I have a few buyers that cannot be on time. No matter what I say, we will have to be done by noon ,I have another appointment, closing whatever I have going on. My daughter is home sick waiting for grandma, slept in, clock stopped. We have heard it all. I decided to try a different approach, if w
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02/18/2010
We find ourselves trying to reasure buyers and sellers of what this market is going to do. I turn to Active Rain to get all of your opinions on interest rates, house prices, up or down etc. I also turn to Active Rain for the latest on the news in different states. Wondering how this will be in th
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02/17/2010
I think we as self employed always dread the tax man,or women. We keep track of our business, we keep tabs on our expenses. We pay quarterly taxes so there will be no penalties. Then we keep the math going all year long. I try to estimate a little high. I don't want any surprises at the tax time
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02/15/2010
We are all watching the Olympics, well most of us. When I watch I have a sence of pride, watching my fellow Americans who have spent so much time perfecting their skills to acheive a medal and Represent the United States in the Olympics. I feel pride even when they don't medal, they conduct thems
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02/15/2010
Just heard most disturbing detail while listening to the radio this morning, Our wonderful government wants to add a tax to playing music on the radio. This is a big concern for the radio stations and they are saying it will hurt them and drive many out of business. It stated that these taxes wil
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02/13/2010
Just found out some information that made me think " what a wonderful place I live and work in." Really don't want our population to explode, so I don't know how this will affect people moving in to our town. We do want expansion and growth, just not too much. I would like to see some balance, I
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02/13/2010
Well folks I have another buyer story, I might never run out, at least let's hope not. I have a buyer, we were waiting for short-sale approval, the bank sold the property,. So much disappointment. We went looking. Bid after bid ,we were out bid a number of times, some my buyer just could not go a
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02/10/2010
I have sold a lot of homes over the years. It is such a great experience to watch people as their dreams come true in owning a new home. I have kept in contact with my buyers, mailings ,phone calls, etc. Shared in their accomplishments over the years, promotions, babies etc. Recently more and mor
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02/07/2010
It is so easy to make a market plan at the first of the year, be so motivated and say, I am going to stick to this. Then as the year goes you get distracted, disappointed and loose your focus. If you don't keep your thoughts in the right direction and your focus you will not succeed. There is alw
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02/04/2010
Recently I have been writing more and more offers for my buyers, it seems that the little town of Wellington Colorado has gotten very popular. I have done a lot of business in Wellington and for a while the homes were sitting there. There were a lot of homes that went into short sale and quite a
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02/03/2010