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2011
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Since my featured posts went longer than one post deserves to go, (way longer) this is part II, of my featured posts... the next 50 years... I mean next 50 posts! Come along for the ride, if you dare. 51. and a short sale finally closes!! Woo hoo!52. A temporary lull in real estate sales, spawne...
02/27/2011
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I've been blogging on Active Rain since September 2008. And in that time I've been fairly prolific, punching out, on average, about one post per day. Some of them good, some of the noxious, and an occasional flash of dull-brilliance (what?). I've been fortunate to have attracted a readership of...
02/26/2011
She sent me a titillating e-mail suggesting that we finally meet. The sultry blonde that I'd been communicating with over the years. As with many online relationships, we'd typed back and forth for years... we had taken that next step and spoken on the phone a couple of times. <----- I had seen ...
02/25/2011
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My friend, Steve Rashid of Evanston has produced a song (he IS a songwriter, after all and owns a company called Woodside Avenue Music Productions), about the current governor's crisis in Wisconsin. In case you've been living under a rock, the Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, is trying to cu...
02/25/2011
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Dear Readers. Once again, Mr. Realtor Knowledgey branches out to answer some unusual questions about all sorts of non-real estate subjects. I like to think that people are generally smart and knowledgeable, but my mailbox proves that to be totally wrong. Here are some recent questions that ha...
02/24/2011
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First, you should read the entire post before commenting, as there's a lot of important stuff here that you should red, okay? Recently, I've noticed (as have many of you) that my content has begun to flag. I've had a lot of trouble coming up with new topics, and when I have posted, the content ha...
02/23/2011
There are those, on Active Rain, who apparently do not know how to extract themselves from a jam, when they find themselves "backed into a corner". Since Active Rain does not come equipped with Airbags (except, of course for those filled with HOT air), I am publishing here, as part of a public s...
02/22/2011
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In our MLS, we have the ability to allow Reverse Prospecting. For those of you unfamiliar with the terminology, it means that when my clients click on a property that they like, the listing agent on that property can see that a client of mine (no name, or identification... merely a generic number...
02/20/2011
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I do. It feels as though it was ages ago. I was young, foolish, inexperienced. She was older, flaxen haired and on a mission. She knew what she wanted and she was out to get it. I wasn't going to stand in her way, after all, it's what I wanted, too... I think. "What do we do first?" she asked...
02/19/2011
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ArcelorMittal, based in Belgium, is the single largest supplier of steel to the world. And as such, they have their finger on the pulse of the world's largest developments, as steel is the basic building block (almost literally) for major projects throughout the world. New developments, new skys...
02/18/2011
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