Oh crap, I channeled my very alive father when I heard the words come out of my mouth when talking to a younger client of mine. He said, "I saw you on Twitter and thought about giving you a shout out, but saw the only updates on there from you were for your posts, don't you use it?"Well, that is
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11/15/2008
It wasn't as easy as I hoped, but once I took the little happy pill I was fine. (No not the little blue one - you people are sick) This was a pack of Tic Tacs that I labeled happy pills and I sucked on to try to get my mind off what was happening.I was taking the day off and I wasn't sure my phon
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11/15/2008
Today is Friday, November 14, 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 sales in Washington County of 29.3
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11/14/2008
Sometimes in life you are thrown a curve and that was the call I got yesterday from one of my past clients that I had helped in the purchase of their first home last year at about this same time. Well, today they called me and they needed my help. I was so thankful they thought of me and knew tha
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11/13/2008
You go to a listing appointment and you know they want to price the house right, and now you want to do the best job you can for your clients. You ask them why they bought the house and what has been done to it, so you can use those to advertise. Hopefully the next buyer is looking for some great
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11/12/2008
Today, I've decided to cancel a listing, which something I never like to do, but the seller has a friend. Well you know how it goes, the friend gives him some advice and they pass it on to me and then when the home doesn't sell, it is my fault.You see from the beginning, the seller has never want
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11/11/2008
Ok Mr. Banker, I know this secret may come to a big surprise to you, but to us that own homes, sell homes, and are working with sellers that are having problems right now, we want to keep our homes despite the loss in value.I know that surprises you because I talk to you everyday on the phone. Yo
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11/10/2008
Saturday is fast approaching and I think to myself that it has been raining for 3 weeks straight and that is the first dry day on the horizon, so why don't I take a day off? I haven't treated myself to any fun actives in over a month, and my kids, what are their names again?But, wait, what if I h
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11/10/2008
My 3 year old daughter came up to my ear and whispered, I have something to sing to you. I said, "OK" then that is when she started singing in a whisper."Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap" by AC/DC, and I'm not sure that if I should be happy that I have someone to take to concerts with me, or if I sho
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11/08/2008
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11/08/2008
