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2012
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The day after Christmas, and all through the house, everyone counted up their Christmas money, and made ready to leave the house. Visions of sales in their heads, no one wanted to stay in their beds. Its off to spend money! I wonder if more money is spent on various sale items the day after Chris...
12/25/2012
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The world is a wonderful place. Especially outside your homes windows. Are you taking full advantage of your view while trying to sell your home? One of the strangest requests we ask our Sellers to do when getting their home ready for sale is to remove all the screens on the windows in their home...
12/22/2012
Are you thinking about selling your home in the Spring? If so, now is the time to start thinking about how your home will show to prospective Buyers. Just like fine dining, presentation is key. If you want to sell your home quickly and for as much money as you can, there are several things you ca...
12/19/2012
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Around and around we go, when we close, nobody knows. Short sales. Boy I wish these would just go away. I closed on one yesterday and I represented the buyer. The offer was written January 29th of this year, accepted by the Seller February 4th of this year, and closed yesterday. Good grief, I say...
12/17/2012
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I know everyone in the Rain has experienced the terror of sitting down to write a blog entry and nothing comes to mind. Nothing, Nada, Zilch. The heart starts racing, sweat starts to bead on your forehead, palms get sweaty, and nothing. What in the world do you do? Well, for me, I am blessed to h...
12/13/2012
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What a unique number arrangement. These date numbers will not appear again for 100 years! We will not see 1-1-1 for another 88 years and some days. So, even as optimistic as I am, I don’t think I will see these type date numbers again in my lifetime. So what you ask? Well, I am taking todays nume...
12/11/2012
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Branding is the key to successful business. I don’t mean which brand holds your Real Estate license. What I mean is your personal branding. From what you put on your signs, to what’s on your business cards, people will remember you, or not, longer than what brand you work for. I was reminder of ...
12/11/2012
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Is your agent up-to-date on everything they need to know in order to to keep you out of trouble when entering into a contract for the sale or purchase of real estate? The answer would seem to be the most obvious one that of course they are, isn't everyone? Well, unfortunately the answer to that o...
12/10/2012
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I am sure you have heard the old saw, You know what happens when you assume?, well I assumed the other day and I realized I was wrong. I have a listing in a part of town that is about an hour away. It is not known for its high end homes, so my $600,000 listing sort of sticks out like a sore thumb...
12/06/2012