I really should start out all of my posts by saying, "I really should be going to bed now." But here I am again, posting at a very inappropriate time - and I have a 7 AM meeting! Oh well, here goes.Let's start with the rambling. My seventeen year old senior son has a girlfriend of 4 months. I
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10/17/2007
I was having a good old time here on active rain and given the time, decided I better turn in. I checked my still open KW email and found once again an email from a local agent I do not know, have never done business with, not even a showing on either side, promoting their new listing and/or pri
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10/15/2007
I am a newbie in this profession, nowhere near the newbie I used to be now that I have three full seasons under my belt, but I know I still have a lot to learn. Real estate is not a part time occupation for me, a passing fancy, a get-rich-quick scheme. I am in this for the long haul, wishing I
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10/15/2007
Over nine years ago, my family bought and moved into a 4 year old property, the youngest home we had ever owned. All the interior walls were still white but there was a wallpaper border high up in the kitchen and oddly all 2.5 of the baths were wallpapered to the hilt. It was practically a blan
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10/15/2007
As a new realtor three years ago, I received a lot of advice. Conflicting advice in many instances as it turned out. My plan was to be a buyer specialist initially but where would I get buyers? Hold open houses. But I had no listings! Hold them for other agents. OK!I offered to hold open hou
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10/14/2007
OK, so here I am again at midnight finally doing something I like to do, write, directly related to the thing I love to do, real estate. But I have to say, Michigan is trying my last nerve as a realtor trying to hold on.I have been in this business for only three years, deciding to enter the pro
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10/03/2007
This is a roundabout way to start this commentary but years ago I worked in a high end restaurant in East Hampton Township, village of Montauk, Long Island, NY, playground of the rich and famous of NYC . I learned a lot about food that I probably never would have learned anywhere else. I skinne
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09/20/2007
I was jogged to check out Zillow once again by a news release that they had received a $30 million dollar packet in a business proposal. For curiosity, I went there once again and typed in my own address to see what would come up as value and comparables. The value was a bit lower than I had hop
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09/19/2007
