Conrad Allen, a MA REALTOR, tells an interesting story about his friend who went above and beyond the call of duty to help some orphans. Let Conrad know what you think about his post.I wrote a blog about my neighbor, John Briare saving 6 duck eggs after the mother was killed by a fox. There were
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06/29/2013
Most Important Step in Planning Your San Antonio Home PurchaseExperts may differ on what's the most important step in planning your home purchase. Some may say locations. Others may suggest a good REALTOR® or Loan Officer. All of those are important, but before any of those you should figure out
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06/27/2013
Lots of things can contribute to a heart attack. Food and drink, lack of exercise, genes, etc. We tend to pay attention when a famous person has an attack or someone we know. Fernando Herboso, a Maryland/Virginia REALTOR posts some tips to recognize the signs of a heart attack. Comments to Fernan
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06/27/2013
Clint Mckie over in Carlsbad, NM is a home inspector. Take a look at his post, especially the photos on some his plumbing finds. There are some very creative people doing plumbing jobs. Leave Clint your comments. Curious plumbing under sinks. Who's idea was this anyway? When inspecting homes for
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06/26/2013
A Seattle Icon-Could have been A Wordless Wednesday if fewer words used. Yes, it's a tourist attraction with lots of commercial activity. Parking spaces can be difficult to find. But the amount of fresh produce, fresh flowers, and restaurants in such a compact area-I can think of few places t
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06/25/2013
Wireless and Wired-We Need Both Mobile communications, wireless technology, cloud computing, and electricity all play a role in how we handle business in the 21st century. We can do so many things today from our vehicles or homes that were not possible five or ten years ago. I was thinking about
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06/25/2013
As bears go, this one doesn't appear to have overwhelming need to eat everything in sight. But of course, he's only one year old now. I'm glad he was captured with no one being harmed. See Patricia Kennedy's post about Rusty. This afternoon, a message came over Crestwood list serve alerting us to
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06/25/2013
Having a $100,000 down payment for a $240,000 condo unit would seem like a pretty easy loan to make. But it was not. See how Joe Petrowsky handled this little problem. Send comments to Joe's blog. “$100,000 Down and Can’t Get a Mortgage” I received a call from a client that wanted to buy a cond
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06/24/2013
Are Homes in San Antonio Selling Over Asking Price? The short answer is some, but not many are selling over asking price in San Antonio. Now my sample size is not statistically valid for research purposes. But I think it's a good indicator of the relationship between asking price and sales price
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06/24/2013
What did you learn from Dave Liniger was a challenge issued by Bob Stewart of Active Rain fame. Just watch a segment of an inspirational video of an interview Bob conducted with Dave Liniger of RE/MAX and make a comment. Bob broke the video into segments and I watched the first segment, see below
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06/23/2013