So, without getting real wordy about how I came across this (it all has to do with the new website), let me tell you about a cool open source photo-editor I just came across. It is called the GIMP. That stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. GNU is one of the open source licensing protoco
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10/08/2007
Some people like to watch baseball. Others think that basketball is what makes life worth living. I like things that involve a little more octane. From Thursday (Oct. 4th) through Sunday (Oct. 7th) my 4 wheel drive club ran registration for the Southern Four Wheel Drive Association. Sunburne
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10/07/2007
So, how many of you have heard of this? The X Prize. Back when I wrote the A-Z series, it was my back up plan for the letter X. Currently, it doesn't have much relevance to real estate, but one day it might. The original X Prize was $10,000,000 to be awarded to the first entrant to launch a c
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10/02/2007
I just had the opportunity to wander through the October issue of REALTOR(R) magazine. Cars and Cable caught my eye (pg. 14). As I had previously mentioned in a blog post in July, oversized garages made a pretty good showing. Second place. Now, before you go gloating about second place, keep
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10/02/2007
Barely after midnight, and I have already had my best crazy idea of the day... In almost every form of motorsport, the drivers are festooned with the names of all of their benefactors. As Kurt Busch stands in Victory Lane, chugging a Coke, wearing a Miller hat, and holding a quart of Mobil1, all
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10/01/2007
Familiar? Let me give you a quick idea of what it is. Keep in mind that I am not a tax professional, or a lawyer... just a real estate agent. I guess the easiest way to say it is that it is phantom income. For our current purposes, let's look at a short sale. Let's say that the seller owes $
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10/01/2007
I just wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know that it will be OK. I'm going to come out to give you a listing presentation in a little while. I don't want you to freak out or anything, so I am letting you know what I will say before I get there. I want you to be reassured that nothing
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10/01/2007
