To many of my subscribers, you know that I talk to my mom and dad on the phone everyday and see them at least three to four times a week. My dad truly is my best friend and we do a lot of things together and we always have fun doing it.But, the day my dad turned 18 was today! Now, like me, his ma
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12/18/2008
THANK YOU ACTIVERAIN and GOOGLE! Today I got a call from a buyer that hired me because of posts I did last year! The buyer said they wanted someone who was family oriented and loved where they lived and I was that person. Why did they say this? Last year, I wrote a series where every night we wou
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12/18/2008
This is a conversation that I had with someone I met a couple weeks ago. They actually told me, "My agent is a jerk, but he is a great negotiator." Now, this was amazing to me to hear and I had to ask more about this.This person said, "Yeah, this person is my agent for life. He is a real JERK, bu
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12/17/2008
About a week ago I started a new group called "Short Sale and Loan Modification Nightmares" I asked other agents and loan officers to include their stories of whoa that would send to congress once a week. These stories are intended to wake up congress to what is really going on at the street leve
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12/14/2008
Here in the Beaverton area the normal 50 degree air has been replaced with 35 degree weather and a snow/rain mix and getting colder by the hour. The city that was once all at the malls, shopping for Christmas, now seem to be at grocery store, preparing for being locked in their homes by snow and
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12/13/2008
Don't you just feel tied up sometimes? "Don't you just feel tied up sometimes?" Image is property of Todd Clark and is not to be used for any use without permission from Todd Clark or Samantha who is feeling sue happy right now - 2008
12/13/2008
Today is Friday, December 12, 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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12/12/2008
Yes, you read that correctly, as a kid I hated Christmas. I was embarrassed by my family tradition, but now I get it! My friends thought we were crazy and weird, and didn't know how I could put up with it. At the time, neither did I, but now my family is closer than any family out there and I act
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12/09/2008
A couple months ago I wrote a post about cleaning a property for a seller that didn't live close to the property I was selling for them. I cleaned it just to try to get it to sell faster and that if I had to do it all over again that I would.Well, I had a potential seller call me because they had
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12/08/2008
Oh, we have all seen the really bad picture in the MLS and we just laugh. I have even had to laugh at myself a couple times when I notice what I put online. But, I try to fix it quickly so no one else can laugh at me. But, today, I bring you the blunders of our local MLS and Flyers that just make
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12/07/2008
