Bob's Blog

As I logged in for the second time tonight I saw that AR has gone over 150,000 members. That is really amazing! I am one member of a very large "voluntary staff meeting" for realtors who get together daily to talk about our profession and the challenges we all face, and to freely share the best i...

I just replied to a posting by Loreena Yeo in which she asked `Is a balanced life a mediocre life?` I think this topic is worth some discussion, so I am posting my reply to her as another blog, and I would invite your responses. ***Hi Loreena. I think this is not only a question related to person...

My schedule and my wife's are a bit too active for a vacation right now, but we both felt like we needed one, so this week we opted for a cottage rental about 1/2 hour from work - but a full hour away from our home with the adult kids, multiple cats and one very patient dog. It's been great to ha...

Truthfully, I am not an early riser. So, it was something of an exception to my daily routine when I was unloading my trunk yesterday morning at 7:15 a.m. to set up a display at one of our Farmers' Markets. I should explain that this took some negotiating. I wasn't selling carrots or crafts, and ...

Ok. You have a good home. You have worked on it and there are lots of improvements made since you moved in. You have looked at the comparables, and, with the advice of your agent you have come up with a good list price. You know enough about the market to be sure you are priced competitively and ...

I must admit that I really haven't paid much attenion to what is happening in terms of real estate sale on eBay. I mainly use it to buy bargain batteries for my cameras and cell phones, and it seems to be a great source for those products. Just for fun tonight I checked to see what was happening ...