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Real Estate Agent - Tomson Burnham, llc Licensed in the State of Oregon
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RECENT BLOG POSTS
The new year has begun, and real estate agents have started blogging about their unfettered optimism for the coming new year.  I was, in fact, brainstorming ideas for a new and improved motto for 2011 on my Facebook business page...   2011...the year that Salem real estate was only partially crum...
01/08/2011
"Oh, this house has a broom rack!" she screeched with excitement. "Please, like you need more brooms-" joked her husband before being interrupted by her seething voice. "Beelzebub! Stop smooshing your sister's horns into their couch." With a deep sigh, she turned to her husband. "Lucifer, dear, c...
12/22/2010
I don't think people like to talk about it.  It's easier that way.  We've made progress, but clearly not enough.   Some of you may have seen the mapping project.  It's fascinating, to say the least.  Based on census data they are plotting the racial makeup of cities.  Right now, if you went up to...
12/16/2010
Originally posted on the Get Real Estate Blog. "Well if you are going to complicate things..." What!!!!  (yes with all those exclamation points and all) is what I really wanted to scream on the other end of the phone, but I was already huffy. "What is wrong with you.  I don't have the right skin ...
12/13/2010
This was originally posted on the Get Real Estate Blog. I'm starting to see why Odysseus tied himself to the mast. Temptation is just too great. Sitting at home in the comfort of your electric blue Snuggie, homemade hot cocoa brimming with mini-marshmallows by your side, you decide you need some ...
12/07/2010
This was originally posted on the Get Real Estate Blog.   "I think Oregonians were subterranean dwellers in another life."   The confused look on my face must have given it away, as she continued on...   "Well, you all live in that gray, rainy and gloomy state all year. I mean I hear that you guy...
11/16/2010
This was originally posted on the Get Real Estate Blog. It seems like with our recent elections the angst of Oregonians is really apparent due to the closeness of the governor's race.    Unemployment is high, those who are employed may be underemployed or had pay cuts, and housing, of course, is ...
11/11/2010
Carob. Whole Wheat. Carrot Juice. No McDonald's.   Staples in my diet as a child.   I wasn't allowed to eat at McDonald's as a kid. I was convinced it was some bastion of great tasting food because all my friends ate there often and thought their food was great. I'd whine and cry about not being ...
10/26/2010
I think the regular readers of my blog are so with it in terms of the local home trends here in Salem Oregon, that I can just post these charts with no opinions attached, right?  Say yes…I’m in the middle of beating Plants vs. Zombies on my iPad and I don’t want to have to stop to write up any k...
10/16/2010
“I always find it helpful to ask what their favorite piece of clothing is,” she said. “   Aagggghhhhh she picked all hot pink clothes for school this year. I mean ALL hot pink.” I replied. Considering it took us four coats to cover the hot pink that had been there previously, I wasn’t too excited...
10/13/2010
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