Part 2 : A Crash Course on HUD Homes HUD's Good Neighbor Next Door (GNND) Program Are you a Firefighter, EMT, Police or teacher in McKinney, Allen, Frisco, Plano or other Collin/Dallas county city? If you are then you can qualify to participate in HUD's special Good Neighbor Next Door program! Wh
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02/09/2011
When shopping for a McKinney Texas home, buyers need to know that: Not all sales are the same! Not every Seller is the same, either. Each home sale will vary in terms of WHO owns the property, WHAT their motivations are for selling, the time it could take to deliver possession of the property and
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02/08/2011
Last night - just 45 minutes Southwest of McKinney TX - was the "drama-fest" that was Superbowl XLV. A lot has been said about it in the media today - some good (Black Eyed Peas!!) and some NOT so good (800 ticket holders NOT getting to sit in their seats). But I think what stuck out most to me
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02/07/2011
Around the Dallas/Fort Worth area, ALL we've been hearing about since the beginning of the year is SuperBowl XLV. As I write this, the game is about to start in just over an hour. I'm sitting in my house, just 45 minutes away from ground zero in Arlington and can almost feel the energy and excite
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02/06/2011
Media in Dallas/Fort Worth is calling it "The Superbowl Storm"... My kids call it: FUUUUNNNNN!!!! And the reason there was NO SCHOOL so far for the month of February! So we took to the #1 snow sledding spot in McKinney...the Hill in Adriatica at Stonebridge Ranch. There's just something about a b
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02/04/2011
Dear New DFW Residents, The weather you see outside is NOT normal. Never in all my years of living in North Texas (a total of 29 years) have I ever heard of FOUR SNOW DAYS IN A ROW. I would have KILLED for this while I was in school! The wicked amount of ice that still lingers (because we can't t
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02/03/2011
Snow Day Blogging Blues President Obama needs to call a National State of Emergency in North Texas! Not because of the below freezing temps we're supposed to endure for 4 days straight. Not because of the single digit wind chills we're experiencing and the resulting rolling blackouts. Not because
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02/02/2011
Each year as Valentine's Day approaches, I always think about 2 things: #1. The end of the Gluttonfest that runs from Halloween thru Valentine's Day. Inevitably, every year, I gain the L-B's slow and steady from Halloween (mini Snickers and Candy Corn get me every time), to Thanksgiving (hello, p
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02/01/2011
Wow. Speechless. Coming from someone who is on the internet WAY too much - and uses it in place of a phone book, calculator, newspaper, catalog, yearbook, store, radio and library (and MORE), I can't believe that this news segment aired only 17 years ago. I was a Junior in high school. Wait...I
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02/01/2011
New Homes in McKinney - Creekview Estates in McKinney TX Are you one who really LOVES that "new car" smell? How about when you buy a new pair of running shoes...do you get excited to smell the nice, clean leather and laces? If you answered YES to either of those questions...then you just might
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01/31/2011