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Well now, I mean exactly to get off on a rant here, so I will. It occurred to me over the weekend following a statement my father-in-law spewed forth. As we passed a gas station he said "hmmph, gas is $3.49 a gallon now. Oh well, I guess they told us gas would be $4.00 a gallon by summer. I...
04/23/2008
Being person who writes much the same as I speak, I wonder if that's the case for most other folks too? What makes me wonder about it is just a simple matter of listening to others speak and knowing I don't speak the same as many of those people to whom I listen. Okay, okay.... so I made the la...
04/17/2008
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I've only run across one or two agents in my area that did not utilize an MLS system for their listings and data, but what I am finding with my own use of the MLS is incomplete data across the statistics that I'd like to have. That being said, my agent works very hard to get me the data I'd like...
04/11/2008
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It seems I'm heading into little-charted or outright uncharted territory with this: I'm in the process of completing a subdivision on a non-profit basis. Now, I don't mean to say I'm selling houses at cost, but I am going to donate 100% of the net proceeds in the sale of a group of houses to a ...
04/10/2008
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Yesterday, I had a meeting with my Pastor. He gave me an account of his experience looking at a particular new house in the area. The story is more about the man next door to the new house my Pastor was viewing than about the house itself. To make a long story short, he and his wife were looki...
04/08/2008
My company is attempting to build out a subdivision that was developed and approved by the city, but only a limited number of lots actually sold. My agent has put together a great marketing plan for my company to build it out. Everyone we've approached with our concept seems to think it will se...
04/07/2008
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I was discussing a little advertising campaign and perhaps a new slogan or something, and a member of my organization suggested something along the line of "we build dreams" or "we build HOMES". Now, normally I find it a little amusing when I see such things in print or on screen. This time I w...
04/02/2008