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2008 

Here's a picture my dad took of Pinnacle Mountain in Little Rock, Arkansas where I live, during a sunset.  He later found out that the sun only sets in this position about every 7 years as I recall.  Just thought I'd share it.  The mountain and land below is a state park.
04/29/2008
Back in the old days in 1974 when I started in the business, there were...NO... LockboxesNO...  InternetNO...  Personal ComputersNO...  MLS SystemNO...  Home PicturesNO...  Cell PhonesNO...  PagersNO...  Electric Typewriters usedNO...  Copy Machines (we used Carbon Paper)Can you imagine selling r...
04/29/2008
   Virtually every mortgagee requires a "Termite Policy" for any home located in an area known to have termites.  Termites can eat 1 foot a day of wood and can destroy a home PDQ.    Up until several years ago a Termite Policy was a Termite Policy...meaning that IF termites were found the termite...
04/28/2008
THE LADY IN ROBE LISTING:    I couldn't pass this up.  Lately I've been on the bandwagon of POOR MLS Listing Data and POOR Pictures and when I came across this MLS listing picture I just couldn't believe it.  All the photos in the actual listing definitely looked like they were taken "at night", ...
04/24/2008
  There's a lot of blogging in recent months about the use of "Video" but most of it is centered around video presentations, interviews or home tours.  We started using the Talk Fusion eVideo eMail system not too long ago and love it!  It's designd to send Video Emails.  It's the ONLY program I'v...
04/19/2008
 Actual Entry     MineI'm constantly amazed at how bad pictures are in the MLS System.  They say a picture is worth a thousands words but if your picture looks like a black blog as above, I say it's worse than No Picture!Every time I discuss "pictures" in the MLS with another agent, they basicall...
04/17/2008
           versis                          As with all technology... it advances, and the days of the old Fax Machine are fast closing.  Moving from printed MLS books to on-line searching was painful for some and hopefully agents can wean themselves off the old poor quality fax machine for sendin...
04/13/2008
RENT vs OWN on-line computer Analysis   A unique and one-of-a-kind analysis we use on our website is our Rent Vs Own analysis that is now INTERNET INTERACTIVE.  What I mean by that is we have enhanced our old Rent vs Own Analysis into a live interactive excel spreadsheet that can give you a compa...
04/09/2008
    ARE YOU PUSHING HOME WARRANTIES?      Naturally I try to keep abreast of the current trends in the market, but this last summer I represented a seller where a Buyer's Agent was representing the buyer of the home.  The buyer's home inspection revealed a lot of repairs and since the seller had ...
04/09/2008
 WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TANKLESS HOT WATER HEATER?    I hear more and more about the benefits of using a Tankless or Point of Use hot water heater, but after reading everything I could on the internet, I have mixed emotions about getting one.  There are a lot of negative comments made, but yo...
04/09/2008
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