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Who gets a 1099 misc form? It's getting near the end of the year. Time to decide who you should send a 1099 misc form to. The government has made a lot of changes to tax codes. It is tough to keep up with all of them. How to know when to file a 1099 misc. There is more information on the IRS web...
12/22/2010
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Are you singing in the Rain? Blog about it. Have you had any successes because of Active Rain? Go ahead, sing in the Rain through a blog. Write about the person that found you through Active Rain and wants to work with you. Write about the referral that you received from another Active Rain membe...
12/16/2010
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Sharing is Caring. Please donate. Tis the season of giving. This time of year people are in a more generous mood. Wanting to give gifts. Donations are a great gift to give. We can all help each other by donating something that we have to someone in need. Cash is king and is the easiest to donate...
12/07/2010
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Would you put your dog in the freezer? NO. NO. NO. But here in Michigan the winter weather in metro Detroit can get downright COLD. This week alone, the temperatures will not go above 32 degrees. We all know that water freezes at 32 degrees. But it isn't just water that freezes, most anything lef...
12/06/2010
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Isn't this NEW listing just a Re-list? A friend asked me the other day if this sounded like a good idea. The agent listing their home wanted to take it off of the MLS for 2-3 months through the winter and then re-list it again in the spring. The logic being two fold. There aren't many buyers in t...
12/05/2010
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING.........at this time of year, people are giving thanks for the many things in their life, family, friends, a warm home, food on the table, a job, and freedom just to name a few. I want to say celebrate life with laughter. Adam Sandler celebrates Thanksgiving in a humerous song,...
11/25/2010
Open House 1, Visitors 0. Where are the buyers? If this were a sporting event, that would be a winning score. But this is the real estate market and the numbers are not good. I have heard it said that open houses do not sell houses. Yet they are a marketing tool that will always be there. I recen...
11/23/2010
Communication Breakdown, it's always the same.......This song, written by Led Zeppelin in 1969, was about the lack of communication between a guy and a girl. Forty years ago, communication was through pen and paper or the old rotary home phone. There were no area codes. Your number had a prefix l...
10/24/2010
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Rehabbing, flipping, turning a profit, renovating......... call it what you want. It must be done right. I have seen a number of people go into a home with ten gallons of white paint. They cover the walls, floors, cabinets and ceramic tile in the bathroom. Next they will put on a few shiney fauce...
09/05/2010
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DETROIT TIGERS -- COMERICA PARK We went on our annual trek to the Tigers game for father's day. It was the Detroit Tigers -vs- the Arizona Diamond Backs. What a great park. It was a beautiful sunny day. A good day for a ball game. COMERICA PARK opened in downtown Detroit in 2000. It is an open...
06/22/2010