Livingston County Real Estate by Bob Smith
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2008
Due to the expansion of M-59 to a 4 lane boulevarded roadway, this Park 'n Ride lot will close for good on February 4, 2008. The next nearest lots are at Michigan Ave and I-96, south of the Howell City Limits, and to the east on Old US-23 just north of M-59. The project will also undertake ramp i...
01/30/2008
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Here's the link to a great article from RIS. http://rismedia.com/wp/2008-01-22/slow-down-and-serve-4-ways-to-achieve-client-loyalty/The four points it touches upon are: Loyalty - we expect loyalty from our clients, but are we loyal to them in return? Educate - better to educate them than to sel...
01/30/2008
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I heard that we may have a nice little snow storm coming into the SE part of the State this weekend. And here I was getting use to warmer weather and sun already!I thought I'd share this photo that I took earlier in the month, after the last big snow. I actually took it a day late. I passed wh...
01/29/2008
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This Saturday, February 2nd is Groundhog Day. Groundhogs are also known as woodchucks, marmots, and even as land beavers and ground squirrels. They are widely distributed in North America, especially in the central and northeastern United States, and can weigh in between 4 and 9 pounds. There's n...
01/27/2008
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In a few minutes, I'll be heading outside. It's Saturday morning, January 26th, and I'm off to wade in local tributaries. Yup. Why would I do that?I'm a volunteer 'collector' for the Huron River Watershed Council, and one of their biggest events (in the Adopt-A-Stream) program is the Winter Stone...
01/26/2008
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(c) 2008 Robert Smith There's no doubt that there's a lot more foreclosure properties on the market and a lot more of them are selling. This post isn't as structured as most of mine are, but here are some general observations I've made on buying foreclosures over the last few weeks.First, look at...
01/25/2008
We've been hearing a lot about the horrible housing market for sometime now. In fact, it's hard to get away from it. Television, radio, magazines, newspapers, candidate speeches - it's all over the place.Livingston County finished 2007 with November and December reporting more sales than the same...
01/22/2008
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Year-end information for Washtenaw County home sales is now available. Home sales dropped in number for 2007 when compared to 2006, dropping from 3,345 to 3,062 (or 8%) and condominium sales dropped from 761 in 2006 to 660 (13%) in 2007.Sales volume (total dollar value of all sales) on houses wen...
01/20/2008
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(c) Robert Smith, 2008 Analyzing data released by the RealComp multi-list system to its members, it appears that Livingston County finished 2007 with an small upswing. While homes (single-family houses and condominiums) on the market were down by almost 7% from the same period in 2006 (419 homes ...
01/13/2008
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In 2007, there were 27 wineries in Michigan. Soon, there will be 55! That's a pretty good growth rate by any standard.Over the last few years, I've become more interested in wines in general, and Michigan wines in particular. I gravitate towards fuller bodied reds with a low relative sugar conten...
01/04/2008
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