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In addition to the duties we owe Sellers and Buyers when we begin working with them under either an Exclusive Right to Sell Contract (Sellers) or an Exclusive Right to Buy, Buyer Agency Contract (Buyer), we also give them the benefit of our experience and "Instincts" although that is not spelled ...
07/01/2008
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Last week I mentioned how dry this area is and was looking forward to the rain that was forcast over the weekend. Turns out, most of it passed us by with the exception of a shower one evening (Thursday). This evening, we had a nice rain for about 20-30 minutes when none was forecast. Go figure...
06/30/2008
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This evening I ran across Tutorials on AR and found a wealth of information, much of which I saved until I have time to get deeper into it. So many people sharing their knowledge with competitors sounds a lot like the Real Estate Company I am with now; initials KW. :) There are some really go...
06/30/2008
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Rain is not our usual Real Estate topic, however it does affect local real estate when we are in a drought condition. Lawns can turn brown (without sprinkler systems), flowers fail to thrive and some shrubery to die as a result of the drought and hotter-than-normal weather we're having. There ar...
06/27/2008
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There is no doubt that seller's expectations remain unrealistic in some cases, but buyers may be even more unrealistic. Who can blame them when they are being hit from all sides by the media parading various experts who may not even be in the real estate business and who play on their fears abou...
06/26/2008
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Yesterday, a local attorney came to our office to teach a class in what you need to know in working with Commercial Real Estate and how those things differ from Residential Real Estate Sales. It was a good course, concisely presented and good information to know. This attorney does both residen...
06/25/2008
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Many times we forget to say "thank you" to our fellow agents in the real estate business when they have helped solve a problem, been a great agent on the other side of the transaction, did their job after the sale all the way to closing, worked hard to make the buying or selling experience a good...
06/23/2008
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Today, I stopped at a service station/quick mart on the way home and saw a young man with a large pick-up truck (the new modern ones) hand the clerk a $100.00 bill to get gas. I asked him as I was leaving if that would fill his tank and he said no, but he usually buys $100 per gas refill. It re...
06/17/2008
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There was an article in todays Greenville News about NASA giving everyone a chance to have their names stamped on a micorchip on a lunar spacecraft that will explore the moon for years to come. There were 830,000 names and Nasa's goal was 1 million. They must have reached that, as when I went t...
06/17/2008
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As promised earlier-on in my blogging on Active Rain . . . The Upstate Alliance, an economic development group began a campaign with Erwin Penland Advertising Group to promote the Upstate of South Carolina. The "I Was Blown Away" campaign/website is designed to impact tourism, work-force recruit...
06/17/2008