Google 411 Disconnected By Michelle C. Carr-Crowe and the Get RE$ult$ Team, Your San Jose Saratoga Lynbrook & Cupertino Schools Experts Not long ago I passed on one of my favorite freebies, free Google 411. Sadly, I learned that Google 411 has been discontinued. So delete that FREE 411 informatio
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12/26/2010
Carbon Dioxide Alarms Required in California as of Jan. 1 by Michelle Carr-Crowe, San Jose Saratoga Lynbrook High Homes & Cupertino Schools Real Estate Agent Experts Carbon dioxide, the silent but deadly killer, will come against a new weapon in 2011 in California. With the new year, California i
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12/26/2010
How to Report Spam on ActiveRain By Michelle C. Carr-Crowe and the Get RE$ult$ Team, Your San Jose Saratoga Lynbrook & Cupertino Schools Experts Like me, you've probably noticed a big increase in spam blog posts on ActiveRain (and less frequently, spam comments.) It seems more active during the C
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12/26/2010
Home Improvements Part 3: Personalization by Michelle Carr-Crowe, Silicon Valley Top 5% Residential Real Estate Agent When it comes to upgrades and features, Buyers and Sellers see the same items quite differently. In my prior columns on home improvement, I've touched on maintenance and upgrades
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12/26/2010
Home Improvements Part 2: Upgrades by Michelle Carr-Crowe, Silicon Valley Top 5% Residential Real Estate Agent Upgrades-Buyers want them, Sellers think they have them-who is right? In my prior column on Home Improvements, I noted that there are basically three categories: maintenance, upgrades an
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12/26/2010
Home Improvements: Why Maintenance Doesn't Always Add to Market Price Part 1 of 3 in Home Improvements: Maintenance, Upgradea and Personalization by Michelle Carr-Crowe, Silicon Valley Top 5% Residential Real Estate Agent When it comes to home values, comparables and owner changes, there is often
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12/26/2010
Boxing Day by Michelle C. Carr-Crowe, Top 5% San Jose real estate agent Today is Boxing Day. The first time I heard of Boxing Day was when I read it on a calendar I received in my Christmas stocking about 40 years ago. If, like me, you've never heard of it, Boxing Day is a British holiday. It spr
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12/26/2010
Magic Numbers? 22 44 66 by Michelle Carr-Crowe, Top 5% Santa Clara County real estate agent I was going to close up and go to bed but when I saw those "magic numbers" of 22 44 66 I just had to blog about it. What magic numbers you ask? My blog total just happened to end on 224,466. Somehow it se
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12/23/2010
Interesting question posed re: how do you handle writing an offer for your own buyer on your own "overpriced" listing. I put my answer below & I'm interested to hear your thoughts, too. Disclose, disclose, disclose & do a CMA. Answer re: price, "Here are all of the recent comps. The Seller believ
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12/23/2010
Yes, I think everyone appreciates being responded to. When we blog, a response lets us know at least someone read it. When we respond to comments, it lets the commenter know the author took the time to read and reciprocate. You are right - the key is to respond.There are two styles of responding
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12/20/2010
