st louis real estate: Relocating To St. Louis - Can you afford not to? - 06/24/08 03:31 PM
This morning, while I was reading various blogs, I came across a post that Stewart Penn wrote called, "How Far Will My Salary Go In Another City" and it got me to thinking, "Why do people continue to live in these high cost cities?"
I'm sure that the number one answer … (10 comments)
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st louis real estate: "Help, I've Fallen And I Can't Get Up!" - Rebuilding Credit After A Bankruptcy - 06/12/08 02:08 PM
"Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!" While better known from the Lifealert commercials, it's also something that folks who for one reason or the other have had to declare bankruptcy know a little something about.
The reasons that a person declares bankruptcy are varied and can include a nasty … (45 comments)
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st louis real estate: St. Louis Real Estate Market Conditions - 06/10/08 03:17 PM
Are you thinking about buying a home or possibly selling one and are curious about what exactly is really going on in the St. Louis real estate market?
If you turn on the television, it's hard to judge. According to the national media, it's still all doom and gloom (though houses … (2 comments)
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st louis real estate: Do You See A "For Sale" Sign In Front Of Warren Buffet's House? - 02/05/08 12:41 PM
(Imagine This Is A Television Commercial Done In The Style Of A Typical Car Dealer Commercial) Attention All Renters! Now, for a limited time, we've got excess inventory and EVERYTHINGS GOT TO GO!
No reasonable offer will be refused! $500.00 down and you drive away with a NEW HOME! Plenty to choose … (3 comments)
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st louis real estate: The Forecast Calls For Pain - 12/17/07 04:32 PM
This past weekend I drove up to Columbus Ohio in order to help my daughter move her things back to St. Louis after having graduated from "The" Ohio State University and as the Robert Cray song said, "The Forecast Called For Pain!".
The Weather Service was predicting a winterly mix along Interstate … (5 comments)
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st louis real estate: Does An Agent Have A Right To Have A Personal Life? - 12/12/07 10:06 AM
I just read a post where an agent was asking if he should file a complaint against an agent who had not presented an offer on a property over a weekend. It turned out that the listing agent was hunting and wouldn't be back to his office until Monday morning to … (14 comments)
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st louis real estate: Don't Let The Perfect Be The Enemy Of The Good - 12/03/07 10:35 AM
A few days ago I wrote a blog on setting up my workout room. In that posting I mentioned how I had gone through all the trouble of setting up my workout room only to find out that the ceiling was too low for me to use the elliptical machine. If … (2 comments)
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st louis real estate: Old ideas sometimes die hard! - 08/22/07 11:39 AM
Some ideas die hard. I ran into the former boyfriend of a friend's daughter the other night in the Sam's store and he mentioned that he was thinking about wanting to buy a home. In talking to him a bit more it came up that he was under the impression that … (4 comments)
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st louis real estate: Calling All Buyers! - 07/10/07 03:37 PM
It's understandable....not wanting to buy in a declining market. Why should I buy today when the price might drop tomorrow? I definately understand this sentiment. It crossed my mind the other day when I was looking at property for myself.
But should this line of reasoning be enough to keep you out … (0 comments)
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st louis real estate: Turn About Is Fair Play! - 07/09/07 12:57 PM
My girlfriend and I just got an offer on a home that she owns that was $18,000 less than what we had "sold" it for last August to a buyer who wasn't able to get a security clearance for her new job and that killed the deal. I also have a … (7 comments)
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st louis real estate: I Don't Want To Reduce My Price Any Further! - 06/25/07 02:28 PM
I just read a post about home sellers being in denial over the fact that the market has changed. As I was reading it I had to ask myself if that was true about myself. Was I in denial about the two homes that I currently have on the market?
They … (24 comments)
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st louis real estate: Buying In St. Louis Vs. Renting In St. Louis - 05/25/07 11:23 AM
Rent vs buy? Which one is better for you. When considering buying St. Louis real estate, you need to take into account six considerations.1) How long do I plan on living in the St. Louis area?
2) How secure is my employment and/or income?
3) How's my credit?
4) What is my current tax … (1 comments)
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st louis real estate: Oakville MO Home - 4251 Martyridge Drive - 05/16/07 02:02 PM
Oakville, MO Home
4251 Martyridge Drive is a complete rehab of a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home in Oakville, MO for less than $155,000! I challenge you to find a better deal in Oakville MO!
This home features:
* New Mohawk Brand Carpet
* Pergo Rustic Red Oak Flooring in the kitchen
* Opened up … (0 comments)
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st louis real estate: 10 Reasons Leslie Stahl Might Have Been Right! - 05/15/07 01:04 PM
Apparently from the posts that I've read today there was a 60 minutes segment aired the other day that has a lot of agents in a tizzy. I can't really speak to the segment itself because I haven't seen it, but I can speak to the issue of discount real estate … (5 comments)
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st louis real estate: Another Call Out For Folks Interested In Exchanging Links - 05/12/07 12:12 PM
If you've been following Karen Georges Great Link Experiment you'll know that of the 21 participants in her experiment that 12 have recognized some significant improvements in their search engine rankings. Some of them have some basic flaws on their pages that need to be corrected and there are a few … (3 comments)
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st louis real estate: St. Louis Realtor Looking For Critics - 05/05/07 05:18 PM
Looking for critics? Being a discounter, don't I have enough of them now? Well, that's probably true, but I'm looking for a different kind of critic. I've been working on my web site valuelistre.com for about six weeks or so and have pretty much completely redid it. I"m not done yet, … (5 comments)
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st louis real estate: Realtor - St. Louis optimizes their website II - 04/14/07 11:07 PM
SRRRRRRRCCCCCCHHHHH!! That's the sound of screaming breaks as I slam on them in regards to my SEO. My last post (http://activerain.com/blogsview/72206/Realtor-St-Louis-optimizes)on this topic talked about what I was doing to get my web site to show up on the search engines. On it I complained that it was hard not to … (0 comments)
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st louis real estate: Realtor - St. Louis optimizes their website - 04/08/07 09:58 PM
Recently I started working on getting my website geared up to be more than just an electronic brochure. In that process I started reading a lot about website optimization. That is, getting your website to turn up higher in the results when people search for it on the web using a … (11 comments)
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st louis real estate: To Advertise Or Not To Advertise That Is The Question. - 04/02/07 09:50 PM
As I'm writing this post I'm looking up at a photograph of a Bi-State Bus (the St. Louis area's local bus company) that has a giant banner on the side of it with my company's logo. I actually had two buses that were supposed to travel a certain route (though an … (0 comments)
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st louis real estate: What If You Don't Belong To Any Specific Group? Who Do You Market To? - 03/29/07 12:29 PM
Who Do You Market To When You Don't Belong To Any One Group!
I've been reading through some of the profiles here on Activerain and I've noticed something. Actually, I've noticed it before, but didn't give it a whole bunch of thought until now. The thing that I've noticed is … (3 comments)
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