Do you live in a city that embraces local artists? Portland Oregon is just such a place. This detail of a wall mural in the Alberta Arts District of Portland is just one of many shining examples. The display fosters a sense of community and also helps to curtail graffiti taggers. The Alberta Arts
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12/23/2007
Christmas in Las Vegas. Who better to put on the glitz and glorry than Las Vegas. Last week I had an opportunity to vist this fabulous city as I attended my daughters wedding. Now I have been to Las Vegas many times before but this is the first time that I had ever been during December. It can ge
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12/20/2007
The one thing that remains constant in the field of Real Estate as well as in many other fields of endeavor is our desire and struggle to re-invent the wheel. Year after year we all analyze, scrutinize and tweak, sometimes shaking the very foundations of our core beliefs. Some of the modification
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12/17/2007
In a recent article of the The_Oregonian_newspaper and on the front page in large headlines " Portland Home prices stable while most cities slide."Of course the news is not all positive and the doom and gloom spin masters cannot help themselves as indicated in their sub Head line of " The Metro
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12/01/2007
Are you getting all of the business you want from the Internet? According to the National Association of Realtor's (R) in a recent article Recent_Field_Guide_Article_written_by_Russell_Carlson :80% of Home Buyer's used the Internet as a source81% of Internet Home Buyer's also used a real estate
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11/29/2007
What does it take to recognize and take action on a good deal. I have worked with Investors of Real Estate most of My career which started in 1988.This past 12 months or so has seen a lot of negative press in as far as the real estate market goes. Based on the press reports one might presume tha
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11/21/2007
What a wonderful afternoon it was shaping up to be. The sun was shining and all things appeared well with my then current group of Buyer's transactions. Thinking it could not get much better than this, my phone rang and it did.The call was from Andy and Dawn who were then living in Rhode Island.
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11/20/2007
While cruising through the Blog Posts here on Active Rain I came across this Intriguing_Story from Activerainer Karen Monsour. Her post and question is a good one. But as I began writing the comment it soon got out of hand and control, length wise. Hence this post follows.Karen's Boyfriend gave
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11/18/2007
I just don't get it! Someone please tell me what the rationale is behind what appears to be standard fare in the lending industry. What I am talking about is the reluctance of Lender's to approve mortgages for Investors of Flip Properties especially over the last couple of years. I have been conf
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11/07/2007
..............................................................HELLLLLLLLLLLLLP!...................................................................If you can't here the screams for help, perhaps it's because of all the complaining you've been doing. The Real Estate Market that we are experiencing
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11/03/2007
