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2013
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This is a notice to all buyers, sellers, investors, tenants, landlords, and real estate agents and brokers. Don't be greedy. Our real estate market is finally showing some signs of improvement. It seems everyone is at a standoff. sellers want to 'wait' or get way more than their home will apprais...
05/31/2013
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Be patient. Show them the trends of prices in their area over the past few years. Show them comparable sales and listings. Make their wish list and tell them making 8 out of 10 rating on a home is about as good as they can do. Buy all the home they can qualify for as buying and selling is expensi...
05/30/2013
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Patience is a virtue. Be firm. be brutally honest. Prove what you say with facts. Let them believe they are right. Do a real estate intervention to show them reality by showing them other houses. Have your broker call them They like attention. Show them comparable sales and unsold homes weekly. E...
05/30/2013
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We all need to take time off. It gives us a clearer perspective of our lives and our work situation. It is good for our friends and family for us to spend undivided time with them. We need rest. We need time to regroup and rebuild energy- physically and mentally. We also tend to think clearer aft...
05/29/2013
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Being grateful is an important part of life. Everyone has alot to be grateful for. Alot of being grateful is being aware. Being grateful attracts more good and abundance. As you focus on good and abundance, more will flow to you. We can all be grateful for sunshine or rain, health and safety, a w...
05/28/2013
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Today is a day to take time off to remember those who serve and have served in our armed forces. I have spent the past few days with my 85 year dad who served in the Army right after World War II in Germany decoding enemy messages underground. After so many years he is able to tell us more of th...
05/26/2013
Your credit score is broken into 5 main categories: Payment history accounts for 35%. Being late on a payment will have themost impact on your credit score. Amounts owed is 30% of your score. Have a positive effect on your score by keeping your balances at 50% or less of available credit. Length ...
05/22/2013
I feel we have a real estate market that is better for both buyers and sellers than a few years ago. Interest rates are still at all time lows. Loans are alittle easier to get than a few years ago. Prices have increased a bit. There are still good deals out there. The challenges to me are that se...
05/22/2013
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My assistant Sherry has been with me for about a year. Due a job change for husband, she is moving to Idaho. For many years, I have considered having a virtual assistant. Now I am trying it out and how lucky am I to try it with someone I have worked side by side with for a year. Of course I have ...
05/22/2013
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My office is pretty much wherever I am. It is in a hotel, in a car, at a friend's house, in my house, in a restaurant, even on an airplane, at an open house, in a lobby, at a party, and on and on. This is a real benefit of being a real estate agent in this new technology world. We can work and ha...
05/22/2013
