As many of you know, my family has chosen to home school despite my parents, grandparents, and even my brother all being teachers or having been teachers. But, one of the things that they criticized us for in that decision is that our children weren't getting the social interaction that they need
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01/20/2009
Sounds crazy, doesn't it, to go from a phone call that ends with the buyer telling you that they aren't committing to any one agent and are just gathering information, to two hours later getting a call that they would like to use you exclusively to help them find a home.Well, I'm going to let you
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01/20/2009
A year ago we had an office meeting and my principle broker wanted me to talk to the rest of the agents about blogging and what it could do for their business. During that meeting I was amazed at how many agents told me that they didn't need to blog, they were busy enough.Well, 2008 has ended and
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01/19/2009
One of my buyers was looking at a house and the mother in law also came over to check out the house. But as she was walking up the sidewalk to the house, there were walnuts everywhere and she stepped on one, lost her balance, and broke her ankle.Now, the sale still went through, but it almost did
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01/18/2009
One of the biggest mistakes most agents do is they lie to their potential clients right from the beginning. They meet someone, make promises, and set up expectations that they can't possible keep up with.One of my favorite questions from potential buyers and sellers is, "Should I wait about six m
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01/18/2009
Have you ever had a seller call you interested in selling their present home and buying a new one? Of course we all have, but the seller says, we would like to kind of just start looking around while we fix our present property. Then a wonderful thing happens, within 2 days you find them their dr
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01/17/2009
Wow, great that you are reading my articles, but I am certainly not in business of telling people how to cancel a listing with their agent. So I, of course, I told them that if they had a complaint they should call the state, but I still needed to know what article of mine they read prompted this
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01/17/2009
Have you ever been at a grocery store waiting in a very long line ready to buy, but the register isn't open yet? That is how a lot of people feel about real estate right now, they are waiting in line to give their money to the cashier, but there isn't a cashier open.Are you the cashier? Is your t
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01/16/2009
Today is Friday, January 16, 2009 and it is time for another breakdown of homes sales in the Washington County, Oregon market. With the average drop in home pending sales in Washington County since this time last years is 30.95% and now we are starting to feel the pinch of short sales and foreclo
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01/15/2009
Every path had a puddle, so ask yourself this, do you plan to go around it, jump over it or do you plan to step right in it and let it slow you down? Life is a path and if you choose to stay dry, then you need to look for the puddles ahead and take the steps to avoid them. I hate to watch those w
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01/14/2009
