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When you write a contract with your Realtor, think about the amount of risk each party is taking on.  Have you ever heard of someone asking for everything AND the kitchen sink?  In fairly balanced market where sellers and buyers have not big advantage, you don't want to do that if you really want...

Our babysitter uses a free blogspot to share pictures of her new baby with the family.  I wanted to have a free blog, too!  Other than activerain.com, of course.  So I decided the Education Committee in our office, of which I am the chair, would not communicate with a blog.  I'm really big on pro...

This is surely well-known to many, but I am so excited that I am indexed on google!!!!   If by someone "googles" me to find out more about me, they are going to get my blog posts.  What a fabulous marketing tool.  I have been promoting blogging and the new social network to anyone who will listen...

I love how I get to be the voice of thought and reason when a person is shopping for a home.  When all the options start to get overwelming, I love that I am emotionally detached from the process.  What a service to my clients!  Today, I was at the point with a client.  We had an established a pr...

I ran into this again this weekend.  My client wanted to see a home that had a sale contingency.  When I asked about the kickout clause, she said there wasn't one.  I am really surprised by this. It isn't in the sellers best interest to put all their eggs in one basket.When you are selling your h...

I had a friend who mentioned they wanted to move next spring.  They had a huge list of things they really thought they had do to their home before it would sell.  My friend said, "But if someone would buy it for $xxx, we'd fill up 2 PODs and get it on the market this year!"When I did the comps, i...

I've had a first experience in real estate.  I'm three years into the business, but my friend who has 10 years has never had a client do one either.  A lead-based paint test.The engineer in me was fascinated.  The gentleman who did the tesitng has to, of course, have licenses and be approved for ...

Keller Williams has sold $362,331,199 in sales volume in the most recent year period, March 1, 2006 to February 28, 2007! The next highest firm sold $339,602,583.Keller Williams is #1 in the number of agents and #1 in the number homes sold in Williamson County as well!Information includes sales r...

Brentmeade subdivision is located off Concord Road in Brentwood, TN.  Brentmeade is a custom home neighborhood that was built primarily in the 1990s.  Each lot is one acre.   Homes currently sell in the 600,000s to 900,000s.Reasons that people choose Brentmeade:  Large lots and well-built custom ...

I live in Brentwood, TN where the average age of the home owners consists of people like me who have actually heard of punch cards and may have actually used them once in their lives to "program a computer."  Our kids started using a mouse before their 2nd birthdays.  Will I be able to create a b...