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2013
Hope 2014 is The Best New Year EVER . . . Hmmmmmmm . . . No I Don't! I've been reading some of the Merry Christmas and Happy New Years wishes. "Hope this Christmas is the BEST ever." "Hope you have the Best New Years ever!" I don't want this Christmas to be the BEST ever . . . I don't want this N...
12/31/2013
Was That a Tone of Glee in Your Voice? Best of Luck Unrepresented Buyer My daily ritual of making those phone calls that need to be made took place today. Just wondering buyer . . . was that a tone of glee in your voice? I hope not. A done deal is a closed deal. Your "deal" ain't even close t...
12/30/2013
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Worst Marketing I Have EVER Seen . . . I was shopping this evening and went down the candy aisle. Not what you think! I was looking for the "Lightly Salted" peanuts, which are a great snack by the handful. It's a few days after Christmas and the candy was marked down. Did they have an Andes M...
12/29/2013
The General Public Does Not Know: Due Diligence Yesterday I posted my "ME Agreement" -- It was about ideas. Okay, I just had one! I'm going to start a series of "The General Public Does Not Know" and today's topic is DUE DILIGENCE. Due Diligence can be defined as: A measure of prudence, activ...
12/28/2013
And I'm going to add to this post: DO NOT THROW ANYTHING INTO THE TRASH IF IT'S A TEXTILE! While looking at your donation pile you might be thinking: "No one will EVER wear this," and that might be true. But . . . the textile can be recyled! Too worn to wear . . . possibly. Too worn to recyle . ...
12/28/2013
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The Perfect Gift for the Dog Owner - The Dog Leash Plus Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. Now on to the New Year, then we're flying high for 2014! If you're ever wondering what to get the dog owner that has everything . . . try this out for size, The Dog Leash Plus: It has everything but th...
12/26/2013
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The 12 Days of Christmas ~ Gift #12 So it's Christmas Eve 2013 and I just wanted to wish everyone a very PEACEFUL eve. Those of you who celebrate the Season to be Jolly and those who observe other holidays and traditions, we all seem to have one thing on our mind: Peace of Earth. And to the conc...
12/24/2013
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'Tis the season . . . for getting my roof cleaned! This Saturday I thought that getting the roof rid of moss might be a good idea, since Santa will be stopping by pretty soon. The folks at River City Home Maintenance did a good job. They worked really hard, and now my roof is: SANTA READY! Here'...
12/23/2013
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Charlie at the North Pole?!? Okay, so for the umpteenth time, I found a cat at the gas station last summer. I named him Charlie and he's a very entertaining feline. The other day I happened to look out, and there he was -- up the pole. The dimensions aren't easily discerned from the photo. The...
12/22/2013
This is a great post by ActiveRain colleague Gary Wardohl, a real estate agent in the Ft. Worth real estate market. Gary's article about "fiduciary" not only outlines what he feels are his obligations as agent, but shows he knows the sense of duty that a true "Fiduciary" will know, more importan...
12/21/2013
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