Susan 's Blog

The President finally stood up this morning and told it like it is - as much as we don't like it, we need oil for the forseable future. Period.  He asked the Democratic run Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling and many other sensible solutions that would increase supply, productio...

The latest and largest study seems to show that moderate coffee drinking (up to six cups a day), may not only be good for you, but may actually prolong your life.  The study showed this to be especially true in women. The study followed over 86,000 women and over 41,000 men from 1980 - 2004.  Wom...

This is totally awesome!  One of the pit bulls rescued from Michael Vicks dog fighting ring has a great new life!  He freely roams a cancer treatment center in California and "comforts" those who are there recieving chemo treatments.  The article is really neat and has his picture wearing a clown...

I've started a newsletter campaign and was wondering if others have had success with this.  After learning average person looks at a post card for 2.5 seconds, I thought that a newsletter, in an envlelope would at least take that long to open.  It has some real estate news, but is primarly useful...

I haven't dropped my cellphone in the bathtub lately, but next time I do, I will try Popular Mechanics remedy....Immediately cut the power and no matter how tempting, do not try to power up to see if it works! This is what will fry your phone.  Remove the battery and use compressed or cool air to...

I've been noticing more hoopla over downpayment gift programs such as Nehemiah and AmeriDream.  It seems the FHA is once again trying to ban these programs, claiming they artificially inflate prices and are 3 times likely to end in foreclosure versus other types of loans.  As an agent, we are hap...

I cannot wake up in the morning without coffee and reading the paper.  The two combined just seem to jumpstart my brain.  There was a nice piece in the Greenville News regarding the recent success of Greenville's latest campaign called I WAS BLOWN AWAY. All of you golfers who may have watched the...

According to an article in NY Times, Time Warner is starting a trial where customers will pick a plan (like cell phone plans) and will be charged a surcharge should they exceed their bandwidth limit.  Comcast plans to "manage" traffic by slowing the speed of the heaviest users - the so-called ban...

I just noticed a blog from Michelle Way about realtor open houses ( for agents, not buyers)and do they work.... But the comment section was closed and I was curious about everyone's opinions on this.  I suppose in a niche market, or higher end luxury homes it may help with exposure.  What's your ...

Have you noticed that over the last few months, the Saudi's refused to increase production, saying there is no need.  Lately, over the past few weeks, the talk of us actually exploring for more of own has been rising.  Today, I just heard the Saudi's have decided to open a new oil field and incre...