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2009
Buying a REO (Bank Owned) home is not a usual transaction, Many of the things that go into a normal transaction are changed or some times turned on its head, as a buyer you need to be aware of the differences, the homes may be a great deal or not, you may have to shorten your inspection periods, ...
12/09/2009
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Facebook.com, the social media giant has changed and updated its privacy policy, now you can tweak who views all or part of your profile and what those people see, the challenge may be that the default settings are rather broad and may open your profile to more than just your friends. http://www....
12/09/2009
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My business coach, Bill Hart with Building Champions recomended this to me as part of my coaching, it is a very simple and quick video but if you put it into practice your productivity will soar Andrew Monaghan, CRS, GRI, CDPE.Team Leader, The Monaghan GroupKeller Williams Professional Partners...
12/05/2009
These numbers mean we currently have 4.3 months of inventory(Active listings divided by sold listings!!!!) Active listings in ARMLS 33,866 (33,696 last week) Active with contingency 6,251 (6,356 last week) Pending sales ...
12/05/2009
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The IRS has announced the optional mileage rates to calculate the deductible costs for operating a Automobile, as of January for 2010. Standard Mileage for Business use $0.50 Medical or Moving purposes, $0.165 Use of a automobile $0.14 http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=200505,00.html Andr...
12/04/2009
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This Monday and Tuesday, December 7th and 8th, form 8am to 4pm, at the ASU west campus over 1000 students from 55 schools will be competing in the preliminary judging. The Finals will be held at the Challenger space center on December 31st. Teams are presenting their projects to experts from Hon...
12/04/2009
The 23rd Fiesta of light, Electric light parade is this Saturday, December 5th at 7pm. The parade runs along Central Avenue from Montebello to Camelback, turns east on Camelback to 7th Street, South on 7th St to Indian School. The tempature at this time of year is clod (for Arizona) and seating i...
12/04/2009
This week the average rate for a 30 year mortgage dropped to 4.71 percent, this is the lowest average rate since Freddie Mac started tracking data in 1971. It is a fantastic time to buy, should a buyer be worried about the priced continuing to drop, most of the gains can be lost if the interest r...
12/04/2009
I have had the misfortune to be involved with a BofA short sale since may of this year, the level of service from Bank of America reps is all over the place, some are friendly and some are downright rude. Why should it take so long to get a decision, i have lost buyers because of the incompetence...
12/04/2009
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