OK, so I went to the conference in New York a few days ago. The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) had a summit on this major economic mess we are in. I decided to go because I believe that it has a major affect on our business. I must have been the only one who thought that because I was th
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11/13/2008
If you are considering selling your home or purchasing real estate in Contra Costa, you owe it to yourself to contact Steve Dawson for all your real estate needs in the East Bay. "Whatever It Takes" Search over 14,000 listings in the East Bay www.SteveDawsonRealty.com Call Today for more infor
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10/27/2008
If you are considering selling your home or purchasing real estate in Contra Costa, you owe it to yourself to contact Steve Dawson for all your real estate needs in the East Bay. "Whatever It Takes" Search over 14,000 listings in the East Bay www.SteveDawso
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10/27/2008
Some claim that if we abuse our planet at the same rate as we do today, then out planets resources will only last until 2032. That is pretty scary. It doens't take much to help our planet out. Some people recycle, some people drive hybrids, and some people use energy efficient light bulbs. Th
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10/26/2008
For those of us who know about Walnut Creek, we know it is the hub for shopping. We have any and every store you could possibly want. Walnut Creek isn't that big to begin with. There are about 63,000 residents in a 20 square mile land area. That is 3200 people per square mile. Downtown Walnu
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10/24/2008
This economic mess could have been prevented. I am not here to place blame, but I would like to remind everyone to live within their means. Remember, money is not real. Your home, stocks, car, everything you own is only worth what someone will pay for it, if you plan on selling it. If you do
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10/08/2008
As Realtors, we try many things to sell homes. But sometimes I think that we forget that it is a team effort. Two heads are better than one. So, try some of these ideas to help sell your sluggish listing. 1) Remind your seller that you are a team and ask what else you could do to market their
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10/06/2008
Have you heard of this yet? Scientist are testing the Big Bang Theory. As we all know, some people believe that the creation of all we know was created by a "Big Bang." Cosmologists say the explosion of an object the size of a small coin occurred about 13.7 billion years ago and led to formati
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09/09/2008
For those of us who still hold open houses, here are some tips to get some of those potential buyers through the door. Because we know that selling homes is a numbers games. 1) Time Your Open House Correctly Open your house up earlier than others around you and stay longer. Don't just hang arou
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08/19/2008
Here we go again. How can an administration not know how to administer things? The administration wants to "Simplify" the rules to RESPA. They have tried before and have been unsuccessful, but here they are again, trying again. Here are the new proposed rules. 1) HUD's proposed regulation wou
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08/18/2008
