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I attended the first meeting of Young Professional's Network (YPN) at SABOR this morning.  This group is a growing group of young, career-minded real estate professionals who want to stay abreast of the latest tools, resources, and networking opportunities. YPN is having it's first mixer January ...
01/06/2011
I know... it's a tough pill for me to swallow too.  This Southern Louisiana girl begs to differ with the "everyone wants to live in Texas" mentality.  But the truth is, it's a great place to live, work and raise a family. Newsweek stated in it's recent article "The Top 10 Places in America Poised...
01/05/2011
Thanks Charles - this is a WONDERFUL reminder of how we should be acting/thinking daily.  I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did. Tara         Thomas Jefferson has a wonderful list of 10 rules that is above my computer. These same rules can apply to Real Estate today or just our daily lives…...
01/05/2011
So I'm a music fan.  I love most types of music (although Country is low on the list).  I heard on the news tonight that Gerry Rafferty passed away.  He wrote the famous "Baker Street".   I recently read that you should blog about more than just work... that you should blog about yourself so that...
01/04/2011
I'm working with sellers on a cute little property close to a local lake.  I told them that before we list it, I needed to walk the property and THEY asked that I give them advice on what needed to be changed in order to sell. The list was actually relatively short: Power wash the stucco Paint th...
01/04/2011
A few months ago I was meeting with a "seasoned" Realtor to pick up a contract and mentioned that I had been taking a GRI (Graduate Realtor Institute) class.  His response:  "Oh, I don't have the alphabet behind my name". So it got me thinking.  I've only been at this for a year, but I'm an educa...
01/03/2011
Farming.... I've heard really good things about it.  In my most recent GRI (Graduate Realtor Institute) I had an instructor suggest the following method: Farm your neighbordhood only. Start with your street - do mailers every three weeks. After 3 mailers - door knock.  REPEAT After 6 months you'v...
12/30/2010
If you haven't heard, the South Texas Commercial Association of Realtors is a new "overlay" Board of Realtors that is coming in January 2011. If you're wondering how this can benefit you, stick with me for a minute... I work for a Broker who has an office in Bexar County (San Antonio), but also h...
12/22/2010
I was downloading the offer with anticipation (and much prayer) and then, as if God was giggling from above, I read the offer: List price is $175,000 Offer was $70,000 *Insert HEAVY sigh* Listen, I don't mean to be naive... but isn't this a bit ridiculous?  I mean, I realize the old tale of "thro...
12/22/2010
I wonder how many of us know about all of the bond programs available to help our customers get FREE MONEY towards the purchase of their homes? TDHCA is just one of those programs.  It allows for homebuyers to receive a 5% 2nd lien deferred/forgivable after 10 years @ 5.50%.  5% of a $200k home i...
12/21/2010
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