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Happy Thanksgiving! 
SELLER TIPS: Charlotte Homes for Sale Q&A Oftentimes thought provoking questions come in from readers in other cities across the nation as well as from Charlotte home sellers. I thought I’d answer a few of the questions I’ve recently received. You may very well have some of these same questions if you're a Charlotte home seller. 
Being in Property Management BY ITSELF is a huge chunk to deal with especially at this time of the year. No matter how well the tenants have been screened, it seems to NEVER FAIL that managers report a lag in payments in this season at a rate of 10 to 20% of late or NO collections! From the rents expected to recover, some may not be seen until income tax refunds come in from rapid filing! Tsk The Season!
If You Like The Cooking Do You Thank The Chef?Today is the grand poobah eating day of all eating days, Thanksgiving! People will be wearing their loosest clothes and entering a turkey induced coma in front of football broadcasts! But every day is a Thanksgiving feast on Active Rain! A 2000 post buffet of opportunity, something for everyone. Each post shared is an opportunity to learn, laugh, commune with the Active Rain community and with the right stuff maybe get a home buyer or seller! So the question is, when you REALLY love that post, do you click the Suggest button … (48 comments)
A qualified buyer in winter is generally a very serious buyer. If you live in Michigan, and are considering placing your home on the market, do not buy into the old saw that you should wait until spring to place your home on the market. Too many sellers hold off for this, thinking that there are fewer buyers, and they might have more ‘luck' when the weather gets warmer. 
Happy Thanksgiving to my Activerain friends and community.
Of course we all know that granite countertops are popular. Granite is so popular that it is now popular to be against granite countertops. Solid granite, no matter the thickness, is expensive to install. Some people think that installing granite tiles is just as good and most people will equate it with a sheet of granite. Sadly, not so, buckoo. It might be granite but there are grout lines. 
it's not enough to be known by your friends, family and co-workers. If your name is known by only 100 to 1000 people in your city it's not enough. It's not necessary that they know you personally, but it is vital they know your name and associate it directly with real estate.
The Crazy offer we all get them..........So the other day I received a crazy offer I have on a short sale I start to review the offer and here is the offer (basically)
On Thanksgiving Day we all stop and reflect on those things for which we are thankful. I know this may sound kind of cheesy but it is heart felt. I want to thank Active Rain and all those in the network that have become my friends. 
Let me say by saying that prospecting is #1 in the food chain, but when you've got the prospect's attention... what then?
Part Time Agent, Full Time Agent, WHO CARES! Can You Do Your Job? There have been several posts on ActiveRain of late on the pros and cons of being (or from a customer perspective, using) a part time agent vs. a full time agent. Some posts said that all part time agents are bad, while others pointed out that there are some good part time agents as well as some really, really bad 'full time' agents. One post in particular made it seem like that not only do you have to be a full time agent to be successful, but you … (45 comments)
I was visiting with one of my former clients, and we started talking about listings. She shared with me that she sees a lot of websites online with listings of homes in our area. We had her home listed but unfornately did not get it sold. She next talked about how inexpensive it must be to list a home nowadays with all of the online technology. I quickly corrected her by running the cost we real estate professionals incur when listing a home for sale.
Agent Adultery: A Note from the "Other Agent" 
Wishing you and all of Cheyenne a very happy and safe Thanksgiving!
Not that kind of advice! No, this is advice for how to stage the bedrooms in your home to get the maximum out of your home sale!
Anyone who thinks ActiveRain is only about Real Estate and business, think again!
Do you shop locally? There are many unique stores in downtown villages of suburban Chicago-land. I have to stop a few times a year in downtown Glenview at Cat's Meow for great gifts.
This is a day to count our blessings for everything good in our lives. Sometimes we need to be thankful for the challenges we have because they too make us the person we are and help us be strong.
I took a continuing education class taught by Barbara Dawson yesterday about Historic Homes and Historical Districts in Boise, Idaho. It was interesting to know that facades of buildings can be identified and appraised and then set in perpituity, so that the owner of the building is still required to maintain the exterior, even though a not-for-profit now owns the facade.
Recently, John Paulson declared that today's record-low interest rates made this the best time to buy homes in fifty years. 
Tides Hollywood Beach Condo Foreclosure 2/2!
It's hard to find words for all that we have to be grateful for this year....we all we have experinced, learned from...friendships we have been fortunate to forge...starting to name all the people in the rain and the people we have met because of the rain would mean that the Hansons would have an uncooked meal and not be sooo thankful as a result of the time it would take and not sure we wouldn't miss someone....
Today is Black Friday! A day when we all set out to find the deal of deals. Well, what if we told you there is a place where you can not only get fabulous bargains but help people in need as well? Why, yes Virginia, it DOES exist! Instead of heading on out to one of those big box hardware stores, why not shop the Habitat for Humanity ReStore?! For one day only - Black Friday - the ReStore in Purcellville will be open between 10am and 2pm and will be honoring a Buy One, Get One Half Off! What is … (6 comments)
Whether you are a consumer looking for buyer and seller information on real property or a real estate professional looking for resources and networking, RealTown.com has it all. The goal, according to founders, is to empower consumers and real estate professionals alike with a centralized source of relevant real estate information. Even though the site can be used to link consumers with real estate professionals, there is no charge for the online leads generated through the site.
Real Estate Advice - We search the internet thru newspaper articles, blog posts, blips & blurbs to find the information that we seek to make informed decisions. I do it myself every day for many, many topics. What wouldn't I do? Take advice from someone that wasn't licensed in that profession. Why? Remember that old saying 'CYA'? I want to protect mine - everyday, all day long. I want to take advice, consult, get knowledge only from those that have THE RIGHT to distribute it by having a license, a degree, TRUE EXPERIENCE etc. in their profession. 
An Open Letter To My Lord Thanksgiving 2010
HOW THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO KILL HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Disclaimer: ActiveRain Corp. does not necessarily endorse the real estate agents, loan officers and brokers listed on this site. These real estate profiles, blogs and blog entries are provided here as a courtesy to our visitors to help them make an informed decision when buying or selling a house. ActiveRain Corp. takes no responsibility for the content in these profiles, that are written by the members of this community.
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