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2015
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The contact came in through Trulia. "Hi, we're George and Ethel (not their real names)... we met you at a few of your open houses last year. We weren't ready then, but we think we're ready now. Can you contact us and help us?" I remembered George and Ethel well. They were charming and animated...
01/31/2015
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Ricardo and Lisa Brown found themselves in a tight financial spot, and as part of their austerity plan they decided to drop their cable service. Lisa called Comcast, their local provider, to cancel the cable portion of service. Their call, predictably, was escalated to retention. Retention is t...
01/29/2015
Spencer Rascoff, of Zillow fame has written a #1 best-selling book on Amazon, called Zillow Talk, the New Rules of Real Estate. As reluctant as I am to give Zillow any free PR, this book has some interesting information to share, as the leading real estate website, with all of their gleaned real ...
01/28/2015
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Just in time for Valentines Day, Nabisco decided that they should release their new limited edition Red Velvet Oreo cookies, schedule for release to your local grocery stores on February 2nd. (I know, I know... I'll wait here while you get control of yourself) It's just a test to see how you're h...
01/28/2015
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Connectivity. It's critical, right? My cell phone lost it's connection to our office wi-fi months and months ago. As some point it asked me to update, and I didn't do it in time, so I lost the connection, and I haven't bothered to call our tech-support cause I'd rather pound a 9-penny nail dire...
01/26/2015
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Today, I showed a dilapidated old house, built in 1887, to a young couple. The property needed a good quarter million dollars put into it to be brought back to it's, presumed, former glory. It was a nice house, at one time. Victorian Farmhouse, Nice room, good floor plan, nice location... the w...
01/25/2015
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I received a phone call from an agent, this morning. The weather in our area, right now, is a little cold, a little snowy, and a lot unpredictable. I am showing one of her properties, today, to my buyers. She has showings all day, and asked if it was possible to move our showing up an hour or tw...
01/25/2015
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All you can do is to be the best "you", that you can be. Period. That's it. You can't be the person your mother wants you to be... you can't be the brother or sister that your brother or sister wants you to be... (say that three times fast), you just can't be someone other than who you are. You...
01/24/2015
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I'm seeing an increase in the number of properties where the agent accompanies all showings. In my area... the agents in the city (Chicago) tend to accompany all showings and vilify any agents who decide to allow lockboxes. The suburban agents, of which I am one, tend to use lockboxes. But lately...
01/22/2015
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My younger daughter and I were visiting family in Alameda, CA this past week. The bay area is beautiful this time of year... well, the bay area is beautiful any time of year. I got to see my older daughter, my son-in-law, and my cutie, cutie grandson who is growing like a weed. It was lovely. S...
01/21/2015
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