Today an old friend of mine called and was looking for a rental property. She has been renting a "darling" house, as she calls it, for about 4 or 5 months. She, however, is unhappy with that house because she says she has rats.She first had mice, so she said. She complained to the landlord and
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11/18/2007
We've been discussing garages and how the guys love them to the extent of having no room for cars almost. The garage is filled with BIG BOY TOYS. Because of these discussions I decided to put to pen my history of garages in Searcy AR and probably all over the South.In the 50's and 60's when hou
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11/17/2007
According to NAR's 2007 Profile of Buyers' Home Feature Preferences, oversized garages are way up in demand. I can see why. If women love lovely kitchens and baths, then the guys love their garages! And you guys have so much to put in those garages! I have just sold a new house and the main re
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11/16/2007
Today I answered my phone at the office and this very foreign man (probably calling from India) was on the phone with questions to me about my yellow pages listing. He wanted to verify my information and make sure that I wanted to leave it as it had been with no changes.He asks me about my phone
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11/14/2007
One other thing that builders do (and this would include the actual builder and the one who is directing the builder such as the family who is having a house built) is have one bath for the master suite.That bath may be as large as a living room but it usually includes one commode. I have been i
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11/13/2007
Standard height kitchen cabinets are comfortable for everyone. It seems that the smallest or shortest child can reach them easily. Or if they have trouble, they find a climbing tool. Mine used to pull out a cabinet drawer and stand on it.Why is it, then, that builders still build those little
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11/12/2007
It's been a very quiet weekend with most of the deer hunters busy in the woods, the sports lovers gone to games and others planning for holiday months ahead.Me? I read a good book. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini is a novel that has been on the best seller list, endorsed by Oprah
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11/11/2007
We'd always had gas heat and electric air. We'd even had gas heat and gas air!! (That must be a thing of the past.) While building a new house, we definitely planned to have gas heat again. We were contacted by this excellent power company individual who convinced us we needed a heat pump. My
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11/09/2007
In the last few days I've received calls from friendly people that I shouldn't have answered. This afternoon I looked down and saw "blocked caller" but answered. She was from Real Estate Advocates and started giving me a really good sales pitch. She has a lot of personality and started asking
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11/08/2007
One of my favorite memories while in this business was brought to mind by my broker today. He was talking about his first house. He had just become a married man and his dad was a builder so he had dad construct his house. It was in a new neighborhood, looked good from the street, and he decide
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11/08/2007
