It was a chilly but sunny Sunday, in the D.C. area, and I spent yesterday afternoon apartment-shopping with my daughter in nearby Northern Virginia. Before anyone showed her their model apartment or handed her their printed materials, before they even smiled and welcomed us, they pointed us to ch
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11/29/2010
It's a small world, after all. These credit tips by my favorite Arizona lender are just as important for my Crofton home buyers as they are for Mike's Tucson home buyers. His advice is "right on" and I have to echo his sentiment... please call me BEFORE you do anything. (Emphasis added to "befor
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11/24/2010
I just read a post by Todd Clark about the potential for one's iPhone to be used by a criminal to target you, based on photos taken with your phone. (Did you know your iPhone can help get you robbed? My past clients didn’t until now!) He suggested turning off the geo-tags which make this possib
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11/22/2010
Who wouldn't love an excuse to go out to breakfast on a Saturday morning? And what better excuse could you possibly find than taking the kids or grandkids to breakfast with Santa. Not to mention, we're talking breakfast at Bob Evans! I'm already having visions of fluffy pancakes, served with
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11/21/2010
Anne Arundel County MD Real Estate Market Update The leaves may be falling in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, but home prices aren't. That's what real estate statistics published by MRIS for October 2010 are telling me. Median Home Price for sold properties: $299,950 -Up 5.25% measured against
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11/11/2010
There aren't many holidays that have more meaning than Veteran's Day. Most of us know and love a veteran, and we're usually “wowed” to hear his or her stories of service. I guess that must be true of many business owners, too, because so many of them are reaching out to honor veterans on Nov
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11/07/2010
Another real estate agent in Crofton recently downplayed the use of statistics in evaluating the market, saying in an online newsletter that "statistics don't always have room for nuances" such as the effect of the tax credit on units sold and sold prices. True, BUT... My very first Activerain p
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11/01/2010