Archives of real estate blog entries for December 31, 2006 (Page 5)

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Hello From Prince Edward Island, Canada - 11:11 AM
I am happy to be a member of this Group, and look forward to help relocate military clients.
George Jordan, Owner/Broker
Red Soil Real Estate
902-962-2050
www.buysellpei.com
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Hello From Prince Edward Island, Canada - 11:17 AM
Hello, I am Owner/Broker of Red Soil Real Estate, and active Real Estate Company in beautiful Prince Edward Island, Canada. I promise to treat your Referrals with the uttmost attention and care to make sure the clients needs are  met.
I am trained in Computer Engineering Technology to give me good Internet skills to serve my clients. My company is a member of the Prince Edward Island Real Estate Association, and the Canadian Real Estate Association.
George Jordan, Owner/Broker
Red Soil Real Estate
www.buysellpei.com
PEI, Canada
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Hello From Prince Edward Island, Canada - 11:23 AM
Well, I love New York, and appreciate the strength of New Yorkers especially after 9/11.  Canadians all felt saddened when the Terrorists hit the Towers in New York.
Also, I would be happy to be a member of a Group that talks about New York Real Estate.
George Jordan, Owner/Broker
Red Soil Real Estate
www.buysellpei.com
902-962-2050
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Hello From Prince Edward Island, Canada - 11:26 AM
I have a good friend who resides in Rhode Island, USA, so I am happy to be a member
of this Group and to learn about the state of Rhode Island.
George Jordan, Owner/Broker
Red Soil Real Estate
902-962-2050
www.buysellpei.com
PEI, Canada
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Hello From Prince Edward Island, Canada - 11:31 AM
The Home Inspection is always a very important part of the Real Estate business. Buyers want to know that the house they are buying is throughly inspected by a professional before they are willing to acquire the property.
George Jordan, Owner/Broker
 Red Soil Real Estate
www.buysellpei.com
PEI, Canada
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Years Busy End... - 01:28 PM
I have ended the year with a bang.  I had an extremely busy last week of the year.  I showed property every day.  Listed a property, wrote an offer to purchase, and had a closing on Friday.  All and all I have had a very prosperous 2006 and look forward to a prosperous 2007. … (1 comments)

Our New Moderator! - 09:42 PM
The holidays are almost over and it's time to get back to work.  By now we all should have set our new goals and started preparing for the best year we'll ever have in real estate - 2007.  This year, I'm remodeling my business plan.  Still working on it, however, since I started the RE/MAX Active Rain Blog, I'm also seeing that I need help with writing great articles.  So I have asked Angus to assist with his great words of wisdom and he's agreed to be the moderator for us. 
I've only been with Active Rain a few months.  I … (2 comments)

Old Men (and one young Woman) & Coffee Shops—Our most Blatant Case of Self-Promotion—Ever! - 09:12 AM

MEDFORD: “Today’s meeting of the ‘Old Men & Coffee Shops’ is taking place right NOW!”
JAY: “So, c’mon in, grab a chair by the front-plate-glass window, Molly will get you a china, not stoneware mug of organically & shade grown cup of (your choice of blends—we have ‘em all) coffee.”
MOLLY: “HURRY UP! I haven’t got all day—oh, that’s right Jay told me I DO have all day.”
JAY: “You’d better stay all day—Crawford, Texas still would like your presence.”
CARL: “Yesterday, Broker Bryant in his comments to our post, suggested we implant a ‘subliminal 5’ in our posts to suggest … (55 comments)

A Codger Happy New Year! - 07:09 PM

None of us are going to stay up to greet the New Year—most of us have seen 75 or more new years! So we will extend to all our gentle readers a HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!
We did not have a white Christmas—but we’re having a white New Years Eve!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jay, Medford, Carl, Harold, Fred and Molly
Reflections from my Back Porch, (a 01 January 07 Post Update)
Jay Merton, Official Chronicler for the Retired Codgers™ It’s a cool +24ºF, with a bit of a breeze, which means I won’t do a lot of reflecting actually from my back porch this morning as my … (19 comments)

Opportunity--we can list a FSBO for $300 - 12:42 AM
I wrote this story a couple of times in a couple of different styles using Word. It was obliterated both times by the Cyber monster.  So, I began to wonder...maybe I shouldn't tell it, maybe I was being tacky or something similar and Providence was protecting me. I have to test it -- so, here goes for the 3rd and last time.
I'll try to keep it short. I was test driving a couple of xxxbrand models. In the course of test driving I chatted with the salesperson off and on. I learned that he had recently moved from Las Vegas and was new … (7 comments)

Active Rain opens ONLINE Store in 2007!|2010 - 11:08 AM
Wouldn't that be a nice headline?
I understand that an online store has been considered in the past, but was tabled because there were more important issues to attend to.  Many of us probably have little tweaks we would like to see done, like adding a convenient spell check feature:-) Figuring out how to eliminate spam without making us type a fruit or vegetable for every entry we post...
I encourage the online store to be boosted up in priority though because I believe it would benefit the group as a whole.
I would like to send out Active Rain logo gifts … (13 comments)

localism.com - 10:47 PM
Hey everyone--I hope each of you will have an outstanding, wonderful 2007 in every way.
Now--back to business, have each of you discovered what a treasure http://localism.com can be for you? You have to be an Active Rain member to take advantage. Good thing you joined!
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An Irish Man and A Bartender - 09:41 PM
An Irish man walks into a pub. The bartender asks him, "what'll you have?"The man says, "Give me three pints of Guinness please."
So the bartender brings him three pints and the man proceeds to alternately sip one, then the other, then the third until they're gone. He then orders three more.
The bartender says, "Sir, I know you like them cold. You don't have to order three at a time. I can keep an eye on it and when you get low I'll bring you a fresh cold one."
The man says, "You don't understand. I have two brothers, one in Australia and … (7 comments)

HISTORICAL GRAPHS... - 10:00 AM
Sometimes it is a refreshing change to view historical weather reports in graphical form. The following three graphs represent temperature, rainfall, and snowfall data from 1960 to 12/30/06. The data used to create these graphs are courtesy of the NWS in Gray, Maine. Seven real-time graphs are also available for the current year by clicking on the link below.
 
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New Year's Eve 2006... - 01:13 PM
As January 1st, 2007 approaches, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone in the Active Rain Community a very safe and happy New Year's Eve 2006.  Please remember that if you are in need of a ride home from an evening of celebration, Active Rain member John Sygowski, has a Blog on DUI which offers a number of options if you find yourself in need. 
                               
Have A Safe & Happy Evening!
Warm Wishes,
Liz Streed
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Top 10 Business Buzzwords - 01:41 PM
Drive: As in: "drive out cost," "drive the project," and "drive the organization."Incent: A "nonword" used in business as a verb. Instead of creating incentives, management types may try to incent their team to sell more. Other commonly verbed words: office (She likes to office from home), text (Hey, text me the address), google (I googled him before the first date).Delayering: A newer term for rightsizing, a.k.a. downsizing. Potato, potahto.Narcissurfing: Googling yourself to see where, when, and how often you show up on the Internet.Deep dive: Asking for in-depth information on a subject. Bleeding edge: The "cutting edge" is so passé. Even better is … (1 comments)

Even GOD does EVICTIONS! - 11:20 PM
                                           
GOD evicted HIS First man, Adam - why? because he did NOT follow the rules of the lease! HE gave man the option and man chose what man wanted to do! Why do we think we can make something work when GOD himself  allows man to suffer the consequences of his own choices? Throughout the Bible, there are examples for us to learn from without us having to E X P E R I E N C E it  first hand ourselves!
God spoke to Adam in Genesis and said to him, (and i'm putting it in "simple" language) "dude, … (47 comments)

Investment Opportunities... Getting it right. - 03:27 PM
Over the past few years there have been record numbers for bankruptcies. Delinquent payments on mortgages are on the rise, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association of America, revealing a wave of pending foreclosure sales.
Therein lies opportunity for investors to step in and benefit from these properties that are about to come into the market. However, despite all the hyperbole, investors can lose money in real estate--a lot of money. If you have some cash itching a hole in your bank account and you're looking for positive cash flow and possible high returns on investment, be sure to avoid these pitfalls in … (0 comments)

Success is the solution - 01:25 AM
Today, a colleague gave me some very good advice.  This person is another home inspector, but I think it applies to any marketing or sales effort.  The advice was not to try to sell my business or my services.  I'm not to impress with qualifications, training, or initials...
His advice was to simply sell solutions.  As a home inspector, my target group is realtors.  Actually, it's the home buyer or home owner, but to market to them, I have to get through their realtor.  His advice was to get the realtor to understand how I am going to help solve their issues.  … (4 comments)

A new tax deduction for 2007... - 08:16 AM
In a recent article in the Sentinel, it was reported that the 109th Congress passed the tax law in its final hours in which 100s of homeowners is expected to save a total of $91 million when they file their taxes for 2008.  For some homeowners, this means it will be cheaper to get mortgage insurance than to get a piggyback loan.
What's the bottom line?  For homeowners, before getting a piggyback loan, they need to take a serious look at mortgage insurance which is likely to be cheaper in the long run and might cost less in the short run.
According to … (2 comments)

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