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2010 

Mother know's BEST There are some things that moms all over the world have in common.  Moms tuck children in the bed at night and sing them to sleep. Moms make sure everyone is fed and clean. Moms listen to tales of heartache and tenderly help their children get past pain. They have a photograph...
03/16/2010
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Wow... talk about a confusing process.  You take an average person that decides...Now is the time to buy a home. This is not an easy decision. It is influenced by the "American Dream(?).  This person wants information. They boot up and head out on the good old information super highway.  A lot of...
03/15/2010
Time flies.  Back in April of 2006, I wrote a blog about pricing .  Back then it was my contention ( I still believe it) that agents had developed a practice of pricing homes like they were fruit in the local grocery store.  Everything was hitting the market with price points that ended in 900 o...
03/15/2010
Can it be possible? The government has opened the door for uncontrolled bilking of Mortgage Companies?   I will be the first person to admit that I don't understand all the changes that have occurred in the mortgage industry. I go to classes. I listen. It will take awhile for it all to sink in. ...
03/12/2010
This is very important information. Things have changed. Some are pleased. Some are not. Personally, I think that the people that put this together decided that the lenders were the bad guys. I have seen the form. I am confused about why the buyer does not have to sign it. I am confused about why...
03/12/2010
  This is as about elementary as it can get supply goes down and prices go up   A funny thing happened while I was doing a search for a client tonight. I plugged in their price range, deleted all short sales and hit enter. My first thought was "That can't be right".  I went back and re-checked t...
03/09/2010
Diogenes This is not the way that people seek the truth today. This is an example of where consumers seek the truth today. For all you marketing geniuses out there, the landscape has changed.  Big firms and yesterdays marketing pro's have always tried to stay ahead of the curve.  They also did e...
03/09/2010
  My niece saves horses. She is an artist. She and her husband bought a farm and now, they save horses. The farm is Rosemary Farm.  It has become a haven for castaway horses and chickens, an occasional cat or two and friends and colleagues that need a respite from the hustle and bustle of the ci...
03/04/2010
My friend Paul shares something more valuable than gold...integrity. I repost this for your edification. I also gladly support Paul's position. You see, our job is to help consumers. All the "I will not" statements go directly to the belief that we are responsible for ourselves and our behavior. ...
03/02/2010
of that large bus that rolled over the housing industry. Subprime mortgages were not the culprit.  We can stop pointing fingers at the people that used these loans to purchase a home.  The National Bureau of Economic Research just completed a study and issued a rather thorough report. Seems that...
03/02/2010
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