Way back in the 80's when creative financing had to be done I ended up owning a house in order to sell a house! That is not unusual but this particular house was not one that you'd want to own. It was an old farm house type with high ceilings, wood floors, large double-hung windows, ramshackle
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10/21/2007
Along with photos on our cards as Realtors, I have a pet peeve with the bankers, mortgage brokers, Wal-Mart employees, etc., when they have a first-name only name tag. Well how many Jennifers are there? How many Marys? How many Jims? How many Roberts? And there must be several million Lisas.
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10/19/2007
Some controversy always exists on real estate cards and what you should have on them. My habit has always been to throw away the cards with no photos because there's no way for me to remember that person without a picture. (Having taught Art, I'm strictly a "one picture is worth a thousand word
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10/19/2007
Posting things on ebay is great fun. Getting up each morning and checking to see if you have a buyer adds spice to life. It doesn't matter if the item is for sale for only $2, it is still a thrill to think someone out there wants that item. Learning the different ways of bidding and putting up
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10/18/2007
I listed a house for an elderly lady who was finally going to live with a daughter or near a daughter. Her husband had needed easy access to a shower before he died. As most houses were built 15 to 20 years ago, there were two baths with tub showers. It becomes harder and harder to step into sh
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10/18/2007
In our little town of Searcy AR brokers have told agents that they'd be given "opportunity time" which meant that the agent would be the one on "duty" when a customer either called or walked through the door of the office. That lucky agent had the opportunity to turn the customer into a client..
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10/17/2007
SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD!Searcy AR has a lot of nice homes. Searcy has a very active downtown and this house is within two blocks of downtown. You could walk to the Rialto, our historic old movie theater. There's an active Theater-on-the-Square that has dinner shows and children's pro
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10/17/2007
I grew up with outside animals. They were wonderful. Dog named Spot, cat named Kitty, and the animals were happy outside. They never got sick, never needed a vet. I guess you raise your kids the way you were raised. My kids were always mad at me because I didn't allow the animals in the house
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10/16/2007
We all have different tastes in houses and how we would decorate them. Through the years I've learned not to express MY opinion too strongly about a house and how it appears. I remember having this house that was in a pretty good area with a pretty good lot but a widower lived there.Seems his w
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10/16/2007
These smart phones are really smart and the folks who made them are possibly the smartest. They make them start having problems just as the warranty runs out. My first one was a Treo 600. I loved that thing. I loved having people admire it as we used it to get into houses through the lockbox.
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10/15/2007
