I've worked with more than a dozen "first timers' this year and not one of them brought up the $8000 Tax Credit as a reason that they are in the market! Not a single one! This is not really surprising if you think about it. Just because we, as real estate professionals, see this as an opportunity
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09/30/2009
My Carrboro neighborhood has always been friendlier than many. Most everyone knows who lives in each house and we usually wave to each other as we drive in and out every day. Our newest HOA president has taken us into the 21st century, well, at least the 20th century, by setting up an email conta
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09/29/2009
We keep hearing there are more foreclosures coming and it's just common sense that those bad loans will affect our marketplaces. If you could see what percentage of these troubled assets your local banks or credit unions own relative to their capital and loan loss reserves and relative to the cou
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09/27/2009
FINALLY...Orange County, North Carolina has rolled out it's long awaited new website! Well, long awaited by me and probably the other real estate agents who specialize in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and other parts of Orange County! We use the information available in the tax records and GIS maps to de
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09/21/2009
The recent debate over on Norma Toering’s post about whether or not a plasma tv attached to the wall is a fixture or not reminds me of a sale I had earlier this year. It all ended well and never degenerated into a “war” but it did bring up some issues that will very likely need clarification in o
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09/19/2009
I'd like to share the thoughts of Matt Stigliano, a fellow professional in Texas regarding how we, as agents, are finding the need to manage our time even more efficiently now that the internet has become such a huge resource for us as well as our clients. I am enjoying yet another "new way" of
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09/15/2009
At the end of last year, when the change over to digital TV was imminent, I decided to come into the 21 st century and dump my cobbled together stereo system and 400 pound television (well, it FELT that way) and call in a professional. I mean, who isn’t wooed by the idea of a flat panel TV with s
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09/10/2009
That, my friends, is the message from one of my favorite bloggers, Thomas Baekdal. I've posted his stuff before and not gotten much response but if you don't read this latest post you will miss one of the biggest heads up you will ever get! He describes how we are very quickly moving from a "find
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09/07/2009
