Just a note that I am looking forward to attending and speaking at the Real Estate bar Camp RDU in Cary NC this coming Friday November 6, 2009. I feel honored to have been asked to share as a Thought Leader! This will be a great opportunity to meet so many of my Active Rain friends. I will be
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10/31/2009
"Spring ahead, Fall Back" is the way I used to remember which way to set my clock twice a year as we move to and from Daylight Savings back to Standard time. What's great about the Fall, is that we get to turn our clocks back 1 hour and we get to sleep in an hour later tomorrow morning. Many pe
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10/31/2009
Many persons interested in buying a home seem not to be in any rush. They are betting that prices will fall further, and that interest rates will remain low. But what happens if rates rise? They have in the past, and the government is now in a position it will have to borrow money to pay for a
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10/30/2009
Who Says it's Difficult to Get Bailouts of Government Aid? Who says it's difficult to get government aid? Nonsense! I just read a breaking news story about a house committee investigating California congresswomen Laura Richardson and Maxine Waters . It seems as though Congresswoman Richardson
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10/29/2009
Does Your Home Say "Welcome?" There are many things that get buyers into a home other than price. For some the attraction is subliminal and for other signals are very tangible. Buyers are usually drawn and attracted to a specific home. In todays market it may be price that gets them on the hoo
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10/29/2009
Buyers Agents Have No Right To Share Their Buyer Clients Feedback on a Property! When I read posts and comments on Active Rain, and in my daily work as a buyers agent - requesting feedback for the listing agents and sellers... my stomach turns. Feedback to the listing agent and seller is a left
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10/27/2009
Ellen Crawford | RE/MAX Greater Atlanta | 770-238-0122 771 Jordan Lane, Decatur, GA Bring all offers! Reduced 20K! Emory Area Brick Townhome. Druid Hills Updated Townhouse Near Public Transportation, CDC, Emory University, Downtown D 2BR/1.5BA Townhouse offered at $114,900 Year Built 1968 Sq Foo
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10/26/2009
I was showing some homes in the Atlanta area today, and 4 of the 5 homes showed in the Internet as "Owner occupied." "Call agent first before showing" was listed in the private agents instructions in the MLS. What bothered me most is that 5 of the 5 homes were vacant. This just creates unneces
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10/26/2009
Staging Vacant Homes - Who are you really fooling? It takes more than furniture, art pieces and a few carefully placed articles to sell a home. There are other senses that can give away the facts of the home when no one is living there. Our senses can easily alert us to the most obvious of cir
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10/26/2009
I guess if someone were to ask me what price ranges are selling for Atlanta area homes, I would have to say anything between 150K and 300K. Single family detached homes are the most sought after. New homes would come first on the list provide the subdivision has not stalled. I have also noticed
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10/25/2009
