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2008
GM just announced what they are calling "...an absolute screaming deal" on their large SUVs and large pick up trucks. They're offering 0% financing for a term of 6 years. That's it. No other discounts or incentives. Just the long term financing. They're also only offering this deal for a period o...
06/23/2008
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It's an interesting topic, filled with endlessly differing opinions, depending on who you talk to. Will the cost of gas go up, down, stabilize, etc.??? I realize that all things are relative and those who have relatively fuel efficient vehicles may very well feel the pinch, especially if they wer...
06/23/2008
This week I'll be time blocking for outbound phone calls to first time home buyers. I've got many leads to call, and I simply can't be distracted with the normal, every day interruptions that seem to come my way. When times are tough...pick up the phone! Your sphere of influence is obviously a cr...
06/22/2008
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Comedian George Carlin has died at the age of 71, due to heart failure while at a Santa Monica, CA hospital. Carlin was very anti-establishment, and edgy, provocative and controversial. He did a comedy bit about the seven dirty words you could not say on television. A regulatory battle over a ra...
06/22/2008
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With mortgage rates ticking upwards, now is the time to buy a home! In many markets people are just scared. They're thinking if they sit on the fence just a little while longer, then the prices will drop another $50,000. Well, by waiting to buy a home the buyer runs the risk of the rates going ev...
06/22/2008
I previewed a home the other day and I couldn't help but notice how the house was paid attention to, and looked great, but the front yard was just a mess! The front lawn was filled with weeds, bald spots, dry grass, it hadn't been trimmed or edged along the curb...it just screamed of neglect! Gue...
06/21/2008
Yesterday I attended a Keller Williams "Orientation" seminar. Somehow I missed out on attending this seminar in the past, due to schedule conflicts. Wow! What an awesome experience it was! The mindset, the structure, the training, the culture and beliefs, the Agent Leadership Council, the supp...
06/21/2008
I don't know about you, but for some crazy reason I've suffered increasingly over the years with lower back pain issues. Sometimes when I get up from my desk and walk to the kitchen to get a drink I find myself walking like some old man with a bad back, all "out of whack". I've found the greatest...
06/19/2008
I was certain that my boys would never be glued to one of those hand-held video game systems, mostly because I had no intention of buying one! Well, my oldest boy, Jacob, had a birthday yesterday. He turned 8. He was asking Santa for one of these things last Christmas (Santa said "maybe" later o...
06/19/2008
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As if Keller Williams didn't already have industry-leading training classes throughout any given week...we're now turning things up quite a few notches to a whole new level of "hands-on", experience oriented training sessions. Don't just talk about it....DO IT! That's the simple yet powerful mess...
06/17/2008
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Kirk Westervelt
Kirk Westervelt, Broker In Charge, Van West Realty - CDPE - Short Sale Agent - Home for Sale - Greenville, Simpsonville, SC