What would be the motivator to get one up early on an Autumn Saturday morning to go across town to sit in the sun? Easy! Grandsons! For him it is a major event. For us, a semi weekly T ball game. Getting there early enough to park is of major importance. Being able to park close to the appointe
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10/16/2010
What would we do without pets in our lives to entertain and amuse us? After a stressing day of driving around evaluating properties or looking for just the right one for a particular client, it is a calculated part of our homecoming to find our two indoor cats and two outdoor cats waiting for
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10/15/2010
Driving in an area that has been evolving steadily over the past thirty years gives us a chance to really enjoy the changes. In the early ages the 28 mile trip to the Tomball area was a pleasant journey out from Houston. The pretty forested areas were interspersed with pastures and horse prop
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10/14/2010
There is no question that the best lessons are learned from experiences. In looking back over journals from years past, today I found the story of how to be sure you do not have serious problems in the sale of land. We had listed an acre of land close to Decker Prairie. It was specially bea
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10/14/2010
As we approached the restaurant for our lunch treat, we heard a loud noise. I thought it was an angry bird, Ralph thought it was a kitty in distress. Ralph was right! A few feet from the front door was a tiny kitten screaming at the top of its lungs. It was probably no more than a couple of we
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10/12/2010
Have you ever been in a house that felt oppressive? A couple of weeks ago we were asked to do a BPO on a house in one of our favorite neighborhoods. These are high end homes on lavishly landscaped lots and they all have all the latest bells and whistles. The landscape was impressive as we d
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10/11/2010
Wow! We just crossed the 50,000 mark here on Activerain! As I look back it's been interesting and educational. As I look ahead I am simply in awe of those in the hundreds of thousands and just marvel at the skill and determination that it takes to achieve at that level. So with sharp pencil a
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10/11/2010
Open houses have been around forever and everyone does them differently. One thing they almost all have in common is refreshments. What do you think is the perfect open house refreshment? It needs to be appealing, convenient, easy to prepare and serve, neat and tidy. Inexpensive is also a plu
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10/09/2010
When we moved to the majestic woods north of Houston after having lived in the city all my life, it never occurred to me that there were basic tricks to surviving in the country. One would think that since I had read all the “Little house on the Prairie books, that I would have seen there were so
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10/08/2010
Since much of our Real Estate careers has been centered around predominantly country properties, we periodically find that many city dwellers would like the country life, but are fearful about the unknown things such as septic systems and wells. Most everyone is a creature of habit, and we ha
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10/07/2010
