November 14, 2006 Borrowed with Permission from the St. Paul Real Estate Blog, origional post 11/14/2006 Absorption Rates The math used to calculate absorption rates is simple. Add up the number of homes on the market, and then find how many homes were sold in the past 30 days. (Homes taken off
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11/15/2006
I admit I do like cats. One day in the not too distant future I may even become the crazy old lady who lives alone in the house full of cats.They do make nice pets for some, but others are highly allergic to them. People who have cats need to take care when they put their home on the market.Tod
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11/14/2006
When I started in the business I worked with a company that I will call 'blue', we were taught that as brand new agents who had no experience we could get listings. We were taught, or shall I say required, to charge as much as the seasoned pros. We were told to tell prospects that we could do
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11/12/2006
I am just about zillowed out . . . . We (the real estate industry) created Zillow, by not giving consumers information on the internet, instead we created 3rd rate web sites 5 years too late. We (the blogging community) have nurtured zillow by writing so much about it. We have helped give them
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11/09/2006
What an interesting week it has been. I let a FSBO write a post on my blog:He wrote: Confessions of a FSBO, Part 1Then I wrote: Follow up on confessions of a FSBOThen he wrote: Confessions of a FSBO, Part 2Then I wrote: Follow up on confessions of a FSBO 2 I learned a lot from this, and got
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11/09/2006
After going for a few days with limited email I feel as though life has passed me buy. I guess I even missed some birthday cards! Who knew! This post is really more about spam. It seems that a server in California was so clogged with spam that my email was held hostage. It is getting to the
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11/08/2006
At first it got quiet, then an eerie sense of peace settled over me and I began to relax.The server that my email comes through went down some time yesterday afternoon. I get tons of email through my computer and my handheld, both make a little tinging sound every time a new email arrives. The
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11/06/2006
I have a guest author that writes for the St. Paul Real Estate Blog, he is a nieghbor of mine who is working on his own project, a web site called All Saint Paul, whcih I really like.His partner, Christy is selling her townhouse as a FSBO, and Erik is writing a 2 part article about their experien
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11/04/2006
I really hate having my picture taken. not sure why, maybe it is because I always have a funny expression on my face and camera's don't lie. my husband took this one today in Irvine park, St. Paul, MN.The park is located in a historic preservation district, the fountain in the center is a salva
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11/04/2006
Just want to mention Lisa Dunn's Real Sage Advice Blog. Lisa is one of our local REALTORS in Minneapolis with Edina Realty. I guess she is another one of those freindly competitors. I really like her blog on ageing issues, and recently told her that I am jealous that I did not think of it firs
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11/02/2006