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RIP George Carlin. I love this skit for my clients and all their stuff. I relate too!
06/22/2008
My husband sees me behind this computer in the 'black hole' (as he loves to refer to my office) and is convinced that I'm wasting my time.  'Blogging?  Why?  Just get out there and Sell a House!' Yet, tonight he is eating his words.  I received a contact from Courtney Cooper today - my first refe...
06/21/2008
Honestly, just when I think I can consider myself a little 'techy', I get a reality check.  I recently took the afternoon off to address my 'Tech Crisis'.  Problems include: Ipod won't sync with my music and yes, I did reset it to factory settings and still not happening.  (BTW, I can pay $29 for...
06/20/2008
If so, whether you are a seller considering a move, a buyer considering a purchase, or an agent with projects underway - you may work best with a deadline. After listening to my list of To-Do's and my various projects, my business coach once said to me, "Linsey, sounds like you're doing a lot of ...
06/19/2008
When you get an offer on your home, I refer to this as an 'At Bat'.  I have often discussed with clients that are resistant to lowering their price, but still haven't had an offer - 'let's price it to at least get an 'at bat' and you can then decide if you are netting enough to make this move.   ...
06/19/2008
Capo Unified School District in Orange County sharpened their pencils, utilized the $1 million dollars raised by parents and the govenor's revised budget numbers for the schools, and have reinstated the 265 teachers that had previously received termination notices.  But, it's not all good news. I...
06/04/2008
Do you know where to go to check if a condo has FHA approval for FHA buyers? FHA has not been a player for a long time with all the other lending options previously available to buyers.  Given that, many condo communities and their Homeowner Associations have not been diligent about reapplying fo...
06/01/2008
My Dad was a stockbroker and has always said, "Buy on bad news, sell on good news."  Over the years he's made great money with that strategy.  As soon as everyone wants to buy - he's out. I'm not sure the philosophy ought to be much different in the housing market.  Yet the fear, the challenge in...
05/30/2008
Not all markets are hurting.  Coto de Caza has seen some tough times in the under $1.5 million price range but the higher price points seem to be hanging in there. Ken Bowen with Remax recently sold this home in Coto de Caza for $19,500,000 - $4.5 million over the last highest sale ever recorded ...
05/30/2008
The short sale condition in South Orange County continues to have a severe impact on our market and on prices.  Until some of the Bank Owned and Short Sale inventory diminishes - we will continue to have pressure on prices. That being said, you can see from the following graphes that the # of esc...
05/28/2008
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