How many potential investors are out there but don't believe they have what it takes? How many have cash and don't appreciate that cash is king - that cash without inspection is king, kinged? Tonight I watched "Good Will Hunting" with my 15-year-old and was once again struck by the limits people
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05/10/2008
I come here innocently enough, with ideas aplenty to blog about, somewhat afraid that if I post one thing after another people will think I am a machine, or a machine is behind me.Sorry, it is just me. Imperfect. Hit and miss. Today I actually picked up our local weekly paper at the supermarke
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05/08/2008
Michigan has been on hard times for a while now - it's no secret. But everyone here is not suffering. Investors are looking at properties, plenty of foreclosures, and making incredible deals.This past week I wrote four cash deals for two different investors. Each expects to live in one and fli
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05/06/2008
Today I set an agenda for myself that included getting my backlogged laundry done between real estate work, having no previously scheduled appointments with clients. That goal was interrupted by a semi-urgent need to go into the office - I work from home primarily. I would be meeting a potentia
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04/30/2008
Yes, that is quite sexist when considering that I am a woman who IS a wife but that is precisely why my title is what it is. I was a STAY-AT-HOME wife for many years due to young children and then my husband's employment outside the US that did not allow me to work. I know of what I speak.I am
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04/25/2008
First, before any of you, my loyal readers, panic from my title (yoo-hoo-hoooo, anybody out there?), my daughter Sara is alive and well in her 14 day solo adventure through 8 countries in Europe.Just to recap, Sara's plans to have a male companion along on this journey fell completely apart due t
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04/23/2008
The other day I reached into a file folder and for the first time in years got a paper cut on my finger. It hurt like bloody hell. I kept a bandaid on the tip of my finger for two days, precariously positioned because of the location of the cut, but finally abandoned it from annoyance. The cut
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04/20/2008
Yes, another tale from the dark side. I may start giving these blogs episode numbers so it doesn't look like I am just recycling the same old thing. Roman numerals, identified by year/month shown, rated on a scale of 1-10 for level of buyer horror, perhaps on a profit & loss statement estimate
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04/18/2008
"Be careful what you say around her...she may blog about it." I heard that remark more than once when attending a family event recently - always the same person saying it, my brother-in-law Robert.He has a way of taking the most serious of occasions and making light of it, not out of disrespect.
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04/17/2008
While busily answering my email via gmail today, the little chat box appeared with this message: "Moooommmy, I'm scaaaaarrrreed." It was my daughter Sara. When she calls me "Mommy", it is a clearly understood signal between us that she needs comfort and reassurance, but the additional "I'm sca
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04/17/2008
