Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED

A few folks have "followed" me in the past few weeks. Thanks!  Unfortunately, my Active Rain tenure is waning.  I find that I am on the site less and less.  It's a habit, granted, and I sign on to read a few posts and make a comment here and there almost daily. I do miss Active Rain and the many ...

Jim Wants to Buy My House . . . The letter began, "Dear Carla" and went on with a nice introductory: "My name is Jim L**man, and my wife Sheree and I have an interest in purchasing your home located at 4915 SW 141st Ave." The letter was typed out very neatly in a business block format on very fin...

 Hoppy Easter     When my son, Carlson Muss, was younger he was quite active in the Oregon Children's Theater.   He participated in their classes -- Oregon Children's Theatre Acting Academy -- and performed at the large venues here in town including the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall and Keller Au...

This is a fun sounding contest for April and I can't wait to read about the interesting "You Might Be From . . . ." in the entires. After reading Rick's post about Lane County, which is a great example of what he's going for, I can think of quite a few highlights for mine! Please read Rick's post...

The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But . . .? What to STOP in '15 This is my post entry to Grant Schneider's March Contest "What Have You Stopped Doing in 2015?" Grant has given us several options to base our post on and I'm opting to go with the decision of elimination:   You have decided to...

Agents Who Text  . . . Pretty Sloppy Record Keeping If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times . . . real estate is not only about location, location, location.  For the real estate practioner, real estate is about another "L" word: Legal, Legal, Legal! The practice of representing a cli...

In Memoriam:  Laraine Shape "Home Not Selling Try SELLABREX . . ." This post is about the passing of the Cincinnati Real Estate Lady, Laraine Shape whom I met right here on ActiveRain.  Fellow AR colleague, Bill Spears, let me know. For the old timers, you may recall Laraine's alter-ego 'Ralph" -...

It's All About the Points, 'Bout the Points . . . . . No Content   The new home page is making a splash here in the Active Rain community.  I've not made up my mind whether I like it, or not.  Change happens, we all know that.  When it happens too much, too fast . . . that's when people get tired...

Sara Bought a House -- Less Than $4,000 To Buy New Construction Yesterday, my client Sarah closed on her long-awaited new home.  And it's literally a new home . . . brand spanking new! I began working with Sara in July last year.  We went out touring several different times and during our preview...

Great post about the time in between . . .  I can relate to this post on so many levels!  I'm just about to close on a new construction which was supposed to close end of December.  With one extension down . . . you'd think the buyer would be focused on the deal.  They have to turn over possessio...