family: Fair Housing Act Violations and Other Potentially Offensive Terms - 06/28/12 06:29 PM
This past week, I listed a nice property situated on a peaceful rural 5 acre parcel down in Port Orchard.
You can see a virtual slide show of the property 14098 Glenwood Road SW Port Orchard WA
Just a few minutes after the listing was published and went live, I received an email from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, kindly notifying me that I had commited a listing violation.
More specifically, I had used descriptive language in my listing remarks section that violated the Fair Housing Act - a term/word that was discriminatory and potentially offensive.
And just what was this … (54 comments)

family: "Was Santa Good to You?" - 12/30/06 04:07 PM
Okay, so I apologize in advance, but I couldn't refuse!
The Jacobson Family had another wonderfully warm and memorable Christmas celebration this year. Even though our daughter Emily was not able to be with us, our cherished Aunt Nancy from Chicago, and our oldest son's girlfriend, Alex, joined us for the festivities,
We came home from church, built a fire, and gathered around the tree. Yours Truly read the Christmas Story and then I prayed, thanking God for all the blessings of the past year and for His constant faithfulness to us.
And then, Santa's Helper started passing out the presents. We take turns opening … (23 comments)

family: "Why Isn't It Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas?" - 12/23/06 07:20 PM
First, don't get me wrong, I am especially thankful this Christmas for all the blessings in my life. I have an incredible best friend and wife of nearly 25 years, and 3 of the greatest sons a father could ever ask for. What's not to be festive about?
Well, I'm out driving around earlier tonight, and the radio is playing one of those standard-issue favorites, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" and my eyes start to well up. "Why don't I feel like it's Christmas? Is there some kind of Scrooge virus goin' around?"
It certainly didn't help for us to go out … (17 comments)

 
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