The Dirty Little Secret about Lenders As a Realtor in Cookeville, I sometimes find myself in an awkward position. My buyer comes to me pre-approved and working with a local lender. Sometimes they are working with a lender who is beyond fabulous, and sometimes, well....the lender is not so fabul
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06/28/2011
It's 2011 and This Roaming Gnome is STILL not Flying. Traveling is one of my great loves in life. It always has been, and it always will be. I used to love surfing the Internet for those last minute flight bargains to exotic locations. That doesn't happen anymore. Last year when I heard about
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06/27/2011
Double open Houses this Sunday - You're Invited! This Sunday I'll be holding two Cookeville homes open, and I hope you'll stop in and say hello. Both of these have a basements, and both are VERY well priced. From 12-2pm I'll be at 3657 Brookstone Drive,Cookeville 38506. This beautiful home just h
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06/24/2011
Should You Save the Other Agent's Bacon? I'm juggling a lot of deals right now, and it seems like every one of them is a struggle. Oddly enough, much of the struggle is just helping the other agent avoid mistakes to keep these deals together. It leaves me wondering, at what point do you stop tryi
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06/23/2011
Holy Golf balls Batman! Mother Nature has been relentless this year nationwide, and she hasn't missed Tennessee either. Even as I sit here blogging today, it's pouring the rain (again) as waves of thunderstorms roll through Cookeville. The fact is, I've been absent from blogging for a week becau
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06/22/2011
2011 Market Report for Cookeville & Surrounding areas If you're stopping by for some sunshine, you probably don't want to read any further. The latest market statistics for my area confirm that home sales are down this year so far. As of this writing, sales are down 7.25% from the same time las
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06/15/2011
How Dare You Purchase Cookies! Do you ever have a customer service experience that just leaves you steaming? Well, I have one every Sunday at the local Subway restaurant on Willow Ave in Cookeville. Like most hard working Realtors, I hold open house on Sunday. I like to serve Subway cookies at m
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06/06/2011
Record Number of Open Houses Tomorrow in Cookeville This weekend is the nationwide Realtor Open House weekend, and the agents here in Cookeville have really jumped in with both feet. In fact, there are going to be so many tomorrow that I'm pretty sure it has to be the record. When I looked thro
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06/04/2011
Racing 'Round the Real Estate Track Have you ever watched a dog running as hard as they can possibly go? I mean, all-out, full tilt. You know, with their back legs up somewhere around their ears and their front feet somewhere in the vicinity of their backside? You have to give it to dogs, becau
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06/03/2011
