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For a while, real estate stories seemed to fill the news.  It did not matter if you were looking on television, the internet, or in print media.  First, it was the housing boom, then the bust, then the entire mortgage fiasco.  Suddenly, it looked as if the entire world's economy hinged on the Ame...
06/13/2012
Every year at this time (as well as at Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc), your friendly neighborhood, Green Designated REALTOR gets calls from buyers or other agents who want to see a home on the holiday weekend. Well, see, that might be an issue... See, people enjoy their time off. And, when holiday...
04/22/2011
More and more, people are going with an "entry only" brokerage and still trying the for sale by owner route instead of using their friendly, neighborhood, Green Designated REALTOR.  That is fine with me, and I commend them on their choice to do the heavy lifting on their own.  But, there is an is...
10/13/2010
When I was young, even before I knew what a real estate agent for the Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area was, we were taught about these things called seasons.  Now, they told us that there were four of these seasons in a year: winter, spring, summer, and fall.  As a child, I understood that winter was...
07/19/2010
Since I am not afraid of my geek nature, I have no issue quoting Han Solo on this one.  Sometimes, real estate agents HAVE to work.  Yes, we should be working smart.  Yes, we can do all kinds of things to help business from our desks or homes.  But, no matter how hard we try, even the Birmingham ...
06/06/2010
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Here we are on a Saturday morning of a holiday weekend, and what a day it is.  No, this is not one of those classic "showing houses all day and night and will write at least 500 offers off of it" kind of posts.  This is one about something we all love: the weather. We have had some nice little st...
05/29/2010
Every now and then, even real estate agents have to take a break and not work.  Sometimes, we take vacations.  More often, we just take the night off.  A couple of weeks ago, I did that with my wife.  Together, we went to a Tim McGraw concert.  Now, this was my first country music concert, but I'...
05/27/2010
Land and Home for sale in Moody, AL.  3 Bedroom, 2 Bath home on approximately 10 acres.  Presented by Ralph Harbison, REALTOR, Green, with RE/MAX Realty Brokers, Inc.  Click Land and Home for sale in Moody for information or Homes for sale in Moody for other homes.   Adorable country home for sal...
05/19/2010
Are you interested in buying a home in Trussville?  Would you like to see more Homes for Sale in Trussville?  Well, here is some advice and some help, all at no charge, presented by Ralph Harbison, REALTOR, Green, your Trussville Real Estate expert.     When we look at homes for sale in Trussvill...
05/17/2010
Homes for Sale and Martial arts...they don't seem to match, do they?  In fact, real estate and martial arts are not even in the same category, right?  Wrong.  Here are my thoughts on this. Last fall, I earned my black belt in Shorinji Kempo.  It took a little over four years to do so.  Granted, s...
05/15/2010
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