Make Someone Happy ! I was sitting with a new agent the other day. I was trying to get a handle on why they had chosen this profession. If I can determine what motivated them to join the ranks of Realtors, I can then delve a little deeper into what might be that one factor that will separ
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03/31/2009
This is a map of the continental United States Are you with me so far? This is a broad picture and I know it does not include Alaska or Hawaii. For the sake of this post, let's just say this is America. If you pick any spot on this map and go there and begin digging, at some point you wi
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03/23/2009
Long & Foster Leader to Get Top FHA Post By: Diana Olick, CNBC Real Estate Reporter | 21 Mar 2009 | 08:01 PM ET President Obama is planning to name the head of Long & Foster Real Estate to lead the Federal Housing Administration, CNBC has learned. Dave Stevens Dave Stevens, president and chief
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03/22/2009
I was reading blogs this morning. I came across one offered by ABC News Senior Political Reporter, Jonathan Karl. You can read the entire entry here. It shares this opening salvo..."The AIG Bonus Tax:"Give the money back or we'll take it away". Now this is an interesting concept. The public is ou
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03/19/2009
I have watched with great interest the way that the government is attempting to fix the housing crisis. I have read more laws and proposed laws and guidelines and possible guidelines than I ever believed could exist. I have read financial wizards explain the problem so cryptically that it is impo
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03/14/2009
I have long believed that the NAR's approach to advertising and supporting our industry is way off the mark. They kept running those ads advocating that buying a home was an investment and it was a great time to buy. Any fool could compare housing to a stock market that is on an apparent roll
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03/09/2009
Okay, so I open with an admonition, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. That man may be me, but I will let you be the judge. I was just sitting back enjoying the brisk 35 degree morning, having a cup of coffee on my porch and a thought hit me. O.K., maybe a question came to m
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03/09/2009