Alright, it's pool season and with a 6 year old granddaughter, we have a renewed enthusiasm when taking the pool cover off. This year our enthusiasm went from excitement to complete confusion. About 70% of the water was gone when the cover came off. What? Where did it go? The water level was only
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06/13/2021
The pandemic was not good for me. I didn't get sick during the pandemic mania, actually, I had Covid-19 in February 2020 before all of the lock-downs and hysteria that followed. No, the lock-downs and miscellaneous periods of quiet gave me way too much time to think and plot future opportunities.
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06/04/2021
Many years ago, I was buying rental properties in another community. That meant many trips there to paint, repair and prepare properties for rent. I typically traveled alone, but once in a while, my wife traveled with me and helped with the work. The rest of the time, she was home taking care of
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05/26/2021
Buying a home in this crazy market can be challenging. On a recent listing, I received 17 offers and had 55 showings in 58 hours. With that level of competition, every home buyer needs to find a way to gain a competitive advantage. When you are trying to buy a house, think about these things: Alw
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05/06/2021
Sometimes, people believe their own errors, when the truth is easier.Our family has a wonderful friend who has spent 3-4 years searching Dr Google to find a reason he felt certain sensations in his body. He self-diagnosed everything from "I'm about to have a heart attack," to "I have cancer," to
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04/22/2021
The attached article was from an interview the local media did with me concerning our first quarter market. Click on the graph and enjoy!
04/14/2021
Do you ever have that one listing where every odd is against you from the beginning, but failure is not an option. I'm in the middle of that one now, but it is having a happy ending. About 45 days ago, a man came to my office to ask if I could sell his parents home. They are both in a nursing hom
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04/02/2021
At a recent meeting of the Department of Commerce and the CDC, Federal government representatives discussed the growing number of Covid-19 cases that have been occuring since multiple states are starting to open up. In an effort to stem the tide of another nationwide outbreak of Covid-19, these a
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04/01/2021
Life is funny in that we can get so caught up in making a life that we forget to live. I'm a hard charger. If I want something to happen, I will move heaven and earth to see it happen. In business, I'm not a wandering generality. I am focused, determined and specific. I push the limits of my abil
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03/10/2021
What would your office be like if Dr Seuss was the broker and primary training officer? A staff first-time home-buyer training session might go something like this:This real estate business is quite amusing,sometimes it's challenging, sometimes confusing.But Realtors know the real estate rules,an
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03/03/2021
