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2013
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Buyers Playing Realtor® . . . You Can't Play the Game if You Don't Know the RulesAs an Exclusive Buyers Agent -- that means that my real estate practice is Buyer-centric -- I've not taken a listing or represented sellers for years.Since 1999, when I became licensed, I have seen the the shift in ...
11/30/2013
Friday Funny -- Ode to a Grecian Urn, Now on Sale . . . Your Black Friday Special! This is from my son's Facebook page. I have entitled this: Ode to A Grecian Urn, Now on Sale My favorite is: TGIBF For some reason, that just tickles me, and Cracks (laughter) Friday me up! His profile pic is hi...
11/29/2013
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My Thanksgiving Memories Gather round boys and girls, this is a story about a time of days gone by. When I was a young girl we had one TV, and it had three major stations - ABC, CBS & NBC, and about just as many local stations. Our TV was Black and White and monotone. We were allowed to watch o...
11/28/2013
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An interesting post from Mirela with a hard hitting perspective. My two cents: The same people who came to the New World in 1600's were NOT the same people that were the robber baron industrialists in the 1800's. It was not the intent of the Pilgrims / Puritans, et al. to slaughter people in an ...
11/28/2013
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BB is my cat. I don't know how old he is, but I reckon he's about 18. He showed up years ago (and if I could remember what year it was, it might help with figuring out his age). I had found two other cats, or they found me, and each evening when I would feed the two, BB would show up. He wou...
11/27/2013
Is the End of the Year a Good Time to Buy a House in Portland? This afternoon I had a nice chat with a potential client coming in to town mid-December. She told me that she had heard buying in the cold, winter months is a good idea and asked me: Is the end of the year a good time to buy a hous...
11/26/2013
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One Month From Now . . . We'll be done with our Christmas presents and looking back thinking of our naughty or nice holiday. I can not believe that Christmas is one month from today. This is a slow blog night for me. I worked on my Word Press site, did a really cool post about 5 Top Portland M...
11/25/2013
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The Poetry Box This post is about the "Poetry Box". I've never seen one before, but what a GREAT idea for a neighborhood. Early this afternoon I met my client at a home we are due to close on. She was there for a walk-through and when we were finished, we walked around the neighborhood. The ho...
11/24/2013
Stepping Out of The Comfort Zone . . . and Into Tomorrow Today was an interesting day. Not sure if anyone remembers my Winter Preplan . . . Not that I remember . . . but #3 of my list was to: "Focus on projects that will 'lead' to business" That was an inside joke, to me. I've been wanting to...
11/23/2013
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How NOT to Advertise We are constantly bombarded with HOW TO market, HOW TO advertise and HOW TO promote our product, ourselves, our brand. The other day I saw this ad ---------------> The ad appeared on the side next to a game I was playing on-line. Unfortunately, the screen cap tool wouldn't ...
11/22/2013
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