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Bar Stool DUI: A 28-year-old Ohio man has been charged with drunken driving after crashing this lawn mower that he reconfigured with a bar stool. Police said Kile Wygle told them that he had consumed 15 beers on March 4 before he headed out on the vehicle that he said can go up to 38 mph.   http:...

The good news keeps rolling in about the small but important turnaround underway in the home real estate market. Last week's headliner was the second straight monthly gain in pending home sales -- up nearly 11 percent in the Northeast, 15 percent in the Midwest, and 4.4 percent in the Southern st...

Here are four reasons why home-shoppers need the help of a real estate professional. Searching only online means shoppers can miss some of the best alternatives. Shoppers who limit themselves to only looking at real estate Web sites will overlook some very good properties, possibly one that is pe...

Real Estate Outlook: Housing Positioned For Growth  by Kenneth R. Harney No economist has more information at his or her disposal than Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, and what he told Congress last week should be encouraging news for anyone interested in real estate: The recession that has...

It has been a year since you left us, we miss you I hope you are chasing bunnies :) Marcus James Johnson

N.Y. landlord fined $10K for taking tenant's toilet SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York landlord was fined nearly $10,000 for removing the toilet and other fixtures from a basement apartment to get his tenant to move out. The Rockland Board of Health issued the fine to Fausto Pinos on Wednesday...

I came across this great article I want to share with my fellow Active Rainers! www.bonniejohnsonrealtor.com Persistence by Dirk Zeller I was asked recently what the one skill is that a REALTOR® needs in order to be successful. That was a tough question. The one skill ... I thought about it over...

Man runs out of gas after robbing a gas station! Authorities said they arrested a man who apparently forgot to fill up when he was robbing a gas station. The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office said a 23-year-old man used a Bowie knife to rob a Cape Haze gas station early Sunday. Deputies said the ...