It's interesting what we see, and what we see that we don't see. I recently posted about Perception in Yield signs. Here's another example:We're driving along a route we frequently drive, and notice that where there was a building, there's now an empty lot. Do you remember what was there? More of
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10/27/2007
Lately I've been reading that many of the uber-wealthy are having their homes built faster or their remodelings done faster. Time is money for these people and they want to enjoy what they want when they want. Thus they're paying for huge crews to work as many hours each day and as many days each
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10/27/2007
Jim Lee just wrote about rekeying locks when you buy a new home. That brought to mind the tradition that Julie Holt, our title company and closer, brings to each closing. She's originally from England, and that's where the tradition started. For good luck, she insists that a woman from the sellin
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10/27/2007
With all the fires going on in California, I didn't know whether Laurie Manny would still make it to Florida. When I saw her today I could only hug her out of joy that she's ok.Mary and John McKnight had a pre-birthday (it's November 4th) lunch party for Laurie at Rumrunner's in Cape Coral. It wa
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10/27/2007
The Wall Street Journal had an article talking about the difficulties with appraisals in most of our markets. I found it interesting that they suggested asking for an appraiser who had many years of experience in the area, rather than taking whoever comes up on rotation. Our contact at Bank of Am
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10/27/2007
I just finished reading The Four Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss. While parts of it concentrated on setting up an internet business selling products, nonetheless there were concepts that applied to our more common lives. Working from home. Workin
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10/26/2007
Scott Daniels' post on the number of properties on the market because of divorce led me to these comments:How often when you are showing a house do you KNOW that this is a divorce situation? Is it that only half of the rooms are furnished? Is it that the living room is now a billiard room? Is it
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10/26/2007
I blogged earlier about the changing market and your changing (hopefully) business plan. How are you adapting? How are your clients and potential clients adapting?Increasingly, we are showing our clients a choice of less-than-desirable choices: lead the market and sell for less than you want/need
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10/26/2007
Increasingly we've found agents for both buyers and sellers saying, "Just call my clients and work things out with them directly." Now, these aren't "list in MLS only" agents and they aren't (allegedly) discount brokers,and they aren't USes (Unrepresented Sellers, once known as For Sale By OhYou
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10/26/2007
I've seen the media reports go from a housing upturn from 2008 to 2009. Ivy Zelman, award winning housing analyst, who corrected predicted the current housing slump, says prices may keep dropping through 2010 or 2011!With less sales, and getting even less, and dropping prices, how have you modifi
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10/26/2007
