business: North Carolina Foreclosure Homes: Affordable Housing or Money Pit Nightmare? Or something in between? - 09/14/07 07:17 AM
The message is made clear in "Agent Only" Remarks in the listings. No disclosure is the most common thread. "Caveat Emptor! We aren't going to tell you much, if anything about the property, but here it is if you want it." It is NOT my intent to say that ethics are violated here
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business: Flip This House!.......Or not? Fantasy TV sets ambitious viewers up for disaster. - 05/29/07 07:37 AM
I have continuous opportunities to visit with folks who want to buy homes, do repairs, and sell them for a nice profit in a brief period of time. It is a common ambition now, with the popularity of television shows that show the process as a psycho-drama, with cigar puffing "investors" who strut around preening
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business: To GPS, or Not To GPS? - 05/14/07 07:26 PM
Do you use GPS? Do you decline? If you are a GPS user, how has GPS helped your business? I don't have one and my ActiveRain profile says, "No GPS needed." That seemed to me to be a good way to indicate that I don't get lost in my local Wake County market
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business: Buyer asks, "What's the black stains on the roof of so many homes?" - 03/02/07 07:38 PM
One of the first things a Cary Buyer relocating from the North notices is the black stain that develops on many roof surfaces in the Triangle area. And they want to know if it is a problem, or if the roof is degrading. The stain is cosmetically unsightly, but harmless to the
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business: 10 indicators that your real estate agent may be a part-timer... - 01/13/07 10:38 PM
Since there is so much confusion among consumers regarding full-time, full-service agency, I thought it might be helpful to build a knowledge base to help folks differentiate between part-timers, and full-time agents. 10 indicators that your real estate agent may be a part-timer... •1. If your agent is driving you around to view
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