To quote the great Greek philosopher Pogotees "We have met the enemy and he is us!".We're in a business that can provide us with a long list of excuses as to why we don't get certain things done (trust me, with the dual career life I'm continually self-excusing why I haven't done more with our W
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10/31/2017
This might sound out of character coming from an engineer, but we actually have this thing called "emotions"!Real estate offers us the opportunity to see the very best AND the very worst of people on a regular basis.The Eurythmics had a song called "Sweet Dreams" that includes the lyrics"some of
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10/30/2017
Fog By Carl Sandburg The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. Snow isn't all that different from fog. It too comes in quietly. We're heading in to that time of year when we can expect snow to fall, but usually not quit
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10/29/2017
"Why don't they build affordable housing in Mason Ohio?"That's a question we see often, particularly after a developer has announced a new development of any type.If it's news about apartments there tends to be following backlash:"We don't need the extra traffic!"."Too many people being added to
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10/28/2017
Years ago it was obvious what you were looking at in a home.Vinyl flooring looked like vinyl flooring. Tile Formica counters looked like Formica.Hardwood floors were hardwood floors.Siding was made out of wood or vinyl or aluminum and you didn't have to look all that close to figure it out.Carpe
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10/27/2017
If you're searching Cincinnati area homes for sale, one of your key criteria might be finding a home in the woods, or at least having a lot of trees on the property.If that's your desire, most often you're going to have to scratch MOST newer subdivision homes off your list. Why? Because much o
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10/26/2017
Million dollar homes for sale in Warren County Ohio are rare. As of this evening there are 30 homes in Warren County listed in Cincinnati MLS for sale for $1,000,000 or more, with the max at just under $2.5 million.Even rarer? Million dollar homes that are SOLD. So far in 2017 just 9 homes hav
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10/25/2017
You can blog every day and never get your phone to ring. Blogging by itself isn't some miracle silver bullet that will quadruple your business if you post 5, 50, 500 or 5000 times. When it comes to getting the phone to ring, it's WHAT you write about and HOW you write about it that makes the di
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10/24/2017
I just read on the Internet that Elon Musk is working on perfecting invisible houses for people in the Witness Protection Program. It's an Area 51 project so the public can't get to the area, but an unmanned drone sent back photos of empty desert, so it sounds like they might already be success
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10/23/2017
Normally I keep my picture taking to flowers and butterflies and if those hummingbirds would hold still I'd add them to the list, but zzzzzziiiiippppppppppp and those little ones are long gone before I can take a shot!But yesterday was a different subject matter. Fall is here, the leaves are red
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10/22/2017