I recently sold a HUD home which was falling in to disrepair and giving the neighbrhood a depressing look. There were areas of unfinished exterior paint, boarded up windows, trash in the yard. HUD listed the home and began to clean up the property. They priced it correctly, making it marketable i
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04/30/2015
Strong colors do not always work for all buyers. Will need extra paint to keep from bleeding through This broken light switch cover is an easy fix and should be replaced. It is the little things that make a house look like a fixer, even when it is in reasonable condition.When you list your house
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04/18/2015
I told my clients that I could find them the perfect house for them, on the perfect street. As you can see, anything is possible! Have a great real estate day!!!
04/17/2015
A reminder to my fellow agents, please don't drive while distracted by your telephone. This ghost bike was spotted in the city of Albany, Oregon. It only takes a split second of distraction to cause an accident out on the road. The sign below was eerie in proximity to the memorial ghost bike, wh
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04/17/2015
Many agents enjoy the "sport of negotiating" parts of a contract with the other agent, then writing up the paperwork after verbally discussing terms, on their clients behalf, or answering with a texted counter offer, "with paperwork to follow."Example: Agent receives my offer and texts me a count
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04/09/2015
"Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak."In the past few weeks, I have been working on a new project!My plan: Keep my words down to a minimum, both in emails, texts and phone messages. My world has opened up to me in many ways as I can hear so much bette
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04/08/2015
