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Mayor Tim Douglas and Puget Sound Energy Vice President of Energy Cal Shirley will dedicate a new Solar Power Demonstration Project Thursday, Oct 25, at Maritime Heritage Park's Environmental Learning Center. It will includes an interactive kiosk and real-time display of the power the project generates. Puget Sound Energy awarded the system to the city in recognition of Bellingham's having been named the nation's most successful Green Power Community by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. PSE has also awarded the city a $20,000 grant to install another renewable energy facility. 
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There's been quite a noise in the SEM community after the last 2 Google Toolbar updates with its PageRank. The current speculation is that Google penalizes blogs with -2PR for selling links. Well, this news would probably be not big of a news if among the penalized weren't well established and authoritative blogs like www.washingtonpost.com, www.forbs.com, www.problogger.net, www.searchengineguide.com, www.copyblogger.com, www.seroundtable.com...
Hopefully some of you read my headline carefully. Let me repeat it once again, "why you want to use the mortgage merge account strategy and NEVER pay off your mortgage". So what if the MMA? It's actually a program or software that was developed to accelerate the payoff of an amortized mortgage loan. Currently their are several companies nationwide that sell this product as software and distribute it through multi-level marketing or through direct agents. The software usually cost's anywhere from $2000-3500 dollars, and often one needs to acquire a HELOC, or what most call a home equity line of credit. … (2 comments)
Each fall the Regional Regional Association of Realtors puts on a Market Trends Seminar hosted by several area gurus that keep track of the overall real estate market. I spent my morning at this seminar in Cary making sure that what I'm seeing in the market is the same thing that is being seen in the rest of the Triangle area. 
Today marks a special memory in my life, one that always makes me smile. "10-24" was the code word for skipping school, in my high school days, because October 24 was the first time I ever did anything like that.
OK, I know I blogged earlier this summer about the sub-prime lenders helping out with the foreclosures. I stated that the mortgage companies needed to leave the interest rate alone on these loans that after 2 years could go up 2 points and leave them at the interest rate that they were initially taken out on.
I'm dropping names today! My Son-in-Law, Bill Pannell of Cheyenne, Wyoming is one of this year's recipients of the Future Farmers of America Honorary American Degree. This is the highest honor that can be awarded someone who has been active and supportive and meets the other nomination qualifications.
Price Reduced to $740,000This Completely Remodeled Detached Colonial in North Flushing features 4 BR including a Master BR with 5 Closets, 2.5 Bath, LR, DR, Modern EIK with Oak Cabinets, Family Room with Skylight and Sliding Door to Yard with Brick Barbeque, a Large Finished Attic with Skylight, W/W Carpet, and Storage, and a Full Finished Basement with 3 Additional Rooms, and Fireplace. This Home also boasts a Detached 2.5 Car Garage, and a 5 Car Private Driveway all on a Huge 40x111 Lot! Visit CarolloRealEstate.com for more information
Stated Income Loan Programs are very popular Loan Program for Self Employed and Commission Income Borrowers. However, with all the change that have occurred in the Lending Industry, these loans have become more difficult to do. So you may ask, if these loans are more difficult to do these day, why am I doing a post about them? The answer is simple, it is to give a warning to anyone who took out one of these loans, and finds themselves in default today. But main reason for this Post is to advise those who might take out one of these loans … (131 comments)
What do you do when a listing expires and you have a key to a home?
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