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Beware Email Virus!!! Do Not Open!!! To all my blog buddies on ActiveRain, it seems that a virus has managed to sneak in through my yahoo email and into my notebook. It has attached itself to my address book and is sending itself to other computers. Do NOT open it! If you receive an email from me...

Hey folks Matt wants to do to the blogworld & new media expo and he needs out help getting there. So how about it, it would be cool if one of our own people gets to win the contest and go. Let's help him out, it's pretty easy. Give it a try won't you? photo courtesy of nodomain1 I love blogging....

So can someone please help me out with this concept because it seems to elude me? We have a ridiculously high unemployment rate. Foreclosures are still at an all time high Banks are cutting back on how much money they are lending Consumer spending is still very controlled Currently there are no n...

Guess Brad Andersohn and Bob Stewart may actually know what they’re talking about. Like everyone who joins AR I know who Brad Andersohn is. It was only a matter time before I found out who Bob Stewart is. Where I went wrong was in not reading Brad’s blog on a regular basis, so I missed most of th...

I know that I'm probably going to get some negative comments for this post, but I blog to let others know how I think and feel about all things important to me. It's about knowing me as a person not just knowing me as the home inspector. All I ask is that you keep it civil, bashing is not an opti...

New members often ask me if I think they should upgrade to the Rainmaker account. My answer is yes, you'd be crazy not to. If you don't already have one the Rainmaker account is a must for many reasons. I used to think that only Realtors benefited from the visibility afforded by AR to the consume...

Mike and I were suppose to get away for the weekend, but things didn't go as planned. Instead we spent the morning putting in a well pump. You can read all about it on Mike's blog if you like How I Narrowly Escaped The Dog House: Another Possible Contractor Scam. So this afternoon I took advantag...

Today started out cool and wet. I think this little guy was knocked out of a branch somewhere by the winds this morning. Mike found him lying on the porch with more than one cat preparing to feast on his little wings. We were pretty surprised when he was more than willing to perch on Mike's finge...

Five out of 8 of my grandchildren live with in 40 minutes of my house. Actually two live about three minutes away, two live 20 minutes away and one lives 30-40 minutes away. This week it played out over and over again. Grandchildren everywhere, it was great. Had them all long enough to enjoy them...

Welcome to Home Inspections In The Pocono's: The Series Part 4 - Inspecting The Exterior. During the exterior portion of the home inspection the inspector will thoroughly inspected and report on various aspects of the structure. These include all the components attached to the house as well as al...