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     On November 21st the City of Brockton will attempt to regain its' rightful place in the Guiness Book of World Records for the most Santa hat wearers.  The event will take place in the downtown area,  in front of what once was Edgars Department store.  Brockton set the record in 2008, but was...

Although there are no two short sales alike, there are similarities with most of them.  Kay has provided a brief overview that should be of help to homeowners who would like to avoid foreclosure, if at all possible.Avoid Foreclosure - Five Tips For Short Sale Success  - Avoid Missouri Foreclosure...

     At 10 AM at Marciano Stadium on Thanksgiving morning the Boxers of Brockton High School will host the Trojans of Bridgewater-Raynham.  Both schools are perenial football powers of Eastern Massachusetts Division I. While the Boxers have been there forever, B-R has elevated its program in rece...

     The Brockton High School football team is a perennial powerhouse in Massachusetts.  They compete in a three team league and are thus relegated to playing a mostly independent schedule.  The Boxers will play any team and often have to travel out of state to fill their schedule.  For a mere $5...

    Last week an offer on a short sale property in Massachusetts was rejected by a bank in North Carolina because the offer was below the figure established from a drive by BPO.  The property has a heating system that doesn't work, and a mold issue in the finished basement that needs to be remedi...

     The 2010 PGA Championship was played on a torture chamber of a golf course.  Wind, rain, fog delays and over one thousand sand traps, and the best players in the world had to navigate their way through it competing only against each other.  For Realtors it seemed like just another day at the...

After many meetings, seminars and various other observations regarding 'branding' it is my conclusion that stealing is the best policy.  It's not illegal, it's free and it's fun.  Suddenly, watching commercials takes on a new meaning, be it Flo from Progressive.com who gives sex appeal to buying ...

Toby Boyce is a big wheel in the NAR Young Professional Network.  He blogs regularly on their "YPN Lounge" site.  For some reason, like I probably signed up for it and then forgot about it, they send me updates whenever someone posts an interesting insight or piece of advice.  This is awfully nic...

    It seems like only yesterday that Over 55 sub divisions were sprouting up everywhere.  While most were catering to boomers who were downsizing, others were laden with high priced features, including living areas that far surpassed the square footage of the old homestead.  Nothing mattered bec...

     During the 1950's and 60's Brockton, MA was still a bustling industrial city that was noted for being a shoe manufacturing center.  While those factories were closing, many of them moving south for cheaper labor costs and tax breaks, enough of them were still running to provide employment.  ...