THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS REQUIRED UNDER LICENSE LAW AND WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE REAL ESTATE CODE OF ETHICS. AS IT TURNS OUT, I FOLLOW THE LAW AND ADHERE TO THE CODE OF ETHICS. Good old Bill, William J Archambault Jr (The Real Estate Investment Institute questioned my policy of con
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01/18/2009
The comments to the Chapter 1 and 2 of this series have generated more topics of interest. The comment below from Carol Culkin was, for me, inspirational and an affirmation that we, the real estate practitioners must control the real estate transaction from search to settlement. Carol wrote:
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01/18/2009
* * * * HARD CORE REAL ESTATE TALK* HOW OFTEN HAVE I WE READ, "The comments are often far more interesting than the post." My post of January 17, 2009, LENN HAD AN EPIPHANY! CONSUMERS HAVE CHANGED A LOT MORE THAN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES. generated a
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01/17/2009
CONSUMERS HAVE A "NEW ATTITUDE". Consumers have new found power and they are weilding it like a Jedi Knight Sward. "I can find my own home." "We don't need an agent, we can find our own home." "I'll call you when I find the home I want to buy." "Zillow says the house is worth
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01/17/2009
After reading a post minutes ago by Missy Caulk about Google Alerts and indexing Comments to ActiveRain posts, I did a Google search for comments to ActiveRain blogs and my name. I saw many, many links to ActiveRain and one was the post below which seemed very timely for today. The post below d
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01/15/2009
WE MUST BE LIVING IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE. WHEN DOES THIS SHOW END??? BANK of AMERICA is sitting on $25,000,000,000 of TARP (taxpayer) money. They don't need it so they're just sitting on it. HOWEVER, since BANK of AMERICA wants to buy the tottering Merrill Lynch, they will soon need the money.
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01/15/2009
IF YOU DISAGREE WITH WHAT i WRITE, WRITE A POST TO YOUR BLOG AND STATE YOUR POSITION, OPINION, IDEAS. I CAN BE PERSUADED! After all, I must see some light at the end of the tunnel. I'm still here! My recent posts about bankruptcy for home owners with negative equity and many other posts about t
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01/12/2009
THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES ACHIEVING THE INEVITABLE. N E W S B U R S T: Burris Certified by U.S. Senate Officials to Fill Seat Vacated by Obama Was there ever any doubt?? Mr. Burris is an extremely engaging gentleman. He's rather direct and succinct in his answers to convoluted questio
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01/12/2009
THIS HOME FOR SALE IN LEESBURG HAS EVERYTHING LUXURY HOME BUYERS ARE LOOKING FOR. ATTENTION HOME BUYERS IN LOUDOUN COUNTY VIRGINIA - HOMEFINDERS.COM IS SEEKING JUST ONE GOOD BUYER WHO WANTS TO BUY JUST ONE GOOD HOME IN LEESBURG, VIRGINIA. LUXURY HOME WITH ACREAGE IN LEESBURG. LOCATED IN SHENSTON
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01/12/2009
What wonderful comments the first chapter of this theme produced. The post was written in response to a number of private e-mails I received about: PREDICTIONS FOR 2009 - DRIVE THE CAR ANOTHER YEAR AND STAY OUT OF THE MALL. Agree or disagree, but publish your opinions so we can thrash them out.
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01/10/2009
