To say that I was inspired today is not enough. I was inspired, impressed and captivated by an extraordinary woman, my client and fellow Realtor, Evelyn Carswell. Evelyn was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer of the lungs in June of last year, only two months after selling her business of 17 years a
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06/21/2008
(This is not about Real Estate, but it does involve Realtors, so it's OK to post here) I contradicted Terrie tonight. I did it publicly. It was spontaneous, it just came out; I just could not contain it. Terrie is a very successful commercial broker, head of her own company here. She was
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06/20/2008
Are you the captain of your ship, or just a compliant passenger? Do you live your life like you own it, or do you allow the ebbs and flows of life to dictate your direction? I am amazed at how some people want a better life, but they are not willing to do the work and pay the price for a bet
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06/20/2008
1. Replace "FRIED" with "BAKED', ‘GRILLED/BROILED', ‘STEAMED" or "RAW". Plug in anything you want here: Fried potatoes to Baked potatoes, Fried Okra to Steamed okra, Fried chicken to Grilled chicken... You get the idea... 2. Replace sweetened, artificial drinks to pure drinks. Sweet Tea
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06/17/2008
Pee or Sweat? Don't worry Grandma; it's just my new PACIFIER... Yum! What is that? I haven't tried that flavor yet! Riding The Donald. Don't tell mom! Mine, all mine! Fly like the wind! I like daddy's Pepsi, but it makes me feel woozy... Myrtle Beach Real Estate by Mirela Monte
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06/14/2008
Every year around this time it's difficult for me. Everyone celebrates their father and Daddy, I can't help it, but I'm jealous. You've been gone over ten years now. I come and visit you by the weeping willow and I'm fine, but Daddy every time I touch your head stone the tears just start pour
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06/13/2008
AR SHORT SALE FORUM: PLEASE PARTICIPATE! With a few million loans waiting to adjust, the short sale, the first leg of the foreclosure process and a desirable option for the financially strapped owners, is becoming a meat and potatoes business for the average Real Estate Firm. Many Brokerages
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06/13/2008
Foreclosures: These are the big Daddies of them all; the do or die, the final chapter. It may take six months for these to go down, but when they do, that's it: your property is history; you lose it! In the states where a"Deficiency Judgment" is still an option, you still have 30 days to r
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06/12/2008
I was talking with an agent friend of mine today and she confessed that she didn't know the difference between Short Sales, Foreclosures and REO's. If an Agent doesn't know, I'm sure many others are confused as well. Here is the scoop, and it's spread over the span of three posts, so you'll ha
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06/12/2008
What did you think you'd find? Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked: "How old was your husband?" "Ninety-eight," she replied. "Two years older than me." "So you're ninety-six the undertaker commented. She responded: "Hardly worth going h
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06/11/2008
