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2011
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Believe it or not, that's me in the photo. If you know me well, you know that I love being as unconventional & as non-mainstream as one can possibly be. Before getting married I was able to run about 3-5 miles a day with relative ease, ppathetically I suffered two very nasty shin splints; which ...
09/28/2011
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The MLS was dead on for this particular listing. Under the public description it reads... "Home conveniently close to the airport." And I suppose if you want to live VERY close to the airport then this house might be a good location. Unfortunately for this seller my buyers had to pass after seein...
09/25/2011
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The MLS was dead on for this particular listing. Under the public description it reads... "Home conveniently close to the airport." And I suppose if you want to live VERY close to the airport then this house might be a good location. Unfortunately for this seller my buyers had to pass after seein...
09/25/2011
It's always suggested to my sellers to completely vanish while their home is being inspected. This is the perfect opportunity for the buyers to visit with their chosen inspector to discuss issues with the home, review the report and try and understand what's right and wrong with the functionality...
09/21/2011
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I gotta give credit to my wife for trying to supply the family with a healthy choice of things to eat around the house. One of her favorite grocery stores is H-E-B. They routinely have better produce, meats and seafood. For the last couple of months we've been buying these odd shaped and super he...
09/20/2011
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With the appraisal mgmt companies comes appraisers who lack the simple things to do their job, like Supra Keys to get themselves in the damn house. It's like filling out an application to be a pizza delivery driver, but not owning a vehicle. But that's a separate rant. Today an appraiser (without...
09/19/2011
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In our market the leasing business is on fire. Perhaps that's a bad analogy. Anyways, almost everyone's phone is ringing from people looking to lease, list for lease or hopefully to lease. It's a good time to lease your listing, if it isn't selling. Somewhere I read that the majority of all lawsu...
09/10/2011
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About 40 miles northwest of downtown Houston you'll find the city of Magnolia one of the many areas throughout Texas fighting off these ridiculously fast spreading wild fires. A couple of days ago I travled to Katy Hockley to talk to a homeowner about selling their home, approximately 45 miles so...
09/09/2011
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It's Monday night, the beers cold, the pizza's on the way and you and your best friends are gathered around to watch some football between the New England Patriots and New York Jets. Wow! It doesn't get much better than that. Here comes the kick off, the crowd roars with excitement, cameras flash...
09/07/2011
I can't tell you how many times I've been told... "I'm not gonna paint my house, I'm gonna leave that up to the buyers, it's just PAINT." Normally that direction is okay. The head shaking part comes with home owners who have outlandish paint pleasures. One room is Hello Kitty pink, another looks ...
09/07/2011