You may have noticed that our blogs seem like they were written by two different people. Well, they are! I told Shannon, my daughter, that we should start signing them so readers know which of us is writing. Shannon's style is usually chatty and in response to another blog or about something we
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07/26/2006
It's almost the anniversary of Hurricane Charley and our baptism by fire into real estate. My daughter, Shannon, and I went into real estate about two years ago. When we took the test, Shannon was due to deliver her third child July 29, only a couple of weeks away. I was taking care of my husba
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07/26/2006
I was reading different articles on realtor.org tonight and ran into the quiz section. I guess I don't know as much as I thought I did!The quiz I decided to take was: Understanding your gut instincts. http://www.realtor.org/rmoquiz2.nsf/gutinstinctsquiz?openformHere's one of the questions that I
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07/26/2006
I was reading a decorating article in the paper the other day. Maybe you saw it. It was about what type of house other cultures find comfortable.It said that Americans seem to think they must have a separate room for every activity, where most other cultures cannot afford that luxury. Having gues
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07/25/2006
If your newspaper doesn't carry a column called American Energy, this may bring you up to date. as of early this year, air conditioning companies are no longer allowed to produce units with a seer less than 13. That's the energy efficiency rating. It used to be that you paid more (and you probabl
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07/25/2006
We have a section on our website for my dogs. I also post anyone else’s dogs that have owners that want them to be displayed. http://www.twomoores.com/northportdogs Do you have a section that’s on your website that doesn’t really relate to real estate but you think it’s pretty cool? Let us go ch
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07/22/2006
Today starts the first day of the no sales tax in Florida for items such as pencils, shoes, backpacks, etc. This sure is a huge savings. Having three kids and two of them being school age the school supplies run upwards of $200+ for each kid. In fact my oldest has to have some calculator that cos
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07/22/2006
Down payment assistance makes the dream of home ownership possible for families in our county that would otherwise be unable to buy a home. Instead of paying high rental costs, families who qualify can begin to build equity and pride in their own home. A couple months back I went to vote on the o
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07/22/2006
After responding to a question on one of my post by Fran White about Google and Yahoo! Advertising, it got me thinking. Does anyone pay for advertising on Google or Yahoo!? How about some of those other pay for leads or advertising sources? Homegain.com, relocateamerica.com, homes.com, housevalue
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07/21/2006
While browsing through some of the websites of my fellow associates I realized how little people know about design. Now I’m not saying my site is the best thing since sliced bread but…I found a site that on the front page, each group of words was highlighted by different colors of neon (pink, yel
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07/21/2006
