It's Easter (well almost :-). It's an Extravaganza! It's an Easter Eggstravaganza at Zoo Boise! Take your kiddos out, and your whole family today - hurry, it's already going from 10:00am - 5:00pm today but there's still time to get there. Easter Eggstravaganza Photos, egg scrambles, face painti
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03/31/2012
I have been doing monthly newsletters for probably 2-3 years. However, I did them very un-techy. Basically I just wrote an email and sent it out to my entire database. It did look similar each month as I copied it and changed the content, but it really wasn't that professional. About a year a
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03/30/2012
Eliminating Inefficiencies in Real Estate - this is a great contest because it is something that I have been thinking about over the last month or two and my main goal for 2012 is to make myself much more efficient. I work too much. And I know that sometimes it is "busy work" or simply because
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03/23/2012
I'm working on a short sale transaction with another agent in my area. I am the buyer agent on this one (many times we are the listing agents). As we all know, things always tend to happen right when we go on a vacation..... A couple of weeks ago my husband and I took a very quick 4 day trip do
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03/20/2012
Guess what......I have an Active Rain success story to share. It's not a commission check (yet). But it's something that was fun. I won third place in the Adobe EchoSign Trust challenge. Thank you to everyone who read my post and voted for me. My post about "What Does A Fake Tooth Have to Do
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03/19/2012
My Broker wrote a quick post about strategic defaults and buying a home and then short selling your other home. I know there are people out there doing this - but honestly I would not want to be a part of it either. If you can qualify for two homes, purchase one and then just let your other one
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03/19/2012
May you eat lots of corn beef and cabbage, mashed potatoes and butter. May you eat plenty of peas and carrots, Irish soda bread and dessert. And drink your share of Irish cream, green beer and Guinness. Have a fun, relaxing and SAFE St. Patrick's Day and don't forget to wear Green!
03/17/2012
I have to admit, I'm not like most optimistic Real Estate Agents. I like to think of myself as a "realist" (like all good pessimists do :-) I try not to be too "Doom & Gloomy" but I'm certainly not always thinking that "Now is the Best Time to Buy for Everyone" (By the way, the best time to by is
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03/16/2012
Meridian, Idaho is Pepsi nation. Today I was waiting for an inspection to get over, my daughter was taking a nap in the car, so I was driving around town. I had a craving for a diet coke and I couldn't find one anywhere! 4 different fast food restaurants in the same block - all of them Pepsi.
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03/15/2012
Scott has written a post that is right on about short sales. My husband, John Boles, is a killer short sale listing agent, so if you are looking to sell a home in the Boise, Idaho area give us a call. If you are a Buyer, we can help you with at too! The one thing most people agree on is that Sh
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03/14/2012
