Why are there still lessons that I have to learn the hard way because my mother never warned me about them? I know it's somebody's fault, and it's much easier to blame my dead mother than to look in the mirror. Besides, I do not want to see my image in the mirror this morning, no way, Jose.There
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01/21/2016
There was a lot of hoopla surrounding the kickoff of TRID from last August, and then when it got pushed into early October, many professionals seemed to collectively signal a sign of relief but everybody still silently harbored reserves about TRID. The predictions were wild and furious as to the
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01/19/2016
As a strong Sacramento listing agent, I often hope for a multiple counter offer situation for my sellers. Why wouldn't I? It puts my sellers in the driver's seat, makes them feel like they are in power, and they are, and it drives up the desirability of their home among other buyers. Everybody wa
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01/19/2016
I could talk all day about buyer's agents and their buyers' offers but I won't bore you with all of my ramblings. Just know that sometimes I see buyers sabotage their own purchase contracts, so I have some included advice about that in my personal blog today. Above all, I would add that buyers sh
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01/18/2016
At the risk of sounding like all I've been doing lately is kvetching, I decided to write a blog this morning about what it was like getting a mortgage in Hawaii. By no means, do I intend to imply that my experience was usual and normal for the lovely state of Hawaii. It was just my experience, bu
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01/17/2016
I figured we could have saved about $7,000 if we had booked our trip to Cuba without using a travel agency in Los Angeles that booked through a Cuban travel agency. Not only is it too many fingers in the pie, but they tend to penalize Americans and charge Americans more to travel to Cuba.The Peop
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01/16/2016
At the end of his life in the United States, Hemingway was apparently a very depressed individual, suffering from addiction to alcohol and poor overall health, including an internal struggle with demons that plagued him almost all of his life. He had been admitted to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
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01/15/2016
I was looking at the website this morning for the hotel where we stayed in Cuba: Hotel Capri, and the rooms look nothing like the room we got at the hotel. The suites they show online have ocean views, plenty of light, are spacious and pretty. We were stuck in a dark cramped room on the 4th floor
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01/14/2016
I would not leave it up to the travel agency to find you a good snorkeling destination in Cuba or trust that you will see exotic fish where they do take you but maybe you will have better luck than we did. What I expected to be the high point of our trip turned out to be a big disappointment but
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01/12/2016
My favorite flowers in the world, hands down, are orchids. I love all types of orchids, the moth orchids, the corsage orchids, brasilia, dendrobium, lady slippers, doesn't matter. They are all gorgeous and unique. Some have wonderful scents, too, and it's a myth that all orchids have no perfume.
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01/12/2016
