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2023
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I love this cartoon by Timmothy as it is something I never would have thought of and I've never seen anything like it by another cartoonist. Perhaps he got the idea from his sister who always dressed up the guinea pigs for every holiday.I'm thinking that if I was a kid and if I was offered candy ...
10/31/2023
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The Active Rain October Challenge is brought by Leanne Smith and Endre Barath, Jr. It is titled Trick or Treat Time to Share. The idea behind the challenge is to share tidbits of knowledge learned on Active Rain.Being I have been involved with Active Rain for many years it would be very hard (imp...
10/30/2023
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Just like Joe's costume sends mixed signals I know we can all relate to Philemon's response when we deal with clients/customers.Who of us have not been asked to find a home at about half of the current market value? Maybe more then a few of us have been asked to find a clients dream home in a hot...
10/30/2023
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As Halloween closes in so does the number of instances where we hear things go BUMP in the night (or day).I have written blog posts in the past about homes I listed that had definite paranormal activities in them.The owners of those listings made no qualms about the resident spirits in them. I h...
10/27/2023
Some Real Estate agents go out of their way to keep from being personal with their clients, I always befriended my clients if they showed an interest in being friends. Obviously I never "pushed" myself to be friends as that seldom works and would plain old be wrong.I subscribe to the thought that...
10/26/2023
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I have gotten a bit behind on posting Timmothy's cartoons. This one should have been posted Friday the 13th.The cartoon got me thinking about some of the silly Real Estate myths.Here are a fewMy #1 favorite is burying a St Joseph statue in your yard will made your home sell fast. You can even pur...
10/25/2023
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If you have not yet prepared your home for winter you have about 12 hours to do so as our first winter storm is predicted to pummel us this evening.It's a little early for our first winter storm, even in North Dakota, BUT here it comes... up to 8" of snow from this evening through Thursday.While ...
10/24/2023
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As Realtors we wish people would be upfront about what they want, what are their dreams?Of course it's a lot easier for us if their dreams are realistic. We can usually narrow down the search by quite a bit just by knowing what they have been pre-approved for from a lender.Everybody will sleep ea...
10/23/2023
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If you have worked in a brokerage with several other agents there was probably one in the group that laid claim to about every property anyone else has listed. In fighting is one of the reasons I left my first brokerages. That Broker always sided with who ever had sold the most regardless of the ...
10/20/2023
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As Titus found out some times trash is just trash BUT in our world of abundance one mans trash can be a treasure. According to a NY Times article (click on the picture below) many people make a living from it.I have done some curbside shopping myself and even done some dumpster diving when I saw ...
10/20/2023
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