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2011
When I meet a new potential buyer, I set them up with automatic updates whenever a new listing comes on the market or an existing listing drops its price within my buyers' reach. Within a few days after setting up my new client with their own personal listing "portal", I will usually receive an e...
01/14/2011
I carry a bag of large-sized marbles in the back of my SUV. They come in handy when I'm with buyers and we walk into a home that seems to be leaning to one side. Ever feel like you are suddenly walking downhill ... or uphill once you are inside a house? When this happens and the floors are hardwo...
01/12/2011
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One of my new routines is to get out and walk at least 30 minutes a day. This is an enjoyable half hour since I live on the edge of rural Sonoma County. Within 2 blocks from my house I'll be among wide stretches of pastures dotted with barns, cows and wild turkeys. While walking down Cypress Ave ...
01/07/2011
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There is nothing that will warm you up faster on a cold winter day than sipping on Sonoma County's fine wines! The 19th Annual Winter Wineland celebration kicks off on Saturday, January 15th. Over 140 wineries and 50 lodgings have come together for this event to offer you two days of wine tasting...
01/06/2011
If moving to a new home could be timed perfectly, you would: Pack Rent a really big truck Load your belongings onto said truck Drive to your new home Unload Return the truck to the rental company Unpack Sounds easy, right? But what if moving can't be that simple? What if you have a number of day...
01/04/2011
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I just read a featured post written by Amy Jones titled Plagiarism ~ Ignorance is bliss until you get a call from an attorney. After reading the comments, I decided to Google a few of my more popular public posts to see if anyone had stolen copied them. Sure enough, a post I had written had been ...
01/03/2011
I was drifting off to sleep last night, thinking about what I was going to blog about today when I realized my Copyright notice is in my AR signature. And there it was still saying ©2010. I hate it when I think of things like that because it makes me want to jump out of bed and "fix" the problem....
01/02/2011
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This New Years Eve we did something we haven't done for a long time. We went to a party. I was the DD (that would be Designated Driver, not Designated Drunk) so I probably remember much more than most. A game of Charades ensued as we partied and waited for the West Coast version of the ball to dr...
01/01/2011
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David Popoff of Darien, Connecticut wrote an interesting post this morning about looking at your blog statistics page to find the top 10 blog posts of the year. There are three measurements on the statistics page that give you an idea of the response to your blog. Comments - this is self explanat...
01/01/2011
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Independent Broker In Sonoma County, CA