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2009
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From the first contract I wrote in 1989 to today, one phrase is always somewhere as instructions, time is of the essence. In 1989 it meant that I hand wrote the contract, then got back into my car and gave the six copies to the listing Realtor. Then they would get in their car and drive to the se...
05/31/2009
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Want to know how fast Google will index your blog? Use Google alerts. Want to keep up with what is happening in your community? Use Google alerts. I recently posted on Active Rain a blog about how I had a post indexed in 9 minutes according to Google Alerts. This is an easy way to track what Goo...
05/30/2009
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In December 2008, My brother and sister and I had to face the loss of our last parent, our mother. It is a sad time, and one of the hardest times is going through the possessions of parents and wondering what to do with them. For me, the memories were in the photographs not in the furniture. My s...
05/29/2009
Much discussion about how real estate is local has been on the main pages of Active Rain. A recent study by CNN/Money shows exactly that. Oklahoma City is an area of low unemployment, the 2nd lowest of major cities, a balanced home inventory level that in the first time buyer range shows 6 months...
05/23/2009
Has it been that long? I graduated from high school is 1966, but I do remember High School English classes. I loved to write in high school. Mostly I wrote stories. Thank God that none of my high school attempts at poetry still exist. Keats I wasn't. But how to write an English theme has stuck wi...
05/22/2009
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I will not cast the first stone, I have cursed Zillow like many Realtors. I served on the Oklahoma City MLS Board, and we talked constantly about protecting our data, and that Zillow and Trulia were trying to become national MLS's. The end of the world is near! Soon we were all going to have to s...
05/19/2009
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I have read so many aritcles, looked at posted blogs, and listened to people who constantly assess blame for the financial problems caused by the real estate bubble and the sub-prime loan fiasco. Some rant that we should let the greedy financial institutions fails, while others say don't rescue t...
05/17/2009
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I want to post two articles I saw this morning on MSN Money. I will withold commentary and just let you read and see what you think. In honor of the new Star Trek Movie, I will paraphrase Bones McCoy, "Damnit Jim, I'm a Realtor, not an Nobel Prize winning economist! The first article is about let...
05/16/2009
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Well, service has improved drastically. Be careful what you rant on Active Rain because you may get a call from Alex Charfen whithin a hour of your blog post. Charlene and I have spent about 40 minutes on the phone with Alex, and I must say I am surprised but pleased to hear from the head of the ...
05/15/2009
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Imagine that you have a home in an upper price range for your market. You want to call the Realtor to get an update on status of showings so you email and leave a voice mail message. Five days later you have had no reply. Would you think about firing that Realtor? I can't imagine anyone on AR doi...
05/15/2009
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