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Cold weather, cold worldwide economies, cold real estate markets... baby it's cold outside!!!!
Well, when all else fails, have some fun, right? Here are a few ideas to help heat up your real estate properties that are just sitting on the market for sale or rent, and who knows? Maybe one …


Real Estate

You can ridicule small regional gains as statistically irrelevant, but here's Realty Times's economic proposal to you for the New Year: Keep your eyes open for the small positive signs that are accumulating out there ... because all downcycles tail off and come to an end. We think the smartest players …
ORLANDO, Fla. --- Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty, which ranks as one of the leading real estate sales and marketing firms in the southeast, was recently named exclusive sales and marketing representatives at Grand Reserve and Golf Club, located in Palm Coast off County Road 100 and U.S. 1. Roger Soderstrom, founder …

News

Today; 1/6/2009 - 01/06/2009 07:59 AM
High 74 low 60 Some Sun
 
"I recommend you to take care of the minutes;
for hours will take care of themselves." - Philip Dormer Stanhope
 
SCE&G - to rollback gas prices in January -
              slightly more than 1%...
 
Al says - You know you're living in …
  Breaking up with my boyfriend on Christmas day was not the way I had planned it.  Moping around the house, sobbing for my lost four year relationship was not the way I wanted to end the year and definitely not the way I wanted to bring in the New Year.    …

Short Sales

Help in Speeding Up Short Sales - 01/06/2009 04:55 PM
When considering a short sale, many lenders require the borrowers to provide an application package that contains a signed and dated financial worksheet, a hardship letter explaining why the borrower is unable to pay the current mortgage, and a letter authorizing the real estate agent to access information on the borrowers …
***Priced to Sell in Brentwood***Location: Brentwood, CAPreviously valued at 450k .Very clean two story home in move in ready condition. Largest floorplan in the complex, and it's an end unit. Very spacious with an upstairs loft. Quiet and safe gated community with a clubhouse, community pool, and playground. The elemntary school …

Politics

Here we go again. - 01/06/2009 08:21 PM
The Gaza strip is less than 140 square miles of land. Dirt folks. Basically no value to anyone but those fighting over it.
Keep in mind Harris county in Texas (Houston) is almost 2000 square Miles. Huge difference, right?
Then why the hell did gas go up ten cents a gallon …
There I was late last night watching Desperate Housewives recorded earlier on my DVR.  I was forwarding past the commercials when something caught my eye.  It was a commercial for Pepsi which looked suspiciously like an ad for something or rather someone else. 

 
 
 
 
 
What do you …

Market Report

Current Market Conditions As of January 6, 2009
•·     17 active single-family listings with an average list price of $113,629 ranging from $267,900 to $36,900
•·     6 pending sales in North Buffalo. The average sale price $91,909 and 39 days on market ranging from $229,000 to 39,000.
•·     In the past …
When you are looking to buy a home in Orange County, or anywhere else for that matter, it is critical to drill down into the numbers for the sector of the market that you are looking at. Orange County numbers are wonderful benchmarks to know, but our market is made …

David Saks

The New American Lifestyle - 12/15/2008 02:12 PM
                                               
Our great government should consider a new economic stimulus and bailout program for millions of homeowners facing foreclosure over the coming months.Along with lowering gasoline prices nationwide, congress should also seriously consider a measure to give gasoline discount coupons to Americans who can't refinance, and who are about to be …
                                                     
I posted this to a blog and I was encouraged by a friend to post this to the community:
Many agents are start up agents, new entry, new affiliates, and don't have the financial advantages of our more affluent realtors. It's difficult for them to compete.
Even though fuel costs are predicted by …

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Marketing

Facebook Business Pages - 01/06/2009 11:49 AM

Facebook is the new hot ticket in marketing. Previously, I rattled on about advertising on FB, but now let's talk about Facebook Business pages.
Facebook lets you create pages to promote your business. But the functionality is still pretty limited. Here's a synopsis of our experience with FB Business Pages.
 
I'm not the only one who was shocked and dismayed at the recent news that top chocolate companies are taking the cocoa butter out of chocolate, and replacing it with…yuck....vegetable oil!
It's being driven by cost, of course, and Hershey is one of the candy makers that thought changing ingredients …

Foreclosures

If you are falling behind on your mortgage or facing the possibility of foreclosure, there is help! Four clinics are being offered so you can meet with a HUD counselor who will help you discuss options to foreclosure.  Please click on the link to view a flyer about the documentation you …
I am asked this question almost daily! In our area foreclosures are keeping the prices of homes down, way down! 30% down in fact. Banks do not want to keep these properties and will reduce the price to below market value to sell them.  Buyers are looking for bargins, of course, …
 
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