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2008
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Is anyone using the Verizon XV6800 or the Samsung i760 . I am looking at purchasing one of these two phones and would like feedback please. I am using just a cell phone at the moment so this would be a big step up. They seem to be about equal with maybe the Samsung having a better voice quali...
03/30/2008
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Do I want to manage rental property or not? That is a question I ask myself a lot. At this point I have always managed to let someone else manage property. I have a wonderful person I use who is a professional property manager. Her full time job is to manage rentals. She does not sell and sh...
03/30/2008
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Norfolk killed its ban on smoking in resturarnts. Citing concerns about lawsuits and loss of business the council decided not to ban smoking. I guess money wins over peoples health. http://www.geneallen.com/ Come and see ALL the Homes for Sale in Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, as well a...
03/29/2008
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Well I did it. I moved companies. I was at my last company for over nine years. It was a tough decision as it was like one big family but one I had to make. The new company, Resh Realty Group, is aggressive and spends money looking for leads. The broker has a system that churns out leads so ...
03/29/2008
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The eagles are finally back together at Norfolk Botanical Garden. For a while an interloper had bewitched the couple and at least one egg was lost. Now it looks the the couple that has been together for a few years are back at and have at least one egg in the nest. Here is something even coole...
03/27/2008
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This house Burbage Grant was priced $30k below other houses in the same cul-de-sac but sold because of the price. Everything was worn out but the price made the difference.http://www.geneallen.com/ Come and see ALL the Homes for Sale in Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, as well as the rest o...
03/27/2008
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I was passing a few condo places in Virginia Beach the other day and said man those entrances really look nice. Just a few feet over was some stuff that looked not quite so nice. Why do these places spend so much money keeping the entrances nice and then muck them up? I am going to start a ser...
03/26/2008
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I have figured out how to extend our working hours into the night and here it is. Night Vision Goggles for the masses. Once the technology that allowed our fighting men and women to take it to the enemy in the dead of night has become the latest weapon of the modern real estate agent. Now we ...
03/25/2008
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You know you are a growing city when the new hospital gets permission to add 20 more beds. That is the situation that Sentara Obici hospital is in Suffolk is in. http://www.geneallen.com/ Come and see ALL the Homes for Sale in Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, as well as the rest of Hampto...
03/23/2008
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Virginia Beach will have a new hospital in the Princess Anne Anne outpatient center. The hospital is scheduled to open in 2011 and will have 120 beds. The beds will be transferred from the Sentara Bayside hospital and that facility will be outpatient only. I don't think the Bayside people will...
03/23/2008
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