Here's the 'quick and dirty' way to ensure you're using the word "REALTOR®" in the proper manner. Just as all poodles are dogs but not all dogs are poodles; all REALTORS® are real estate licensees but not all real estate licensees are REALTORS®. Being a REALTOR® simply means you or your firm are
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08/05/2010
*** NOTE *** the first AR virtual garage was a smashing success; I'm sold out! If anyone has any surplus tapes, books, etc. stashed away there is a big demand for new knowledge out there. Welcome to the first Active Rain virtual garage sale of real estate sales training aids. These valuable b
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08/01/2010
This past Thursday night I had the opportunity to go on a harbor tour/cruise of Portsmouth, New Hampshire along the harbor out to where it runs into the Atlantic Ocean. Portsmouth is a beautiful coastal city on the northern end of the New Hampshire seacoast. In the harbor view above you can see a
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07/18/2010
The Washington Examiner posted the first photo of the devestation caused by the recent earthquake in the Washington D.C. area. FEMA and the Red Cross are standing by to deliver aid if needed.
07/17/2010
Recently I did a short sale and kept a chronological blog post going about how the process was going and what step we were at. This was posted on my flagship blog, KnoxvilleTennesseeRealEstateBlog but I thought it might be beneficial and interesting to some to reblog it here to see how an actual
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07/10/2010
For some strange reason the post below I wrote several years ago popped on a Google alert. After re-reading it I decided it was still very relevant to today and hopefully you will find it worthwhile: I just received my July/August issue of “The Real Estate Professional”, a great magazine sent to
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07/08/2010
I was interviewed yesterday about the state of the greater Knoxville, Tennessee real estate market by Hana Kim, one of my favorite local reporters. Below is a graph I made comparing this January just past to previous Januarys. And here's the story: By HANA KIM6 News Reporter KNOXVILLE (WATE) -
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02/22/2010
This delightful duplex is near UT and has 1 two BR and 1 1 BR units, will cash flow. Happy New Years fellow Knoxvillians; it's now officially 2010. Following is the latest report from the Knox County Register of Deeds office for real estate transfers (sales) completed last week (January 3, 2010)
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01/03/2010
Not surprisingly it looks like the real estate transfers in Knoxville and Farragut Tennessee were down a bit this past week. I counted 135 with the usual high numbers in the lower price ranges as it’s been all of 2009 I’m very excited for 2010 to begin (which is will in only 4 more days) and see
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12/28/2009
Hmmm, "Home sales continue to surge" and rising interest rates. Sounds like the home buying opportunity train is fixing to pull out of the station. All aboard please.Mortgage rates have been steadily climbing, from a low of 4.5% around November 27, 2009 to above 5% on December 22, 2009. For the
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12/23/2009
