So yesterday I'm working with a new buyer from out of town. He was referred to me by his daughter who had bought a home earlier this year. We looked at about 15 listings and find a great home at what I thought was a great price and are now successfully under contract on this home. I dropped him
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04/30/2008
OK, spring fever has finally caught up with me.For a cure, me and 2 other hiking buds took the day off this past Friday and did a nice 7.5 mile loop trail over in the Cataloochee Valley of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.The Cataloochee Valley is a fairly remote part of the park and is to
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04/28/2008
One of those probably little known facts about how the mechanics of the NAR Code of Ethics enforcement procedures works is that if a grievance is filed against you and the Grievance Committee fails to forward it for a hearing or if you are found to be not in violation by a Professional Standards
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04/22/2008
I just got off the phone with a very nice lady selling advertising specialty items..........you know, the imprinted pens, key fobs, refrigerator magnets, etc., etc.; all designed to make you tons of money. ;-)This very nice lady calls me about once a month and has for the past couple of years. I
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04/22/2008
Here's the first quarter of 2008 sales report for the greater Knoxville, Tennessee area Home Sales Report Beginning 01/01/2008, Ending 03/31/2008 Single-Family Unit Sales by Price Bedrooms Other Statistics Price 2- 3 4+ Condos Sold Residential Active Condos Active Totals 369 1,493 543 334 18,774
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04/16/2008
Here's the March 2008 sales report for the great Knoxville, Tennessee area Home Sales Report Beginning 03/01/2008, Ending 03/31/2008 Single-Family Unit Sales by Price Bedrooms Other Statistics Price 2- 3 4+ Condos Sold Residential Active Condos Active Totals 138 581 211 121 14,117 2,037 Average P
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04/16/2008
Are any Active Rainers attending the NAR Mid Year meetings & trade expo in Washington D.C. May 14-16th?There are usually a few groups of online Realtors that get together for a gathering and maybe a drink during functions like this one. This year has the usual trade expo, visits to Capitol Hill t
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04/15/2008
Well, spring has official arrived in the greater Knoxville, Tennessee area. Lots of Robins in sight, I mowed our lawn for the 4th time yesterday, and the annual Dogwood Arts Festival is underway.Red Dogwood blossoms in Knoxville, TennesseeBilled as the "best 17 days of spring", Knoxville's Dogwoo
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04/13/2008
While surfing some out of town newspapers yesterday I made an interesting discovery. A lot of newspapers, especially those in smaller cities, have a blog feature you can register for and create your own mini-blog free of charge. Here's what my account in the Fort Myers, Florida newspaper looks li
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04/07/2008
