I was raised to be self-sufficient. Work hard. Learn. Do. Work some more. It's served me well...except when it hasn't.Tonight we had family coming in to visit and Liz and her sister made plans to use our firepit to roast some hot dogs and make some s'mores. Liz asked me to pick up a grate f
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04/19/2017
Expert doesn't mean what I think it should in our business.Apparently Facebook thinks because I spend time in real estate groups that I need ads pertaining to real estate, especially ads from other local agents!So I see an ad come across my feed for a local agent and it's an agent name I haven't
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04/18/2017
When we set up our home search website based on Cincinnati MLS, we had a choice in direction to make:Show ONLY homes not under contract or show BOTH homes under contract and those not under contract?And we chose to show BOTH.Now it's possible showing both categories leads to some confusion for in
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04/17/2017
Happy Easter everyone! Want to continue some family time past today's festivities and do some work that helps others? There's still time to sign up for the annual Build The Walls event at Christ's Church at Mason April 22, 2017. Build the Walls is a Habitat for Humanity related opportunity to
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04/16/2017
It can be tough to be a home seller or buyer. Unless the market is screaming hot, chances are the sellers are going to spend some time waiting and wondering "When is MY buyer going to show up??". Even priced right, marketed right, it can take some time. Sometimes buyers come look, other times
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04/15/2017
It's my nature to try to take things in stride and laugh whenever I can. I enjoy bad puns, Pearls Before Swine, Dilbert, Get Fuzzy, Spongebob Squarepants and anything else that makes me laugh and drains my stress. If something bad happens, vent for two minutes and two seconds (in private) and m
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04/14/2017
When I need something medical I start with my Primary Care Physician. He can take care of my general medical needs but there are things he doesn't have the expertise to handle so he sends me to a specialist. A doctor that specializes in knee joints or a cardiologist (yeah, it's been THAT kind o
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04/13/2017
It was a WOW!!! kind of month for the Morrow Ohio real estate market! Completed home sales matched the highest single month in the last 7 years. Prices are solid, new construction is finishing, time to sell is dropping, lots of homes under contract, there's really not much NOT to like...unless y
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04/12/2017
"I love reading your market report blog."Not exactly the message I expect to get on a Sunday morning, but there it was in my Inbox!And a little email back and forth later and I've got a buyer 2-3 months out that knows where they want to live and what they want to buy. Score one for blogging! Al
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04/11/2017
The Maineville/Hamilton Township Ohio real estate market had a strong March and indications are for this to continue. Lots of homes sold and lots more under contract. Prices are good and time to sell is reasonable if you're a seller. Stick with us for the details right after the stats section
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04/10/2017
