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2010
Ths re-blog is courtesy of Pamela Seley. Thanks for posting it! Please watch the video, and then scratch your head . . . because you didn't know about this either!! U.S. Chamber of Commerce Congress is at it again -- trying to take away more of our freedoms. Let's contact our Senators and ...
07/13/2010
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This is a re-blog . . . and I do NOT find anything GOOD about the MSN Article. The basic steps of foreclosure. It's so sanitary. Why, it's only a 'process' and Jean Folger of Investopedia makes it sound so sterile. Tomorrow I'll write my own post about the 6 steps to Foreclosure. Do you ever w...
07/13/2010
I love to read comments on blogs posts -- mine included -- where people toot their horns: "I knew it was coming" And then . . . I bow down to them in utter amazement. Mesmerized by their Wizard of Oz powers. I mumble at their feet: "WOW -- you knew "it" was coming . . ." I'm now worthy. I'm ...
07/13/2010
An interesting read this afternoon: A post about an agent who does not sugar coat, gloss over, but knows the facts and is direct with her local market (which has lost 30% of value, overall.) In a comment I read: " . . . there are no short sales [in a particular area] because people do not buy mo...
07/12/2010
Supra Lockbox Activity Week Ending 7/4/10 NOTE: The Supra Lockbox is the magic access key that allows agents to open the doors on listed property. It also keeps statistics, and as you can see, there has been a DECREASE in activity for Oregon, which also includes Portland, OR real estate activ...
07/12/2010
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The World Cup . . . Portland Style! What a great Sunday to be Downtown Portland. The sun was shining, not a cloud in the sky, the temperature was hovering around 80 at about noon! PERFECT. I went Downtown to do a hyper-localism on a brand new urban park, Director Park -- and that post is coming...
07/11/2010
Earlier this week, Active Rain colleague Cynthia Larsen had a featured post regarding the very issues Steve Gregory is discussing. Cynthia's post: Fannie and Freddie Jeopardize Energy Retrofit Programs Because Steve is on the East Coast, and Cynthia is on the West Coast . . . I thought these two ...
07/09/2010
Buying a Home in Portland -- Consider a VA Property The U.S. Dept. of Veternan Affairs is making it very advantageous when purchasing a VA owned property. And I have to interject that it's sad to me that someone lost their home. This is the down-side of the mortgage meltdown. But, unlike quite...
07/09/2010
While web surfing this afternoon, the wave took me to Psychology Today, and a very funny article written by Dr. Ken Eisold. On June 30, 2010 Dr. Eisold wrote a blog on Psychology Today entitled: "Banksters: How Can We Demystify Bankers" HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA Yes, let's "demystify" ...
07/08/2010
Credit Suisse Monthly Survey of Real Estate Agents The report you've been waiting for?!? I'm not pleased . . . but not suprised. Most areas are "thumbs down" -- lower housing prices, lowered expectation on buyer traffice. There are, however a few exceptions -- Boston being one market that has ...
07/06/2010
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