ARDELL's Seattle Area Real Estate Blog
Seattle Real Estate including The Eastside cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond and The Seattle Neighborhoods of Green Lake, and most points on the north side of Lake Washington.
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2007
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It just gives me the "eeky-creepies" to write my own bio. I will utilize the advices regarding editing my existing Profiles around the Blogosphere that I received yesterday. But for the Bio, I decided to Google myself and see if maybe someone had already written my Bio for me out there in WebLo...
05/30/2007
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I so hate writing my Profile. But Inman needs one, since I'm speaking there on August 1st and August 2nd.I have one on here that I wrote very hastily. I have one on Rain City Guide that I just 'had to get up". I'm sure by now I have them all over the internet without paying too much attention ...
05/29/2007
Home Inspections have clearly made life a lot easier for buyers. Whenever I hear a real estate agent use the words Caveat Emptor, I want to scream (and often do). We are no longer in the Age of Caveat Emptor when it comes to buying and selling real estate.There is a process of Due Diligence, a...
05/28/2007
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Kevin is away on business.We went over some new blog articles of his before he left, and he's supposed to post them tonight when he gets back and before this week is over.It's amazing how close we've become, like agents in the same office. You know how when someone in the office is gone for awhi...
05/25/2007
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I am very, very angry at something that happened in a real estate transaction the other day.Of course I'd love to blog and vent and rant about it.Of course, even if I do it as a Members Only post, I take the risk that the parties in interest could somehow be affected by my rant.So just as I smile...
05/25/2007
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I read this when I was very young. I don't remember the story, just the feeling of havng to scream and having no mouth.Of course I have one of the biggest mouths that can in fact screamBut I just finished my Realtor ethics class. You know, the one where the answer in the test says a Buyer Agent...
05/25/2007
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I've been thinking about that Title for a Couple of Days.I think sometimes it's the mouse that has the perspective to see it all, and yet lacks the power to do much besides find some cheese to eat.I think sometimes it's the mouse that is frustrated by the men who made the maze, and not the maze i...
05/25/2007
BLOGGING BRINGS NEW CHALLENGES, AND POSSIBLY SOME "NEW RULES" TO BE MADE. I am faced with a situation where a Realtor Member and Real Estate Licensee is performing Acts of Misconduct as an "anonymous" commenter around the internet.He admits he is a licensee, but doesn't give his real name or a li...
05/25/2007
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I was just cleaning up some of my "disk space" by deleting some emails in my various files.When I sort to delete, I first go to "subject" in my Inbox, and delete emails to me from the various blog sites telling me someone made a comment. Since I can see the comment on the site, I don't need to k...
05/24/2007
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Anyone can blog...well, maybe not. Let's change that to anyone can HAVE a blog.Having a blog and being a blogger are not one in the same.So here's a couple of steps to being a GREAT BLOGGER vs. "having" a blog.1) Listen to your clients and post about things your clients care about2) Stop talking...
05/21/2007
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