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2007 

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The Shot Heard Around The World!!!Have you ever heard that expression used in our history classes. It originated from the opening stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's Concord Hymn (1837), and describes the impact of the battle at Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, on April 19, 1775. It essent...
11/30/2007

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Do you know how certain posts are conceived when information that's rolling around inside your head starts to solidify within your brain in the form of coincidental occurrences!Well, this week I had such an occasion. It all started when Tom Braatz wrote a post on leaving people behind who have no...
11/29/2007

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According to 2005 figures, nationwide averages of households who own their own homes, versus those that lease, range from around 45% in some areas and rises to around 75% in other areas.So this leaves 25% to 55% of households in the category of renters who are not experiencing 'The American Dream...
11/28/2007

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By popular request I am posting this third in the series of Memory Lane Recollections! I am also looking for a serious Active Rainer who would like to 'pick up the torch' for the succeeding decades inasmuch as I feel one must have a 'nostalgic bent' in order to make these posts interesting. You s...
11/27/2007

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Every year for the last 27 or so I have spent a weekend in December at The Malvern Retreat House...Saint Joseph's in the Hills as it is called! In a couple of weeks I will renew this tradition and as usual I am beginning to feel the excitement mount as the time draws closer!Although this facility...
11/26/2007

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What's the 'hot topic' on AR these days? Well Lenn Harley and Ed Rybczynski have kindled the flames of a great discussion on mortgage foreclosure and abuse in general in our real estate industry.Both posts and comment threads contain a wealth of good information and knowledge...for everyone in th...
11/24/2007

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While reading a post of Tom Braatz...the idea for this post surfaced! Tom talked about the internet leaving behind a lot of people in our network, some of which did not have either internet access or even email.Those of us who use the internet profusely, take for granted that everyone exists the ...
11/24/2007

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Active Rain For Dummies...An Destruction Instruction Manual!You Newbies out there, listen up! I will let you in on many 'inside' tips that will enhance your AR experience and your entry into the 'blogging world'!Do I have your attention??? Thank you!!!First of all you measure your 'prowess' here ...
11/24/2007

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All over Active Rain right now members are discussing mortgage abuses, impending avalanches of mortgage foreclosures, predatory lending practices, excessive pressure on appraisers to 'make transactions work'! See Lenn Harley's Blog and Ed Rybczynski's Blog!Many of the lenders who participated in ...
11/23/2007

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The dictionary defines an 'impulse buyer' as one who makes a sudden spontaneous inclination or incitement to some usually unpremeditated purchase...one who has a propensity or tendency to purchase, usually other than rational.You know what an impulse buyer is...one who goes out to buy a bag of gr...
11/22/2007
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