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Climbing the Property Ladder
Years ago, consumers (and REALTORS) were taught that buying a house or a real estate investment was a relatively long term move.  People bought homes to live in, and raise families, and fix their housing expense (as opposed to rising rents).
Conventional wisdom was that if you bought a home, you should anticipate being […]

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Photo by KIWI NZ
I got an email earlier this week from one of my Partners.
“Would you suggest defending our listing? Check out Philly Blog - the blog is 2040 St Albans. The blog poster was a previous buyer in a failed transaction. The home inspection revealed defects. The seller was willing to correct most but […]

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 Photo by Glutnix
There are lots of directions that real estate professionals take in their blogging efforts. And even more conversation in the blogosphere about blogging. It may be a narcissistic trend. Or maybe we just want others to validate our direction or the business benefit of this , as yet unquantified activity. But I think […]

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Flipper mailbox by Sheeshoo
No, its not about our favorite Dolphin friend, its about helping lenders get REO properties off their books.
Investors have long been a staple of the REO market, and professional investorsoften bought, remodeled and sold properties for a profit.  The sale price to the consumer from the investor would generally be higher since […]

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Today, Inman News announced their 11th Annual Innovator Awards finalists.
In the category of Blogging the finalists were;
Blog
1000Watt Blog
AgentGenius
Big Picture Blog
FBS Blog
Homegain Real Estate Blog
It is not amazing to me that Benn Rosales and Lani Anglin-Rosales achieved such recognition so rapidly, nor that Inman recognized the quality of the writers at AgentGenius. It does however amaze […]

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family,opinions
 
Today is Father’s Day. For me (with My son and daughter-in-law on the West Coast) this is a day celebrated with phone calls from the West Coast, and time alone with @Pinky379 and Cisco the Superdog.
When I went to my computer this morning, I noticed that Chris Griffith had written a post entitled “Happy Father’s day“. […]

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Who Needs a Second Life?
I don’t need a program called “Second Life”. I’ve tried it but I just don’t “get it”. I know I can fly, but I keep bumping into things when I try. I’m not interested in trying to be a different body type or sex on screen. Not because I am not […]

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Blogging is new to me
Well, sort of. I’ve been blogging for a little while now on AgentGenius as a contributor. But that’s a blogging community so that isn’t totally my responsibility. And I have been “practicing”on Blogger with a fledgling effort called MovePhilly, but I really wasn’t sure what I was doing there.  I felt like […]

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