Miriam Blog
Small Boutique Residential Real Estate Company located in the New Orleans area. Individualized service..
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2008
Every year the National Association of Realtors sends out a questionnaire to its' members trying to gather information and trends and then compiles it into a Member Profile. Then they charge the members, including the members who partipate into paying for the Profile, just one of the many reason...
06/14/2008
After showing a multitude of properties to a buyer we finally found a house that she and her husband liked. After seeing a multitude of properties and comparing one to the other and doing the I can get this for that amount thing we came up with a price that this particular buyer felt was fair. S...
06/12/2008
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If your house is on the market and isn't having any showings, it is overpriced. If your house is on the market and you are getting showings, not no offers, it is overpriced. You are waiting for "the" buyers to come along, and interest rates are going up, guess what! A short article from the Wa...
06/12/2008
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The past four days I have been out with a buyer relocating from out of state. We had a very short window of time to figure out communities, the value of the properties so they would feel comfortable making an offer, and giving them a feeling of what Westchester County has to offer. This couple i...
06/11/2008
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The past four days I have been out with a buyer relocating from out of state. We had a very short window of time to figure out communities, the value of the properties so they would feel comfortable making an offer, and giving them a feeling of what Westchester County has to offer. This couple i...
06/11/2008
The multiple listing service is a listing service where cooperation is offered between agents. I list a property put it onto the MLS and agree to pay part of the commission the seller is paying me with other agents in order for them to bring a buyer with a acceptable offer. What is it that the s...
06/09/2008
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If you are thinking of renovating, keep an eye on what buyers like. Neutral or white is an easier sell than colors, check out the materials you will be using as some of the products being used are not practical and and do not last. "Countertops should also be chosen with an eye toward durab...
06/08/2008
We are having our first heat wave of the 2008 season this weekend. Temperatures in the 90's and humid and so a little fun video, Marilyn Monroe singing - We're Havin A Heatwave.... From Weather.com for mid-Westcheser County: July is the average warmest month. The highest recorded temperature was...
06/08/2008
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Yesterday an Active Rain newsletter popped in one of email accounts. I am not sure what the purpose of this newsletter is. I like being able to amble over to the Active Rain site when I have a moment, and take a look at the posts. Being able to pick and choose the posts of interest to me is wh...
06/06/2008
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The newest crime is stealing fuel from gas stations and cars. CNN just did a segment on special gas caps that lock so that thieves won't siphon off the gas in your tank. Large trucks are being driven onto the valves at gas stations and the gas siphoned off, people are driving up to gas pumps, op...
06/06/2008
