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THE PIRATE JEAN LAFITTE WAS REALLY MORTIMER WILSON - 05/31/07 10:38 PM
Galveston's Pirate Jean Lafitte Was a Fraud. He Was Really Mortimer Wilson By Bill Cherry, Dallas Broker-Realtor
www.billcherrybroker.com
www.texasescapes.com
It is entirely possible that the real Jean Lafitte never sailed into or had a home in Galveston. But that depends on whose accounting of Lafitte's life you want to believe.
The real Jean Lafitte was one of two brothers. Jean was the elder and Pierre was the younger. They were probably born in St. Malos, France in the 1780s. Jean was described as "tall, finely formed, and in his pleasant mood was always agreeable and interesting. He would stand for … (11 comments)
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Dallas Piano Tuning and Performing - 05/31/07 07:48 AM
To those of you who are agents in Dallas OR who live here and enjoy visiting the Active Rain blog site, do me a favor. Please email your clients and friends who own a piano or who use piano performers and ask them to check out my avocation's web site. I need the bizniz:
http://www.billcherrypianotuner.com/
Thanks.
Bill Cherry, Dallas Broker-Realtor
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READ THIS GUY'S BLOG. YOU'LL LEARN SOMETHING - 05/30/07 08:52 AM
One of our fellow real estate bloggers is a fellow named Steven Shewell. He calls himself the Mortgage Maverick. Nice looking young fellow, good smile and with a character actor's moustache. His picture's by his blog. You can find him without much of an effort.
Well, he's gone to a great deal of trouble to write a very specific set of lessons he calls "5 Strategies to Grow Your Business."
There's probably more information there than you'd ever get from The Donald, even if you followed him around for half of a lifetime. Print out Steven's treatise, think about it, and put it into … (4 comments)
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WOW! Check out Amadeus Metalworks, Dallas - 05/29/07 02:34 PM
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From time to time architectural iron sculpture is the perfect accoutrement to creating a home's architectural being -- the interior stair balustrade, a period designed fence, an iron statuary -- all artistic to dream up and even more artistic to create out of iron, metal and sometimes with the addition of precious and semi-precious stones.
We have come across the most talented metalworks shop when we compare it to all of those we have interviewed and used over the many years we have been adaptively restoring 18th and 19th century iron front commercial buildings in the … (0 comments)
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CREOLE BREAD PUDDING & JIM BEAM WHISKEY SAUCE -- THE PERFECT SUBJECT FOR A BLOG - 05/29/07 07:55 AM
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BILL CHERRY, DALLAS REALTOR BROKER
MY 43RD YEAR REPRESENTING TEXANS
972 380-7347
If you've been to New Orleans, you're bound to have eaten at the Commander's Palace in the Garden District. It's owned by the aunt of Alex Brennan-Martin, whose wife, Jane, and I have been friends for a long time.
Alex is the owner of Brennan's Restaurant in Houston, and he frequently shares recipes. This is the best bread pudding I have ever made. And since many of you not only like to cook, but also share recipes, here's the recipe for Brennan's Creole Bread Pudding and Whiskey … (8 comments)
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SOMEONE IS THINKING ABOUT YOU AT THIS VERY MOMENT.... - 05/28/07 07:27 PM
Throughout most of my life, I've been one of those who keeps in contact with friends. Those I grew up with, those who moved away, those I went to college with, old girlfriends, clients...everyone. I suppose I'm sort of the Joel Osteen of real estate.
My message to my friends is always basically the same: How are things going for you? Is there anything I can do for you to help make things better? And if there is, I do my best to make sure that it happens.
Today, I got an email from my friend Vivian Webb Latimer. She and her … (2 comments)
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"WE SAVED $48,000! THANKS, BRAND X!" - 05/28/07 01:51 PM
Last evening I saw a television commercial for one of the national discount broker franchises, "Brand X." The couple is sitting in their living room, and they say in "25 words or less" that the sale of their house with that franchise broker saved them, if memory serves me, more than $48,000.
It troubles me that these commercials are allowed to be used when they come with none of the pertinent facts. If I were the God of Ethics, I would say without a second thought that they are in serious violation, and I'd pull their membership in the … (13 comments)
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PART 2: A SEQUAL: THE KOREAN WAR HERO WHO SWUNG THE BOARD OF EDUCATION - 05/27/07 06:28 AM
LT. COL. RICHARD H. SCHIEBEL
The Korean War Hero Who Swung the Board of Education at Ball High By Bill Cherry, Dallas Broker-Realtor
My 43rd Year Serving Texans
If any of the students at Galveston's Ball High School knew he was Lt. Col. Richard H. Schiebel, a Korean War hero, who in the years before had flown an F-51 all through the war zone, successfully completing 100 missions against the enemy, they didn't talk about it. Perhaps it was no big thing. For after all, except for less than a handful of years, war had been with us for our … (4 comments)
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PART 1: NO REFUGE COULD BE SAVED - THE STORY OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER - 05/26/07 10:46 PM
Unless you know all four stanzas of the Star Spangled Banner you may find this most interesting. Perhaps most of you didn't realize what Francis Scott Key's profession was or what he was doing on a ship. This is a good brush-up on your history.
This was sent to me this evening by my high school coach, Col. Richard Schiebel, 80-plus years old who is a war hero who flew many missions. Here's his picture in his plane:
COL. RICHARD E. SCHIEBEL
NO REFUGE COULD BE SAVE
BY DR. ISAAC ASIMOV
I was once asked to speak at a luncheon. Taking my life in … (4 comments)
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LOOK AT DALLAS' NORTH PARK - 05/26/07 06:56 PM
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When Raymond Nasher and his wife conceived the idea of the now famous Dallas enclosed mall, NorthPark, there were only three similar to it in the United States. And we're talking about the late 1950s. NorthPark opened in 1965.
Mr. Nasher passed away a few weeks ago in his mid-80s. Within the next couple of days, I'm going to tell you the story of Mr. Nasher and his NorthPark. Prior to that, this would be the perfect time for Dallasites -- especially those who are commercial real estate brokers and investors -- to take a day and … (1 comments)
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THE ATTORNEY, HIS $4 MILLION, CIGARETTE BOAT AND JUAN KNIGHT, THE PARROT - 05/23/07 08:32 PM
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The Attorney, His $4 million, Cigarette Boat, Corvette and Juan Knight, the Parrot
By Bill Cherry, Dallas Broker-Realtor
Serving Texans for 43 Years
972 380-7347
No one in the know has ever been able to tell me how it happened, but nevertheless this young and new to the business plaintiff's lawyer actually negotiated a huge settlement for his client. The judge sealed the tri-party agreement, so it's hard to find out for sure, but it looks like the attorney's piece was about $ 4 million, maybe more.
Before he took on that case, his total business had consisted of doing two divorces, drawing … (0 comments)
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THE SECRET LESSON TO SPREAD TO NEW GRADUATES, AND YOU, TOO. - 05/23/07 02:47 PM
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The Mentor's Formula to be Educated
As the end of May approaches every year, I doubt I have ever failed to remember Arthur L. Graham, who, although a speech and drama teacher and a student counselor at Galveston's Ball High School for ever and a day, was the highly regarded mentor to many generations of students. I was one of them.
He insisted that to be well-rounded and educated, you had to subscribe to and read The New Yorker magazine, at least the Sunday edition of the New York Times (especially the theater section), and the now-defunct Norman Cousins' magazine, … (0 comments)
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CANCER - THE FACTS - 05/22/07 12:22 PM
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BILL CHERRY, DALLAS BROKER-REALTOR
My 43rd Year Serving Texans 972 380-734
CANCER - THE FACTS
1. Every person has cancer cells in his body. However, cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. So when doctors tell cancer patients that their bodies after treatment appear to be cancer free, it means that the tests were unable to find a detectable number of cancer cells. 2. Cancer cells occur in a person's body at least six times in a lifetime. 3. When … (7 comments)
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DON'T FALL FOR THE BONUS IDEA. IT'S LADENED WITH ETHICS PROBLEMS - 05/22/07 10:32 AM
BILL CHERRY, DALLAS BROKER-REALTOR
MY 4RD YEAR SERVING TEXAS
972 380-7347
Meet me on the web at www.billcherrybroker.com
In Dallas the weekends are filled to the brim with financial advisors who regularly buy thirty minute segments on the AM radio stations. They push annuities, systems that'll guarantee the investor up to 15% annual return without risk, hybrid mutual funds and life insurance products. And the list goes on and on.
They all promise they have a plan for you, no matter the magnitude of your current assets, that will make certain you don't run out of money between the day you retire … (0 comments)
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PREPARING A HOME TO SELL IS APPROPRIATELY KNOWN AS "STAGING" - 05/21/07 11:24 AM
BILL CHERRY, REALTORS
PREPARING A HOME TO SELL IS NOW KNOWN AS STAGING
By Bill Cherry, Dallas Broker Realtor
My 43rd Year Representing Texans
Meet me on the web at www.billcherrybroker.com
Some years ago, I was a principal in a Houston company that built garden apartments, sold them to JMB Realty in Chicago, and retained the contract with them to lease and manage the properties. Things went well. Apartment demand was so strong in those days that we were able to learn our trade without much risk. As far as I was concerned, money was falling out of the skies into our laps.
But then as … (1 comments)
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THE PLAYBOY LIFESTYLE - DID I MAKE A WRONG TURN? - 05/19/07 01:14 PM
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WATCH HOW FAST YOUR FANCY HOME LOCK CAN BE PICKED! - 05/19/07 10:51 AM
Bill Cherry, Dallas Realtor
My 43rd Year Representing Texans
972 380-7347
Meet me on the web at www.billcherrybroker.com
There is a very interesting article about a new way burglars are using to pick locks. It's on the web at http://money.aol.com/bankrate/realestate/canvas3/_a/how-to-protect-your-home-against-lock/20070509133809990002
It points out that our conventional cylinder locks are no longer much of a problem for even teenagers to pick. They need 100 bucks to buy several plastic picks. The one that fist in the specific lock is the one they stick in it. Then they strike it with a rubber mallet and whammo. They are inside your house. No fuss, no … (3 comments)
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PETEY PARKER'S PETEY-ISMS - 05/18/07 08:45 PM
BILL CHERRY, DALLAS REALTOR
My 43rd Year Serving Texans
972 380-7347
Motivational speaker, sales and business trainer, Petey Parker, (news@peteyparker.com) is someone anyone in business should get to know...especially those in the real estate business. For many years, she was one of the most successful managers of the legendary Ebby Halliday, Realtors, offices, and then set up the educational and training program for that company of well over 1,200 agents in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex.
(And yes, Ebby Halliday continues to actively run her company, and she just celebrated her 96th birthday! And yes, she drives herself to work every morning just after the chickens … (2 comments)
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"ANOTHER HOUSE SOLD BY X," SHE SAID -- BUT IT JUST AIN'T TRUE - 05/18/07 01:26 PM
Bill Cherry, Dallas Realtor
My 43rd Year
972 380-7347
cherrysells@aol.com
Real estate sales and marketing is such a peculiar business. And it's often a business of inference and half-truths.
Over the past six months or so, I've watched the most interesting pattern. A longtime agent with one of the large real estate firms got a listing in Lake Highlands. It was near my house, so when the sign went up, I checked to see what the particulars were.
There was no question in my mind that the agent had under priced the house by at least $20,000. We're talking about a house that … (12 comments)
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BEFORE YOU LIST YOUR HOME - IMPORTANT INFORMATION - 05/17/07 08:04 AM
By Bill Cherry, Realtor, Dallas, Texas
My 43rd Year Serving Texas
972 380-7347
Meet me on the web at www.billcherrybroker.com
The number of homes for sale has climbed about 30% over the past 12-month period, thus reaching the highest level in about 10 years. It appears that the real estate market throughout the country may now be beginning to cool off.
Whether it's actually happening or not is not worthy of debate, since prospective Buyers are beginning to perceive it to be the case. So while these changing dynamics have implications for us all, they especially impact those planning to … (4 comments)
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WORRIES OF THE DALLAS MC MANSION EXPANSION HAVE ARRIVED - 05/16/07 08:59 PM
Bill Cherry Realtor
Dallas, Texas
My 43rd Year
Meet me on the web at www.billcherrybroker.com
The Dallas McMansion expansion has lots of lenders and financial advisors worried. At issue: young people with high incomes but no savings taking on massive mortgage debt. They come with a Pollyanna attitude that they will never be out of work, never be faced with a financial emergency, and that there will be someone ready to pay them much more for the house when they are ready to sell it.
The real estate boom has made what used to be called exotic loans such as interest-only mortgages or … (4 comments)
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USING BRAND "X" REAL ESTATE AGENT: AN UNFORGETABLE ERROR IN JUDGEMENT - 05/16/07 02:08 PM
By Bill Cherry, Realtor
Since 1964
I'll bet at least once a week Patty and I would get a postcard or letter from her, with her picture and all, telling us what a spectacular job she had done selling other expensive homes in the beautiful community we loved and lived in near Houston. The color photo of her with the toothy grin showed her to be an attractive woman about forty. We didn't know her.
She wanted us to be her next clients, that is (in very small print) if we didn't already have our home listed with someone else.
And then she added … (2 comments)
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EDUCATION CONSULTANTS - AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO MOVING - 05/15/07 08:45 AM
Bill Cherry, Dallas Broker-Realtor
My 43rd Year Selling Texas
Meet me on the web at www.billcherrybroker.com
One of the most passionate of the concerns of families moving into a new town is making certain they have unbiased information about the various opportunities that are available for educating their children.
Over and above which public schools have the best programs for their children's talents and passions, in Dallas, at least, there is also a large litany of private schools that should be considered. Some religious-backed, others secular. Some terribly expensive, others are not. Some focus on liberal educations and college preparatory. Others … (0 comments)
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LAKE HIGHLANDS SALES REPORT - 05/15/07 08:09 AM
Bill Cherry, Realtors
Our 43rd Year
Dallas, Texas
972 380-7347
Lake Highlands is a popular area of Dallas, Texas. One of the primary Zip Codes for Lake Highlands is 75238. On May15, 2007 there were ninety-five single family homes listed for sale in the 75238 Zip Code, and they ranged in asking price from $82,800 to $649,000.
The following is a list of sales that closed during the first fifteen days of May 2007.
Linkwood Drive 984 sq. ft. $121,250
Mapleridge Drive 2,220 sq. ft. $145,000
Rolling Rock Lane 2,114 sq. ft. $165,500
Robin Hill Lane 1,619 sq. ft. $175.000
Trailpine Drive 2,252 sq. ft. $180,000
Lanshire Drive 1,369 sq. ft. $192,500
Bryson … (0 comments)
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SALES REPORT - HIGHLAND PARK - 05/14/07 09:29 PM
BILL CHERRY, REALTORS
Our 43rd Year Serving Texans
Dallas, Texas
972 380-7347
Meet me on the web at www.billcherrybroker.com
Here's the report of current listings and sales for the first fifteen days of May 2007 in the 75205 Zip Code, which is primarily the City of Highland Park, an exclusive area of Dallas, Texas.
There are 107 homes actively for sale with a listed price of $1 Million Dollars through $25 Million Dollars. The least expensive is priced at $1.225 Million and is on Springbrook Road. The most expensive is listed at $22 Million and is on Vassar Avenue.
The homes that have sold … (1 comments)
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THE NEIMAN-MARCUS FORMULA ACCORDING TO MR. STANLEY - 05/14/07 08:07 AM
Stanley Marcus: Good Taste
How can you wear that Cravat? Renoir said to Cezanne.
Can't you see that it's in bad taste?
Cezanne responded, If it were in bad taste, I wouldn't be wearing it.
For years, Stanley Marcus and his father, uncle and aunt before him, dictated the taste of Dallas and a good part of the civilized world by setting an example through their famous store, Neiman-Marcus.
In fact, Mr. Marcus, who was called Mr. Stanley by most people, wrote several books on the subject, including Minding the Store and Quest for the Best. Both are still available in excellent but … (5 comments)
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THE 50-QUESTION POP QUIZ... - 05/13/07 10:14 PM
...THAT YOU'LL WANT TO GIVE ME - AND ANY OTHER REAL ESTATE AGENT - BEFORE YOU PICK WHO'LL REPRESENT YOU
By Bill Cherry, Realtor
My 43rd Year
Meet me on the web at www.billcherrybroker.com
Company Image and Statistics
1. How many years has your company been in business? How about you?
2. How many listings does your company have?
3. Where does your company rank in the Annual Amount of Closed Sales in the entire Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex?
4. How many families used your company's services last year?
5. Where does your company rate in the National Relocation Top 350 Power Brokers Annual Report?
6. Does your company have a … (6 comments)
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CBS and "60 Minutes" Bash Conventional Realtors Again - 05/13/07 08:30 PM
By Bill Cherry
Dallas Realtor-Broker
My 43rd Year Serving Texans
Meet me on the web at www.billcherrybroker.com
Tonight, Sunday, May 13, 2007, "60 Minutes'" Leslie Stahl filed another report that insinuated that buyers and sellers of homes would be better off if they were to use an Internet broker like Seattle's Redfin.
I have never found it particularly difficult to refute these arguments and what the supporters use as evidence, but it is rather impossible when only one side is presented, as was Ms. Stahl's stance.
I found this one-sided presentation terribly offensive.
Her report boiled down to this: The Internet brokers want … (15 comments)
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REAL ESTATE 101 - INVESTING BY THE TV NEWS ANCHOR - 05/13/07 03:04 PM
Real Estate Investing for Television News Anchors
By Bill Cherry
Meet me on the web at www.billcherrybroker.com
One of my friends is a television news anchor here in Dallas. She recently told me that her next career is going to be as a real estate investor.
"Got any advice for me?" she asked.
Well, with all of the thirty minute infomercials that are on radio and TV here in Dallas, and for the most part hawked by local real estate and mortgage loan sales people, it's not hard for her to wonder if by not joining up with them, she's missing her … (3 comments)
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CHURCHES HAVE LEFT IT IN GOD'S HANDS - 05/12/07 12:34 PM
Trinity Episcopal Church, Galveston
Founded in 1857
Churches Have Been Doing Their Best to Mask Financial Troubles
By Bill Cherry
Meet me on the web at www.billcherrybroker.com
While there's reason to question whether it's academically theological, one rather consistent message Western religions infer in their teachings boils down to this: Don't worry about It. As long as we pray about It, we can leave It in God's hands, and everything will be alright.
Many find it troubling to drive by their city's old churches, some ornate and opulent, others designed and built to be clean, pristine and sturdy, and to realize that for years those buildings … (3 comments)
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BILL CHERRY
William S. Cherry & No Co., Wealth Coach
Dallas,
TX
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William S. Cherry & No Co., Wealth Coach
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Office Phone: (972) 677-7028
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