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Is a professional home inspection on new construction really necessary?  Isn't the punchlist performed by the buyer and the buyer's agent sufficient?An incident this week made me aware that the consumers (and some agents) regard punchlists and professional inspections as one in the same; I believ...
01/26/2007
Title companies,insurance agents,lenders and on and on, these are the people we refer clients to on a daily basis.  Are those receprocial relationships for you?  Up to now it sure has not been for me.  But all of that is about to change.....Like I said in an earlier blog, I am a goal setter...a B...
01/24/2007
Nationally the real estate outlook for 2007 is dismaying to say the least.  The outlook for Louisiana in general and Baton Rouge specifically however, is quite promising.  House Predictor(http://www.housepredictor.com/) recently released the top 10 states to watch and leading the list was Louisia...
01/19/2007
Inspired by other Active Rainers I grabbed my trusty digital camera and headed out yesterday to take some pictures of this place I call home to post on http://www.localism.com/ .   I mentally made a list of the places that define Baton Rouge to me; L.S.U.'s stately campus, the exciting new Town C...
01/13/2007
This is my son Jay, he is fourteen and goofy.  That really about sums him up.  He is my pride and joy, a sweet bright kid who normally spends zero seconds of the day thinking about real estate.  That is why is I was so shocked when he handed me a wonderful new marketing idea. This is how it happe...
01/08/2007
December is typically the month when I slow down and take a detailed look at the past year.  This December has been anything but typical for me!  I am as busy this month as I am normally in July or August, but I am going to sit down at some point this week and evaluate 2006.Normally I run a detai...
12/19/2006
The Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005 (H.R. 4440 passed by Congress on Dec. 16, 2005, and signed by President Bush on Dec. 21, 2005) establishes tax incentives and bond provisions to rebuild the local and regional economies devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The act is commonly referred t...
12/13/2006
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