The leaves are beginning to fade into yellow on my Dogwood and Maple trees so I know football is just around the corner. When my 3 guys were little, they couldn't wait to play football. They had seen pictures and football cards of their Grandpa when he had played and they were just chomping at th
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08/31/2008
If stats in my area are true and 80% of new licensees will never renew their license, I'm probably safe calling myself a real estate veteran. Those of us who have been on this real estate roller coaster for a while may find it hard to recall the naked enthusiasm we felt on the day we were "offici
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08/30/2008
Guilt is something which doesn't sit well with me. I have friends who register in the negative numbers on the guilt meter, but not me. Even if there's no concrete reason, the idea that I've done something wrong or could have done something differently with a better outcome makes makes me feel awf
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08/28/2008
The countdown is on! Summer is almost "officially" over. Personally, I have no idea where the summer went (or if it ever even arrived), but here we are just four days from the start of the new school year. I imagine there are more than a few parents scrambling to buy last minute school supplies,
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08/28/2008
The phrase Dog Days of Summer is used in reference to the hottest days of the year; which typically here in the greater Seattle area would be right now....but I'm wearing a sweater today, go figure! August is also typically a slower time in our market, as many agents and would-be home buyers are
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08/20/2008
I've invited several people to Active Rain. Some have accepted, but many others remain standing on the side of the rain puddle ( tsunami might be a more appropriate analogy), afraid to dive in and get their feet wet. Some of the reasons I get for not participating are, "I'm not a good writer" or
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08/19/2008
You dress as if the weather will be what it was over the weekend, only to have it be 30 degrees cooler. You get to the office and find your water bill is 6x higher than normal.. Because you have a broken sprinkler line. You have 2 clients who call you that day and want to meet at exactly the same
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08/19/2008
According to a cable news host, people shouldn't take real estate advice from anyone who is trying to make a living from selling real estate. Ummmmm.... I'm not a huge fan of cable news, but since this is an election year, I occasionally tune in to CNN, Fox & CNBC to hear what the "Talking Heads
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08/10/2008
On my way home from the office tonight I stopped at the Maple Valley Market to pick up a few things for dinner. This is what awaited me....Gotta LOVE it! Colleen Fischesser is the Broker/Owner of RE/MAX Select in Maple Valley, WA. She has been successfully selling and marketing properties all o
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08/05/2008
One more reason to be proud of the schools in Maple Valley. Newsweek magazine recently posted their list of high schools which rank among the top 5% in the Nation for students having taken AP tests and Tahoma Senior High is on that list! As a parent who has graduated two children from the high sc
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08/03/2008
