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      <title>Military Veteran</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hi!&amp;nbsp; First time blogger here.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a 12 year Veteran of the United States Navy.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;nbsp;served in&amp;nbsp;two wars (Operation Desert Storm/Shield and Iraqi Freedom)&amp;nbsp;and have been stationed all over the place.&amp;nbsp; My experiences in the Navy have also lead me to a career of service in the Real Estate profession.&amp;nbsp; I desire to share with all military active, retired or prior service the benefits of owning a home and not just renting.&amp;nbsp; Also, to assist military families with the sale of their home especially when they are under orders and are transferring to another place.&amp;nbsp; Most of the time, that means leaving the family behind to take care of selling their home or making arrangements to rent it out while they are gone.&amp;nbsp; Either way, I would like to help guide them in the right direction.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There are many things I wished the Navy would have taught me when I was active duty, most of which was how important it is to spend the money you make wisely, and not blow it on whatever you want.&amp;nbsp; When I think back to all the money I spent...I could have purchased at least one piece of property when I was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia....but, there was no one there to council me on the benefits of home ownership.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Well anyway, now I am here to assist today&amp;#39;s sailor, soldier or marine.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; If you know someone living in Ventura County that is paying $1,400 or more in rent, have them call me to discuss owning.&amp;nbsp; Who knows, they could be providing their shipmates with a place to live too!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For those of you who have active duty family members,&amp;nbsp;I&amp;#39;m praying for their safe and quick return, but mostly I pray thanking GOD for giving us the&amp;nbsp;courage to volunteer to serve and protect this great country!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tammy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Tammy Keil (RE/MAX Gold Coast Realtors)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:31:34 -0500</pubDate>
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