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2010 

All members of Active Rain who are also members of the Houston Association of  REALTORS®, please consider voting for Amy Smythe-Harris who is a candidate for your board of directors.   I have had the pleasure of attending many GRI instructor workshops with Amy and have taken many courses from her...
06/30/2010
  A friend and top producing real estate agent gave me some great advice years back that I have not forgotten. She said, you'll be fine if you don't take the RIDE!                                                                                         Of course I took the bait. "What ride", I ask...
06/30/2010
Once again Barbara shares her wealth of knowledge.It seems that marketing is one of the topics on which I dwell, but that's because marketing is the heart of our business.  There is only one successful method of marketing and that is "Disciplined Marketing."  Whether your preferred method is dire...
06/30/2010
The Metropolitan Condo Tower located at 1200 Main Street in downtown Dallas had decided to auction thirty five of its unsold units. The Metropolitan was an office building built in the 1970 and converted to condos in 2005.  There are about 280 units with previously were priced between 150,000 - 3...
06/30/2010
Please do not suggest this as a feature.I don't like to be Featured... ... for the reasons you might think. (okay, I admit that was a little misleading, just to get you to read this post)... but it's true. I don't like to be featured, just so I can up my count of GOLD stars. I don't like to be fe...
06/29/2010
There has been much written about what makes a good buyers agent.  One of the listed requirements is that to be a good buyers agent you must attend the inspection.  I have even been told I can not call myself a true buyer's agent if I do not attend the inspection.  Well I do not wish to be a good...
06/29/2010
Hard to understand how things like this can happen.New Construction Homes - Austin TX Home builders - Why working with a Realtor can save you thou$and$ in the long run.  Take a look at the picture below... What do you see? I see a HUGE plumbing issue!! Can you believe this was not caught prior to...
06/28/2010
Sad that this is still allowed in TexasOur MLS offers a wide variety of ways to expose a home seller. Most of the critical functions are given to licensed Realtors & Appraisers. Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com and the Web cannot provide what we can. One of my buyers asked me to conduct a little resea...
06/28/2010
Prior to changes to the Texas Real Estate License Act there were many brokers taking listings to simply put them into MLS.  Now a broker must provide a minimum amount of service to any client who has entered into an exclusive agreement.  The minimum requires a broker to:   inform the party of mat...
06/28/2010
Forbes.com recent list of the best cities for young professionals has three of the top ten in Texas. The three selected were No 1 Houston, No 6 Dallas, and No 10 Austin. The selected were where recent college graduates are most apt to start a good career. Out of the top 10 on the ranking, three T...
06/28/2010
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