audu real estate: The Tipping Point...When Poverty Moves to the "Burbs"
- 02/15/07 10:59 AM
This past week, I was talking to a real estate broker about the Open House he had scheduled. After comparing notes about local market conditions, our discussion focused on an article that had been recently published in the Grand Rapids Press about sellers in Grand Rapids, Michigan renting their homes because they were having difficulty selling them. He said, " Lola, this crisis is everywhere. I am doing an Open House today in a home that is in foreclosure and there are a total of 3 in MY neighborhood." I understood. Not so long ago, forclosures were confined to areas where there was less … (21 comments)
audu real estate: How to Avoid Being Tipped Over During the Housing Crisis
- 02/15/07 09:40 AM
To read part 1 of The Tipping Point...When Poverty Moves to the Burbs... In 2002, Malcolm Gladwell published a bestselling book, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. Gladwell's book popularized this term into a oft repeated cliche. However, the original term was coined in the 1960's by a sociologist Morton Grodzins who was studying integration trends and white flight in suburban neighborhoods. Grodzin defined the"tipping point" as the dramatic point at which something unique becomes common. Today, another type of tipping point is upsetting the balance in many suburban communities. Poverty has come knocking and for the first time … (2 comments)
audu real estate: If Your Home Could Talk...
- 02/09/07 11:22 AM
Yes, I've been wanting to do this for awhile. Don't act so surprised to discover my voice, you 're talking all the time, now it's time for you to listen to what I have to say. I'm aware that you have decided to leave me and move on. Hey, I'm taking it a little hard right now, but that's OK. There's a time for everything. Although change is never easy, I hold no hard feelings Heaven knows we have shared many special moments and memories. I've been there when you were up and I've hung in there with you when … (2 comments)
"We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us! " 1 Corinthians 13:12 Quote from Message Bible On any given sunny day, all along the African coastline, discussions range from the mundane to the serious, but without fail, the colorful, often loud and lyrical prose of spirited discussion usually includes at least a little of … (7 comments)
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This past week, I was talking to a real estate broker about the Open House he had scheduled. After comparing notes about local market conditions, our discussion focused on an article that had been recently published in the Grand Rapids Press about sellers in Grand Rapids, Michigan renting their homes because they were having difficulty selling them. He said, " Lola, this crisis is everywhere. I am doing an Open House today in a home that is in foreclosure and there are a total of 3 in MY neighborhood."
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