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2008
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I seems that way at our office this week. The phones were ringing a little more, and my emails were full every morning.. Plus some of our relocation companies were needing BPO's and actually some listings and live buyers suddenly appeared. I realize the 30 year interest year rates are pretty goo...
01/18/2008
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I really felt for the basketball team tonight. I know the coach had been on them about working on defense after the last game, but they really dropped the ball in that area tonight. They have been on a roll this season and I hope this was an eye opener for them to never take anything for granted...
01/16/2008
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My wonderful wife gave me just what I asked for Christmas this year.A New: You see I promised a young agent in our office if he would hang in there in real estate until a certain date, I would take guitar lessons from him. Had to keep my promise. He teaches classical guitar and really plays w...
01/15/2008
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Can't remember the last time I had a year when I didn't have to pay quarterly income tax payments. Just goes along with self employment. Now I will confess that there have been years when I wasn't able to get them in as fast as I should, and had some penalty to pay. If you are self employed, wh...
01/15/2008
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That is a long time to go without refueling! You see our real estate cycle has been at cruising speed for about 15 years now. Wow! that is a about twice what typical up-down cycles are supposed to be according to the knowledgeables in Real Estate forecasting. For the longest time it seemed lik...
01/14/2008
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If you own a Lab, then you already know that playing fetch is just as important to a Lab as eating, sleeping or running. If you don't play fetch.... then your dog most likely is suffering some kind of deprivation syndrome. I have all kinds if things that propel the item we are playing with...my h...
01/13/2008
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We are definitely in a dynamic period in the real estate industry. We all have to be prepared to change our vision, our methods, and our expectations ....no more just cruising and reaping the benefits. Not going to happen in 08'.There is more apartment construction going on in Bryan-College Stati...
01/13/2008
Do you ever feel sometime in this business with all the tools at our disposal, that sometimes we have gotten a little lazy.? I know....I know it is a fast past world and if you blink the universe can change. So we have to keep up with it all. But sometimes I find that keeping up with it all, ca...
01/12/2008
Every time I run up against a negative situation in the line of duty, it seems there is always something or someone who comes along and restores my faith in my fellow agents. You see I have always operated on the principal that no mater what, at the end of each day, even if I am alone alone on ...
01/11/2008
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Recently we have had to deal with this situation more and more....... Multiple offers coming in on a listing. This can be a blessing or a curse, depending on how one looks at it. Regardless it is a good feeling for a listing agent to know that something is about to happen. Here are a few Questi...
01/10/2008
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