In other areas of the country after you’ve come to a written agreement with the seller of the home you wish to purchase and the processing of the transaction begins it is called “in escrow”. In Michigan we call the work that takes place “The Process.” Ok, not too original, but it works for us. Th
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12/28/2007
Have you looked at my photo? It isn’t a glamour shot. No fancy “make me look gorgeous for the moment” photo. I’m in my late 40’s and don’t try to hide it. Yet. ( I reserve the right to do so at a later date.) I haven’t had time for a manicure in a month. My hair could also use a touch up
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12/27/2007
In Michigan and Ohio you can now purchase a home from HUD with a $100 down payment if you finance the home with an FHA mortgage. You can also receive $2500 from HUD to be used towards your closing costs.Please feel free to call or email me for further details on this new HUD & FHA home buyers pr
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12/26/2007
I'm going to be selfish today. My "busy" work is done, all email has been replied to, and I have no outside appointments today.I could clean a bit more, get a head start on cooking, wash a load of laundry or two, but as I said I'm going to be selfish.Yesterday I received a phone call from a dear
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12/20/2007
Home buyers are snapping up the bargains in Macomb Countys Chesterfield Township, the "Gateway to Anchor Bay". There are some wonderful homes for sale in the Lanse Creuse school district, the Anchor Bay school district and also in the New Haven school district. For a list of the bank owned - fore
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12/20/2007
What a cheesy title, but I simply had to do it because of the holiday season AND the good news!There is a real estate market in Macomb County, and once again home owners in Chesterfield Township are seeing their homes sold and new home owners are moving in to our area.In just the first 15 days of
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12/19/2007
Wonderful news was announced last month with HUD homes for saleand FHA financing in Michigan and Ohio. I’ve spent some time with local mortgage specialist Mike Caira, and we believe we’ve gotten down to the nitty gritty of the program. In Michigan and Ohio you can purchase a HUD home for $100 do
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12/19/2007
Saturday night and most of the day Sunday we had quite a snowstorm here in Michigan.A buyer client and I had originally planned on viewing 7 homes Sunday afternoon, but with safety in mind we cancelled them. Because many of the homes were bank owned foreclosures our "game plan" has always been w
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12/17/2007
Imagine owning a canal front home and suddenly being denied the right to dock your boat or navigate the waters.Do you think it couldn't happen? Think again. I just finished reading an article in the Detroit News that touched on a subject that I fear we are going to be seeing much more of in Mic
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12/17/2007
And since we've no place to go... Wait! Halt the song! I do have someplace to go! This afternoon I have 7 showings scheduled for a buyer client. As I peek outside I see the driveway completely covered and the wind has caused snowdrifts already over 8
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12/15/2007
