The real estate business is good in Friendswood, Texas. This bedroom community has been named one of the Top 100 Places to Live in the United States in 2007 and 2009, and was named one of the Best Affordable Suburbs in the United States in 2009. In 2011, Family Circle Magazine named Friendswood
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11/30/2012
If I had to pick one real estate professional I appreciate above all others, it would be Jim Hawkins with NFM Lending. I have chosen to design this holiday appreciation card for him. Here is the front of the card: When I got started in real estate, Jim was the lender on my first sale. I was pre
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11/30/2012
Today I finally got the Christmas trees up and decorated. We always put up two trees – a tall skinny one that fits in the nook where the stairs curve, and a small one that goes on top of the piano. The little tree has mostly toy-themed ornaments that our daughter loved when she was young. It’
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11/28/2012
Friendswood residents will be kicking off the Christmas season with the Fifth Annual Santa in the Park celebration on Saturday, December 8 from 3-8 p.m. in Stevenson Park. Kids will be out in droves to experience the ever-popular Snow Hill, amusement rides, and photos with Santa. There will be
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11/27/2012
Where can you find a cute-as-a-bug country home on almost half an acre for under $100,000? At 3504 Shouse Street in Santa Fe, Texas of course! I just listed this nice three-bedroom country home with 1276 square feet of living space, and a very large workshop/barn in the backyard. The house is
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11/25/2012
If you are thinking of listing your home for sale, there are some questions you should ask the Realtor you are thinking of using before you sign a listing agreement. Here are five important things you should check out ahead of time: Do you answer your phone? If an agent calls wanting informatio
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11/24/2012
I would love to have gotten some Christmas shopping done today, or to have gotten our tree put up and decorated, but there was no time for that sort of thing for me on this Black Friday. I was too busy keeping up with real estate! Today I showed four homes, wrote and submitted an offer on one
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11/23/2012
I’m sitting in the easy chair right now, finally getting to relax after two very hectic days. Yesterday I did most of my cooking for Thanksgiving dinner, cleaned the house, and had a closing. Today I finished the cooking, hosted dinner for 12 family members, cleaned up and put everything away.
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11/22/2012
Is this not the cutest little guy ever?!!! My grandson was at our house pretty late recently, and we had not yet gotten a baby bathtub to keep here for him. Since he has outgrown the bathroom sink, he had to take his bath in the kitchen. I love this little guy!
11/20/2012
Electronic signatures in real estate transactions have made life much easier for agents and their clients. With e-signatures, we can send off a contract and get it back, signed, in just a matter of minutes. No more faxing copies back and forth, no more scanning pages and pages of documents, an
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11/19/2012
