Sometimes I've been accused of being a little too bottom-line oriented, but it is my nature so I am to be forgiven for it.With many homes that stay on the market entirely too long, or buyers that search and search for homes but just can't find the right place, I wonder what is the Realtor suppose
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12/11/2007
Behind each front door of a house you drive past on a street is a FAMILY. Each family may be composed of multiple members, a single member, a mixture of the young and old, retired, or elderly, healthy or sick, financially well off or struggling.The realization of family struck me this weekend at
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12/10/2007
I have always thought the expression "birds of a feather flock together" matched up with what I saw in the real estate world. It coincided with certain demographics and income of clients searching for a certain type of housing product. It also came together with zoning areas for certain sizes or
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12/09/2007
I ponder the greater meaning sometimes about why people are out riding around with REALTORS on Saturday or Sunday afternoons looking at houses? Aren't there more important things to do in life like washing the dog, going shopping, taking in a movie, dining out at a restaurant? The quiz for today
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12/08/2007
The advent of the Internet around 1994 with graphical browsers literally changed the world. As web sites proliferated across the globe a user at their home literally brought the world to themselves at their fingertips. So much of all types of information to your desktop can be overwhelming at tim
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12/08/2007
One architectural aspect of many backyards in America is the fence. I've lived in houses with and without fences and sometimes I wonder if we are just not staking out our turf more than anything else. The sheer variety of fences also amazes me from wooden ones that weather over time and then the
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12/07/2007
I don't know about you but the Title Company business was always a mystery to me. Here you went into what sometimes were smaller type of offices with very fancy conference rooms with shiny veneer conference tables with plushy chairs to sit down and sign a mountain of paperwork. If it was a good t
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12/06/2007
Mooseheads and moving houses don't necessarily mix. What it really has to do with is preparing a house in today's market or any market for that matter for sale. A Realtor can assist a homeowner in understanding that the property they are offering up to the market needs to be neutral to the best e
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12/04/2007
When talking with people in older neighborhoods some like the characteristics of their area. They like being closer to shopping or the highways or an airport. But sometimes they lament the cracked roads, the roof that needs repair, the foundation problems, etc.So while they like the idea of more
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12/03/2007
In working around real estate co-workers, individual and team, and in meeting all different individuals throughout my day, it dawned on me how much we interact with each other and how much we truly can be of help to one another. You have a question, someone has an answer. Someone needs assistance
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12/03/2007
