ann arbor: I hate my son, part II - 07/09/08 02:49 AM
Yes, we are there again, with the sarcasm only partly in check. These darn kids have a way of growing up and having minds of their own, no matter what we do!
Tonight I was livid with my son for having lounged all day when chores had been assigned. His summer … (1 comments)
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ann arbor: Agents! Stop Stretching the Truth! - 07/09/08 01:37 AM
Now that you have all stopped rolling around on the floor laughing, please hear what I have to say. I just did a very involved market analysis for a property I hope to list. In the details I sent along in an email with comps attached I had to constantly state … (0 comments)
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ann arbor: Electricity is better than sex! - 07/04/08 01:28 AM
OK, I will not seriously open that debate.
I only know that when our power went out yesterday at 7:30PM and I decreed that we should family-bond in the candle light until 9PM, everyone was cool. When 9PM arrived, FINALLY, the generator would not start. That is when that lovin' feeling … (16 comments)
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ann arbor: The Things We Do For Love...and Dave Sedaris - 06/10/08 10:50 PM
Like walking in the rain and the snow and...
....standing in line for 4.5 hours inside the Borders on Liberty in Ann Arbor to have Dave Sedaris personally sign his latest book When You Are Engulfed In Flames. It's to be a welcome-home gift for my daughter who adores his writing and will be returning … (7 comments)
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ann arbor: Be Not Afraid - 05/23/08 12:58 AM
Today I had some really disturbing news from one of my buyers. He had been in the neighborhood where we are scheduled to close on a property next Friday. The deal has been up and down, extended this long since an early March contract date for very legitimate reasons beyond the … (6 comments)
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ann arbor: Hello Ann Arbor! Make me a deal! - 05/07/08 01:45 AM
Michigan has been on hard times for a while now - it's no secret. But everyone here is not suffering. Investors are looking at properties, plenty of foreclosures, and making incredible deals.
This past week I wrote four cash deals for two different investors. Each expects to live in one and flip … (4 comments)
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ann arbor: Get out of my property! - 04/07/08 01:29 AM
The other day I heard a pretty chilling story from an owner of income property and it is forcing him to rethink his entire strategy of income property as a way to accumulate wealth. He has lost, not earned, a lot of money.
He had rented one of his income properties to … (8 comments)
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ann arbor: I think I'm in love...again - 04/02/08 01:02 AM
It all started at the wedding of clients of mine a few weeks ago. I was delighted to be invited since I knew it was to be a small affair, spur of the moment despite the engagement, because of a job change. They had planned an exotic wedding in Hawaii to mark the event but … (17 comments)
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ann arbor: It's the foreclosure that wo-ooon't end...it just goes on and on my friend... - 03/30/08 10:20 PM
Time for another tale from the dark side.My intrepid buyers have been faithfully bidding on property for nearly a year now, coming up against the infamous, "highest and best" bidding process in numerous offers. Well, recently they won, "won" being a relative term. I have to question the bank's integrity on this … (9 comments)
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ann arbor: Bills, homes, and dogs, etc. - 01/05/08 01:12 AM
Tonight I'm having one of those nights....
The bills are overdue, we lost our home, and the dog died.
Allow me to clarify.
*First, the bills ARE overdue. It's winter in Michigan: cold (heat bills), dark (electric bills), slippery (son's car sliding-off-of-road bills), snow plow bills (16 inches a few days ago), Christmas and son/daughter birthdays since Thanksgiving (enough … (1 comments)
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ann arbor: I'm just going to keep this big house...for now.... - 01/02/08 01:24 AM
I am a relative newbie to active rain but I have blogged on several occasions about the down market we are experiencing in Michigan. Auto industry woes, exodus of other major employers, the news just keeps hitting us one wave after another. Yet we hang in there, many of us, knowing … (6 comments)
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ann arbor: How to write a contract, 101 - 12/14/07 11:30 PM
Today I received a bottom-lined contract on one of my listings, HURRAH!, and handed it over to my transaction coordinator. It had the essentials, sure, but there were so many errors, including my name, that I handed it over with the notation that it was a pretty sloppy effort. MY TC … (7 comments)
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ann arbor: Naked sidewalks, walkways, and driveways via de-icing materials - 12/14/07 01:16 PM
I was looking at my stats a minute ago and realized the blog I wrote about finding innocent sellers at home in the Ann Arbor area, naked, was the one that overwhelmingly had the most number of comments. Let's see if "naked" works the same magic here.The topic is not about naked really, … (11 comments)
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ann arbor: Value-added Realtor at your Disposal - 12/13/07 12:10 AM
One of the messages I have internalized through the extensive training in my Ann Arbor Keller Williams Realty office is the need to differentiate ME from every other agent out there. I need to have valid reasons for buyers and sellers to work with me, beyond charm and good looks. (The looks fade with … (5 comments)
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ann arbor: Sublets by necessity and further ramblings - 12/03/07 12:35 AM
I have been stuggling with a huge dilemma this year in that we cannot afford to pay our daughter's college tuition - believe me we can't - despite the fact that we had told her we could and never doubted we could. My income was meant to cover that. Michigan real estate … (4 comments)
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ann arbor: Decisive buyers in Ann Arbor - what a novel idea! - 11/15/07 12:12 AM
Working in Ann Arbor as a realtor has its ups and downs these days but the highs definitely outweigh the lows. Witness today's events.1) LOW: A "sure thing" deal fell completely apart and though I am confident the buyer will buy, it won't be this property that he loves and now it … (0 comments)
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