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Holiday weekend recycling in Kentlands   Thursday is the regular day for the collection of recycled materials in Kentlands by the City of Gaithersburg.  There will be no recycling collection this Thursday, Independence Day. The regular collection day has been changed to Saturday, July 6, 2013. “T...
07/01/2013

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4th of July Celebrations in Kentlands and Gaithersburg   Kentlands area families will celebrate Independence Day with a parade and carnival in the morning in Kentlands and then will go to the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Gaithersburg at 5 p.m. for entertainment followed by fireworks at dusk. ...
07/01/2013

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New Maryland Smoke Detector Law, Effective July 1, 2013   Maryland home sellers and their agents need to be aware of the new Smoke Detector Law that becomes effective on July 1, 2013. This is a good topic for discussion at sales meetings in real estate offices. There will be some confusion on wha...
07/01/2013

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July's Cloudburst of You This is the ActiveRain announcement of the new July contest. I can handle the exercise part of the challenge if you will do the rest. Meet the challenge and earn 2,000 points. Have an outstanding month. How's it going Rainers?  Are you busy, busy this Summer season?  I'm ...
07/01/2013

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Pat Kennedy's favorites... Each week, Washington, DC real estate professional Pat Kennedy lists her favorite ActiveRain blogs from the previous week. This is always a very good reference post to see what you might have missed. Please go to the original blog if you wish to leave comments that will...
07/01/2013

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Be yourself... Rene Fabre, of First American Title, always has sound advice to offer to real estate professionals. In this blog, he advises us to be ourselves. Tell your own stories. Relationships can be built with the conversation around the content. Personally, I need to work on the conversatio...
07/01/2013

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Use CorelDraw to create your own graphics... Mortgage loan professional George Souto has written about the use of CorelDraw to create graphics for real estate blogs and marketing materials. If you have the needed skills, a graphics program may be an ideal tool. Please go to the original blog if y...
07/01/2013

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Be aware of the cost of FHA financing... Mortgage loan professional George Souto explains how smaller FHA loans have become higher cost financing.  Home buyers should be alert to compare the cost of FHA financing with available alternatives. Please go to the original blog if you wish to leave com...
07/01/2013

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The difference between linoleum and vinyl... "The Flooring Girl", Debbie Gartner, is a reliable source of good information on flooring. I recommend a subscription to Debbie's blogs. Please go to the original blog if you wish to leave comments that will be seen by Debbie. Are linoleum and vinyl th...
07/01/2013

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You will want to read "Inferno" Charlottesville real estate professional Wallace Gibson is an avid reader. In this post she recommends "Inferno", by Dan Brown. Dolores and I have read all of Dan Brown's books and recommend them to you. Please go to the original blog if you wish to leave comments ...
07/01/2013
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