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2012
A foundation is being built for the housing recovery as 2012 makes the turn toward the backstretch of a year many see as the start of something good, or at least a lot better than the previous five or six years. That foundation, appropriately enough, is coming from homebuilder confidence. A repo...
07/31/2012
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The best things in life are free. Or so I’ve heard. The past few years we’ve all probably felt like we worked for nothing because of the economic downturn. But if you’re handed lemons, you might as well make lemonade, and sometimes gestures big and small can make the difference in whether or not...
07/27/2012
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If a Realtor was sent to the blackboard by a math teacher these days, he or she might write this equation: More buyers + fewer houses = help! National surveys and HouseHunt’s second-quarter market conditions report show an increase in housing activity and a decrease in inventory in parts of the ...
07/25/2012
"Fannie Mae will not allow the inclusion of furniture, curtains, or much to my dismay wide screen TV sets. Any mention of these or other similar items in the Sales Contract will result in a reduction to the financing, by devaluing the property by the estimated value of the items. Not only will th...
07/19/2012
A curator sounds like – and actually is – someone who oversees items at a museum or library. Nowadays it also means someone who reads, gathers, sorts and presents information from a variety of sources for distribution on social media platforms. In other words, it’s you. What? You didn’t know tha...
07/18/2012
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Dead men tell no tales but they can provide inspiration long after they’re gone. Such is the case with Dr. Randy Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh who died four years ago this month. But the message he delivered after being given a terminal diagnosis of pancreatic c...
07/16/2012
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We meet a lot of people in this business – some in person and many more through various forms of social media. Whether they’re prospects, clients, friends or “friends” (the Facebook kind), maintaining a relationship with everyone is crucial to your business. After all, you never know what might ...
07/13/2012
"While in conversation, she mentioned that she was finding it very difficult to be on the selling end of the transaction. She had forgotten that it can be intrusive and a real eye-opener to have strangers walking in and out of your home, peeking into your bedroom and opening the doors to every cl...
07/12/2012
It’s always been important to say and do the right things in life and business but even more so today with all of the communication devices available. In order to get noticed online you have to be searched out, and the best way to get people searching for you and your real estate business is to ...
07/11/2012
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Pictured right: Emerson Hall at Harvard University When it came to colleges, Harvard wasn’t on my list. It had something to do with brains and finances and the like. But I am smart enough to know that when the Ivy League school publishes something or has its name attached to a report it’s worthy...
07/09/2012
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