First I'd like to thank my new friend Mary Douglas (http://activerain.com/mdouglas) for tagging me again. I think this will be my 3rd or 4th Meme. How much of myself can I share? First Heres them rules: 1. Create a blog post with a link to the person who so happily tagged you. See above! 2. List ...

12/31/2008

How to get your house ready to sell

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Intro: Follow these steps and improve the odds of selling your house and get the buyers eyes off your neighbors house Tools Needed: An Open Mind and Enthusiasm Step 1: Think like a buyer. What made you buy or build your house? Emphasis the positive, eliminate the negative. For every 10 positives ...

12/29/2008

Real Estate Trends

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According to RETrends.com Active Rain is in the top 10 Events that impacted Real Estate in 2008. 9. ActiveRain Explodes Past 100,000 Members As we discussed in last year's report (Trend #1 - Two Worlds; One Industry) ActiveRain has moved to the head of the social networking line in the real estat...

12/28/2008

"The House that Active Rain Built" for $10

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　 "The House that Active Rain built" for $10 Hopefully by now you have heard about the "Make it Right" and "The Pink Projects." These are the programs that are helping to rebuild 150 homes in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans. Active Rain members are sponsoring a house. " The house that Active Ra...

12/27/2008

Pueblo West Colorado : Loma Way

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Dena Stevens | Colorado Western Real Estate, llc | 719 546-3700 1788 N. Loma Way, Pueblo, CO Side by Side 1 acres Vacant Land offered at $20,000 Lot Size 1 acres DESCRIPTION 2 lots Side by Side MLS 107246 is 1.01 acres listed for $20,000 / 1788 N. Loma Way MLS 118279 is 1.03 acres listed for $18...

12/21/2008

How do buyers get off the fence?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt said: "There is nothing to fear but fear itself." and: "Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live." I'd bet every Realtor who still has a license has at lea...

12/20/2008

Musical agents la, la, la

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This is a follow up to the post "Buy with a local agent...buy, buy, buy" A few days ago I took a job for a BPO (brokers price opinion) no big deal. But the house is currently occupied and my instructions were to call the listing agent to gain access for the required interior photos. At first th...

12/19/2008

I wish you enough: 2009 is going to be fine

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Since 2008 didn't turn out so great - the way most of us had planned let's all hope 2009 is going to be fine. I'll admit this year has been hard on me, it was full of hard work, very few frills, heart break and pain. I've had my fill of all of this. So my wish for you, for me and for all of 2009 ...

12/18/2008

Snap out of the cold!

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Depending on the source, it is widely believed that Southern Colorado has 300+ days of sunshine. Add that to our mild, not wild temperatures and it's a great place to live. Colorado does have it's surprises. Those of us who live here all have our stories of when it snowed in June and July. And it...

12/17/2008

Pueblo West Colorado: Market reports

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Pueblo West Acreage Jan 1 - Dec 1, 2008 Residential Statistics(100 listings) Low High Average Median Total List Price $95,000 $474,900 $226,939 $214,816 $22,693,909 Selling Price $96,500 $470,000 $222,698 $208,750 $22,269,799 List/Sold(%) 88.93% 111.24% 98.33% 98.09% -- Price/SqFt ($)...

12/16/2008