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I am a retired teacher/basketball coach, and my wife always knew what I was doing when I was in the school business. Third period was Government, Fourth period, English, etc. When I scoot off to work now, I don't think that she knows what I do.  So it occurred to me that if the wife of an agent t...
05/23/2008
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What is a "short sale?"  Well, it's certainly not something that is fun to talk about. Simply defined, a "short sale" is a situation where the market value of the property is less than the amount the seller owes his/her lender. For a short sale, the lender must agree to accept less than the full ...
05/05/2008
One of the great questions that we all face as we fade off into our AARP years is: "Where am I going to live?" For some the solution has been Arizona, Florida, maybe Central Texas. Think about what we want: quiet living around good people with similar interests, a nice low-maintenance home, a saf...
04/24/2008
One of the things that is always a source of contention between buyers and sellers is the answer to this question: "What is the seller offering for sale?" Generally, what appears to be part of the house and is attached to the house is part of the sale. So ceiling fans, chandeliers, blinds, etc. a...
04/24/2008
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Realtors are "special agents" who are employed by people to assist them in buying or selling of a home. Perhaps I've watched too many James Bond movies and the "special agent" tag appeals to me, but I have lost track of the number of times that I have run into buyers and sellers who do not unders...
04/09/2008
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One of my earlier blogs was about real estate agency in general and I touched on "buyer's agents." After sleeping on it a few nights, I worried that I wasn't clear. So in the interest of clarity, here goes. Prior to becoming a Realtor, I was a high school basketball coach. One of things about bei...
03/28/2008
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Whatever you believe about Global Warming, "going green" is going to save you money. That's something that we can all relate to. Here are some thoughts about saving money by saving energy. Whether you do this to "reduce your carbon footprint" or to save money for that new Ping driver, the impact ...
02/20/2008
We all remember when we had to read "Tom Sawyer," and of course we remember how Tom conned others into painting the fence for him. I thought it was a great idea and spent much of my childhood trying to trick my friends into doing things for me. Let's just say Tom was more gifted at this than I wa...
02/08/2008
One of the things that I have discovered since I became a realtor is that everyone wants to talk about real estate. The general populace wants to talk about 3 things: how much their house is worth, what they can do to update their houses and make them more valuable, and home improvement shows. I'...
01/31/2008
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 If you are selling your house in 2008, think about this. You are competing with other owners of similar homes who will too. What is going to make your house stand out? Here's a thought. Your house, when placed on the market, will be inventory in the store. Buyers will sift through the houses jus...
01/23/2008
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