columbus ohio: Columbus Ohio - 07/17/08 04:39 PM
Columbus Ohio is the big city that no one expects. Columbus is the 15th largest city in the United States. Columbus is the largest city in Ohio and the state capital.
Columbus is unique for a city of it's size in that it is still growing, geographically and population wise.
Columbus is in … (2 comments)
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columbus ohio: Red White & Boom - 07/01/08 12:05 AM
I go to Red, White & Boom most years… I have never taken my dog. I am surprised when I see dogs and babies at Red White & Boom… I don’t really know much about babies… but I would believe they would startle at loud noises. I know dogs do.
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columbus ohio: Columbus BEST Indonesian Restaurant - Taste of Bali - 06/29/08 11:05 AM
Ooops wrong blog... Does Columbus Ohio have more than one Indonesian Restaurant? I tried Taste of Bali on Saturday night, it is the first Indonesian Restaurant I have ever eaten at. It is definitely my favorite Indonesian restaurant... in or out of Central Ohio.
Authentic? You got me...
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columbus ohio: Refining to Sell: The New "Curb Appeal" - 05/08/08 07:02 PM
Where do buyers first view a home?
If you think buyers are seeing your house or listing for the first time on a Sunday afternoon drive-by, think again. Today's buyer shops for homes just like most other products: on line. Now, more than ever, Realtors and sellers need to pay special attention … (11 comments)
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columbus ohio: Central Ohio Home Sales Statistics - 04/16/08 06:49 PM
Franklin County of Central Ohio - Including Columbus and surrounding communities
It's a great time to buy. With interest rates low, Buyers have the upper hand in the market right now. And with the current inventory of over 9,800 homes, Buyers have many choices to use their incredible buying power.
Good news for Sellers too … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: It's the economy, stupid... - 04/05/08 07:26 AM
I've never tried Thom's on Grandview and I would really hate to post anything about a struggling businss that would hurt the owner's and other employees any worse... I thought about not approving Sam's comment on Discover Columbus.
I feel sorry for both Rob and Sam... Rob's entire famly. I wonder how old Sam … (19 comments)
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columbus ohio: Home Inspector in Columbus Ohio - 03/18/08 02:06 PM
If you are looking for a great home inspector in the Columbus Ohio area, you should consiter contacting Rick Harrington with Patch Home Inspections. I just had him inspect a home for me that I am looking to buy, and he did an incredible job. He has the latest in home … (1 comments)
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columbus ohio: 6641 Elm Park Drive Galloway Ohio 43119 - 4 Bedroom Home in Southwestern Schools - - 03/16/08 09:25 PM
6641 Elm Park Drive Galloway Ohio 43119
$99,899
Spacious bi-level in southwest schools, with attached 2 car garage, 12X16 DECK on a corner lot. Make offer. Agent/owner. … (3 comments)
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columbus ohio: 4 unit Building of 2 Bedroom Townhomes in Columbus Ohio $149,900 - 03/16/08 08:33 PM
3086-3088 Grasmere, Columbus Ohio 43224
$149,900
Great for the Investor - Low Maintenance property
Less than 38k a unit. … (2 comments)
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columbus ohio: Columbus Ohio Tops Forbes Tech City List - 03/13/08 06:31 AM
Ok it's an Up-And-Coming Tech Cities.... list... Silicon Valley has not been replaced by Columbus Ohio yet... Columbus has been on lists of emerging tech cities before of course... often with cities that must be there now whereas Columbus is still "up-and-coming."
The Forbes.com :Top 10 Up-And-Coming Tech Cities" says:
"No. … (6 comments)
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columbus ohio: The Blizzard of '08... spring forward - 03/09/08 12:32 AM
Time change
Did you remember to set your clock ahead? Last night / this morning was the night to "Spring Forward" Of course spring is still twelve days away.
Spring is just around the corner, robins, butterflies, daffodils... How many snows do we still have after the forsythia blooms?
I reminded the … (11 comments)
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columbus ohio: Short North Town Home Condo for Sale Columbus, Ohio 355,000 - 02/28/08 09:41 AM
Condos for sale in victorian village, Condos for sale in Columbus ohio, Condos for sale in the Short north columbus ohio, houses for sale in Italian Village, Condos for sale in Italian village, Condos for sale in downtown columbus ohio.
Victorian Village condo for sale, Downtown columbus ohio condo … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: O-H-I-O - 01/06/08 07:15 PM
Okay, so the game does't really have anything to do with real estate. However, who wouldn't want to own real estate and live in Central Ohio, home of THE Ohio State University. Buckeye fever keeps us mighty warm during these cold months.
(yes, I am totally freaking out, won't be sleeping much … (1 comments)
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columbus ohio: Columbus on Top 20 Cities List for Schools - 12/16/07 03:54 AM
From Forbes.com 'Where To Educate Your Child ' by David Savageau gives the list below which includes Columbus.
Slide show of the Top 20 Places Top to Educate Your Child
For more on education in Central Ohio and what Forbes.com had to say about schools in Columbus Ohio visit ColumbusBestBlog.com - Columbus on … (4 comments)
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columbus ohio: So You Want To Be A Real Estate Investor? - Part 2 - 12/10/07 09:10 AM
In my last post I discussed the ins and outs of investing in real estate by renovating and re-selling properties to realize a short term profit. Today let's look at the concept of investing in rental properties as a longer term strategy.
In recent years, many a client has come to me … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: Columbus Dispatch: Can Ohio's big cities be saved? - 12/09/07 03:31 PM
This morning's Columbus Dispatch was the final installment of an eight day series about the seven largest cities in Ohio.
Today's installment was about Columbus. From the beginning the series admitted Columbus was different than the other six big Ohio cities.
"Except for Columbus, Ohio's big cities have endured vast population and … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: "Can Ohio's big cities be saved?" - 12/03/07 09:18 AM
The seven biggest cities in the state of Ohio are dissected in an eight part special report in The Columbus Dispatch this week called "On the BRINK - Can Ohio's big cities be saved" written by Mark Niquette, Alan Johnson and Joe Hallett.
I wrote about the series on my other … (12 comments)
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columbus ohio: Realtor.com Neighborhoods - 11/20/07 06:46 AM
Have you seen the new neighborhoods on Realtor.com ?
What do you think of it? Nationally Realtor.com has 34 markets now where they have neighborhoods. How does Realtor.com look in your market? How is Realtor.com Neighborhoods the same or different than what ActiveRain intended Localism.com to be?
Will you build neighborhoods for … (14 comments)
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columbus ohio: Can It Be Done on the Beach? - 11/17/07 10:53 AM
As it gets closer to the holidays, I start to think about cooking the Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. The family is coming from Chicago to Columbus and we will all be together. I warmed up a couple of weeks ago by making about 8 gallons of pasta sauce and around 4 pounds … (17 comments)
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columbus ohio: Columbus Bloggers + WOSU + COSI = Social Media Cafe - 11/16/07 10:06 AM
What could happen if traditional media and new media... joined forces in Columbus Ohio?
They've got the megaphone (s) ....
WOSU TV local public TV
WOSU Radio local public radio
Columbus Ohio's got the inquiring minds... COSI Center of Science and Industry
WOSU and COSI have already joined forces... in the Digital … (2 comments)
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columbus ohio: I Ain't Buyin' What YUR Sellin' - 11/14/07 07:11 AM
Just recently, one of my dated posts came back to the top which is cool because I get to add to the story.
As a reminder, I stopped using a particular real estate magazine as a marketing tool as I got NO qualified responses from it and it cost $500 a … (10 comments)
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columbus ohio: Columbus Ohio Nicknames... - 11/12/07 11:32 AM
Columbus Ohio has a number of nicknames. I have seen some nicknames for Columbus Ohio... some current, some historical which seem more like tag lines or slogans for Columbus Ohio than nicknames...
Examples:
Joe is short for Joseph
Tom is a nickname for Thomas
Mo is a nickname for Maureen... I guess not all nicknames that stick are short for the … (1 comments)
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columbus ohio: More Cost Cutting Thoughts - 11/11/07 01:54 PM
I was thinking about increased costs this morning and was planning to write about it, but was beaten to the punch by Sean Allen & Pilar Lorenzo and their cost cutting ideas blog. Here are some of mine.
Gas costs are a big part of the expense structure in any home or office … (10 comments)
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columbus ohio: What Columbus Ohio could learn from Zillow and Trulia in this web 2.0 world - 11/11/07 05:48 AM
Columbus wants to change it's name? According to a Dayton blog, the capital of Ohio, the biggest and best Columbus in the US wants to change it's name because of confusion with the other lesser cities in the US named Columbus. No offense meant to the other cities named Columbus.
In … (9 comments)
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columbus ohio: The holidays are coming, should I take my house off the market? - 11/03/07 09:35 PM
Some folks believe that listing during the holidays can be a waste of time. Not true! While curtailing some family traditions may be necessary to keeping your house appealing to a broad audience, keeping your house on the market is a wise decision.
Many people who are relocating into an area have … (13 comments)
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columbus ohio: Wine drinkers east or west of Columbus Ohio? - 11/01/07 04:38 AM
Wine drinkers are you east or west of Columbus Ohio?
It matters.
On Salon.com Andrew Leonard asked: "What is the greener option, in terms of carbon footprint, for a hypothetical wine-drinking citizen of Ohio: a California merlot from Napa county, a cheap Australian bottle of Yellow Tail shiraz, or a French bordeaux?"
The Salon.com article is … (2 comments)
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columbus ohio: Columbus Halloween Pet Costume Contest... the winner is - 10/27/07 02:43 PM
not my dog Buddy. Buddy does not like wearing costumes.
The winner Raul an English Bulldog won the Columbus Dispatch's 2007 Pet Costume Contest, dressed as Henry VIII complete with wives heads (they look like Barbie Doll heads to me. ) Raul's costume really is creative.
2007 Pet Costume Contest - Slide Show … (7 comments)
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columbus ohio: Happy Hallowiener 2007 - 10/26/07 09:13 AM
The picture is from one of those emails you get... I got this email with dogs dressed up for Halloween over a year ago. Lots of funny dog dressed up in cute costumes... thus the info about the dogs names and personal info about the dogs below the photo...
I think Wiener Dogs … (10 comments)
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columbus ohio: 99.2% of Mortgages Are NOT In Foreclosure - 10/24/07 03:37 PM
That's a line from a report issued by Gary Watts, a real estate economist and forecaster for the real estate industry in California. There's been a lot of buzz in the real estate blog world over his report he presented August 2007 in Monterey, CA at a Coldwell Banker retreat titled, … (2 comments)
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columbus ohio: New Financing Options for First Time Home Buyers - 10/24/07 03:35 PM
Now that the reign of No-Money-Down, Credit-Doesn't-Matter loans are sinking into the sea, it's getting a little tougher for first time home buyers and those credit-challenged buyers to get the financing to buy a home. Here's a couple of options:
1. Fannie Mae offers an Expanded Approval program- lenders can now say … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: Eric Clapton Likes Living in Columbus Ohio- You Would, Too - 10/24/07 03:32 PM
Yes, Eric Clapton has purchased real estate in Columbus, Ohio. While some of the jet-set crowd might wrinkle their noses and giggle at the derogatory nickname of "Cow-lumbus," suggesting our city is not quite as sophisticated as the glam cities of the world, Eric and others smile and quietly enjoy a … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: If the California Cows Relocated to Columbus - 10/24/07 12:54 PM
I wrote "If the California Cows Relocated to Columbus" for ColumbusBestBlog.com, my other blog. I could not post the YouTube to my WordPress.org blog. I tried and tried but could not so I posted it to my third blog, Discover Columbus, a RealTown Blog. I am not going to give a … (5 comments)
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columbus ohio: What do you consider Columbus Ohio? - 10/24/07 11:51 AM
A poll What do you consider Columbus Ohio?
When you hear Columbus Ohio do you think of the City of Columbus? The "Greater Columbus Area?" Or something else?
Geographically what is Columbus Ohio to you?
Is Pataskala Columbus? Columbus - Top Ten US Haunted HousesIs Polaris Columbus?* Polaris Mitchell’s … (1 comments)
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columbus ohio: Halloween in Central Ohio - 10/18/07 07:37 AM
Halloween in Central Ohio... It's not just for kids!
Definitely not for children... Dead Acres is scary. Their website scares me.
Dead Acres is one of the Top Ten Haunted Houses in America
Terror Park at Cooper Stadium
If your tastes have matured from gore and horror to local history and Columbus architecture the 2007 Columbus Landmarks Foundation Halloween … (2 comments)
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columbus ohio: Comment Spam From Your Own Company??? - 10/07/07 06:47 AM
What do you think of other real estate professionals in your market commenting on your blog? Good thing? Bad thing? Depends on how they do it?
What do you think of people within your own company commenting on your blog? This was on my other blog. The company I work for is called Real Living … (25 comments)
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columbus ohio: Stable US Real Estate Markets Columbus IS on the List - 10/03/07 08:48 PM
Columbus made the Forbes.com latest 'Housing Trends" list!
America's Most Stable Housing Markets
I wrote about Columbus being third on the national list on ColumbusBestBlog.com
Who else made the list and what is the order? Look at the "In Pictures: America's Most Stable Real Estate Markets" on Forbes.com for why Moody's Economy.com and Forbes picked these ten cities … (3 comments)
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columbus ohio: Columbus, a Nice Place to Live & Visit!!! - 10/02/07 12:07 PM
In a twist on the phrase "a nice place to visit but you wouldn't want to live there..." Columbus has occasionally been written of as a nice place to live but you would not want to visit here...
In September the New York Times wrote about Columbus in the Travel … (18 comments)
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columbus ohio: Columbus Days 2007 “Come Play in our Backyard “ - 09/26/07 12:59 PM
"Come Play in our Backyard " for Columbus Days 2007. Columbus Day (not a national holiday) is celebrated on Monday October 8, 2007 this year, but Columbus Ohio celebrates Experience Columbus Days all weekend.
"Columbus Ohio" is just one of many cities in the United States named after Christopher Columbus. Columbus Ohio … (8 comments)
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columbus ohio: Columbus "is cool" for kids - 09/22/07 05:05 AM
Columbus Ohio made a list of top cities for single adults, "How does your city rank for singles?"
Forbes.com says of the methodology and rankings of the US cities:
"We looked at 40 of the largest urbanized areas in the country and judged them on culture, nightlife, job growth, the cost of living alone, … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: How does your city rank for singles? - 09/21/07 07:07 AM
"Best Cities For Singles" is on Forbes.com It was published in August. I would not have even noticed the list if not for an article in "The Other Paper" about 24 year old Paul Hamm (an Olympic gymnast) being Columbus Most Eligible Bachelor. Wonder what the difference is between Paul Hamm and his twin brother Morgan?
Forbes.com says: "And … (20 comments)
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columbus ohio: Columbus homes are made of "sugar and spice and everything nice" - 09/19/07 10:59 AM
Oh no... that's little girls are made of, of course...
and the stereotype is little boys are made of "snakes and snails and puppy dogs tails..."
Columbus homes are made of wood, brick, stone, vinyl, aluminum and sometimes "Other."
When I read a Google description of what Tucson Arizona homes are made of I see "mud and termite poo..." … (3 comments)
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columbus ohio: Columbus Ohio zips right along! - 09/18/07 10:47 PM
Several years ago, I read in a local newspaper that Columbus Ohio was within an 8-hour drive of, I believe, something like 60%-70% of the U.S. population. I tried to find an update to that figure, but was unable to locate a current number. Anyway, "lots" of major cities are only … (2 comments)
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columbus ohio: Central Ohio Market Report through August 2007 - 09/12/07 02:16 AM
The numbers on the graphs and the table below are for Franklin and Delaware Counties. The properties represented are single family and condominium homes in the two counties for the past 15 months, through the end of August 2007.
The light green bars are homes for sale. The dark green bars are … (6 comments)
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columbus ohio: Cheaper to Buy Then Rent! Columbus, OHIO Home for Sale - 08/12/07 08:35 AM
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columbus ohio: Columbus Ohio's Best Home Inspector / Blogger? - 08/08/07 02:07 AM
Best? Well David Tamny just may be Columbus Ohio's only real home inspector / blogger. Not taking anything away from those Central Ohio home inspectors who blog on the ActiveRain Real Estate Network, but David wrote his first guest blog on ColumbusBestBlog.com recently AND he has his very own blog on his website.
Maybe other … (5 comments)
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columbus ohio: Central Ohio 'Neighborhood Prices Slide' - 08/03/07 07:21 AM
An article about Columbus making PMI's list of one of the 10 Least Risky markets in the US caught my eye.
A Sunday July 29, 2007 Columbus Dispatch article entitled "Housing market seen as stable" subtitled "Central Ohio's history makes huge price drop unlikely, analysts say" said:
"Even so, all neighborhoods are not equal. … (2 comments)
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columbus ohio: What is a neighborhood? - 08/01/07 07:33 AM
Where's Mr. Roger's when you need him? Of course Mr. Rogers died a few years ago, may he rest in peace.
Neighborhood from TheFreeDictionary.com
"neigh·bor·hood(nbr-hd)n.1. A district or area with distinctive characteristics: a neighborhood of fine homes; an ethnic neighborhood.2. The people who live near one another or in a particular district or … (7 comments)
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columbus ohio: Westerville and Gahanna on Top 100 US Cities List - 07/27/07 06:37 AM
CNNMoney.com recently honored 100 Small Cities in the US as Top Cities:
"Best places to live Best Places to Live: Top 100
"For this year's list we focused on smaller places that offered the best combination of economic opportunity, good schools, safe streets, things to do and a real sense of community"
Included … (2 comments)
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columbus ohio: BlogTour USA stop made the Worthington Paper - 07/19/07 09:17 PM
Last Friday's visit by Joe and Rudy of Sellsius° Real Estate Blog made our local Worthigton paper this week.
Blog Tour stops at HER Office
Rudy and Joe are pictured with Real Living HER office manager Tom Holcombe in the article in This Week Worthington, part of the This Week Community Newspapers which said.
"Creating a … (9 comments)
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columbus ohio: What’s an Acre, and Can I Get one in Columbus? - 07/10/07 03:20 PM
July 10th, 2007 categories: Real Estate News, Columbus News
An acre is defined by 43,560 square feet. That’s one of those things you pick up in Realtor school if you didn’t know it. (and why would you, really?) It’s also about 4,840 square yards. This is what it looks like … (1 comments)
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columbus ohio: When to make an offer - Pulling the Trigger on the purchase offer - 07/10/07 03:16 PM
July 6th, 2007 categories: Real Estate News, For Home Buyers
When it comes to making an offer on the home you like, it’s just not worth it to wait.
You can come up with a thousand different reasons in your mind about why it’s a good idea to:
wait … (1 comments)
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columbus ohio: Bert and Ernie's BlogTour USA - 07/09/07 10:05 AM
Have you looked at photos of the BlogTour USA guys?
It is sorta eery how much they resemble Bert and Ernie....isn't it?
Central Ohio bloggers (not just real estate bloggers... bloggers in general) the bus stops here in Worthington on Friday.
Who did the YouTube of Bert and … (9 comments)
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columbus ohio: Columbus' Doo Dah Parade - 07/03/07 09:51 AM
It's not for everyone. It's not your normal 4th of July parade. More about the Doo Dah Parade on ColumbusBestBlog.com
1:00 July 4, 2007 Short North and Victorian Village neighborhoods.
Doo Dah Parade - These photos are from the era when Columbus voted to ban smoking... they could almost redo these entries this year since … (7 comments)
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columbus ohio: Central Ohio Census - 06/28/07 11:56 AM
Columbus is still the 15th largest US city according to recent estimates by the US Census Bureau.
The Columbus Dispatch article about new population information was more locally focused than articles I read about the new information in most large newspapers and even newspapers in Ohio outside Central Ohio (Dayton Daily, Akron Beacon Journal) or maybe … (5 comments)
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columbus ohio: I dreamed Columbus was climbing the charts.. - 06/28/07 11:30 AM
I dreamed Columbus was climbing the census charts...
I thought I heard on the news very early this morning that Columbus was now the 14th largest city in the US. Maybe I was more asleep than awake but I tried to find the info on the US Census Bureau site and via Google … (6 comments)
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columbus ohio: "Columbus?" - 06/27/07 02:22 PM
"Columbus?" is the headline of a blog post from a Pittsburgh blogger.
What does Columbus Ohio have in common with New York, Los Angeles, London, Chicago, Rome, Madrid, Toronto, Houston, Washington, Atlanta, Paris, Seattle, San Diego, Austin Texas, Minneapolis, Denver, San Francisco, Portland Oregon, Dallas, Singapore, St. Louis, Jakarta, Brooklyn NY, Philadelphia, Mexico … (12 comments)
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columbus ohio: “Gourmet Kitchen!” — uhm, really, do you think so?? - 06/26/07 02:40 PM
June 21st, 2007 categories: Real Estate News, For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers
The term “Gourmet Kitchen” is dead. I’m making the pronouncement right now, Time of Death: 12:37 PM Thursday June 21, 2007. (Happy Summer!)
I remember the days when it used to mean something to have a gourmet … (6 comments)
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columbus ohio: Real Living is an Inman Innovator Finalist Again - 06/25/07 07:22 PM
Real Living is a finalist in the Inman Innovators in the category of Most Innovative Brokerage or Franchise. The finalists were announced today Monday June 25, 2007. The winners (there are four other categories, 39 companies in total nominated) will be announced at the Inman News Real Estate Connect in August.
Most … (8 comments)
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columbus ohio: "thinking outside the circle" - 06/17/07 02:49 PM
Real Living's brand is a circle with the company name in. Real Living HER's brand is two circles.
I personally have always thought of the circles as "polka dots" but my boss recently told me the Real Living brands are circles not polka dots.
Real Living is expanding. The story of Real Living's … (11 comments)
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columbus ohio: Homes for sale climb, selling - 05/26/07 08:50 AM
Just want to share some stats on new home listings, compared to April 2006, this April 2007 home listings are 8.5 % higher then last April. So far this year sales are sluggish and homes remain on the market longer. This is why you need a professional real estate agent who will … (1 comments)
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columbus ohio: "Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite ... " - 05/26/07 04:54 AM
Growing up my mother said "Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite" to us at bedtime. I had no concept of what "sleep tight" meant but the part about bed bugs really concerned me.
Bedbugs were virtually eradicated from the United Stats after World War II according to what I have read about them. I … (6 comments)
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columbus ohio: SKYBUS takes off - What'll it mean for Columbus Home Markets? - 05/22/07 02:29 PM
Skybus Airline's first passenger flight took off from Port Columbus today. The fleet of 8 jets (with 65 on order) will service 9 cities. Today's first flight was en route to Burbank California. Therein lies the catch. It's not exactly direct to Los Angeles, but hey, it's close. It's close to … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: Hey Buyers! Let's talk about Showings - How many are too many? - 05/21/07 02:26 PM
Are 25 showings too many? How about 45? Is it unrealistic to think that buyers should find the right home after seeing a dozen homes? There is no right answer since buyers, like snowflakes, are never the same. While I'm at it, you can't step into the same market twice. What the … (2 comments)
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columbus ohio: The two main tracks that run through Columbus how active are they? - 05/17/07 03:44 PM
If you know, tell me because oddly enough, I have two different buyers involved with homes whose property lines end at rail road easements with an active track. Both are nice homes, both share the same track, the one that rides North and South on the West side of town (as … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: Absorption Rate OR How long will my house be on the market? - 05/14/07 10:18 AM
NOTE--this post appeared a year ago on my other blog and I'm just putting it here for sellers to understand the market better. I will revisit absorption rate and update theses numbers this week. It'll be an interesting comparison. I know Midtown Columbus, for example, has considerably more homes on the … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: cutting down on pie charts - 05/10/07 06:45 AM
I had a business cartoon on my Discover Columbus Blog recently, an "Andertoon" by Mark Anderson.
In the Andertoon there's a business meeting going on, there are bar graphs being projected onto a screen in a power point presentation. The caption reads "Finally, to help those of us counting carbs we've moved to bar graphs instead … (17 comments)
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columbus ohio: Columbus Ohio, it's a matter of style - 05/09/07 08:21 AM
I have cartoons on my Discover Columbus blog. Andertoons Business Cartoons and BLaugh.
Why do I have cartoons on Discover Columbus? Because Columbus Ohio is kinda cartoony. Humorist James Thurber was born and raised in Columbus and went on to become well known writing and drawing cartoons for The New Yorker. Ohio State University has a Comics … (5 comments)
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columbus ohio: Attention Columbus Home Inspectors - 05/08/07 07:07 AM
If blogs had windows....
If my two blogs, Discover Columbus and Columbus Best Blog each had a big plate glass front window there'd be a help wanted sign in the windows of both blogs.
I am looking for a home inspector guest blogger to write ... about home inspection occasionally on one of my other … (14 comments)
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columbus ohio: Central Ohio's Best Open House List - 05/06/07 03:51 AM
Real Living HER's open house list is the biggest and best list in Central Ohio. Today there are 391 (+/_ ) homes listed by Real Living agents open throughought Central Ohio on that list.
Visting open houses can be a great way to start a home search. Attending open houses can be a good way … (5 comments)
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columbus ohio: Happy Cinco de Mayo Central Ohio - 05/05/07 06:38 AM
I'd say "Happy Cinco de Mayo Columbus" but I like the sorta rhyme in "Happy Cinco de Mayo Central Ohio."
Central Ohio's Channel 10's "Commit To Be Fit" website says: "Columbus was labeled the 5th fattest city in the United States in 2001, and that brought on a whole host of health concerns." … (13 comments)
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columbus ohio: If you search you may Discover Columbus - 04/30/07 12:00 PM
Elaine Reese has written more than once about odd blog searches. I don't really pay that much attention to the searches that allow people to end up on my blogs.
For just last week I looked at what people searched for on my Discover Columbus blog,,, food searches, lots of food searches.....
Someone searched for "Las Margaritas Restaurante … (6 comments)
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columbus ohio: Ride a Bike to Your Favorite Downtown Columbus Summer Festival - 04/23/07 02:33 PM
Mayor Mike is up to his old green ways again while he promotes his GREEN campaign by promoting the bicycle-friendliness of Columbus' major festivals. Did you know that Columbus has 58 miles of fitness and bike trails (though for the life of me, I can't find an online map detailing them). The bike corral … (2 comments)
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columbus ohio: Throw Away Your Furniture - 04/23/07 10:57 AM
Or at least pretend you threw it away while you're looking for your next home. Your current furniture simply can't be a deciding factor in the search for your new home.
Your family room furniture is modern so you can't look at a traditional home? If you keep this mindset, you … (6 comments)
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columbus ohio: You can stick a first floor half bath almost anywhere - 04/19/07 02:56 PM
On my "Real" blog, I'm switching formats and going to a WordPress platform and getting away from my more website-like blog. It's a slow process but while I'm switching I thought I'd post some of my archived postings from months and years past that may be helpful or at least information. This … (3 comments)
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columbus ohio: Knob and Tube wiring can be an insurance problem - 04/19/07 02:46 PM
On my "Real" blog, I'm switching formats and going to a WordPress platform and getting away from my more website-like blog. It's a slow process but while I'm switching I thought I'd post some of my archived postings from months and years past that may be helpful or at least information. This … (3 comments)
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columbus ohio: The ever elusive three bedroom condo - 04/19/07 02:41 PM
On my "Real" blog, I'm switching formats and going to a WordPress platform and getting away from my more website-like blog. It's a slow process but while I'm switching I thought I'd post some of my archived postings from months and years past that may be helpful or at least information. This … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: Franklinton Condo Project to finally happen? - 04/16/07 04:09 PM
It seems a long, long time ago that we first heard about it, but City officials announced a $23 million plan last Friday to turn two former industrial sites and a vacant lot in Franklinton into condominiums, apartments and artists' studios.
Mayor Coleman said the privately funded development will transform the long-troubled … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: Just How BIG is Columbus, Ohio? - 04/09/07 09:54 AM
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columbus ohio: Monday Moring Rant -- Gators Go Home - 04/02/07 12:37 PM
Columbus Ohio is all about The Ohio State University.
This city eats and sleeps all things Buckeye Nation. It's really an unbelievable accomplishment to make it to both the NCAA Division I football AND basketball championship games in the same year. And then, to play the same team in two different sports? … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: Monday Morning Rant - The Kitchen Trash Can - 03/27/07 10:44 AM
I don't know about your house, but my family generates a lot of trash - most of it in the kitchen. Sure, we recycle with the best of them-cans, glass, paper. It doesn't matter, the trash keeps coming and coming. We live in the city and we have a decent sized … (5 comments)
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columbus ohio: 2007 February Columbus area Home Sales - Rosy outlook or mixed bag? - 03/21/07 12:44 PM
Columbus and Central Ohio Home Sales were up last month, compared to 2006. Depending on how you look at it, that's good news.
Central Ohio home sales were up almost eight percent in February from a year ago. The 1,549 sales were 7.9 percent higher than the 1,436 homes sold in February … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: Help buyers get a more concrete idea of the neighborhood with Microsoft Virtual Earth - 03/20/07 02:28 PM
Everyone seems to be familiar with Google Earth. It is very cool to zoom in on your house from space, after all. Have you ever tried mapping with Microsoft Virtual Earth? It is very neat. I've had buyers tell me it really helps give them an idea of where the new … (1 comments)
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columbus ohio: Contract 101 - When do you get your home insurance in place? - 03/16/07 11:04 AM
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columbus ohio: Always be Prepared (for something to go wrong) (at the last minute) - 03/15/07 02:04 PM
Ahhh, the Ides of March. An old, blind soothsayer once told me to beware the Ides of March and today I was figuratively stabbed in the back. We were to close today on a lovely Columbus home I have listed. The seller had her car all packed, her niece was here … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: Monday Morning Rant -- How Coldwell Banker Ripped Me Off (sort of) - 03/14/07 03:24 PM
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columbus ohio: Is the Closing the end of a beautiful Relationship? - 03/14/07 02:53 PM
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columbus ohio: Bexley Market Update - 03/05/07 02:30 PM
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columbus ohio: March Housing Market will Come in Like a Lion - 03/01/07 01:39 PM
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columbus ohio: Dirt Cheap Homes and $1 Land Leases - 02/26/07 01:12 PM
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columbus ohio: State of the City Address - 02/24/07 11:30 AM
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columbus ohio: The Big One -- The 51st Central Ohio Home & Garden Show - 02/22/07 01:21 PM
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columbus ohio: Pesky Potholes Make Me Petulant - 02/22/07 12:37 PM
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columbus ohio: Monday Morning Rant -- Pick up My Christmas Tree! - 02/12/07 01:56 PM
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columbus ohio: Central Ohio Hero on Extreme Makeover Home Edition - February 11, 2007 - 02/10/07 01:23 PM
The February 11, 2007 episode of Extreme Makeover Home Edition is a Whitehall Ohio location! Columbus' own M/I Homes demolished and rebuilt a house for the family of former Marine Sergeant Jason L. Thomas. Whitehall is an eastside suburb of Columbus.
From the local website: "WATCH THE SHOW SUNDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2007" The local website has lots of great … (7 comments)
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columbus ohio: The Columbus Housing Partnership - 02/09/07 09:43 AM
Columbus Housing Partnership, or CHP as most call it, helps put families in homes in Columbus and they help them to stay there too. Columbus Housing Partnership provides homeowner education, credit counseling, manages free grant money for certain areas of town that can be applied to down payments and home purchases … (0 comments)
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columbus ohio: National Consumer Protection Week - Help before Foreclosure - 02/07/07 02:06 PM
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columbus ohio: Renovation Trials and Tribulations - 02/06/07 07:06 PM
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columbus ohio: Ten Best Cities to Sleep.... - 02/06/07 03:06 AM
Ines, Teresa, Craig Schiller, Brian Brady can sleep? Strangely I do run into Blogging Bonnie Erickson a lot in during the night... and what about those Codgers up at the crack of dawn?
1. Anaheim, CA2. Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA3. Raleigh-Durham, NC4. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 5. Chicago, IL 6. Pittsburgh, PA7. San Diego, CA8. … (14 comments)
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columbus ohio: The Columbus Zoo - 02/02/07 03:59 PM
Did you know the Columbus Zoo has half price admission in January and February 2007? That's over half way over now!
What do bulls, rabbits, groundhogs, bears and colts have to do with Discover Columbus? All those animals and more reside at the Columbus Zoo? The Columbus Zoo probably does have all … (2 comments)
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columbus ohio: Minerva Park Real Estate - 5 Reasons to Buy in 2007 - 01/31/07 02:25 PM
Minerva Park is a village in Central Ohio. It is a suburb of Columbus, one of the early suburbs. Minerva Park is in northeast Franklin County.
Beauty Winter, spring, summer or fall, Minerva Park is beautiful with it's mature trees, classic homes, lakes and ravines. The lakes in the village are for … (1 comments)
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