I think I just found an excuse for the way my house looks and I'm relieved. Wabi-sabi! That's right you techno purist Feng Shui'd fashionista, wabi-sabi. Referred to as ‘the art of imperfection' with respect for the flawed and aged, this is one Eastern fashion idea that may make a lot of you more
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02/29/2008
The Californian 2/28/08 MURRIETA -A federal agency alleged Wednesday that three Murrieta-area men sucked $11 million from 75 amateur investors they recruited through networks of church friends and military comrades and then left a trail of more than 100 foreclosed houses in their wake.The complai
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02/28/2008
This is a cheap, cheap post and I'm embarrassed to be writing it. But I had to. You see, it's very late and I've been up since early. Did a couple posts earlier, had a couple meetings, talked to the city council tonight about our mortgage fraud task force and how the city can partner with Realtor
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02/26/2008
Please help me welcome new ActiveRainer Mark Hawley to the group. Mark has lived in the Coachella Valley area of the Inland Empire since 1972. He knows everything there is to know about La Quinta, Indio, Bermuda Dunes, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, Cathedral City and Palm Springs. If Mark doesn't k
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02/26/2008
This is my second post today inspired by a post I just read. Lenn Harley has a great post HOMEOWNERS, IF YOU CAN'T SELL, EITHER RENT OR STAY WHERE YOU ARE. You can't "just walk away". Lots of good advice and many great comments on responsibility and such.I had a situation come up this week where
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02/26/2008
I just read a great post about how sellers want to be lied to - you should check it out. But it reminded me of something I learned years ago that really helped me when I was getting started in this business and might help some of you too.There are lots of things to P & M about in this business. Y
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02/26/2008
A friend just forwarded this to me and it's a pretty interesting short quiz. It's only 10 questions, very educational - please read them carefully. The answers and explanations may surprise you. Take The Global Warming Test: http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/GlobWarmTest/start.html We actually
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02/25/2008
Every year about this time it's been my custom to provide you a market overview. Twelve, fifteen years ago this column wasn't much fun to write. Then it got pretty entertaining for awhile between 1996 and 2005. Nowadays it's not that much fun either, but makes for an interesting read if you don't
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02/25/2008
I've been on AR for 6 or 7 months now and, while I wouldn't call myself an addict, I certainly enjoy the time here, have learned a lot, have made a few friends and actually been contacted by members of the (gasp) public as a result of my blogs. No money yet but people do read this stuff. Honest.
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02/25/2008
I've traveled around a fair amount in my time but this is one of my most memorable travel events.In 1975 I had the rare (at that time) opportunity to travel to the Soviet Union with a small group of fellow political science students, teachers and business people. The Cold War was still raging, al
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02/23/2008
