REALTORS and Stagers alike have presented homes that have family rooms with a WALL OF WINDOWS. If you think of real estate blog writing as you sitting in this room of windows with everyone in your audience, consumer and members together viewing in, it is revealing. Coming from someone w
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06/25/2008
One of my favorite U.S. Presidents after Abraham Lincoln has to be Theodore Roosevelt. Although late 19th and early 20th century was his time in the sun, he could teach us a thing or two today. How about getting through a negotiation? How about getting to the point and clearing through the clutte
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06/24/2008
Oftentimes in real estate we encounter babes in the woods, whether they be REALTORS, buyers or sellers. In case you haven't heard this one in the past I'll happily bring you up to speed. Afterward, you can add Joke Master (JM) to your professional designations. When a young Real Estate Buyer me
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06/23/2008
I read alot. I talk to a lot of people within and outside Real Estate. One buyer reminded me with my cheery attitude of how many people have much pain in their lives. I have read many surveys of what makes people happy. I tried to condense it down to a few bullet points in what I call the
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06/23/2008
I know some of these photos have circulated around on the Internet but they arrived back in my InBox again today and I thought I would share with all the interior designers and painters within the group. These kind always have me tripping and I don't know if they are real or some kind of Photosho
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06/22/2008
All right, I admit I've got a bee in my bonnet with this one and I need your help. I am always trying to improve my craft in selling houses and some Realtors have as a core part of their marketing tying balloons to everything. Not just doing an OPEN HOUSE. I'm talking the entire weekend on For Sa
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06/21/2008
I've got to admit it. Touring some people's homes impresses me. I don't know if it is the lady of the house, the man, or both, but some people have their houses neat as pins. Maybe it is from their REALTOR'S or Stager's advice. Which begs the question, TO BE OR NOT TO BE ORGANIZED? I t
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06/20/2008
In driving up to my Realtor office of late, it seems like I have to park around the back, or go back and forth, up and down the rows to get a spot. Boy, there must be a lot of people working on contracts, checking the MLS on the in office computers, or having client meetings. Then it dawned on me
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06/20/2008
In a recent discussion I got to pointing out how some in the real estate industry were not hard working types. We all have different goals and who am I to judge? That got me to feeling bad about myself. Then one pointed out to me that there were many hard working REALTORS and despite all the hard
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06/19/2008
In looking at Internet search by buyers for homes you would think it would be easier. Plug the parameters in and BAM, there is your home. Who needs REALTORS? But somehow the reality of the search process is much more complex than that and you have to venture off on the journey and see what is rea
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06/19/2008
