Cheaper to buy than rent in 78% of major cities Trulia: Dropping prices and rising rents boost affordability By Inman News, Thursday, April 28, 2011. Inman NewsTM It is cheaper to buy a home than to rent one in 39 of the nation's 50 largest cities, according to a quarterly report released today b
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05/02/2011
Vandervert Development has began the project of demolition at the Lincoln Heights Shopping center to make way for the new Trader Joe's Grocery Store. The new grocery store will be over 12,000 square feet and will be right next to Hogan's Diner. The new store should open up some time later this y
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03/17/2011
Proudly Serving 100% Organic and Sustainable Hot Coffee from Roast House for Home shoppers at my Spokane area Open Houses where refreshments are served* I'm excited to share with you what I've learned about this coffee roaster and hope you try a cup soon. I never thought coffee could be so inter
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03/14/2011
So a feature blog with lots of pictures needs a before, during and after, so here goes (although the final "after" won't be until some time later after this entry still I wanted to get in some good shots): Here's The building just before the wrecking ball I then walked across the cable bridge ove
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03/10/2011
Spokane has been the home of many talented artists including jazz pianist Jimmy Rowles, Singer Billy Tipton, Bing Crosby of course, as well as jazz musician Tyrone Wells and a long list of others in various music genres. These people made it big on the global music scene, but quality talent is of
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03/07/2011
What a tremendous honor! This morning our office had our awards show we call the "Opey" awards. It was a wonderful breakfast and a fun themed party involving all of our office agents personality characteristics...fun fun fun! Top performing agents at Coldwell Banker Tomlinson received awards t
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03/02/2011
WHY HOME OWNERSHIP MATTERS in Spokane and America To People: Spokane Home owners are happier and healthier and enjoy a greater feeling of control over their lives. Owning a home is one of the best ways to build long-term wealth. Historically, a home owner's net worth has ranged from 31 to 46 tim
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02/22/2011
SpokAnimal says the fencing is now complete and they plan to have a formal opening of theDog Park in the coming week. I will keep you posted as to date and time. Following is from the SpokAnimal web site: A great place to run! SPOKANIMAL'S DOG PARK AT HIGHBRIDGE! After five years of wanting,
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02/15/2011
I arrived with the intent of snapping a few pictures, grabbing a Latte' to go, and staying no more than five minutes at the hot new Spokane Coffee House Chairs but liked it so much I stayed way longer... My first impression was like, wow, it really is open! Because the day before the tables still
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02/03/2011
What an event. I started out by purchasing a little two bedroom condo here in the Spokane area that I felt was a tremendously good price, and decided to fix it up a little bit and rent it for a few years and then sell it after a remodel later. I called a friend of mine who does handy man work a
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01/26/2011
