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2014
My Review of "Reviews" . . . Why I Can't Stand Them This is my counter-point, of sorts, to a post written by Ashley Cox, asking for a review. Maybe it's because I'm going to be 56-year's old in April and I grew up in the days of "References Available Upon Request." Maybe I just don't like "review...
02/08/2014
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It's . . . SNOW TIME In Portland Finally, winter has arrived. We started out with a very short Fall, and had temps in the teens the end of November. A little tease that was. Then December and January came, and both months were really very mild . . . and for the Great Pacific Northwest, relative...
02/07/2014
One of the Lowest Commissions Received . . . And Why I Loved It! As the old saying goes: Money isn't everything. Several years ago I received a call from a potential client. We set up an appointment for a one-hour consult. In our initial phone call I learned he was a first time buyer, and he m...
02/07/2014
My First Real Estate Transaction . . . A True Love Story Many years ago, soon after becoming licensed, I had my "first" sale. It was a life estate. My client was a 90-year old woman, suffering terribly with Parkinson's disease . . . oh, and did I mention she was 90! I met Martha Bernardini at a...
02/04/2014
ActiveRain's Biggest Sellers' Mistakes - Making the Rounds Each Monday the RMLS circulates the RMLS Weekly Report. As with all newsletters, it contains tidbits local agents might find interesting. Local real estate updates on member-board related "need to know", lockbox activity is reported, a...
02/03/2014
Understanding Real Estate: It's a Mutable Water Sign In astrology, there are 4 elements: Fire, Water, Earth and Air. Of those elements there are specific qualities associated: Mutable, Fixed, and Cardinal. It's Saturday night, and I'm blogging, what else can I come up with for blog fodder? Anyw...
02/01/2014
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