Glimpsing TV the other day, I saw a very very wrinkled Pat Boone. You younger bloggers may say, "Who is Pat Boone??" Well, Pat Boone was a singer who never showed his age and he never did anything wrong. No drinkin' or smokin' or dancin' dirty for him. He was the good guy who wore white shoes.
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03/22/2008
SOLD Isn't this a pretty sold sign? Larry DeGroat, who also blogs from Searcy AR has been my friend for many years. I tease him and tell him that when I first met him his car was filled with flowered car seats and had no room for real estate passengers.He had three children, two of them girls, an
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03/21/2008
I drove 23 miles each way to show a property today. You who live around lakes or in big cities may not think that is far, but it is for me. On my way back I remembered some old clients. I'd sold Daddy a house and land and then I'd sold the son and his wife two houses. The last house I'd sold t
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03/21/2008
I've never had so many calls on an ad before and I guess it shows a variety of interests and plans from buyers. The ad says:Foreclosure in the country with 3 acres1800 sq. ft., 3 bedrooms 2 baths, fireplaceNeeds everything!$32,000.When I get the phone call I can say, "I'm sorry but that ad is inc
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03/20/2008
I wrote the following blog on 02/17/2008 about having my computer disconnected and coming back and finding myself still logged in to activerain. Now I notice that I can be gone for 10 minutes and come back and I have to log in. What has happened? Lenn Harley commented at that time that if you
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03/19/2008
Reading Forbes magazine the other day about all the richest people in the world and how many of them were from other countries, especially India, gave me a new word to use.Two brothers in India were estranged. They both had billions of dollars but they were listed separately and it was noted tha
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03/19/2008
Hadda call today from a closing company who was handling the refinancing of a house that I had listed and sold in 2000, a long time ago. They wanted to know if there was anything in my old files that might indicate where the title to the mobile home might be.I traced back and found my complete f
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03/18/2008
We've always heard that nice things come in small packages. It is probably true. I received a package in the mail last week, unexpected, and wondered what it was. Upon opening it I found a book called "Selling the Invisible" and a note on the inside fly page saying, "Congrats on a great 2007!
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03/17/2008
I met the people at a house that had 13 acres and a decent house. We looked and looked and stood at the kitchen island. She looked at him and he looked at her and he said, "I think we have found ourselves a real estate agent!" I felt so proud! I could have swooned!For the next several month
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03/16/2008
Finding time to do a blog a day is sometimes difficult and then at other times our creative juices are overflowing and we do several blogs at one time. Just save them!I discovered the Draft choice on posting. It's down there with Public, Associates Only, and Members Only. You just write the bl
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03/15/2008
