It has always been difficult to figure out where property begins and ends if it is a parcel in the country. I used to order aerial view photos from the Arkansas Highway Department. I'd pay about $40 for an enlargement of the area. They were great in helping sell acreage.Now we have Google Eart
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10/15/2007
As I wrestled with problems in my office, a fellow agent came by and said that he'd found and enjoyed my blog!! WHAT!! Someone from my office found it? Read it? Enjoyed it? Well, not exactly. He'd found it and commented on it but he'd not read all of it.Not reading it is understandable.
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10/15/2007
I was reading someone's blog and they were distressed over some agent's low offer. I am afraid that I feel the same way from time to time. But I start remembering one of the smoothest agents that I've ever met and her starting line to a seller. She'd coo, "This is a beginning....". Then she'd
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10/14/2007
I don't know about your cities but in my area, one can feel a slowing of real estate at this time of the year. And once Thanksgiving gets here, it seems that everyone starts taking off for Christmas. Showing houses at Christmas is not ideal because you can't see the house for the decorations! I
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10/14/2007
Sitting in my office today I saw an agent walk by. She walked with her head held high, her back straight and she was moving on. The term just came to my head. She walked with alacrity. I had to look it up to know what it meant bacause I've always read books and just pass on over words I don't
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10/12/2007
While calling on two clients today and talking to them about listing, I thought thankfully about how easy it is to go to my computer and pull up the court house information sheet that is available. We pool our funds to pay for the service and it's the best $5 per month that I spend.The info shee
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10/11/2007
Today is Wednesday, our day to go and tour the new listings. My husband the car dealer once said, "You real estate agents and insurance agents have it made because you don't own the inventory and have to pay interest on the inventory." Over the years I've realized how profound that statement is
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10/10/2007
Having been in real estate for many years and thinking I was pretty smart, I was absolutely bowled over when we had a member of the tax assessor's office come and speak to us a few years ago. She mentioned "freezing your taxes" as a benefit to people over 65 or handicapped! WHAT! How come I'd
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10/08/2007
A slow day in real estate happens when most of the state meets for a football game and you stay home. Most of the spammers must be watching football because even the email is almost devoid of viagra spam. The cell phone does not ring. Your home phone does not ring. Your husband and his buddie
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10/06/2007
Having cable internet connection turned out to be better than my experience with satellite internet. The thing that bugged me the worst was going to see a streaming video and having it stop and start and stop and start so I asked the cable company if it would REALLY make a difference if I paid m
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10/05/2007
