If you've ever been to the circus you might have seen the act where they see how many clowns can stuff into a Volkswagen. Until recently, that's how our office has felt for the last year or so; too many agents and not enough desk space. With a whopping 384 square feet including a bathroom and
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09/19/2007
Not long ago, a young woman walked in to our Real Estate office and wanted information about a house she had seen with our company's "For Sale" sign in the front yard. After talking to us briefly and getting the information she had wanted she said she was in a hurry to go. She explained that in
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09/19/2007
At first thought, selling your house by yourself on the open market without the assistance or the cost of an Agency representing you, might seem tempting. After all, how much work could it possibly be to sell a house anyway? You just plunk a sign out in the yard, run a couple newspaper ads, park
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09/18/2007
So, you think your local Realtor® is making piles and piles of money? Depending on the market and that broker's actual sphere of influence, he or she just might be doing just that. More than likely however, that agent and/or broker is making far less than you might suspect. The Real Estate bus
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09/18/2007
You don't have to be a Real Estate guy to have guessed by now that it's a buyer's market out there. As evidenced by the new sprouting of "For Sale" signs on seemingly every block, the current inventory of property available has hit new records in, not only Central Oregon, but beyond. As much as
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09/18/2007
I sometimes think my job is the best one on the planet; for me that is. After all, as a Realtor I get to do two of my favorite things almost all of the time.. hang out with and get to know lots of people for most of the day as well as keeping my head buried in my computer for the balance. Yep,
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09/18/2007
Since I've been hanging around with a bunch of Realtors lately I've noticed an interesting corollary with respect to each of my colleague's choice of transportation. If you're looking for a Realtor, and can't quite decide on who to use, you might want to check out their ride. I'll tell you why
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09/18/2007
Thinking about selling your home? The single most important step in the process is determining the value of that property. As much as I'd love to take this opportunity to convince you that one agency is better equipped than another to sell your home (I'll save that for another time) the decisi
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09/18/2007