We've had cases lately where checks from the lender to the title company have bounced. In one case the lender's check arrived and was deposited four days before closing. It was a lender the title company dealt with frequently, so after 4 days the title company assumed the check was ok and closed.
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08/31/2007
Parkshore Plaza luxury condominiums downtown St Petersburg FloridaAnother tower unit sold this month - at 2,384 it's the smallest, with 2 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, and water view of the Vinoy Basin. It sold for $745,000 which is $312.50/sq ft. The same unit, one floor below, sold at the same price
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08/31/2007
Naked Diet - 8 months - August 2007Amy (in red on right) has reached her goal of losing 108 pounds since we started in December. I'm at 65 pounds, with more to go. For anyone who hasn't been following, just search for "Naked Diet" and you can see the past posts and photos. We finally have had new
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08/31/2007
We've been without power for about four hours - an unexpected squall came through. Both sides of our long street are without power, though across the canal the homes are unaffected. Most of that time I was out meeting an electrician to correct some problems on a house scheduled to close tomorrow
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08/29/2007
iLike my iPhone! My last Treo just didn't make it for me - the buttons are too small, and though it's compatible with our MLS, it just didn't earn my affectionThe iPhone, on the other hand, I enjoy just looking at it. My clients and people around me like it.So it only works on AT&T and I've used
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08/25/2007
I just started reading "The Measure of a Man", an autobiography of Sidney Poitier. I picked this up at an airport bookstore in my travels this spring, and just started reading it.The first chapters begin with his life on Cat Island in the Bahamas. What poetic prose! He begins by comparing being p
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08/25/2007
Or should we say, No More Listings!?Servicing listings takes time and energy. Margaret Rome has for a long time had a waiting list for listings. Now we have a waiting list, too. There are only so many listings that you can properly service. One alternative is to add more staff - we don't want to
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08/25/2007
None of us could be the successes we are without supporters. Sometimes that means that clients support us - and recommend us. Many times that means we have a spouse or significant other that supports us.Do we have someone we can let off steam with? Is there someone we can talk to at the end of ou
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08/25/2007
You only have one chance to make a first impression. There is only one time when a listing is brand new and goes out to all those buyers who are looking and waiting. Photos coming later? Too bad - the buyers didn't find what they were looking for and deleted you. No visual tour? No web site? No p
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08/25/2007
Today's Wall St Journal had an interesting article on some US contenders for the next residential property to sell over $100 Million - they sent two reporters off to give the odds of each contender making it. Odds ranged from 60% chance to less than 1% chance. There are photos of the properties o
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08/24/2007
