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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website or go to my other blog "Steve Hoffacker's Home Sales Insights" for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. Listen to my free podcast messages at "Steve Hoffacker's Happenings."
Steve Hoffacker - Sales Trainer, Author of Sales Books, Commercial Real Estate Broker, Marketing Consultant, Sales Coach, Blogger, Photographer, Motivator, Podcaster, and Teacher. - for Realtors, Real Estate Sales Professionals, Home Builders, New Home Salespeople, Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, and Independent Sales Representatives.
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website or go to my other blog "Steve Hoffacker's Home Sales Insights" for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. Listen to my free podcast messages at "Steve Hoffacker's Happenings."
Steve Hoffacker - Sales Trainer, Author of Sales Books, Commercial Real Estate Broker, Marketing Consultant, Sales Coach, Blogger, Photographer, Motivator, Podcaster, and Teacher. - for Realtors, Real Estate Sales Professionals, Home Builders, New Home Salespeople, Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, and Independent Sales Representatives.
Photography displayed is original composition and artistic expression of Steve Hoffacker, and as such is copyrighted.
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website or go to my other blog "Steve Hoffacker's Home Sales Insights" for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. Listen to my free podcast messages at "Steve Hoffacker's Happenings."
Steve Hoffacker - Sales Trainer, Author of Sales Books, Commercial Real Estate Broker, Marketing Consultant, Sales Coach, Blogger, Photographer, Motivator, Podcaster, and Teacher. - for Realtors, Real Estate Sales Professionals, Home Builders, New Home Salespeople, Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, and Independent Sales Representatives.
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This is not a new provision, but Wallace does an excellent job or explaining it and laying out its use. Thanks, Wallace for a great post.
Via Wallace S. Gibson CPM * LandlordWhisperer (Gibson Management Group, Ltd.):
What every real estate agent has heard and few remember is that there are EXEMPTIONS to the FEDERAL Fair Housing Act.
One of those exemptions is the Mrs. Murphy's rule OR Mrs. Murphy's Exemption under the FHA. This exemption provides that if a "dwelling" has four or fewer rental units and the OWNER lives in one of those units, that the home is exempt from the FHA. There really is no Mrs. Murphy * she is a fictional elderly widow who has converted her home into a rental or boarding house to supplement her income.
NOW, with the economic downturn, there has come the recent EXPLOSION of roommate advertising and matching websites.
Trisha Rowe of Grand Rapids Michigan wanted a roommate for the three bedroom single family home she owned. She posted a notice in a church bulletin indicating that she was looking for a female CHRISTIAN roommate. The Fair Housing Center of West Michigan filed a complaint stating that Ms. Rowe expressed an ILLEGAL preference for a Christian roommate. This prompted the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to take action.
....almost like Mrs. Murphy was NOT a feature in the FHA.
The Alliance Defense Fund provided legal assistance to Ms. Rowe and invoked her freedom of association under the First Amendment of the US Constitution and ULTIMATELY HUD agreed.
In a separate case, Roommates.com, which provides roommate locator service from their website, requests that users provide a "profile" where their roommate preferences can be "searched".
The Fair Housing Councils of San Fernando Valley and San Dieto filed lawsuits against Roommates.com indicating that these searches were a violation of the FHA.
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit rejected these Housing Councils' claims.
The Court indicated that a roommate's unfettered access to one's home implicated considerations of SAFETY, PRIVACY, PROPERTY PROTECTION and the CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM of ASSOCIATION.
KUDOS! Mrs. Murphy is Alive and Well and Taking in ROOMMATES!
Wallace S. Gibson, CPM * GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.
Central Virginia
LandlordWhisperer
View our available Charlottesville, Albemarle and Lake Monticello rental homes online with photos and floor plans
"...to be a Virginian, either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one's Mother's side, is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from the Almighty God...." Anonymous
This grasshopper may be taking a brief rest right now, but look at all the potential
stored up in in his mighty legs. Of course, if he stays put and doesn't jump
like he is designed to do, his potential will not help him at all.
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website or go to my other blog "Steve Hoffacker's Home Sales Insights" for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. Listen to my free podcast messages at "Steve Hoffacker's Happenings."
Steve Hoffacker - Sales Trainer, Author of Sales Books, Commercial Real Estate Broker, Marketing Consultant, Sales Coach, Blogger, Photographer, Motivator, Podcaster, and Teacher. - for Realtors, Real Estate Sales Professionals, Home Builders, New Home Salespeople, Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, and Independent Sales Representatives.
Photography displayed is original composition and artistic expression of Steve Hoffacker, and as such is copyrighted.
© Steve Hoffacker, 2012. All Rights Reserved.
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website or go to my other blog "Steve Hoffacker's Home Sales Insights" for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. Listen to my free podcast messages at "Steve Hoffacker's Happenings."
Steve Hoffacker - Sales Trainer, Author of Sales Books, Commercial Real Estate Broker, Marketing Consultant, Sales Coach, Blogger, Photographer, Motivator, Podcaster, and Teacher. - for Realtors, Real Estate Sales Professionals, Home Builders, New Home Salespeople, Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, and Independent Sales Representatives.
Photography displayed is original composition and artistic expression of Steve Hoffacker, and as such is copyrighted.
© Steve Hoffacker, 2012. All Rights Reserved.
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website or go to my other blog "Steve Hoffacker's Home Sales Insights" for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. Listen to my free podcast messages at "Steve Hoffacker's Happenings."
Steve Hoffacker - Sales Trainer, Author of Sales Books, Commercial Real Estate Broker, Marketing Consultant, Sales Coach, Blogger, Photographer, Motivator, Podcaster, and Teacher. - for Realtors, Real Estate Sales Professionals, Home Builders, New Home Salespeople, Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, and Independent Sales Representatives.
Photography displayed is original composition and artistic expression of Steve Hoffacker, and as such is copyrighted.
© Steve Hoffacker, 2012. All Rights Reserved.
Iconic Mt. Hood in Oregon is visible for miles. When it's dressed like it is in this shot by Gretchen and Mel, it's easy to see why.
Via Gretchen & Mel Ahrens (ColumbiaGorgeFSBO.com):
Silent Saturday - Gorgeous Winter Morning On Mt. Hood
This is the view of Mt. Hood this morning, about 1/2 mile from our house in Parkdale, Oregon. I took this at about 8 a.m. this morning. on the way to our son, Ben's, basketball game. Today promises to be sunny and gorgeous. Is it any wonder why we love living here?
If you are looking to sell or purchase a home in the Columbia Gorge region, be sure to check out ColumbiaGorgeFSBO.com. Property Owners in Hood River, The Dalles, White Salmon, Parkdale, Goldendale and other Columbia Gorge communities have chosen ColumbiaGorgeFSBO.com to assist them in marketing their properties. Be sure to view what the Columbia Gorge FSBO market has to offer potential buyers.
Sellers, we can assist you in marketing your home to achieve SOLD!.
Call us at 541-716-4254 or 509-540-1309.
I posted earlier in the week about the "Sorry, that content is protected" message - whatever that means.
Many people were experiencing this meddlesome message - some more than others. It was reported to have gone away. At any rate it is back more than ever.
It is on this post that I am writing now, even as I am composing it - funny that my content is protected before there even is content. Now, that's proactive protection!
It is annoying and even nonsensical. Consider what it could possibly mean at the top of my groups page:
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website or go to my other blog "Steve Hoffacker's Home Sales Insights" for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. Listen to my free podcast messages at "Steve Hoffacker's Happenings."
Steve Hoffacker - Sales Trainer, Author of Sales Books, Commercial Real Estate Broker, Marketing Consultant, Sales Coach, Blogger, Photographer, Motivator, Podcaster, and Teacher. - for Realtors, Real Estate Sales Professionals, Home Builders, New Home Salespeople, Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, and Independent Sales Representatives.
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