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2010
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So what about the nasty little pesky association fees which can add anywhere from $20 to your monthly payment to upwards to $300 or more. Most master planned communities have association fees as do many Active Adult communities, and of course gated communities. When purchasing a property, rememb...
01/07/2010
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When trying to decide whether or not to move to an active adult community, several personal behaviors should be considered. Many people believe they should move to an Active Adult community because it means "immediate friends". Moving from an established community where long term relationships ...
01/06/2010
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With today's technology, people often begin their search for a new home on line, using any of a number of websites as well as google earth, or web sites of individual agents. Many agents have IDX (internet data exchange) links on their sites so that people interested in real estate can input cri...
01/04/2010
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Charles Dickens sums up my sentiments of this past decade, the start of the twenty first century succinctly in Chapter One of A Tale of Two Cities. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it ...
01/04/2010
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My friend Jennie and I went to an early dinner last night at Texas Roadhouse to celebrate the end of 2009. By all signs, 2009 was not the best year. We both bogged down in all the economic jargon, the poor real estate market, the March dive of the stock market, the rhetoric of another "Great Dep...
01/01/2010