For all the New Orleans real estate agents on Active Rain and/or consumers looking to buy or sell in New Orleans, another insight to what IDX is and what IDX isn't. The acronym IDX means “Internet Data Exchange”. You can get the definition here or in a nutshell it means MLS (Multiple Listing S
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12/17/2010
This post from Patricia Kennedy is excellent. What she is talking about, previewing homes for a buyer is the right way to prepare for an appointment with a buyer. It is not possible for brokers to know every house they might show and to go and preview them is excellent preparation. This weekend
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12/13/2010
Once upon a time in the Civil Court Conveyance Office they recorded real estate transfers and mortgages. Probably like many of you enjoy in your communities but unlike the rest of you last October the computer where these conveyances were recorded crashed. Boom, everything was gone. Everything.
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12/01/2010
When I was a Broker in the metropolitan area of New York State our real estate contracts were handled by attorney's. We would negotiate the terms of the deal, we would guide the buyer through the inspection process working out all of the issues helping them decide what they would or wouldn't want
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11/27/2010
The internet is a changing landscape. There is a new policy from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) regarding IDX display. NAR used to be my Association and while I still belong and pay dues I no longer feel that they represent anyone except big business and the large Brokerages. Whil
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11/11/2010
I have several HUD Homes in the New Orleans, Kenner, Algers area! Good homes at affordable prices, all listed on the local multiple listing service.HUD Homes in Houston County GA | HUD Homes in Warner Robins GA Not all Realtors® or real estate agents are authorized to assist with U.S. Housing an
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11/03/2010
This house came on the market yesterday. It is asking $120,000.00. This house has a really nice open layout with a Living Room, Formal Dining Room, Den, Three Bedrooms, Two Full Baths (there is a master bath). The back yard is fenced, has a shed with electric and a fan and a hot tub. You hav
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11/02/2010
This is a wonderful announcement! Now that I live in New Orleans and see and understand what this will mean to the residents of this area, we all Thank You, Active Rain!We're excited to announce that RainCamp New Orleans will be teaming up with Make It Right, a charity that is helping rebuild Ne
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10/26/2010
A Walk and Lunch on Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA Gorgeous day yesterday and people were out and about. Magazine Street was bustling with shoppers. Outdoor diners were abundant. This is a restaurant, Le Petite Grocery just past Napoleon Avenue going toward Louisiana Avenue at 4235 Magazine St
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10/18/2010
Yesterday Barbara Billingsley passed away. She played the mother in a television program that ran from 1957 - 1963 called Leave it to Beaver. For those of us from the generation that watched Wally and his family she was the perfect mother with the perfect family in the perfect house in the per
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10/17/2010