Consumers will soon have greater choice when they go to select a real estate agent in 2014. When the market went "south" five or six years ago many left the profession for other jobs. Now that the market is back those "experienced" agents are returning. Likewise the real estate schools are b
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12/31/2013
A Really Big Deal or No Big Deal - An ActiveRain Challenge This is an almost late entry in the December Active Rain Challenge - A Really Big Deal or No Big Deal. Monetarily this "A Really Big Deal" does not rank up there near my bigger paydays but it does illustrate a couple of points every rea
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12/26/2013
Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is. OK, so I did not take an Alka-Seltzer but the sentiment is quite similar. In more than ten years of being a real estate agent I had somehow escaped the HUD foreclosure. I am not sure what it says about me but for a decade I never had a buyer seriou
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12/20/2013
"No, I do not have a key hidden." Maybe it should not surprise me after all these years. I had a real estate agent from a property management company who was showing "one of their rentals" across the street from one of my listings call me this afternoon.The agent called to ask questions about t
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12/18/2013
Home Seller Tips - Let These Rules Influence Your Behavior. Image courtesy of Boians Cho Joo Young at FreeDigitalPhotos.net As a child many of us heard lots of "rules" usually dropped at the most opportune time to influence current behavior. Some of these rules were quite useful like "Do unt
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12/15/2013
There are many things about home ownership you can never control. We all know that taxes and insurance usually go up over time. Here Jon Zolsky of Daytona, Florida presents a good example of another "variable" cost involved with condo ownership - special assessments. Over time buildings needs
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12/05/2013
One of the most common words I see in real estate narratives is "upgraded." And its definition varies greatly from seller to seller or, rather, real estate agent to real estate agent. In some cases "upgraded" is used to indicate a product that is maybe a level above the standard. This seems pr
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12/05/2013
1224 Serengeti Way, Rockledge, FL 32955 $1,200/mo KEY FEATURES Year Built: 2005 Sq Footage: 1706 sqft. Bedrooms: 3 Beds Bathrooms: 2 Baths Parking: 2 Garage Lease Duration: 1 Year (See Details Below) Deposit: $1,000 Pets Policy: No Pets Allowed Laundry: In Unit Property Type: Single Family Hou
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12/02/2013
