I guess my prediction for "no snow on new years" from my last SNOW post has been proven wrong. Over the past couple days we have had more snow, here in Colorado Springs. Depending on where you live, snow has fallen anywhere from 7" to a foot, between Thursday and Friday.Again, we knew it was comi
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12/30/2006
This is fourth in a series of posts describing what the Code of Ethics are and what they mean to you - the buyer or seller. This post will go into Articles 4 and 5 of the National Association of Realtors® Code of Ethics.These 2 Articles define the 3-D's of a Realtors® duties when they are looking
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12/24/2006
Today we spent the morning "dealing" with the snow that started visiting us yesterday (12/20). I prefer to call it "playing" ... It started yesterday morning - the wind... wild, wild wind- whipping snow all over our city, Colorado Springs. By 10am, yesterday the whole city knew that it was time
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12/21/2006
This is third in a series of posts describing what the Code of Ethics are and what they mean to you - the buyer or seller. A Realtor® is a member of the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) - the world's largest professional association, and who is bound by a strict Code of Ethics. Article 3R
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12/20/2006
This is second in a series of posts describing what the Code of Ethics are and what they mean to you - the buyer or seller. Please check out Let's All Understand the Realtor® Code of Ethics ... Article 1 for some general information regarding the difference between a real estate agent and a Re
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12/18/2006
This is one of a series of posts describing what the Code of Ethics are and what they mean to you - the buyer or seller. First, we need to understand the difference between a real estate agent and a Realtor®. A real estate agent is a person who has obtained the proper education and has obtained a
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12/14/2006
After reading a great post by Nick M, I remembered this story. About 8 years ago, I was driving through NOT the most crime-free part of town one evening when I noticed a guy trying to re-start his car. I drove down the same street a few times - and noticaed that no one would stop to help him. The
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12/11/2006
Realty Blogging did a fantastic job at opening up and presenting the world of niche marketing, and it's contrast to mass marketing. "The problem today is that people are being inundated with disruptive, uninvited messages that they don't even remember them, much less respond." (pg.105)Coming fr
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12/11/2006
We are no longer our own competition.Now, I have seen plenty of feathers get ruffled lately, "Mr. Zillow and Mr. Discount Broker aren't playing by the rules! They aren't doing things the right way!"Hmmm. Let's think about this one...Whose "rules" are they supposed to play by? Buyers and Sellers (
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12/07/2006
In the quest to build the perfect blog, I find myself in interesting situations where I can't think of a thing to write about. However, there are other times where I have too many things that I want to write about. I have learned to ration my "flood of ideas" to balance out my "idea deserts" by w
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12/05/2006