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Memorial Day Weekend 2013 Please take a minute to remember the true reason for Memorial Day this weekend. Without those that gave their lives for our freedom, we wouldn't be able to live the lives we have. Also, be safe out there. A lot of people are traveling all over the country because it's a ...
05/24/2013
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Plan Your Home Inspection For A Rainy Day! While it's a rare thing to be able to schedule your home inspection around the weather report, if you have a choice between a sunny day and a potentially rainy one, pick the rainy day. On sunny days, it might be a little more fun for the inspector to tak...
05/20/2013
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Do I Want This Listing? Hypothetical situation, of course. I get a phone call. Seller wants me to sell their house. They owe $X, and want to put it on the market for $X + 20%. Their reasoning is that they'll negotiate down a little, but they'll ultimately be able to "get out from underneath" the...
05/19/2013
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500,000 Points! It just occured to me. I was soooo fired up to hit the 500,000 point milestone, I forgot to write a quick blog about it! I've been hammering away lately, trying to reach this goal. You know what happens at 500,000 points here on ActiveRain? You don't have to pay any more! I was so...
05/18/2013
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5.18.13 I've been trying to figure out how to get a Google map that I created put into a blog post, and it's been driving me crazy! I'll get it eventually. I need a vacation. Not a working vacation, not a stay-cation. An actual put your feet in the sand vacation. I won't hold my breath, but I kno...
05/18/2013
Burton Hollow Garage Sale. Saturday & Sunday May 18-19, 2013 If you're in or near Livonia, MI, you should check out this massive subdivision garage sale. I've been through it almost every year for over 10 years. I've made friends, helped people load up heavy things and bought some stuff, too. It'...
05/17/2013
Garage Sales. Good Deals, Potential Clients or a Waste of Time? I spent a few hours earlier today checking out some garage sales. They were having a whole subdivision sale, so they were all pretty close to each other. I noticed a few things... First, you can get some things pretty cheap compared ...
05/17/2013
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Happy Mother's Day - 2013! Just wanted to take a minute and say Happy Mother's Day to everyone. To all the happily married Moms, not-so-happily married Moms, the divorced Moms and single Moms for a variety of reasons. Happy Mother's Day. To the Dads out there that are raising the kids, for any a...
05/12/2013
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What Does BATVAI Mean? While you're looking at properties online or on a listing sheet, there's a section that explains some of the better characteristics of the property, in limited detail. There are only so many characters allowed in our MLS for the descriptions, so you'll see a lot of abbrevi...
05/12/2013
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Old School - 5.11.13 Happy Saturday, Everyone! It got really windy a little while ago. Looks like a storm might be rolling in. I don't mind storms, really, as long as the power stays on. We're going "Old School" tonight. I'm going to introduce my daughters to a couple of classics. First, we'll wa...
05/11/2013