Illinois and Chicago area Real Estate Happenings
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2007
Many advertisements promising easy ways out of being foreclosed on have hidden agendas and could end up costing homeowners who pursue them thousands of dollars AND the rights to their home on top of it.Central Floridian Michelle Briscoe, who was out of a job and behind on her mortgage when she sa...
04/28/2007
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Ever felt like this guy on the left? I think he got just a LITTLE too close to the fairway... I kinda feel like him sometimes, especially this past couple of weeks. I have a top ranking website (1st page ranked above about 5.4 million webpages in GOOGLE) and in the past 2 weeks or so I h...
04/27/2007
What do you think this is a picture of? It can be one of a couple of things:A plane taking off very quickly; after it JUST leaves the ground, the wheels are already up inside the fuselage.A plane just about to crash...the photo taken just seconds before impact...The plane is just barely able ...
04/24/2007
Reciprocating on others blogs will help you when they comment on your blogs in the Active Rain Network.I was reading Margaret Romes post about NOT wanting any more featured posts. (hehehe)She had a hard time having to respond to everyones comments on her well liked and Featured Post.I can say I o...
04/23/2007
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Do you think if you were a gazelle in a field and this lioness was downwind from you...(meaning you could not sense her near you by smelling her scent) Would you be taken by surprise if she suddenly bolted out of the brush right near you and came at you in a dead run?A LOT of agents are unsuspec...
04/23/2007
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Active Rain is a great resource for finding the best practices forreal estate...whatever part of it you practice..... Here are a couple of links to helpful blogs to help you along in your business: Working with mortgage clients? Get them approved instead of just pre-qualified. What do Real estate...
04/21/2007
Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty reached a deal Friday with the Orlando Magic on the team's contribution for a new arena, removing a block in major negotiations over a larger $1 billion downtown arts-and-sports-venue proposal."I think it's fair to say we have an agreement in principle," Crotty sai...
04/21/2007
I got an e-mail last night from a person that wants to sell their two condos through my team.They found me on Active Rain and I am a happy camper!!! =-DI spent over $7500 with HouseValues and did not get the response I am starting to get from Active Rain. Just think --- all I have put in is time ...
04/19/2007
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The proposed state constitutional amendment, which would go on the November 2008 ballot if it also gets Senate approval, could make Florida the only state in the nation without either a personal income tax or property taxes on primary homes, known as homesteads.The House approved the amendment by...
04/18/2007
Buenaventura Lakes is a modest community in the northeast section of Kissimmee Florida. The first thing you notice about it is the HUGE park in the middle of the area. There are several subdivisions included in Buenaventura Lakes with homes priced from the mid 200s to over 400 thousand dollar...
04/18/2007
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Dallas, Texas Real Estate Investing