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2009
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IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE A FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER Let's get back to basics. Before the crazy days of 20% annual appreciation, people used to buy houses to have a place to live! The average net worth of renters is $4,000; the average net worth of homeowners is $184,000. Historically, homes have ap...
04/28/2009
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NEW YORK TIMES HAS THEIR DATA RIGHT BUT THEIR ANALYSIS ALL WRONG. "No End Yet for Downturn in Housing, New Data Suggest"-This is the headline of an article published by the New York Times this morning (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/business/economy/17econ.html?partner=rss&emc=rss). The articl...
04/16/2009
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THE NEW "MUST HAVE" QUALITY TO BE A SUCCESSFUL REALTOR: PATIENCE... I just put two properties under contract this week. I wrote 5 offers for one of the buyers and 3 for the other (two on the same property). I am working diligently on another transaction where we have gone back and forth six t...
04/09/2009