Another year winds to a close….. and it has certainly been an interesting one! While the rental side of the market has been great, the sales side has been, well, less than good.
As we head into the new year we can only hope that the market will be good for both property managers and realtors. [...]

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The madness is upon us and it didn’t just come at the midnight clear - it’s been going on for a few weeks now. It is an interesting phenomenon! There is probably less pandemonium than some years just because people are, by choice or necessity, scaling back on spending this year. Still it seems there [...]

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“I’ll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams…..”
Here we are two days before Christmas 2008. How many people are not going to be at home for Christmas this year? How many people don’t have a home to be at this year? When I think of the homeless I tend to  think of those solitary individuals [...]

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Should you continue to market your home during the holiday season? Some experts say it is not a good idea because people may think you are desperate and showing your home is more difficult on short notice during the holidays. Maybe your agent is going out of town.
However others say that  since people have time off [...]

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Times of tough. That would be a classic understatement. The housing market in particular has had a really bad year.  So what do you do if you still want to sell your home? Do you hold off and hope the economy turns around sooner, rather than later? Or do you go ahead and try to sell? [...]

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May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have never a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs!

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Ever wonder where the term “lucky break” came from? Ever fight over the “wishbone” from the turkey or chicken? In 322 B.C. the Etruscans termed the receipt of the larger peice of the bone and it’s accompanying wish to be the “lucky break”. The Romans brought the practice to England and the English brought it [...]

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I used that title just because it was fun to think about. Right now in the real estate world it seems like there is much more of a downside than and upside except for rentals.  The fallout from the slow market and the foreclosure situation has created a very robust rental market.
About sixteen years ago, the rental [...]

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Times are tough for most of us right now. It’s very easy to dwell on the negatives. The economy is in crisis. Major corporations are laying off thousands of employees. The automobile industry is on the brink of disaster. Gas prices are down. Oh wait, I’m going the wrong direction.
A woman called in this morning to tell [...]

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