes through town and joins the Snake at the N...
01/24/2012
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