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How to Buy a Bank Owned Home
on Oct 9, 2009 in Fun Stuff Home Buyers Thanks to Maureen McCabe from Columbus, Ohio, for finding this satire of today's market!
The Letter of the Law
on Aug 25, 2009 in Fun Stuff The State Park system throughout the midwest is pretty consistent with this one law: I'm not sure this is what the writers of that law meant: The dog IS on a leash. The LETTER of the law is being followed,...
The Ugly Duckling Becomes a Swan
on Aug 1, 2009 in Home Improvement When I was young, nursery rhymes and fairy tales were not politically correct, but they were most entertaining. The ugly duckling tale particularly impacted me as the poor little duckling had no clue how beautiful he would one day become....
When Houses Don't Sell . . .
on Jul 31, 2009 in Fun Stuff it's easy to get distracted!
How Not to Sell A Home
on Mar 26, 2009 in Home Sellers Staging is all about dressing your home in its Sunday best (or maybe dressing your home for selling success?), but the current market downturn and the influx of short sale homes and foreclosures on the market are telling a sad...
Hazards of the Trade
on Mar 14, 2009 in Personal Anecdotes We looked high. We looked low. It wasn't there. Of course, the wooden bench it had been attached to wasn't there either! The tenant had moved from my Saint Paul duplex listing and with the tenant went the bench. With...