First, the picture. What is is? Well, depending on where you are in the country, you may have had a very snowy winter like we have here in the Philadelphia region. The picture above is my back yard. Lots of snow, with a thick crust of ice from the rains, freezing rain and ice we had a few days
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02/03/2011
If you sell homes in developments, you're often up against competing units that are virtually identical. Sometimes, they are identically priced. So how do you get you listing to stand out? Wait. Let me ask that again. So how do you get you listing to stand out? Do I really have to ask that qu
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02/02/2011
Would you like a breath mint? I think we all realize by now, that when someone asks you the question, "Would you like a breath mint?" it's their way of saying, "Dude, you need a breath mint! Pee-yew!" Only nicer. There are certain diplomatic questions in life that take the edge off of what coul
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02/02/2011
How does this weather affect your business? Right now, around half of the country is in the grips of horrible snow and ice -- or is about to get it in the next few hours. Schools close, so agents need to stay home with children. Likewise, buyers can't go out because they too have children. Snow
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02/01/2011
1600 Church Rd A312 WYNCOTE, PA Low cost of ownership - condo fee INCLUDES heat and hot water! Great 1 Beroom unit! 1BR/1BA Condo $60,000 Year Built 1963 Sq Footage 677 Bedrooms 1 Bathrooms 1 full, 0 partial Floors 1 Parking Unspecified Lot Size 677 sqft HOA/Maint $310 per month DescriptionClean
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01/31/2011
Unless you've been living in a yurt on the plains of Inner Mongolia for the last 72 years, you've seen The Wizard of Oz. Multiple times. And I'm sure you remember this iconic exchange: Dorothy: Do you suppose we'll meet any wild animals? Tin Woodsman: Mm, we might. Scarecrow: Animals that eat...
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01/30/2011
I Sink, Therefore I Am (With apologies to Rene Descartes). Subsido ergo sum? Anywho . . . This sink in a powder room of a post-war split I showed today, was most interesting. I don't think I've seen a sink quite like it! You sure wouldn't see a two spigot set-up in a house built today, because t
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01/29/2011
Grab the bull by the . . . well it used to be "horns," but the common usage seems to have shifted in recent times. This blog was inspired by a trip to New York a few months ago. Wandering around lower Manhattan, I walked by the iconic bull statue that defines Wall Street to tourists. As this pi
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01/28/2011
Every day, more and more people are searching for their next home on the Internet. When selling you home, you need to choose an agent that has the experience and expertise in showcasing homes on the Internet. More and more, buyers are looking for video tours of homes. Any agent can take a video
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01/28/2011
I love Google Voice. I really do. Plus -- it's FREE!! You can get a free, local number. You can set that number to ring any combination of phones you want. Never miss a call! I have my office and cell phone set up so that all voicemail goes to my Google voice account. Why? Because not only
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01/27/2011