ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2009
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My entry in the Nature & Marketing Contest. Submitted for your consideration . . . Helping BUYERS find the PURRFECT roof over their head . . . even I have to admit that's pretty good!
08/11/2009
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This blog post was inspired after reading Keith McMullin's blog entitled: The Incredible Shrinking Home -- Is the McMansion Era on the Wane? http://activerain.com/blogsview/1191804/the-incredible-shrinking-home-is-the-mcmansion-era-on-the-wane- I started to think about the big homes, typically...
08/11/2009
"Supra Lockbox Activity - Updated Through August 2 Downward trend continues Comparing July 20, 2009 through August 2, 2009 the number of times RMLST subscribers opened Supra lockboxes decreased 15% in Washington and 5.4% in Oregon." cited: RMLS The lockbox is the magic access key that keeps stat...
08/11/2009
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It's been a while since I've blogged on my own group: LOL of the Day! Why? Nothing seemed funny to me. But today, oh happy day . . . newbie Active Rainer Emily Shapiro has tickled my (virtual) funny bone! THANKS EMILY! Your blog is very HILL-AIR-E-OUS! Working with the WRONG real estate agent...
08/10/2009
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Is there an Active Rain group entitled: "What Are/Were They Thinking"? If so, this would be the perfect entry. At yesterday's home inspection, Steve R. a great local inspector with APEX Home Inspections -- who has performed over 4,000 inspections in 15-years -- had to remove backing the owner pl...
08/08/2009
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How do I get Zillow to remove the "for sale" and "open house" information for my house? House was sold almost 2 years ago -------------------------------------------- http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/how-do-i-get-zillow-to-remove-the-for-sale-and-open-house-information-from-my-house/265447/ ...
08/07/2009
Paul Slaybaugh had this feature today: http://activerain.com/blogsview/1184430/-is-the-somali-next-door-a-war-criminal-and-other-questions-your-agent-cannot-legally-answer And it got me thinking about just how can we direct clients to a link that might answer their questions, while allowing us t...
08/06/2009
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Rental Scams and HOW TO Detect Them! If it sounds too good to be true -- it probably is! That saying/old adage has been repeated for eons -- FOR A REASON! There are so many scams, phishing schemes, cons out and about -- but I've found a website set up to COUNTER the RENTAL SCAM. And here it is: ...
08/05/2009
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Last week I blogged about a couple who only wanted an agent to unlock doors. With 89 AR comments (and counting) . . . without being 'featured' . . . seems I wasn't the only one who had issues with these 'buyers.' http://activerain.com/blogsview/1174649/-we-only-want-an-agent-to-unlock-the-door...
08/04/2009
For those of you who aren't familiar with the ins' and outs' of a real estate transaction, that's okay! You're not licensed, and you aren't expected to know all there is . . . A professional Realtor(r) does! If you think you know what makes a deal get to close (which is the main point when buyi...
08/03/2009
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