I had a neighbor call me yesterday who had literally "stolen" a foreclosed home in our neighborhood. He asked me to come over and take a look and give him my ideas for getting it leased out. The home is an old estate built by the Keck family on the 11th fairway of the La Quinta Country Clu
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01/07/2011
I Actually Continued to Work with The Bickersons because they were such Good Blogging Material! True confessions of a blogging addict: You remember the Bickersons... they could not agree on anything, they would not ride in the same car when looking at homes, they argued incessantly, she love
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01/06/2011
Business Doesn't Stop When You are Sick Part 2 Yesterday I ventured out and showed a house in the morning. I was a bit groggy and actually lost my bearings leaving the development and asked for help getting back to her car. I yawned and headed home--ready to climb back in bed... but when I arr
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01/06/2011
Your Short-Sale Clients Need More Than Just Help Selling Their Home If you have clients going through a short-sale you know what I'm talking about. Most of these distressed sellers are under tremendous pressure. They have mounting bills, they are fearing foreclosure, they have husbands, wives,
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01/05/2011
I came down with a killer cold/flu this weekend and it kicked my butt! I have been in bed for 3 days with aches, chills, swollen glands, sore throat, running-away nose, cough, well... you get it. But my phone has not stopped ringing, the e-mails keep coming, texts, etc. Clients still need a
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01/04/2011
New Years Eve is about Friends! For the last several years we have hosted a dinner party-New Years Eve celebration at Casa Schowe. A few of the couples have attended all of them... some were new this year. I love to invite people who find themselves without plans... or who find the
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01/02/2011
Is Palm Springs Gay? You know, Palm Springs...the playground of celebrities and movie stars, golf mecca, sun-worshipers paradise, palm-tree lined streets and exclusive clubs and restaurants, but Is Palm Springs Gay? I live and work in La Quinta California, just 15 miles east of downtown Palm S
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01/02/2011
Will an Approved Short-Sale Close on Time? My sellers on a short-sale asked me, "Do you think the house will really close on the 25th? Would there be anything that holds it up?" We had joined this transaction late in the game--the sellers were just days away from foreclosure and we were ab
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01/02/2011