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      <guid>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1392024/friday-s-foto-cherish-each-sunny-day-</guid>
      <title>Friday's Foto, Cherish Each Sunny Day!</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Cherish Each Sunny Day!&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/6/6/9/4/ar126117695649667.jpg&quot; height=&quot;537&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photo taken by &lt;strong&gt;Paul S. Henderson&lt;/strong&gt;, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, &lt;strong&gt;Realtor&amp;reg;&lt;/strong&gt; with &lt;strong&gt;RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc. of D&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;u&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pont &amp;amp; Lacey, WA. &lt;/strong&gt;Making real estate services a positive experience for home buyers and sellers in DuPont, Lacey, Olympia or Pierce, Thurston, Mason, and Kitsap counties for over 10 years now.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:01:53 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1392024/friday-s-foto-cherish-each-sunny-day-</link>
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      <guid>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1391000/your-client-isn-t-just-a-number-to-you-</guid>
      <title>Your Client isn't just a number to you!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Would it help if the banks had to see faces instead of just  numbers? &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;How easy would it be if ever thing in life was just a  number&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; Nothing personal, we wouldn't even need eyes. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is how I feel when I talk to an underwriter some  times&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;. I know we are the top file on top of a tall stack of  files. Its 5:00 PM someplace and your file won't close tomorrow as it was  written in the contract.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;We are the ones that get to see the faces and try to explain at  the last minute why&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;that moving van will have to unloaded elsewhere...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;those new appliances can't be delivered until we close, even  if the next delivery time in the area is late next week&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;all the painting your clients were planning to do, will have  to wait...&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;your client will have to take another day off...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;your client will have to go to a hotel because they had to  move out of their rental today or pay for another month...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;we wrote the contract in good faith and chose the closing  because the lender said they would perform... &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Who takes the blame when someone, three states away, drops the  ball on your transaction&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;? When the underwriter gets sick, who  covers their work load? Understaffed loan departments and employees afraid to  make a decision are comforted because your client is only a number.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Maybe it could help&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;if  the banks had to see faces instead of just numbers. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;em&gt; Your Client isn't just a  number to you!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:37:59 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1391000/your-client-isn-t-just-a-number-to-you-</link>
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      <title>It's not too late! Quadrant Homes doubles first time home buyers incentive!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;DEAL, DEAL, DEAL!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For a limited time, ***Quadrant Homes is matching the government's $8,000 tax &lt;br /&gt;credit (or $6,500 for existing homeowners)* with an additional $8,000 incentive &lt;br /&gt;for a total of up to $16,000! &lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;That's up to $16,000 on top of today's already low &lt;br /&gt;interest rates and Quadrant's low-low prices-starting from the $170s!**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This deal is available in DuPont, Olympia, and Yelm Washington and I'm ready &lt;br /&gt;to serve you in any of those developments...&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;You decide how to use it. I'll make it happen...&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Up to $16,000 along with today's historically low interest rates and &lt;br /&gt;Quadrant's low prices simply can't last long.*** Find out how you can own a &lt;br /&gt;Quadrant home by contacting me &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:phenderson@remax.net&quot;&gt;via email&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #999999;&quot;&gt;* Federal government restrictions apply. The information above regarding the &lt;br /&gt;Federal Housing Tax Credit for First-Time Homebuyers should not be used as a &lt;br /&gt;substitute for consultation with professional tax, accounting, legal or other &lt;br /&gt;competent advisors. No assurance or guarantee of completeness, accuracy or &lt;br /&gt;timeliness of this information if expressed or implied by Quadrant Homes &lt;br /&gt;relevant to this Tax Credit. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Buyer must use Quadrant Home Loans to &lt;br /&gt;receive full offer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Prices, terms, incentives, materials and &lt;br /&gt;availability may vary between Quadrant Homes Communities and are subject to &lt;br /&gt;change without notice. Offer is only available on pre-sale homes and may not &lt;br /&gt;available on all homes in all communities. See Community Sales Manager for &lt;br /&gt;details. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Cannot be combined with other offers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; For &lt;br /&gt;additional details on the Federal Housing Tax Credit, visit &lt;br /&gt;www.federalhousingtaxcredit.org. &amp;copy; Quadrant Homes 11/14/09. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;QUADRANT &lt;br /&gt;HOMES and MORE HOUSE. LESS MONEY. are registered trademarks of Quadrant &lt;br /&gt;Corporation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #999999;&quot;&gt;**Subject to credit approval&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #999999;&quot;&gt;***This is a limited time offer and may expire at Quadrant's discretion, so &lt;br /&gt;get off the fence...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Authored by Paul S. Henderson,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;It's not too late! Quadrant Homes doubles first time home buyers &lt;br /&gt;incentive!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:58:19 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1390312/it-s-not-too-late-quadrant-homes-doubles-first-time-home-buyers-incentive-</link>
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      <title>Almost Wordless Wednesday, There are only three things missing...</title>
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A warmer day...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A fishing pole...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A friend to share the dock with...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;There are only 3 things missing...&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/2/2/3/3/ar126098386733228.JPG&quot; height=&quot;800&quot; alt=&quot;copyright 2009 Paul S Hendeson&quot; width=&quot;537&quot; /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photo taken by &lt;strong&gt;Paul S. Henderson&lt;/strong&gt;, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, &lt;strong&gt;Realtor&amp;reg;&lt;/strong&gt; with &lt;strong&gt;RE/MAX Professionals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc. of DuPont &amp;amp; Lacey, WA. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Making real estate services a positive experience for home buyers and sellers in DuPont, Lacey, Olympia or Pierce, Thurston, Mason, and Kitsap counties for over 10 years now. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&lt;/em&gt;, There are only three things missing,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:30:59 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1387925/almost-wordless-wednesday-there-are-only-three-things-missing-</link>
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      <title>We all win when we make someone smile!</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Were you able to provide smiles this weekend? Whether it be a client, family member&amp;nbsp;or a child, your heart will be warmer for the effort...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;We all win when we make someone smile!&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/3/8/6/5/5/ar12608485755683.JPG&quot; height=&quot;536&quot; alt=&quot;copyright 2009 Paul S Hendeson&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photo taken with &lt;strong&gt;Paul S. Henderson&lt;/strong&gt;, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, &lt;strong&gt;Realtor&amp;reg;&lt;/strong&gt; with &lt;strong&gt;RE/MAX Professionals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc. of DuPont &amp;amp; Lacey, WA. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Making real estate services a positive experience for home buyers and sellers in DuPont, Lacey, Olympia or Pierce, Thurston, Mason, and Kitsap counties for over 10 years now. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;We all win when we make someone smile!&amp;nbsp;,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:47:56 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Speechless Sunday, What a great day to share!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;What a great day to share!&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/7/9/6/0/ar126071822106975.jpg&quot; height=&quot;537&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul Henderson&lt;/em&gt;,What a great day to share!&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photo taken by &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paul S. Henderson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Realtor&amp;reg;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; with &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RE/MAX Professionals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc. of DuPont &amp;amp; Lacey, WA. &lt;/strong&gt;Making real estate services a positive experience for home buyers and sellers in DuPont, Lacey, Olympia or Pierce, Thurston, Mason, and Kitsap counties for over 10 years now.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shared&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;agent_signature&quot;&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:34:07 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1382329/speechless-sunday-what-a-great-day-to-share-</link>
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      <title>Just me on the beach today! Could it be it's in the twenties...</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Cold but Sunny!&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/5/5/4/3/ar126065783334555.jpg&quot; height=&quot;537&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Some times it pays to bundle up and walk the forgotten beaches in Winter!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul Henderson&lt;/em&gt;,Just me on the beach today!&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photo taken by &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paul S. Henderson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Realtor&amp;reg;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; with &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RE/MAX Professionals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc. of DuPont &amp;amp; Lacey, WA. &lt;/strong&gt;Making real estate services a positive experience for home buyers and sellers in DuPont, Lacey, Olympia or Pierce, Thurston, Mason, and Kitsap counties for over 10 years now.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:49:29 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1381743/just-me-on-the-beach-today-could-it-be-it-s-in-the-twenties-</link>
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      <title>Friday foto, What do you wanna do?</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;What do you wanna do?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt; I don't Know! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;What do you wanna do?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;What do you wanna do?&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/1/8/4/9/ar12605441294815.jpg&quot; height=&quot;537&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Only in Lacey Washington!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul Henderson&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;strong&gt; What do you wanna do to&lt;em&gt;?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photo taken by &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paul S. Henderson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Realtor&amp;reg;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; with &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RE/MAX Professionals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc. of DuPont &amp;amp; Lacey, WA. &lt;/strong&gt;Making real estate services a positive experience for home buyers and sellers in DuPont, Lacey, Olympia or Pierce, Thurston, Mason, and Kitsap counties for over 10 years now.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;agent_signature&quot;&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:11:25 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1379731/friday-foto-what-do-you-wanna-do-</link>
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      <title>How many of you remember these?</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In olden times, at around 12:30 AM each morning, a strange and wondrous sign would appear.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Our TV sets across the nation would sign off. You would see this right after you would hear the national anthem.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/4/0/9/7/ar126047768179046.jpg&quot; height=&quot;234&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;312&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now, in place of this practice you get endless infomercials selling everything from the latest get rich quick through real estate to chicks gone wild.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I often miss that test screen, how about you?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How many of you remember these?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:45:10 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Home Inspectors, of all of the thankless jobs!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On my LinkedIn update this morning I noticed a blog post entitled, Things the average dumb as a bag of hammers, Home Inspector will never notice.&lt;/strong&gt; This was posted as just being published on ActiveRain by a person I subscribe to. I went to her blog and did not find such a post!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'm sorry, but of all the professions I run across in this business, Home Inspectors are the most belittled.&lt;/strong&gt; A Professional Home Inspector has to be so knowledgeable that you will never see me slam his or her integrity!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You get what you pay for.&lt;/strong&gt; I want a certified expert and I have a handful of inspectors I use, or I should say, I refer to my clients. I want a snapshot of the condition of the house being inspected today, not a Guarantee of what will happen in a month or a year in the future. A home inspector has to look for symptoms of what may lead to problems. Most will refer you to a licensed, bonded, professional tradesman to further ascertain a problem and fix an action item.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I have had clients and other agents refuse to pay for a home inspection.&lt;/strong&gt; They killed the transaction, why should I pay them, they say. Because they did their job! I have a sit down conversation with my client, who refuses to pay for a contracted service, they ordered. I have more than once paid for a home inspection. You don't have to like the results or use the information but you are obligated to pay for such service.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'm glad my friend and colleague deleted this post.&lt;/strong&gt; If you don't like the way an inspector, inspects, don't hire him or her again. The free market will deal with subpar service providers. To lump a whole profession in such a way is not what we need in these times. We need these professionals...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Home Inspectors, of all the thankless jobs!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:55:02 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Can you remember your first?</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can you remember your first?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I can, it really changed my world&lt;/strong&gt;. I can still remember waiting for her at the store. Waiting for her to come in after months of reading about all she could do for me. The moment she arrived I raced home with her and placed her on the kitchen table flush with anticipation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img title=&quot;Can you remember your first?&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/3/1/8/5/8/ar126045740185813.jpg&quot; height=&quot;537&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Compared to my Blackberry Storm this Camera is huge!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes, my first digital camera was a tribute to technology and Sony. &lt;/strong&gt;Yet just a couple of months later she seemed outdated. In 1995 and 1996, Sony had jumped ahead of the pack with their Mavica line of cameras, I paid $699 for the bulky little box that used the 3.5 inch floppy disc and in fine mode I could get maybe 8 to 9 pictures. Back then the pictures were great and no developing, I was saving a bundle, I thought, over my Cannon F1 and AE1.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now, my Sony Mavica sits on the shelf as what was the latest greatest of Technology of her day.&lt;/strong&gt; My Nikon digital SLR has taken her place with a line of better faster and more reliable digital cameras in between. My cell phone takes better pictures...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So, The question still stands, Can you remember your first? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can you remember your first?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:07:03 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The saying, &quot;It's always darkest before the dawn&quot; rains true for me right now&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Past customers, clients and friends have begun to call to invest in real estate! Several had used a relative, who now has faded from the business, in lieu of me in the past couple of years. Because of my keeping connected through cards, e-mails and phone calls, I am now flush with new work.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Flush is not totally accurate but 2 listings and 2 new buyers this weekend feels like I am in the ballpark if not totally in the game. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;October and November were tough but December looks very promising at this point. I think if nothing else, my ego needed a great weekend and a couple of positive calls can't hurt either.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have you ever had a call where the first words out of the caller's mouth is, I'm sorry I haven't called you in such a long time.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; No need to apologize to me, the issue is that you thought of me in your time of need for real estate services.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I didn't write this to brag but to encourage those of you, like me, that haven't had the best of years.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; I also wrote this to encourage those of you that haven't kept in contact with past clients and friends to get on that phone or to write those personal notes. You might find that there is a silver lining to those clouds overhead!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It never hurts to try the old school social media!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;A wonderful trend!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:59:26 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Have you just received orders to Ft Lewis or Madigan Army Medical Center?</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;DuPont, What a great place to call home&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/1/5/8/9/ar12602128698511.jpg&quot; height=&quot;800&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&quot; width=&quot;537&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Are you moving to the &lt;strong&gt;Fort Lewis area of Washington State&lt;/strong&gt;?&amp;nbsp; Do you need a Realtor&amp;reg; to help you locate an affordable home in your new community?&amp;nbsp; Well, help is only a call or e-mail away.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DuPont, Washington&lt;/strong&gt; offers &lt;strong&gt;affordable homes&lt;/strong&gt; within a short commute of &lt;strong&gt;Fort Lewis&lt;/strong&gt;. This area has long been a favorite of the discerning military buyer with orders to this area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I offer my clients a full spectrum of &lt;strong&gt;affordable&lt;/strong&gt; options, not just my listings but all the houses for sale in your price range. I look for houses that fit your needs and explain the benefits of each house and the commute.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You could also qualify for the First Time Home-buyer Tax Credit which was extended into 2010! What a wonderful way to start off the New Year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am an Army and Navy Veteran and know what a strain moving to a new area can be. Is buying a house in &lt;strong&gt;DuPont&lt;/strong&gt; an option? Ask people who have served at &lt;strong&gt;Ft. Lewis, Washington&lt;/strong&gt; what they think.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ask your friends and coworkers about;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Award Winning Schools&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Small Town Shopping&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Job opportunities with world class companies like Intel and State Farm Insurance...&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I'm your man if you need boots on the ground to help you relocate. Call me or e-mail me and I'll send you homes for sale in &lt;strong&gt;DuPont Washington&lt;/strong&gt; and surrounding areas at no cost to you. I promise!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Have you just received orders to Ft Lewis or &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Madigan Army Medical Center&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:10:49 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Speechless Sunday, Take Me To Your Leader</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Take me 2 your leader&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/6/6/0/2/ar12601487320662.jpg&quot; height=&quot;800&quot; alt=&quot; &amp;amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&quot; width=&quot;537&quot; /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;P&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;hoto taken by &lt;strong&gt;Paul S. Henderson&lt;/strong&gt;, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, &lt;strong&gt;Realtor&amp;reg;&lt;/strong&gt; with &lt;strong&gt;RE/MAX Professionals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;of DuPont &amp;amp; Lacey, WA.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Making real estate services a positive experience for home buyers and sellers in DuPont, Lacey, Olympia or Pierce, Thurston, Mason, and Kitsap counties for over 10 years now. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Take Me To your Leader,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;agent_signature&quot;&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:19:47 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Simply Lacey Washington...</title>
      <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Monotype Corsiva;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Simply Lacey Washington&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;Simple pleasures abound!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;P&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;hoto taken by &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;Paul S. Henderson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;Realtor&lt;/span&gt;&amp;reg;&lt;/strong&gt; with &lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;RE/MAX Professionals &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;of DuPont &amp;amp; Lacey, WA.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Making real estate services a positive experience for home buyers and sellers in DuPont, Lacey, Olympia or Pierce, Thurston, Mason, and Kitsap counties for over 10 years now. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;agent_signature&quot;&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:22:41 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1370422/simply-lacey-washington-</link>
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      <title>As of November 30, 2009 here are the stats for DuPont Washington... </title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As of November 30, 2009 here are the stats for the DuPont's NW Landing Neighborhood. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Pre-Owned single family homes&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;6 Homes Active For Sale &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;5 Homes Are Pending/ Under Contract &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;11 Homes have sold since November 1st &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1 Canceled or Expired listings&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Average days on market of home SOLD in DuPont Washington in November (78 Days) &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Highest SOLD price in DuPont Washington since November 1st was listed at $369,000 and sold for $325K in 169 days.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Pre-Owned Condos&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;3 Condos Active For Sale &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;0 Condos Are Pending/ Under Contract &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;0 Homes have sold since November 1st &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;2 canceled or Expired listings &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Average days on market of home SOLD in DuPont Washington in November (N/A) &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;New Construction single family homes&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;1 Homes Active For Sale &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;7 Homes Are Pending/ Under Contract&amp;nbsp; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;6 Homes have sold since November 1st&amp;nbsp; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;0 Canceled or Expired listings &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Highest SOLD price in DuPont Washington since November 1st was listed at $449,990 and sold for $439,990. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New Construction Condo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;0 Condos Active For Sale &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;November 2009 Market Report for DuPont Washington, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:46:05 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>You May Qualify For A Tax Credit in DuPont Washington...</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;I wanted to share with my clients and friends in DuPont, Washington, the extension of the first time home buyer tax credit and the new program for existing home buyers. I found an excellent blog post from a dear friend and RE/MAX agent in Philadelphia that explains the extension far better than I can. Thank-you &lt;strong&gt;Hannah Williams&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;First Time Home-buyer Tax Credit Extended Into 2010! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Plus...A New Tax Credit for Certain Existing Home Owners!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's official. President Obama &lt;/strong&gt;has signed a bill that &lt;strong&gt;extends the tax credit for first-time &lt;/strong&gt;home buyers (FTHBs) into the first half of 2010. This program had been scheduled to expire on November 30, 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition to &lt;strong&gt;extending the tax credit of up to $8,000&lt;/strong&gt; through June 30, 2010, the extension measure also opens up opportunities for others who are not &lt;strong&gt;buying a home&lt;/strong&gt; for the first time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So Who Gets What?&lt;br /&gt;The program that has existed for FTHBs remains intact with the one exception that more people are now eligible based on an increase in the amount of income someone may now earn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additionally, the &lt;strong&gt;program now gives those who already own a residence&lt;/strong&gt; some additional reasons to &lt;strong&gt;move to a new home&lt;/strong&gt;. This incentive comes in the form of a tax credit of up to &lt;strong&gt;$6,500 for qualified purchasers&lt;/strong&gt; who have owned and occupied a primary residence for a period of &lt;strong&gt;five consecutive&lt;/strong&gt; years during the last eight years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deadlines&lt;br /&gt;In order to qualify for the credit, all contracts need to be in effect no later than &lt;strong&gt;April 30, 2010 &lt;/strong&gt;and close no later than June 30, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Higher Income Caps in Effect&lt;br /&gt;The amount of income someone can earn and qualify for the full amount of the credit has been increased.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Single tax filers who earn up to&lt;strong&gt; $125,000&lt;/strong&gt; are eligible for the total credit amount. Those who earn more than this cap can receive a partial credit. However, single filers who earn $145,000 and above are ineligible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joint filers&lt;/strong&gt; who earn up to &lt;strong&gt;$225,000 &lt;/strong&gt;are eligible for the total credit amount. Those who earn more than this cap can receive a partial credit. However, joint filers who earn $245,000 and above are ineligible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maximum Purchase Price&lt;br /&gt;Qualifying buyers may purchase a property with a maximum sales price of $800,000.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First-Time Home-buyer Tax Credit - Frequently Asked Questions&lt;br /&gt;Here are answers to some commonly asked questions about the tax credit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is a tax credit?&lt;br /&gt;A tax credit is a direct reduction in tax liability owed by an individual to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In the event no taxes are owed, the IRS will issue a check for the amount of the tax credit an individual is owed. Unlike the tax credit that existed in 2008, this credit does not require repayment unless the home, at any time in the first 36 months of ownership, is no longer an individuals primary residence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is the tax credit for first-time home-buyers (FTHBs)?&lt;br /&gt;An eligible home-buyer may request from the IRS a tax credit of up to $8,000 or 10% of the purchase price for a home. If the amount of the home purchased is $75,000, the maximum amount the credit can be is $7,500. If the amount of the home purchased is $100,000, the amount of the credit may not exceed&lt;strong&gt; $8,000.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who is eligible for the FTHB tax credit?&lt;br /&gt;Anyone who has not owned a primary residence in the previous 36 months, prior to closing and the transfer of title, is eligible. This applies both to single taxpayers and married couples. In the case where there is a married couple, if either spouse has owned a primary residence in the last 36 months, neither would qualify. In the case where an individual has owned property that has not been a primary residence, such as a second home or investment property, that individual would be eligible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As mentioned above, the&lt;strong&gt; tax credit &lt;/strong&gt;has been&lt;strong&gt; expanded so that existing homeowners&lt;/strong&gt; who have owned and occupied a primary residence for a period of five consecutive years during the last eight years are now eligible for a &lt;strong&gt;tax credit of up to $6,500&lt;/strong&gt;. first time home buyer tax credit extended 2010&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How do I claim the credit?&lt;br /&gt;For those taking advantage of the tax credit in 2009, you may choose to either apply for the credit with your 2009 tax return or you may apply for the credit sooner by filing an amended 2008 tax return with Form 5405 (http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f5405.pdf).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can you claim the tax credit in advance of purchasing a property?&lt;br /&gt;No. The IRS has recently begun prosecuting people who have claimed credits where a purchase had not taken place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can a taxpayer claim a credit if the property is purchased from a seller with seller financing and the seller retains title to the property?&lt;br /&gt;Yes. In situations where the buyer purchases the property, even though the seller retains legal title, the taxpayer may file for the credit. Examples of this would include a land contract, contract for deed, etc. According to the IRS, factors that would demonstrate the ownership of the property would include: 1. the right of possession, 2. the right to obtain legal title upon full payment of the purchase price, 3. the right to construct improvements, 4. the obligation to pay property taxes, 5. the risk of loss, 6. the responsibility to insure the property and 7. the duty to maintain the property.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are there other restrictions to taking the credit?&lt;br /&gt;Yes. According to the IRS, if any of the following describe your situation, a credit would not be due.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* You buy your home from a close relative. This includes your spouse, parent, grandparent, child or grandchild.&lt;br /&gt;* You do not use the home as your principal residence.&lt;br /&gt;* You sell your home before the end of the year.&lt;br /&gt;* You are a nonresident alien.&lt;br /&gt;* You are, or were, eligible to claim the District of Columbia first-time home-buyer credit for any taxable year. (This does not apply for a home purchased in 2009.)&lt;br /&gt;* Your home financing comes from tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds. (This does not apply for a home purchased in 2009.)&lt;br /&gt;* You owned a principal residence at any time during the three years prior to the date of purchase of your new home. For example, if you bought a home on July 1, 2009, you cannot take the credit for that home if you owned, or had an ownership interest in, another principal residence at any time from July 2, 2006, through July 1, 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can you buy a home from a step-relative and be eligible for the credit?&lt;br /&gt;Yes. Provided the person you are buying a home from is not a direct blood relative, the purchase would be allowed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can parent(s) who will not live in the property cosign for a mortgage for their child and the child that is a qualifying FTHB still be eligible for the credit?&lt;br /&gt;Yes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can a separated spouse who has not owned a home for four years qualify for the FTHB tax credit if the spouse has owned a property anytime in the last three years?&lt;br /&gt;No. However, the spouse may be eligible for the repeat buyer credit. The best path to take in any situation regarding income taxes is to speak with a professional tax preparer or CPA.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:45:22 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1370294/you-may-qualify-for-a-tax-credit-in-dupont-washington-</link>
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      <title>Friday foto, Dreamscapes</title>
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;P&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;hoto taken by &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;Paul S. Henderson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;Realtor&lt;/span&gt;&amp;reg;&lt;/strong&gt; with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;RE/MAX Professionals &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;of DuPont &amp;amp; Lacey, WA.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Making real estate services a positive experience for home buyers and sellers in DuPont, Lacey, Olympia or Pierce, Thurston, Mason, and Kitsap counties for over 10 years now.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:02:31 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Lost not Forgotten</title>
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Well, it has been a sad couple of days in Lakewood Washington, where I have lived for the past 30 years. We lost 4 police officers to a career criminal last Sunday morning. The most horrible part of this whole crime is that these officers never had any dealings with this man; he was just out to kill police officers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Lakewood is not immune to heroes coming home. We are the home of Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base and have lost many a son and daughter to our countries wars. But this was different, these officers were not suppose to die, they are suppose protect and serve and then go home to their families at the end of their shift.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Does anyone understand the ripple effect this can have on a community? These four police officers were not alone in the coffee shop before their shift last Sunday. There were 12 others.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Can you believe the shock of this happening before your very eyes? How one twisted soul can cause nightmares for years to come.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;I will never look at a Lakewood Police Officer the same. I have always respected police officers and have had many friends and clients who served in many of the surrounding communities. I will always feel the pain that these officers must feel as they have to leave their families each day, for a thankless job.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;God rest their souls&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Thirteen years law enforcement experience. He is survived by his wife and three children.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Ronald Owens, 37&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Twelve years law enforcement experience. He is survived by his former wife and a daughter.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Tina Griswold, 40&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Fourteen years law enforcement experience. She is survived by her husband and two children.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Officer Greg Richards, 42&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Eight years law enforcement experience. He is survived by his wife and three children.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:11:08 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;It's not Summer anymore! &quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/9/2/5/5/ar125977285955296.jpg&quot; height=&quot;537&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;In Summer there are 30 boats at this dock!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photo taken by &lt;strong&gt;Paul S. Henderson&lt;/strong&gt;, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, &lt;strong&gt;Realtor&amp;reg;&lt;/strong&gt; with &lt;strong&gt;RE/MAX Professionals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc. of Dupont &amp;amp; Lacey, WA. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Making real estate services a positive experience for home buyers and sellers in DuPont, Lacey, Olympia or Pierce, Thurston, Mason, and Kitsap counties for over 10 years now. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:04:33 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1364531/wordless-wednesday-can-t-we-boat-all-year-round-</link>
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      <title>I like Mark Twain...</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;While driving down the street today, I heard this Mark Twain quote;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I guess we just keep reliving history and life is to short not to have learned from others mistakes!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mark Twain was wise beyond his years!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shared&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;agent_signature&quot;&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:11 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1347789/i-like-mark-twain-</link>
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      <title>The blank canvas vs. dull curb appeal scenario...</title>
      <description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In this market, we have to make an attempt, to get a  Buyer past the first impression as they drive up&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. How many  times has your buyer said, not interested without even entering the house in  question?&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; a selling agent I can't  change the style of house but we can make the house look its best.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;I have worked with hundreds  of buyers in my ten years in real estate. Only a hand full of these buyers have  been able to get past curb appeal. I also have a problem looking  past&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clutter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unkept landscaping&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Peeling paint&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot;&gt;Deferred maintenance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I, for one, am tired of referring to a property as an  blank canvas, ready to make it the buyers home!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;This is an example of a blank canvas;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;copyright 2009 Paul S. Henderson&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/2/9/3/8/ar12586550783922.JPG&quot; height=&quot;537&quot; alt=&quot;blank canvas?&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Now, the same style house, just next door;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img title=&quot;copyright 2009 Paul S. Henderson&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/7/3/1/7/ar125865558971378.JPG&quot; height=&quot;537&quot; alt=&quot;color&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot;&gt;So how do you handle the blank canvas vs. dull curb  appeal scenario? &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson,&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot;&gt;The blank canvas vs. dull curb  appeal scenario,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt; All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia; color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;Authored&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;agent_signature&quot;&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:39:21 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1345882/the-blank-canvas-vs-dull-curb-appeal-scenario-</link>
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      <title>Wordless Wednesday, Bogey's back in town!!!</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;&amp;amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/4/0/9/8/ar125857911489044.JPG&quot; height=&quot;537&quot; alt=&quot;Bogey's back in town&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photo taken by &lt;strong&gt;Paul S. Henderson&lt;/strong&gt;, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, &lt;strong&gt;Realtor&amp;reg;&lt;/strong&gt; with &lt;strong&gt;RE/MAX Professionals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc. of DuPont &amp;amp; Lacey, WA. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Making real estate services a positive experience for home buyers and sellers in DuPont, Lacey, Olympia or Pierce, Thurston, Mason, and Kitsap counties for over 10 years now. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shared&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;agent_signature&quot;&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:21:39 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1344352/wordless-wednesday-bogey-s-back-in-town-</link>
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      <title>As of October 31, 2009  stats for the DuPont&#8217;s NW Landing Neighborhood. </title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As of October 31, 2009  here are the stats for the DuPont&amp;rsquo;s NW Landing Neighborhood. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana; color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Pre-Owned single family homes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;9 Homes Active For Sale &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;6 Homes Are Pending/ Under Contract &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;8 Homes have sold since October 1st &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;2 Canceled or Expired listings&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Average days on market of home SOLD in DuPont in  October (69 Days) &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Highest SOLD price in DuPont since October 1st was  listed at $449,950 and sold for $382.5K in 99 days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Pre-Owned Condos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;6 Condos Active For Sale &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;0 Condos Are Pending/ Under Contract &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1 Homes have sold since October 1st &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;0 canceled or Expired listings &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Average days on market of home SOLD in DuPont in  October (185 Days) &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Highest SOLD price in DuPont since October 1st was  listed at $209k and sold for $205.5K in 185 days.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana; color: #990000;&quot;&gt;New Construction single family homes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;4 Homes Active For Sale &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;7 Homes Are Pending/ Under Contract&amp;nbsp; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;6 Homes have sold since October 1st&amp;nbsp; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;2 Canceled or Expired listings &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Highest SOLD price in DuPont since October 1st was  listed at $484,990 and sold for $474,990. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;New Construction Condo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;6 Condos Active For Sale &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia; color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;October 2009 Market Report for DuPont&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia; color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia; color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;Authored&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;agent_signature&quot;&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:56:38 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1337640/as-of-october-31-2009-stats-for-the-dupont-s-nw-landing-neighborhood-</link>
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      <title>Friday the 13th foto</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Bright Friday the 13th&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/7/7/3/6/ar125814293763774.JPG&quot; height=&quot;537&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;amp;copy;2009 Paul S. Henderson&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photo taken by &lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paul S.  Henderson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, &lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Realtor&amp;reg;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; with&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt; &lt;strong&gt;RE/MAX Professionals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.  of DuPont &amp;amp; Lacey, WA.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Making real estate services a  positive experience for home buyers and sellers in DuPont, Lacey, Olympia or  Pierce, Thurston, Mason, and Kitsap counties for over 10 years now. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;2009 Paul S.  Henderson&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Flowers for Friday the 13th&lt;/em&gt;,&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All Rights Reserved&lt;/em&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shared&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;agent_signature&quot;&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor &amp;reg;, RE/MAX Professionals &amp;amp; Four Seasons Inc.,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a Relocation Specialist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; and sell homes in&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DuPont, Lacey &amp;amp; Olympia, Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #006600;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;Visit my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phenderson.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phenderson.net&lt;/a&gt; to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #009900;&quot;&gt;Washington State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Paul Henderson, Realtor &#174; Lacey &amp; DuPont Washington homes (RE/MAX Professionals &amp; Four Seasons Inc.)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:18:05 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1336194/friday-the-13th-foto</link>
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