ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2007
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Become and effective Listener For the better part of our careers (real estate,mortgages,banking, and title services etc) we spend a lot of time listening to others but are we truly listening to them or waiting for the opportunity to interject our thoughts into their conversation. We ...
10/31/2007
Good information to pass along to your clients and/or customers. Down Payment Assistance Final Rule Effective October 31, 2007, HUD will prohibit sellers or interested third parties that financially benefit from the transaction to provide down payment assistance. FHA will continue to insure loa...
10/31/2007
It's so nice when someone comes to your city and makes wonderful comments about the place where you call home. Her name is Joann Fitzpatrick ( a former editorial page editor). She was here from the east coast (Boston Mass) to attend a wedding and this article pinpoints her observation of G...
10/31/2007
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This post is dedicated to the service men and women who put their lives on the line for ALL of us to be free. In prerusing thru my thousands of pictures I came across one that I look at frequently. It was taken in Baghdad Iraq sometime earlier this year. Such a bright and sunny day in a pla...
10/29/2007
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This past summer was 1 of the most rewarding in my life. There were plans to go to Florida for a homecoming (my brother just returned from Iraq) and my girlfriends birthday was on the following day. In subsequent months prior to leaving I asked her if I don't do anything else on this t...
10/28/2007
1 of my past clients called me inquiring about a home that had fire damage to the upper level and wanted me to investigate it for them. I went to the home hoping to find the owner or someone there. Lo and behold there is no one around but a posting from the Fire Marshals office looking ...
10/24/2007
1"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Have you ever been in a situation with a Buyer/Seller and it for some reason did not measure up to what you expected it to be? Let me ...
10/23/2007
"I can do everything (all things) through Him (God) who gives me strength".This takes on a better meaning in this type of market. As I approach year 22 here in Grand Rapids I've pretty much seen it all. The good, great and finally not so great. There have been times when I thought seriously ab...
10/22/2007
Nothing new to report but in prerusing thru newspaper articles I ran across one that brought a sense of pride to live in Grand Rapids. As you drive around different parts of the city you can see the growth. I can remember 20 years ago driving thru downtown Grand Rapids. It was like driving thru ...
10/22/2007
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This sermon was preached at my church last night. It really hit home because we are all guilty at one time or the other of this. The Lord looks thru us NOT at us. We are transparent in His sight. The pastor told us to look within ourselves and see where we have gone wrong. This gave me a fresh ...
10/21/2007
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Robert L. Brown
Grand Rapids Real Estate Bellabay Realty, West Mic