This is an open letter to all listing agents and sellers:This is the letter I think I'm going to send to every agent of a seller that tells me that they want me to come back later. It is very important that sellers understand that when you have a hot buyer, delaying them in anyway will lose the s
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11/23/2008
This is an open letter to all listing agents and sellers: This is the letter I think I'm going to send to every agent of a seller that tells me that they want me to come back later. It is very important that sellers understand that when you have a hot buyer, delaying them in anyway will lose the
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11/22/2008
In the past I have been approached with many partnership ideas, but I know what it is that makes a true partnership. I give something and you give something in return that makes it beneficial to us both.That is how I approach real estate and my clients. I offer them hard work, dedication and ethi
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11/22/2008
Today is Friday, November 21, 2008 and it is time for another breakdown of homes sales in the Washington County, Oregon market. This week the stats came out for September 2008 versus September 2007 and the numbers are pretty amazing.With the average drop in home pending sales in Washington County
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11/21/2008
We all miss the dog days of summer and long for the next one, but now you can find out how your dog got to be your dog. If you are in Portland, Oregon, then you can visit the World Forestry Center now through January 4th, 2009 and find out the story of dogs.Also, while you are there, you can clim
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11/20/2008
This story takes place only about a year ago, when the pasture was green. There was no need to leave to go the neighbors where the grass looks greener, you had plenty and all you thought you would ever need. But, things were starting to change, the grass was getting browner and the signs were com
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11/19/2008
Today I picked up my new real estate car that I have been very excited about it since one of my clients asked if I wanted it. I have been working extra hard to scrape the money together to buy it. I've dreamt about a car like this since I bought my first car over 20 years ago.Well, I went to pick
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11/19/2008
Nothing upsets me more than when I see an expired listing that only expired because it had a lazy agent involved. I had one of those experiences, but I have to say that lazy agent made me look like a rock star to this seller.You see this home had been on the market for six months with another age
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11/18/2008
Since the day I started my first business when I was 14, it was all about making the customer happy. Making others happy made me happy. I loved my customers and they loved me... they sought me out, because I was different.Now, how does this title fit into all this? That first business I had when
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11/18/2008
Since we all know everything in the world tastes like chicken, I have to assume I do as well. But, that doesn't mean that I want to be eaten or even gnawed on for awhile. In the last month, I feel I have been lucky... that is lucky not to be a chew toy for some dog in a house that I am showing.I
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11/16/2008
