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2016
In May this year I wrote a post entiteld: Have a Nice Trip . . . See You Next FallToday, I read a very nice bookend to this tale. In The National Association of Realtors Legal Summaries the case in Colorado has No Liability on Buyer's Fall -- the actual appellate ruling is found here.Risk manag...
10/27/2016
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From time-to-time I'll read a post and it will make me think a little deeper. I read this post today "What's with the house next door?" and it got me re-thinking the precept.First, when a prospective buyer views a home on paper, it does not, can not and will not -- ever -- be a tactile review of...
10/26/2016
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This is a vent post about an occurrence only 30 minutes fresh. It's a "localism" and a sign of the times, unfortunately.I'm 58-years old. I wasn't around when the phrase "The Bee's Knees" was uttered. We had different words to describe AWESOME! We had "rad." We had "groovy." We even went so...
10/19/2016
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Once upon a time there was a Rosie-haired real estate agent. She meet with three lenders over a period of time. Lender One called RosieLocks directly. He had found RosieLocks doing some searches trying to find some new lead sources. RosieLocks has a really nice website, and he was attracted ...
10/11/2016
Kimo Stowell is really making it EASY this year. Not for himself, because he's in charge of it all. But look at all the ways you can get your GHOST ON!This is a very fun Haunted Parade, and I see a few spots that fit the blog -- for me!HAPPY HALLOWEEN and get in the SPIRIT!! It's time for the ...
10/09/2016
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Being in the business of assisting Buyers for nearly 20 years, I have been known to make suggestions, from time-to-time. I offer advice, coaching, hand holding and the myriad of other business-related duties of the real estate kind.While I can lead a horse to water . . . I can not make them dri...
10/06/2016
This is a absolute on obsolete . . . must read!! I re-blogged Gary Waters post for a reason. And that reason is: He's correct!I have to add my own story. Several years ago I assisted a first-time buyer who had no legs. That was her reality. She was such an inspiration to me, and I enjoyed ...
10/03/2016
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As I progress through life, I find that I am a keen observer. Unlike Seinfeld, I can't make it funny, as he does with his "observational" comedy. My knack seems to be finding the hidden object, the one's not like the other . . . the patterns in things, or if something is missing in the pattern,...
10/03/2016
This is my entry into Patricia Kennedy's October Contest: An October Contest Your First Time; The Real Estate EditionPart of the "tell us about it" portion of the contest has this: Were any old pros involved, and were they nice or were they stinkers?My story involved one old stinker of an old ...
10/01/2016
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A GREAT example of what we do . . . "It's the tip of the iceberg"And Myrl writes about CLIENTS who don't see what we do . . . what about the NON-CLIENT work? The vasts amount of time (and money) we spend to develop our business. To market, to advertise.I estimate that I spend abuut 5 hours each...
10/01/2016
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