The Boy Who Cried Motivated Seller! I had an interesting conversation this morning with a seller's agent. His listing says the owner bought a new home and is very motivated to sell. It sounds credible at first blush, but I would learn otherwise. The comps show the home is priced above fair
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03/30/2011
Bill Burchard hit the trifecta of features with his trilogy on copyright protection, with good reason. Bill has a knack for reducing a complex subject to easy to understand terms. He's a crackerjack writer who deserves his growing popularity. These are the other two blogs on the subject: How
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03/28/2011
[Part II, The Proper Care and Feeding of a Buyer; my personal approach. Part I, Whittle ‘em Down,is a restatement of another Rainmaker's approach. For the sake of clarity and to eliminate bias, I've made two blog entries of them. This entry is Part I and Part II, in tandem] Those who were
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03/26/2011
(Part I, Whittle 'em Down) The buyer comes traipsing in with a scroll of paper hanging to the floor. The list has enough homes to constitute a new city. This could prove to be an agent's veritable nightmare of having to show an endless array properties. We all know the syndrome that comes n
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03/24/2011
Activerain Rainmaker Bill Burchard of Murrieta, California, wrote a must-read blog on earthquake preparedness. http://actvra.in/6Ts It includes ideas that can be applied to emergencies of all types. In it, you'll find a very clever idea: The Emergency Supplies Trash Can. It takes a
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03/20/2011
Help stabilize local communities by selling single family homes to low income first time buyers. These are opportunites for non short-sale transactions, to be noble, and to earn a few bucks to boot. Loan Consultant Donne Knudsen of Simi Valley wrote a kick-butt blog on the Neighborhood Stabiliza
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03/18/2011
THE NATURE OF TURTLE ROCK IS NATURE Everyone has a fond memory of field trips from grade school. If you disliked school as much as I did, field trips were a special treat. They were leisurely days free of academic demands, being able to socialize with friends and visit places that often seeme
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03/17/2011
IRVINE'S PET ROCK EYES ON IRVINE'S PET ROCK A neighborhood in Irvine, California, has a pet rock. That would be Turtle Rock, where its hills not only have eyes, but its pet rock does, too! Sort of. With a little paint, it could become the adorable pet rock in the picture, which is actually l
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03/10/2011
A REALTOR WHO SUPPORTS A QUALIFIED REALTOR (South Carolina Realtor Linda Rademacher wrote a blog, originally orphaned, but is now featured!) Linda Meyer wrote a fantastic blog, Orphan Posts. http://actvra.in/6pq She mentioned new member Rocky Dickerson's piece Where's the Gold? http://actvra.in
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03/08/2011
HUMPTY DUMPTY'S BREAKABLE CONTRACT The king promised Humpty a tidy sum to buy a dwelling. He sent, Alice, the royal Realtor, to help him. Alice went on her way, looking here and looking there. She returned to Humpty, "I have looked and looked, and have found nearly the perfect dwellin
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03/04/2011