I sell homes in and around Tulsa, Oklahoma. There has never been a better time to buy a home, and so if you are thinking of buying another home, let's get you out of the one you are in by pricing it correctly and making it appealing to buyers. When you list with Coldwell Banker Select, we'll sen
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06/19/2011
Buying and selling a home can be very emotional and stressful. Once a contract is signed and the period of due diligence begins, the buyer has the right to enter the home with qualified professionals to determine whether or not they need to amend the contract in any way based on what is discovere
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05/16/2011
A couple of years ago, my company began sending out a single-spaced list of distressed properties for use by agents in our company. It is a list of short sales and bank-owned properties and in November of 2008 it was about 12 pages long. I would watch it and noticed that occasionally it would
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04/21/2011
If you are building or remodeling, it is important to hire someone to check things out before the drywall goes up. This story tells how a mistake was made in putting in an air duct. Had the problem not been found before the drywall went up, then the homeowner would have had unusually high heati
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04/18/2011
This Obeo Tour has a style designer that let's you select colors for your walls, floors, trim, etc. Play around with it and let me know how you like this feature. This property includes upgraded appliances, including a stacking Bosch Axxis washer and dryer, a GE Triton XL dishwasher, a GE Spectra
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01/27/2011
This blog and the accompanying blog in the hyperlink to this house beautifully illustrate why homebuyers should hire a home inspector. I recommend using a PE (Professional Engineer) to look at structural issues. The purpose of the home inspection is to discover whether or not you want to stay in
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01/27/2011
"The lease is available; you can buy the lease." A REALTOR®-Associate in my company said this today in one of our land and ranch meetings while touting a lovely 269-acre parcel of land which I will be previewing later today. I thought to myself, "That's pretty cool. Owning the oil & gas lease is
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01/26/2011
This article addresses a problem that I have seen in empty homes when doing inspections. The faucet caps on the laundry faucets are a great idea. I suggest adding a tiny ball valve to the refrigerator's ice maker tubing. Why it's not done when refrigerators are installed just baffles my mind.
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01/09/2011
The gap check revealed a demolition notice on the day of closing. It wasn't there when the abstract was updated in September. It showed up yesterday morning. We were closing at 3:00 pm. We found out about it at the closing table. A demolition notice had been filed by the City of Tulsa that
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01/08/2011
Higher Mortgage Rates Spurred an Increase in Home Sales Does this just blow your mind? How is it that we have had historically low rates and have not been able to get buyers off the fence and yet now that they are creeping back up they are beginning to come out of the wood work? Is it that spring
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12/30/2010
