It's actually snowing in Dallas and has been for most of the day!! Since it was 80 degrees yesterday, the snow is not accumulating on the streets as the concrete is still too "hot" to make it stick... but it's not stopping it from sticking to the roof and in the flowerbeds. I guess I'm lucky tha
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11/30/2006
Since someone was talking bad about Texas for the investor side, let me mention something that is bad about Texas for people who actually live here... CELL PHONES!I briefly heard on NBC news a couple of days ago that, on average, Texas has the highest taxes on cell phone usage. The average is 20
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11/30/2006
Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 75 35 48 52 50 35 25 27 28 32 The above is the weather forcast for Dallas for the next 5 days. You might look at it and think to yourself that it doesn't look too bad, but think again.It shows a high of 75 days. It shows a high of 35 tomorrow. In and of itself, that's a 40
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11/29/2006
This past weekend, I blogged about buying rollerblades and accidentally running into a Builder.Well, the day before that, I walked the dog a route I've only taken once before and it put me into a different section of my neighborhood. As I'm walking, there's a sign in the yard for such and such g
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11/28/2006
There have been many debates over the years about the differences of Limited Service agents compared to Full Service agents. Many Limited Fee agents like to consider themselves Full Service, but potato, tomato (I don't know how to type the different pronounciation)There is an article that I hav
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11/27/2006
I have had a great day today! So, I took advantage of Black Friday and went and bought some roller blades. As soon as I got home, I decided I had to try them out. Yes, I'm crazy, as the last time I had roller bladed was about 17 years ago and that was only for about 5 minutes! I got all stra
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11/24/2006
According to an article published today in The Dallas Morning News, Blogging is becoming more popular with Real Estate Agents.What I find interesting is that the article states that there are only about 500-1000 agents blogging right now "according to industry estimates.""According to industry es
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11/21/2006
I'm so excited! I blogged back in October about how I took the Arbitration class and I just got my first case! There was a gentleman in the class who was taking it for the second time as a refresher because he took the class over a year earlier and has yet to be chosen. I've been on the registry
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11/20/2006
As of Monday, English is now the official language of a small inner suburb of Dallas, called Farmers Branch. Farmers Branch has a population of about 26,000. This doesn't mean other languages can't be used for social or business in the city, but it means the city will no longer be providing Spa
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11/15/2006
LBJ 635 is the main East and West highway in the Dallas area, named after President Lyndon B Johnson. It's a nightmare to drive on. Rush hour in the morning starts at about 5:30am and goes until about 9:30am. Afternoon rush hour starts at about 3pm and goes until about 7pm. We're talking cons
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11/15/2006
