dallas county real estate: Buyers Where Art Thou?? - 04/27/08 06:23 PM
Don't let the National "Gloom & Doom" scare you away!
Haven't you heard? Dallas is one the the strongest real estate markets in the country? Is is because our economy is one of the strongest, well yes. Is is because housing values have remained stable, well, yes. Is is because of job … (8 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Powerpage: The Real Estate Equivalent of the Stock Market's Big Board - 02/17/08 10:00 AM
Up-to-the-minute listings are available to the general public from my website, along with Dallas area foreclosures and I love it! So do buyers, neighbors, other agents, and folks relocating to the Dallas area.
Price changes and changes in status (from active to option) are shown in addition to new listings. There's even … (4 comments)
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dallas county real estate: OPEN HOUSE - Sunday 4/20 @ 2905 Welborn, Dallas TX (Oak Lawn area) - 01/26/08 03:45 PM
Stop by and check out this fabulous luxury townhouse at 2905 Welborn, Dallas TX on Sunday, April 20th from 1:00 - 4:00. One block south of Oak Lawn at the corner of Gillespie & Welborn is where you'll find us. Park around the corner on Gillespie or in the lot next … (7 comments)
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dallas county real estate: REDUCED! 2905 Welborn St., Dallas TX 75219 - 12/11/07 09:19 PM
LOCATION & LOOKS!! Lush landscaping and mature trees frame this fabulous tri-level townhouse in the "Mansion Park" area of Oak Lawn (Dallas). Truly impressive with exceptional finishes and attention to detail through every room, this home leaves nothing to be desired.
Close to downtown for the busy executive, yet … (4 comments)
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dallas county real estate: 704 Edgfield, Garland, TX 75040 - Adorable Remodel! - 11/15/07 03:17 PM
Adorable Remodel in GarlandLocation: HilandMOVE-IN CONDITION!! This beautifully restored home features a sparkling new kitchen with custom tile countertops, cabinets and appliances. The bathroom has also been tastefully remodeled. The dining-breakfast area as well as the backyard are very large. There is new flooring, lighted ceiling fans, plumbing fixtures, and much … (2 comments)
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dallas county real estate: 2723 Andrea Lane, Dallas TX $109,900 - Awesome Remodel! - 11/12/07 03:05 PM
Beautiful 4 bedroom remodel in Dallas! Location: Shiloh Park ~ OPEN HOUSE ~ Sunday, 11/11/2007 2:00 PM - 4:00 PMBeautiful remodel on almost a quarter of acre. Gorgeous hardwoods, new ceramic tile in wet areas. Beautiful custom kitchen cabinets and stainless steel appliances. New lighting throughout, custom niche and full size … (2 comments)
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dallas county real estate: How Soon Do You Want To Sell Your Home? - 10/03/07 11:00 AM
1% - Price your home 20% above Fair Market Value, and 1/5 of prospects may buy.10% - Price your home 15% above Fair Market Value, and 10% of prospects may buy.25% - Price your home 10% above Fair Market Value, and 25% of prospects may buy.50% - PRICE YOUR HOME AT … (1 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Real Estate Auction in Dallas - 08/16/07 10:16 PM
Despite having a TX auctioneers license (in addition to my real estate license), I had never been to a real estate auction until tonight. I had been down to the court house several times for the county foreclosure auction, but this was an honest to goodness "real" auction company conducting this … (2 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas County Texas Homes - Arlington Texas Homes - Dallas County Real Estate - 08/15/07 04:24 PM
6026 SHETLAND DRDALLAS, TX 75230
Fab remodeled hm nestled on a quiet cul-de-sac in the prestigious 12500 neighborhood.2 story light filled liv rm is made warm and inviting by marble fp.Delight in the view you get from the flower filled courtyd off the din rm.Oversized fam rm has coffered paneling,brick flrs and … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Adorable East Dallas Cottage Open House 5/5 12-2pm - 05/04/07 09:35 PM
Don't miss your opportunity to see this adorable home in East Dallas. Great convenient location, near White Rock Lake and Casa Linda Shopping Center. Home is 2 bedrooms with 3 living areas, 1 of which can be converted to a 3rd bedroom. Home sits on Corner Lot with a large fenced in backyard, recently poured carport, refinished … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Market Report for Coppell, TX - April 2007 - 05/02/07 10:39 PM
If you have any questions about or would like to know the market conditions for your specific area or neighborhood please visit www.DFWMarketSnapshot.com.Equal Opportunity Housing * All information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate - Appraiser on the Watch List - 08/12/06 08:48 PM
It seems as though I'm not "allowed" to have a smooth transaction. I posted a few days ago about a situation where the buyer wants to meet the seller for a final walk through before closing. Boy did this almost blow up this week.So, the lender had 4 appraisers take a … (3 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Buyers and Sellers go Full Circle - 08/12/06 08:42 PM
I represented these Sellers. We get to closing 6 days late because the buyer's loan all of a sudden was not in a clear to close mode like we were all told. That was actually ok, because my sellers were buying a new home and we hadn't received the CO yet, … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate - Rain Finally Arrived! - 08/12/06 08:31 PM
The Country had the second hottest July on record, behind 1936. I think Dallas having one of it's hottest summers ever, but definitely doesn't beat 1980 or 1998. We've had about 20 days over 100 degrees, and even though people think Dallas is hot, that's actually unusual.But then, this morning, I … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate - Change your Locks after Closing - 08/10/06 05:37 PM
After you close on a house, you need to change your locks. You don't actually have to change the actual lock as rekeying a lock is much cheaper, but you never know who has copies of the keys. If the previous owners didn't change their locks, you could have people from … (2 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate- High Rises Missing a Floor - 08/10/06 04:45 PM
This is hilarious... did you know that some developers omit the 13th floor of a high rise building?? I had never heard of this before. There's a new condo conversation going on in Dallas and instead of having a 13th floor for residences, they are putting the pool and workout equipment … (7 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate - Mixed-Use Community - 08/10/06 04:35 PM
It seems as though mixed-use communities are sprouting up all over the place. The developers have this plan to make suburban areas more like urban areas so people who move to the suburbs reluctantly can still have the city feel. It's happening all over Dallas and now they're sprouting one in … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate- July had 10% Drop - 08/09/06 10:53 AM
My seller's are constantly wondering why the showings have slowed down or why there aren't any showings period. In July, there was a 10% drop in home sales which followed a 5% drop in June.
We currently have 47,391 listings on the market which is about 8% higher than last year!! … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate- Staging - 08/09/06 10:09 AM
I had my first attempt at really helping a seller stage their home this week. Below are some of the before and after pictures. I was unable to utilize the garage for storage, so there is still more furniture in the rooms that I would like, but at least the spaces … (9 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate- Specific Performance - 08/08/06 07:54 AM
Within an executed contract, the seller has agreed to sell their home, with no way out of the contract. That's called Specific Performance, as they must perform their end. However, the buyer has a way out almost every time as you can just claim something about financing. Or if they default, … (2 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate- Work Picks up as I leave town - 08/06/06 03:27 PM
The big joke is to schedule plans to be out of town at least once a quarter because you'll notice your business will pick up right before you leave. As I was driving out of town on Friday, I had about 15 minutes before I would lose cell reception, and the listing … (5 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate- Commuting to work - 08/04/06 08:24 AM
I just read about a contest going on in the North Texas area about trying to get people to car pool. They estimated about 3 million people driving to and from work everyday and 9 out of 10 are driving alone. The contest is at http://www.tryparkingit.com/. "Only" 235,512 miles have been … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate- Seller's Closing Costs - 08/03/06 06:37 PM
It amazes me how many sellers think they can just get a contract on their house, show up to closing, and get the amount of the sales price at closing. Many sellers don't understand that they have their own closing costs, just like a buyer.Sellers don't just pay a commission to sell … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate- ASP- Accredited Staging Professional - 08/02/06 07:05 PM
I got my ASP today! I am now a certified ASP REALTOR®. The ASP is an Accredited Staging Professional.
Staging is NOT decorating! Staging is de-personalizing. Staging is getting a house ready to sell faster and for higher dollar. A staged home makes all the difference in the world.
For our final exam, … (1 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Yesterday's National Night Out - 08/02/06 07:10 AM
National Night Out was fun in my neighborhood. There was a live band, a jump house, and some other air blown slide thing for the kids. I definitely think we had enough people to keep you Crime Watch signs up for another year. You have to have something like 40% of … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Big Dallas Business Cutting Jobs- EDS - 08/01/06 07:03 PM
Plano based EDS announced that they will be cutting anywhere from 3000-4000 jobs, globally, in the second half of the year. IKES!! Collin County is already seeing high foreclosure rates and this does not look good. I imagine many of those people will have problems finding comparable jobs and then I get … (1 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Texas Schools Unacceptable - 08/01/06 06:56 PM
This is ridiculous!! Last year, there were 264 schools that were ranked as unacceptable and this year, that number jumped up to 321! How does this happen? What's funny (not really) is all the schools that cheated on their TAKS Tests (standardized tests) didn't help much as most of those are … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas County in Heat Emergency? - 08/01/06 08:15 AM
The Dallas County officaials are thinking about declaring a heat emergency. There are now 8 heat related deaths across the county as even the night time temperatures are staying above 80 degrees.The news keeps reflecting back to the summer of 1980 as the hottest summer with 69 days over 100 degrees, … (2 comments)
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dallas county real estate: FBI Investigates Dallas Independent School District - 07/31/06 06:26 PM
Like it's not enough that Texas is getting a bad rap about all the cheating on the standardized tests, but now the FBI has come to town to investigate DISD and their credit card use. About a month ago, DISD found out that some of their employees were using the district … (3 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Texas Registration Tags Change - 07/31/06 06:17 PM
This past year, many people griped and moaned about the new registration tags for our cars. They're were much bigger than the previous years and they had this awful, cloudy, almost clear boarder with the Texas Flag in the middle... It was huge and it obstructs some view out the front … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate- CSS bought eHomeshowings.com - 07/28/06 01:37 PM
It was announced yesterday that eHomeshowings.com has been bought by CSS, Centralized Showing Services. It was inevitable. EHS was never as big as CSS. I used CSS when I was with a previous broker, so when I had to sign up with EHS, a much smaller company, I was disappointed. I … (5 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate- A Reason for Everything - 07/28/06 01:33 PM
I truly believe there is a reason for everything... the latest event that happened to fuel this theory more is that I met my grandmother for the first time in almost 18 years and I have to thank real estate for that.
If I wasn't in real estate, I would have had … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: National Night Out - 07/28/06 01:28 PM
I just wanted to remind everyone about National Night Out on August 1. It's coming up pretty quick. This is a great way to meet your neighbors and create new friendships. I've only been in my neighborhood for about 10 months, so I'm definitely looking forward to meeting new people.
I really … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: First A/C'd Mall in the South Demolished - 07/26/06 09:17 AM
Big Town Mall in Mesquite started demolision, but it was just a procedure as the mall has been dead for years. Me? I say, "Where the heck is Big Town? I've never heard of it!" I've been here for 22 years and never heard of Big Town Mall.
It was the first … (1 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate- Best Places to Live in Dallas - 07/25/06 11:15 AM
Money Magazine did their usual rankings for this year and four Dallas areas made the top 100 list for the best places to live: Carrollton, Denton, Plano, and Richardson. Not to be biased, but i moved to Richardson 22 years ago and currently still reside here, so I could have told you … (2 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate - Writing an Offer - 07/25/06 09:48 AM
Verbal contracts are not held up in a Real Estate transaction. Everything must be in writing. All terms of everything must be discussed. I love it when an out of town buyer tells me to just call up the listing agent and ask if such and such price is ok. I'm … (1 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate- DFW Area Ranked 9th Largest Across Country - 07/23/06 04:48 PM
I always thought DFW was in the top 10 of largest metropolotan areas, but I guess I was wrong. People always think Ft Worth is larger than it really is, but it's actually a small fraction of the metroplex, whereas Dallas holds well over the majority of the population. Granted, Ft … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Gas Price hit an All Time High - 07/23/06 04:35 PM
Can you believe the price of gas these days?? We just hit an all-time high of $3.015 across the country. The high we beat was set in September of 2005 and it was at $3.0117.
I've been asked many times if the price of gas is going to change my business and … (1 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Cold Front this Weekend - 07/21/06 01:39 PM
I can't wait for this weekend! We have had 10 days in a row of triple digit temperatures. We even hit 107 earlier this week, which was the highest recorded temperature in over 3 years! This weekend, we will be dropping to 95 degrees!! Can you believe it?? 95 degrees, possibly … (6 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate - New Frisco Development - 07/21/06 01:29 PM
A new development is slated to start next month in Frisco, Crosswinds. This will be 1000 acres of Residential and parks off Lebanon and west of the Tollway. It looks as though the lot sizes might be a bit larger than what we're used to seeing these days. The original plot … (2 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate - 5% Appreciation - 07/21/06 11:13 AM
With the latest statistics coming out, it looks as though the North Texas area has actually seen some apprciation instead of just being "flat" as most people would say it's been. Compared to the same period of 2005, the first half of 2006 showed 5% appreciation! Granted, we still have around … (2 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Texas Longhorns #2?? - 07/20/06 06:57 PM
What?? Can this be right?? The latest poll that was conducted shows Texas rated as #2 with Oklahoma as #1... no way! I mean, sure Texas lost some big players this year, but they're on a 20 game winning streak! OK was 8-4 overall last year. How could a team with … (2 comments)
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dallas county real estate: A New Kind of Tooth Fairy - 07/20/06 06:52 PM
There was an article published on www.dallasnews.com today about a new company in Austin that will store a child's baby teeth for future use to potentially cure diseases. This is supposed to replace embryonic stem cell research. They aren't sure whether this will work or not, but it's $595 for the … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate- Increase in Foreclosure - 07/14/06 02:48 PM
This is the latest information posted on Dallasnews.com about foreclosures in the Dallas area.
Residential properties scheduled for foreclosure auction in August and the change from last year.
Dallas County 1,412 +30% Collin County 342 +34% Tarrant County 897 +17% Denton County 310 +30% Rockwall County 43 +23% D-FW area 2,961 +26% SOURCE: … (2 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate- How Many Homes to View - 07/14/06 02:29 PM
How many homes is too many to view at a time?I've asked several Realtors this question and most like to show only 3 or 4 houses at a time. 3 or 4?? I can understand viewing that few homes when you're in a market that doesn't have many listings, but there is … (7 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate- Another Reason for Loan Approval - 07/13/06 12:54 PM
There are still no good leads for the killing of the builder's rep in McKinney. I just wanted to take this time to point out, again, why I get my buyers pre-approved for their loans.
Many people think this is just so I don't waste my time showing buyers who don't qualify … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate -What Makes you a Negotiations Specialist? - 07/12/06 04:41 PM
Recently, I've noticed some agents putting an alphabet of real estate classes after their name, CNS. This CNS stands for Certified Negotiations Specialist. They are receiving this designation after taking a class on negotiations. Does that make you a specialist? I would have to scream out the answer as NO!
I would … (2 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate -How Do You de-Personalize Your Home? - 07/10/06 01:53 PM
Look around your house. Now, take another look and count how many times your eyes move to all the photos of your family sitting on the shelves and hanging on the walls. Did you notice your college degree? I've had buyers not buy houses because they were Longhorns and they saw … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Builder Rep Murdered in Model Home - 07/10/06 01:52 PM
This is crazy!! I'm sitting home on a Saturday evening and I refresh my homepage of www.dallasnews.com and there's a story that catches my eye: "Sales Agent Found Dead in McKinney Model Home."It draws my attention immediately as I'm a Realtor and I go to model homes all the time. I … (1 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate -Making a First Impression - 07/08/06 04:12 PM
The most important thing you need to keep in mind when putting your house on the market is that you only have one chance to make a first impression. Many people think the first impression is the drive- up appeal in order to get the people from the car into the … (3 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Another Non-Qualified Buyer won't Learn... - 07/07/06 01:25 PM
As I've said many times within and outside this blog, a buyer must be, at minimum, pre-approved for a loan before looking at houses. I got a call from one of my online ads to look at a house. I asked the questions I ask all prospects that call. The difference … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate -Do I need a Realtor when I buy a Brand NEW home? - 07/06/06 02:25 PM
Of Course You Do!!!Think of it this way... when you walk into a Builder's model home and you're greeted by the nice lady or man, he or she works for the Builder and works for the Builder's best interests, not yours! You are the buyer wanting to buy one of their … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Dallas Real Estate -What is Earnest Money and How much is acceptable? - 07/05/06 10:37 AM
I get asked two questions a lot:1. What is Earnest Money?2. How much Earnest Money is acceptable for an offer?The easiest answer to what earnest money is, is that it's "good faith" money. When you put up earnest money with your offer, you're offering good faith to the seller that you … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Happy 4th of July!! - 07/03/06 08:58 PM
For me, Real Estate is a 24/7 career, and I don't mind. But, around this time of year, I'll tend to take at least one personal day off to enjoy with my Husband and friends. This year, with the actual Holiday on a Tuesday, it seems as though the weekend is … (1 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Experienced Agent verse Newer Agent - 06/29/06 06:32 PM
When I first got into real estate, I had just turned 24 and I looked about 18. It was no wonder people always asked my age and how long I was in the business. I always had to prove myself as to why they should use me as a newer agent...Now … (0 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Full Service Listing Verse Limited Service - 06/29/06 06:14 PM
One of the things I have to explain to sellers when I'm on a listing appointment is why I can't take a reduced commission to sell their home. My first response is, weren't you paying attention to all the marketing I do for your house to get it sold and do … (1 comments)
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dallas county real estate: Shopping for a House before a Mortgage - 06/27/06 10:11 AM
Are you trying to shop for a house before a mortgage? Do you find that you keep ending up in neighborhoods that are beyond your price range? How did you come up with your price range? And do you even know what your price range means? These are just some of … (1 comments)
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