tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24377472242299710272011-11-27T19:30:26.663-05:00My view on real estate, garages, and other things as I navigate the real estate market in Gwinnett and Atlanta, GA.Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.comBlogger1841100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-46218617073007776662008-04-04T11:10:00.002-04:002008-04-04T11:20:41.687-04:00

Please visit one of my other blogs or my website. Thank you very much.↑ Grab this Headline Animator↑ Grab this Headline Animator↑ Grab this Headline Animator

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-30332690007770687642008-03-08T23:13:00.003-05:002008-03-08T23:37:17.156-05:00

↑ Grab this Headline AnimatorVideo Sunday... musically speaking, took a little turn from the normal. It's music. Odd music, and interesting music. The January/February Market Report was posted for Gwinnett County on Monday. The blog points to the report on GarageHomesUSA.com. Here is a direct link.I found out that after this year's cancellation, the Dakar Rallye is moving to South America.

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-17900848384922965012008-03-07T10:33:00.003-05:002008-03-07T10:55:37.374-05:00

↑ Grab this Headline AnimatorSunday, Sunday, Sunday... Videos, Hummer, Jeep, big rocks, steep climbs... Sunday is video day.The GBR4WD Club announced their 5th Annual Mud 4 Blood Drive in connection with LifeSouth, Bass Pro Shops and 4Wheel Parts. This year's event will take place on May 10th. Are you a blood donor? Mud 4 Blood.Short Sales are all of the rage in real estate right now. The NAR

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↑ Grab this Headline AnimatorSimilar blog time... same blog channel... da na na na da na na da na na na da na na... Blog Man..Pow. Sunday's video recipes... include some ice and some sand and some rock. Gotta love 'em.Bang. The cat is out of the bag. I've been keeping a secret... and it is about my other blog. That's right. Glutton for punishment that I am, I keep up with more than

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-21760980195203417782008-02-16T12:36:00.004-05:002008-02-16T13:03:25.256-05:00

↑ Grab this Headline AnimatorTime for another exciting installment of...You would have already seen this if you were on my "real" blog...You didn't see these videos coming. My wife made me wallpaper a bathroom over the weekend, but I had to take a moment to grab a couple of interesting videos. Break dancing and Jeeping... Donald Trump made the simple words You're fired... way more famous than

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-43849406445635531382008-02-16T11:48:00.005-05:002008-02-16T12:38:18.601-05:00

↑ Grab this Headline AnimatorGot behind again...The week kicked off with a couple of videos. After all, Sunday is Video day!... let's have fun. This week's videos were about humor, with Kip Adotta and the Man Song. As a bonus, I included a handy-dandy tool definition glossary that could be passed along to spouses to help then understand what all of our tools do. Is it time to buy or sell a

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-18970049819020566022008-02-02T17:03:00.000-05:002008-02-02T17:22:19.773-05:00

Caught up... To today even...↑ Grab this Headline AnimatorMore All-Star stuff... and more.In NHL All-Star Game in Atlanta, Part IV and Part V I talked a little more about the driving tasks. It was great.There is a bad person floating around in Gwinnett County. Open Houses... why we don't like them so much is about one of the places where these two items intersect. It's Sunday... video day (or

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-78325442824191145332008-02-02T16:28:00.000-05:002008-02-02T16:47:28.554-05:00

Catching up here... For the latest, please feel free to click below.↑ Grab this Headline AnimatorOn to the posts...Here are the Sunday videos... enjoy, on time and everything. Just when you start to expect them... we'll see.I thought I would give a little information about one of the local schools here in Gwinnett County, GA. The first in the series is Parkview High School.Cub Scout Car Guys

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-59849615231817885922008-02-02T15:59:00.000-05:002008-02-02T16:27:45.150-05:00

If you haven't figured out by now, all of my posts are now going directly to LaneBailey.com. Drop by... here are the latest posts. ↑ Grab this Headline AnimatorSo, on to the posts...It's Sunday... must be time for some videos of Jeepsters and Commandos. A little 4wheeling to bring in the new week.While it looks to be another Jeep related post, If it ain't broke... fix it anyway! is actually

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-65809106583702651422008-01-13T15:40:00.000-05:002008-01-13T16:12:18.604-05:00

Woohoo!! I'm caught up. I can make these weekly until I cut this platform off.BTW, the reason for the discrepancy in numbers is vebcause a number is assigned when I write a draft that isn't published. I will be altering this next week to just have the dates, rather than the post number and date. ↑ Grab this Headline AnimatorLet's go to the review!In what has become my Sunday tradition, I

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Just about caught up enough to make these weekly. I wanted to get this one knocked out previously, but just didn't have the time. I'll be trying to update these each Sunday or Monday going forward until the traffic here drops off. Obviously, you can skip straight to the source by visiting LaneBailey.com each day, or subscribing there. Here is a banner with the latest headlines.↑ Grab this

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My primary blog has moved to LaneBailey.com and that is where all of the new material shows up. you might also check out my website, Garage Homes USA.Probably the biggest story in real estate for 2007 has been the meltdown of the "Sub-Prime Mortgage" market. Big players went out of business, and the implosion touched (like a Three Stooges Smackdown) every part of the real estate market.

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-55890750066364249252007-12-29T18:37:00.000-05:002007-12-29T20:08:19.652-05:00

My primary blog has moved to LaneBailey.com...Continuing the quick journey through my posts...I delivered my October/November Market Update. I have changed over to including absorption rate for Gwinnett County, GA on the market reports. I also corrected numbers from August and September that changed in my source files. Look for the November/December report on LaneBailey.com next week.In Making

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-34779605061745964132007-12-23T10:35:00.000-05:002007-12-23T12:00:40.572-05:00

***Special Note*** I have moved my primary blog to www.LaneBailey.com. I will post much less frequently on here, and those posts will primarily be these recaps pointing back to the other site. I'd like the thank everyone for reading this blog over the last few months. I enjoy writing it, and it is icing on the cake that others are reading it. The blogger platform has been very good for me, but I

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-33187267625527273302007-12-15T10:32:00.000-05:002007-12-15T10:40:27.113-05:00

***Special Note*** I have moved my primary blog to www.LaneBailey.com. I will post much less frequently on here, and those posts will primarily be these recaps pointing back to the other site. I'd like the thank everyone for reading this blog over the last few months. I enjoy writing it, and it is icing on the cake that others are reading it. The blogger platform has been very good for me,

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-26847397290916791752007-12-13T13:41:00.000-05:002007-12-13T13:43:37.868-05:00

I ran across a blog post by Jay Thompson regarding a story in the Wall Street Journal about on-line home searches. He noted that in his area the WSJ had it wrong. He researched the numbers for the local MLS, Trulia and Zillow. His findings were that Zillow only showed about 10-31% of the listings shown on the MLS, and that Trulia only had between 69-90%. So, I decided that I should take a look at

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-16714646013479084552007-12-12T23:42:00.000-05:002007-12-12T23:44:14.387-05:00

In response to janeAnne's post about What would you do if money were no object to build a dream green home, I had to expand to a full post. Here is what I originally responded with in the comments of her post: If money were no object... but taste was:Active Solar water heating, and power generation.Passive solar heating and cooling.Xeriscaping. Intelligent house systems to reduce energy

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-73872869846246152022007-12-11T10:46:00.000-05:002007-12-11T10:51:25.433-05:00

Sitting down this morning getting my Fox News fix, I noticed a release by the NAR that has me re-thinking a position I have taken...Here is the link to the NAR news release. To summarize, the position the NAR takes is that housing will start to pick up in 2008. Existing home sales will rebound, although new homes will lag for another year. Well, I've been saying this for a few months (go back

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-70297698284967602262007-12-10T11:26:00.000-05:002007-12-10T11:29:03.620-05:00

Everyone has weighed in with their opinions about the proposed government bailout of some of the 1.2 million people facing foreclosure... I guess I'll toss out my nickel (side thought... if everyone that has offered an opinion actually gave up the nickel, WE could bail out the people facing foreclosure...)I don't like government bailouts.I'm a libertarian (I haven't joined the party, so I'm not a

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-65328285645811855242007-12-09T16:35:00.000-05:002007-12-09T16:37:35.430-05:00

I am about to perform a feat of magic... I am going to combine two such different things, that you won't believe I was able to actually pull it off...In the first corner, we have a real estate transaction. Just about every time a home changes hands, there are obstacles and challenges. Sometimes the challenges are small, perhaps even inconsequential. Other times, they may seem insurmountable.

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-19414415765243274272007-12-08T17:56:00.001-05:002007-12-08T18:00:01.139-05:00

It is a big change for me. I started seriously blogging back in June on Active Rain. In July I picked up Blogger (Blogspot). I wanted an outside platform that would be more configurable. But, everything was fine with Blogger. I changed the theme a bit to better fit with my personality and subject. All was ok. However, as I delved deeper into what I wanted to accomplish (in regards to my real

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-62716205673488951232007-12-07T23:36:00.000-05:002007-12-07T23:37:38.119-05:00

As I announced back in the middle of November, there is going to be a format change beginning this month. I will be including Absorbtion Rates in the market reports now. This will give a clearer picture of the direction of the market, as well as help bring a bit of focus to the rest of the numbers. I’m also going to be stressing the listed/solds percentage to help give a better picture of the

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-10692881758761825022007-12-05T21:51:00.000-05:002007-12-05T21:53:44.688-05:00

This is yet another technology post... and there are so many other things I want to blog about... but I just can't move past this until I get it out. I'll include a bonus for those few of you that stick it our for a few minutes. It all starts out in Another in the never ending series of posts about building a website... Part ZCXIIAnd then I carried it a little further withJust when you think

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-23540349199747118632007-12-04T18:13:00.000-05:002007-12-04T18:15:28.073-05:00

(I thought about naming this Adventures in Web Management Part 715)So, last week I found a GREAT theme for my Joomla site, www.GarageHomesUSA.com. It is really cool out of the box, and it has a lot of room for mods that I wanted to do anyway. So, I figure...I got it beat!But then there was a little compatibility issue... I have been running version 1.5RC2. The new theme was written for RC3. I

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-78087020972918202152007-12-03T22:55:00.000-05:002007-12-03T23:13:36.004-05:00

I would say it is a Jeepguy thing, but it isn't. Too much power is almost enough!Tim Allen.Dana 60s (from an F-350) under a lightweight Jeep.V-8 Miata. 53" tires. (when 44s just aren't enough)24" rims.Gas-powered screwgun. It is part of our genetics. It comes from the gasoline (and/or diesel) that runs in our veins. We want to be able to do what we want to do... without worry that we will have

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-69259862028224660552007-12-02T14:53:00.000-05:002007-12-02T15:02:56.226-05:00

I think I have done around 121,894 posts about building my website... Ok, maybe not, but it seems like it. Friday night I crashed it. Bad. Like off-line for hours bad. But, I learned (or was reminded about) a few things. Always back up files before making changes. I did, and it saved me DAYS of rebuilding content.Always know what you are going to do before taking it on. I didn't, and it

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-90043428992622228292007-12-01T10:45:00.000-05:002007-12-01T10:46:50.791-05:00

So, it's like this...First, the video is only 27 seconds long, so feel free to watch. Now, let me tackle the answer. Jamie, there isn't a quick and easy answer to the question, but it looks like you think there should be from your video. But, let's look at the causes, and let's see if we can find some possible solutions. Causes:The fed, trying to keep the economy

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-19279290757805518712007-11-30T11:30:00.000-05:002007-11-30T11:50:03.085-05:00

If you think I could let this one go, you have another think... And it is coming as fast as this thing was going. For the first "video in a blog" post I HAVE to put this one up. The only connection to real estate is that I found it posted on Jay Thompson's (The Phoenix Real Estate Guy) blog. If you are looking for real estate in Phoenix, give Jay a shout... or give me a

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-14076165443250344392007-11-29T11:44:00.000-05:002007-11-29T11:46:13.685-05:00

What? Is this guy crazy? Take a look... S&P Index Reveals Price Changes in 20 MarketsPrices of single-family homes in the third quarter fell 4.5 percent nationwide compared with a year ago.It was the largest drop since the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller National Home Price Index was begun in 1988.“We are fast approaching the rate of price decline seen at the end of the 1990-1991 recession,”

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-19360571462325905522007-11-28T10:56:00.000-05:002007-11-28T10:57:27.631-05:00

I had an interesting conversation. it was interesting for many and varied reasons. There were three people gathered in place that were familiar with my blog... and I was only one of them.Only one of them was familiar with Active Rain... me again.One of them was an honest to goodness consumer. Nobody got punched... the Realtysaurus only pushed me a couple of times... ok, she didn't, but she

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-85394711007407333832007-11-27T23:02:00.000-05:002007-11-27T23:51:06.330-05:00

Every once in a while, I need to wander off on a tangent. Tonight, while driving back from the initial meeting for volunteers at the NHL All-Star Game, I drove by Fat Matt's Rib Shack (and let's not forget the Chicken Shack next door). So... I got to thinking about some of the great places I have been lucky enough to eat at here in Atlanta. I know it isn't about real estate, but we live here..

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-56413116548668269352007-11-26T20:05:00.000-05:002007-11-26T20:34:36.720-05:00

So, I took a little break from working on the business to play hockey with my son. At three and a half, he has quite the slapshot. When he is accurate, that thing is pretty hard to stop. Especially when you consider that he is shooting with a plastic golf club (he doesn't care... so let's not make it an issue).So I, with blown knee from walking 35 miles in Las Vegas, knelt down in the kitchen

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-2044077955260424552007-11-25T21:43:00.000-05:002007-11-25T22:06:09.180-05:00

So, what does that mean? First, let me toss out the original story.Daily Real Estate News | November 21, 2007 Home Starts Up, Mostly Due to Multi-FamilyU.S. home builders broke ground on more apartment buildings in October, driving housing starts up 3 percent to an unexpected seasonally adjusted rate of 1.229 million, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.But builders trimmed permits for

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-83502562648482422672007-11-24T10:32:00.000-05:002007-11-24T10:33:33.740-05:00

Thanksgiving is a time that we look back over the year and think of all of the wonderful things that we have to be thankful for. It is also a time for us to enjoy being with our families. And, being with family always gets the wayback machine firing on all cylinders...So, while I was talking with my Mother about Thanksgiving meals, a few interesting things came up... not the first time. I have

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-54955950314364870962007-11-23T10:36:00.000-05:002007-11-23T10:38:22.032-05:00

Let's start the tour with The Garage Journal. It's a pretty cool site. Aside from a forum with discussion from members about all things related to garages, they also have feature stories about groovy tool guy stuff like small parts storage and mobile tool storage. There are also some links to other nifty sites. But, the main feature here is the forum. Non-garage

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-82161734468932642522007-11-22T11:20:00.000-05:002007-11-22T11:21:26.170-05:00

I've been watching some of the NBC and CBS coverage of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. My wife is a (semi)reformed band geek, so she wanted to see the parade. Also, since WCC (World's Cutest Child) likes parades, we had a triple reason to tune in (1 for the wife, and 2 for the kid). So, we tuned in, looking forward to seeing some floats and some bands. But, what do

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-6865760649957267622007-11-22T11:17:00.000-05:002007-11-25T16:46:59.281-05:00

If so, I have a deal for you. Sign up for my email list, and I'll send you a 10% discount coupon for Lowe's. It's that easy. Seriously. Ok, it does mean that you have to give me your address, and your real email address, but here is what I can promise in return...I will NOT sell your information.I will NOT give away your information (except to Lowe's for the discount coupon).I will NOT trade

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-48223703307239931592007-11-21T11:09:00.000-05:002007-11-21T11:11:31.756-05:00

I've gone and done it now... I opened up the search capability on my website. Search the MLS without having to register or give up your private information. As long as there have been real estate agents, we have been gatekeepers of information. In the early days, agents and brokers held their own listings. They wouldn't even share them with other agents and brokers. Then, somebody figured out

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-10534917377124152832007-11-20T10:30:00.000-05:002007-11-20T10:31:22.450-05:00

I'm a little late to the party on this, but I would bet that there are a lot of people that were even further out of the loop than me...The Gwinnett County (GA) Schools are looking at a major redistricting. I have put them in the list based on the High School Cluster. Some of the schools affected are elementary, some are middle schools, others are high schools. The clusters that look to be

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-67200247829366158062007-11-19T22:28:00.000-05:002007-11-19T22:30:46.470-05:00

Many of you might know that I have a three (and a half) year old son. He has graced a variety of my posts, and is one of the primary inspirations for me being in real estate... but I digress... Often. So, while it isn't the first time, I wanted to relay a little story involving the "Boy Wonder." Upon my return from the NAR Convention, my wife promptly left town... to do a little scrap-booking

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-13162747645562329382007-11-18T13:18:00.000-05:002007-11-18T13:19:41.429-05:00

It looks like there is an idea to do just that. If the US Fish and Wildlife Service signs off, the water coming off Lake Lanier could be dramatically cut. Right now, we have about 79 days left. If this plan goes through, there would be a reduction in the Apalachicola River of about 10%, but the outflow from Lanier could be cut more than that... maybe even more than a year. So, we'll see what

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-7607836505389008742007-11-17T12:44:00.001-05:002007-11-17T13:16:33.062-05:00

It is time once again for more updating of my historical posts. I said I would try to get in here every couple of weeks... and it has been a couple of weeks. So, off we go. If you noticed the skip on 116-123, those are the previous anthologies. For Halloween, I mentioned that the roads in Atlanta go NUTS every year. The traffic is truly scary on Halloween. So, Abandon all hope, Ye who enter

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-59410668950988217392007-11-15T10:17:00.001-05:002007-11-15T10:41:12.188-05:00

Today is my last day here. I'll be hopping on the "red-eye" tonight and arriving back in Atlanta tomorrow morning. Look for my post tomorrow to be a little late...So, what do I think of Vegas? Well, I've had a great time so far. It is a beautiful city, but not without its warts. Now, I can't talk about the areas away from the strip... because I have only been in the tourist zone, but the

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-10330386681223237422007-11-14T10:04:00.000-05:002007-11-14T10:17:40.027-05:00

I'm still out here at the National Association of REALTORS(R) Convention in Las Vegas. So far, it has been a pretty cool experience. Sorry I don't have any pictures, I actually have carried my digital camera with me everywhere... but I haven't even seen the strip. So, what interesting stuff is here for consumers? Just about nothing. But, as a REALTOR(R) there have been quite a few interesting

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I promise to do better than this later, but for now... I'm in Vegas. What can I pass along? If you are flying with a laptop, take it out of the bag and run it through the X-ray machine by itself. I didn't know that. I will try to get back on later today and post up some pictures as well as anything else that looks interesting.

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I am getting ready to go to my first NAR Convention. The NAR is the National Association of REALTORS(R). I haven't been to one of the national conventions, but I am looking forward to it. I was able to schedule it at the VERY last minute. I do plan on posting each day, even though I know I will be very busy. I doubt if I'll even have time to squeeze in a hand or three of Blackjack, as I am

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-91467611002696912522007-11-11T10:25:00.000-05:002007-11-11T10:27:08.781-05:00

This is it. If you are in the area of the Tuscany condos in Midtown Atlanta (between Juniper and Piedmont and 8th and 10th streets) drop in. We have 6 units open today from 6 different agents. The unit I represent, #2324 in the Bocce building, is marked down $10,000 for today. Don't wait. It may not wait for you. This is a GREAT place to live. Only a couple of

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Ok, most of these were prior to me having a digital camera... or prior to digital cameras at all. But, I having been wanting to sit down and write a list of all of the junk I've owned through the years. I'm looking at getting a film scanner, which will allow me to scan the thousands of rolls of film (I'm not kidding) and use more of my own pictures.So, in no particular order:1973 Ford Mustang

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We just got back from a fun event. Ok, if I were a serious fan of Parkview, it might not have been as fun... but if I were a serious fan of Brookwood, it would have been a hoot. But, I'm not going to actually talk about the game, except in the most circumspect of ways. I want to talk about the event.Despite our best intentions, we didn't get up to Parkview High School until almost 7:15. Since

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I was going to call this post "A funny thing happened on my way to the Search Engine Results..." and then start it with... I got hijacked. It was one of them long-tailed searches. They sure are sneaky. But, I got hijacked with a different idea, sooo...I got hijacked. It was one of them long-tailed searches. They sure are sneaky.This one was called "cool garage toys". Now, if you take a

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I'm going to deviate a little from my normal pattern here. I just ran across a story (printed, sorry no link) about encapsulated crawlspaces. It was touting the energy savings that could be realized by encapsulating the crawlspace. I have seen some claims as high as 15% savings in heating a cooling. More importantly, I think there are some other benefits that could be realized, especially with

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...to a Senior at Parkview High School in Lilbun, GA. Now we just need to see who it is. Sometime next week I hope to announce the details, but I have decided to offer a $1000 scholarship for a graduating Senior at Parkview HS. I hope that I am able to expand the program to some more schools in Gwinnett County in the next few years, but this is a start. I'm meeting next Monday with the

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One of the great features I offer to buyers is the Client Gateway. If you aren't familiar, it is a custom private webpage that lists all of the properties that meet the criteria we decide on. As new listings are entered into the MLS, they show up in the Client Gateway the next morning. The example shown is a Gateway that I have set up to keep an eye on new listings of homes with 4 or more car

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I just have a question. I'm curious what you are looking for in your next house. You don't have to be in the market right now. I'm just curious how the real world stacks up to the National Association of REALTORS(R) Buyer Profile surveys. I'm not going to list the attributes that they have pointed to, because I don't want to pollute the results. Besides, I have written about the NAR surveys

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I'm sure I'll post up about it again later in the week, but mark your calendar for November 11th.The Tuscany is a condo development in Midtown Atlanta between 8th and 10th streets (there isn't a 9th street there) and between Juniper and Piedmont. It has a decided Mediterranean style (ya think? It is named Tuscan, not Canadian) with tile roofs and plaster exterior walls. Inside, there are a

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Below are the numbers for September 07. Before getting into the numbers, I would just like to mention again that I will now be working to post numbers right at the beginning of each month for the month that ended 30-35 day prior. I would love to be able to post up the October numbers at the beginning of November, but what I am seeing is changes are happening through-out the following month.

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I got to thinking after responding to a post, and I thought I would expand upon that and write a whole new post. Gayle Rogers points out the drawbacks of a company website for real estate practitioners in her post Websites that Your Company Provides. She outlines her experience with building the SEO and traffic for a site, only to abandon it when she changed brokers. I

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-92058708058300957712007-10-31T10:08:00.000-04:002007-10-31T10:34:40.770-04:00

I'm going to go slightly off topic here for a few minutes.I don't know about you, but I get so much spam it isn't even funny. In fact, eliminating some of the spam frees up so much time I can get in the garage more...I just want to share one of my spam strategies. It is fairly effective, and if you put the right pieces in to place, it can make your email communication much more efficient. It

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Tomorrow is Halloween. Don't drive. Seriously, the scariest thing in Atlanta tomorrow will be the traffic. It won't be bad in the morning, but coming home will NOT be fun. After about 2:00, until around 9:00, the highways and side streets will be crazy. It won't just be the little pirates and ghosts running around collecting candy, either. It is the same every year.

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-14946907603580548572007-10-30T11:30:00.000-04:002007-10-30T12:03:31.299-04:00

What? Only 10 posts this time? What's up, Lane?Well, I have just about caught up. After the ten I present today, the posts are from the Blog Anthology. Going forward, I will try to summarize every two weeks or so. I was just a slacker for the last few months. As we left off in the last blog anthology post, I had mentioned building a car-hobby centric subdivision around road racing, rock

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-26564610008792545212007-10-29T10:00:00.000-04:002007-10-29T10:42:17.564-04:00

I can't believe that I have had to write 7 of these. Ok, I knew how many posts I had, but until I started reading through everything to get this anthology done, it really didn't hit me how much material there was here.There is no doubt that the majority of the country is in a buyer's market. We certainly are here in most of the sub-markets and micro-markets here around Atlanta. But, What is a

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Sixth part? Yep.My "other" post on September 11th was P is for Pictures. With the importance of the internet for consumers looking for homes, the presentation is more important than ever before. Previously, I showed bad pictures... this time I went for the good ones.A lot of people on Active Rain thought I was going to have a problem with Q... Q is for Quit Claim. It was easy. When reviewing

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-54974623197409617562007-10-27T10:00:00.000-04:002007-10-27T10:34:22.646-04:00

Part V... will it ever end?On my "other" blog, at Active Rain, I had written a post about generating ideas for blog posts. Well, one of those ideas was to do an A-Z series. So, I did.A is for Appraisal covers the basics about Appraisals, CMAs, CMSs and BPOs. They all have different methodology, but the goal is the same... figuring out the value of a property.One of the items that WILL be more

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Part IV. Lots of posts...This time we'll start with It's time for the IRS to GO! I'm a supporter of the FairTax, so I laid out the case in response to the news story about the guy that caught Barry Bonds' record-breaking home run. Fun, huh?If you don't know, I created a Local Real Estate Forum for Buyers, Sellers, Investors, FSBOs and others. I wish I could say that it is bustling with

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-28483851293010087382007-10-25T10:56:00.000-04:002007-10-25T11:32:51.801-04:00

Part 3 of my 1,000,000 part series... If you have liked something I wrote, this will give you an little easier time finding something else that might inform or entertain you. All of these posts are tagged with "blog anthology."It might be a little dry for those outside of the profession, but Maybe it's Time to Bury Dual Agency lays out the case for not allowing it. This would still allow

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-45293978760124867592007-10-24T11:42:00.000-04:002007-10-24T12:30:04.860-04:00

Welcome to part 2 of my anthology of previous blog posts. The purpose is to give a quick reference to the older posts for newer readers. All of these posts are tagged with "blog anthology." If you click on that link to the right, you will get all of these posts. So, let's dive in.In Agent as Buyer, I wrote about my experiences looking at property with my wife... we haven't bought yet, and it

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I know that in the earliest days of this blog, there weren’t many readers. And, while there are a couple more readers now, there are a LOT of old posts out there. I just wanted to provide a quick reference so that one can go through and find the posts that might be of interest. The short descriptions are much easier to use to find a nice post to read than just diving into the tags. So, enjoy.

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What is it going to take to make them happy? Did someone at the DoJ have an unsatisfactory experience with a real estate agent? Or is it simply that they know our approval ratings are down there with our Democrat led Congress (which would love to have even the dismal ratings of George W. Bush), so we are an easy target? There is an interesting report called "Competition in the Real Estate

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Since I am in the process of getting my new website together, I have been on the track of marketing and advertising. I know that good SEO will bring some folks in, but I also know that if I don't market and advertise the site, it won't get the traffic it needs. So, that brings me to this...I was sitting in McDonalds today, having lunch with my son, and a commercial came on for Head On. If you

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I was up late, and caught a little bit of the Nightline episode where they featured a "bubble blogger" in California. One of the statements he made was that housing was not a good investment compared to the stock market over the last 30 years. That line was screaming at me. I went to Google to try and find national average home appreciation rates for the last 30 years. I wasn't able to. I

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-60020093796868636122007-10-19T13:29:00.000-04:002007-10-19T13:30:43.720-04:00

Ok, we have hit the point where one has to live under a rock to not have heard about the drought in the Southeast. It is a real problem. But there are a few things that don't seem to be getting the play that they should. The Army Corps of Engineers is releasing water from Lake Lanier in order to "preserve" a pair of specific species of mussel that lives in the Apalachiacola River delta in

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-61380360988629052272007-10-18T10:45:00.000-04:002007-10-18T10:46:41.527-04:00

I need to change the format on these numbers just a bit. I have been trying to put out the market report around the 15th of the month for the previous month (10/15 for Sept., for example). However, the numbers have been changing so dramatically that I am seeing changes for the previous month (seeing changes to August when I do the 10/15 report) and the changes are dramatic. So, in response, I

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-10066090197782507942007-10-17T10:31:00.000-04:002007-10-17T12:52:33.198-04:00

So, without getting real wordy about how I came across this (it all has to do with the new website), let me tell you about a cool open source photo-editor I just came across. It is called the GIMP. That stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. GNU is one of the open source licensing protocols. I guess it would be best summed up as the open source equivalent of

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I know, I know. It is one of those pervasive statements in real estate. Everyone in the business says it. Buyers are liars.But, are they really? I don't think so. My buyers tell me exactly what they want, and then they buy it. When they don't, I eventually figure out I'm not listening. Occasionally, I figure out that they really don't know what they want... or maybe they know, but just

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-27671684042433641502007-10-15T10:42:00.000-04:002007-10-15T10:48:03.167-04:00

I just can't help myself...I just ran across this little release from the NAR. Basically, the CEO of Countrywide says that the subprime mortgage mess could widen the home ownership gap between whites and minorities. However, in the same daily brief, the NAR sent out this piece as well. it states that the sub-prime mortgage problem is striking across the board, cutting across racial, income and

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-43928139247143584932007-10-14T13:38:00.000-04:002007-10-14T13:39:24.843-04:00

OK, this is NOT real estate related, but I just have to say it. Owen Wilson was looking to hire someone to be his friend. Kiefer apparently couldn't afford a cab a couple of weeks ago. Lindsay and Brittany... what does one say? Paris? I feel really bad for these people. Being young (ok, fairly young in Kieffer's case), good looking and rich seems to be such a burden.

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-65353772400034159072007-10-13T11:02:00.000-04:002007-10-13T11:10:37.937-04:00

I must admit that I was a bit amazed at the reaction to my last post. On Active Rain, it received a Feature within an hour of being posted. It was also one of my most viewed and commented blog entires. I was shocked that the comments weren't closer to the "Are you nuts?" type. So, just to get one step closer to reality, here is a compromise first step. Let's team up

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-42962519729057652022007-10-12T09:51:00.000-04:002007-10-12T09:57:42.715-04:00

I just answered a question on another board about marketing a drag racing track that is for sale. I just couldn't help but hit a flight of fancy over it. I started to think of some of the unique, but also fairly popular concepts that I have run across over the years. There are several road racing communities around the country. The basic concept is to take a private

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Some people like to watch baseball. Others think that basketball is what makes life worth living. I like things that involve a little more octane. From Thursday (Oct. 4th) through Sunday (Oct. 7th) my 4 wheel drive club ran registration for the Southern Four Wheel Drive Association. Sunburned, fried, frozen, tired and glad would all be accurate descriptions of the last

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So, how many of you have heard of this? The X Prize. Back when I wrote the A-Z series, it was my back up plan for the letter X. Currently, it doesn't have much relevance to real estate, but one day it might. The original X Prize was $10,000,000 to be awarded to the first entrant to launch a craft in to space, and then turn around and do it again with the same craft within a short period of

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-75360620577576768472007-10-09T10:46:00.000-04:002007-10-09T10:49:46.344-04:00

I just had the opportunity to wander through the October issue of REALTOR(R) magazine. Cars and Cable caught my eye (pg. 14). As I had previously mentioned in a blog post in July, oversized garages made a pretty good showing. Second place. Now, before you go gloating about second place, keep in mind that first place was central air conditioning... which is pretty tough to beat, and almost

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-52238759408086630432007-10-08T11:34:00.000-04:002007-10-08T11:35:53.229-04:00

Barely after midnight, and I have already had my best crazy idea of the day...In almost every form of motorsport, the drivers are festooned with the names of all of their benefactors. As Kurt Busch stands in Victory Lane, chugging a Coke, wearing a Miller hat, and holding a quart of Mobil1, all of us know that they pay his way. Of course those are the best products on the planet... they pay his

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Familiar? Let me give you a quick idea of what it is. Keep in mind that I am not a tax professional, or a lawyer... just a real estate agent. I guess the easiest way to say it is that it is phantom income. For our current purposes, let's look at a short sale. Let's say that the seller owes $300,000 on their home. In the short sale, the property sells for $225,000. Obviously the difference

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-77570849017970687542007-10-03T14:37:00.000-04:002007-10-03T14:43:32.659-04:00

You heard it. At the end of the week, I'll be off to the wilds to do a little camping. While it isn't as much of an outdoor experience as some, it is a nice place to get away. That also means that I won't have new posts up Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Southern Four Wheel Drive Association (SFWDA) has their 21st Annual Dixie Run outside of Murphy, NC in the Tellico OHV area. I don't

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-55555173385007455352007-10-02T10:55:00.000-04:002007-10-02T10:56:37.022-04:00

I used to have a favorite writer named Satch Carlson. He wrote for Autoweek Magazine back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He had a statement that I have found to be prophetically true...He was talking about the heater controls in an old truck. The fans speeds were "nothing, nothing, nothing and jet blast." How true is that? I'm not talking about blower motors in old trucks right now, but

Lane Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794870084389294501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437747224229971027.post-59594624897836170292007-10-01T10:14:00.000-04:002007-10-01T10:17:28.819-04:00

Soon to hit the MLS, you saw it here first...This is a great 1 bedroom/1 bathroom condo that also features a den/office. With 966 square feet (tax records) of interior room, and a 103 square foot patio (builder's plan), there is more space than in other 1bd/1ba floorplans. This is a great top-floor unit with a view out to mid-town, overlooking Juniper Street. It features a lovely double sided

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Sorry to disappoint. I picked up a story today about a "Bubble Blogger" in San Fransisco. I actually enjoyed the article. Here is the link. I have read a few of these bubble blogs in the last couple of years. Some are quite educated, and others are just rants. I actually haven't read this particular blog, although I will be putting it on my reading list. I just wanted to talk about the

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I have taken a step. In a few weeks, I'll be making a big change in my real estate career. I'm not ready to announce it yet, but one of the parts is an all new website. Because of the HUGE amount of content I have created do to blogging... and blogging here, I have a LOT of content to put into a site. So, I decided to jump into the world of CMS. I finally was able to set up a test with

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This is a serious work in progress. Three days ago, I didn't know anything about Joomla. I got past the installation, and started populating with content. The first thing on the agenda is getting all of the articles and pertinent blog posts migrated (copied) to the new site as well as put meta tags and descriptions on them. While all of this is going on, I am having to design menus and figure

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This morning, the NAR kindly sent me this little update through the Real Estate Insights eNewsletter. It explains, quite well, the steps that we will need to move through before the market stabilizes, both locally and nationally. And then, this afternoon, in my REALTOR(R) Magazine Daily Online, I got this story. Both have something underlying that I think is very important. Congress needs to

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I previously covered Buyer's Markets and what they meant for both buyers and sellers. Feel free to look over that blog entry in conjunction with this one. Before I dive into talking about a Seller's Market, I want to cover a neutral market very quickly. When there isn't a Buyer's Market or a Seller's Market, there is a neutral market. It lasts about 13 minutes, and just about never in more

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In real estate, as with other sales markets, there are three phases to the market. There is a Seller's Market, Neutral Market, and the subject for this post, the Buyer's Market.For most markets, and most price ranges right now, we are in a Buyer's Market, but what does that mean? You've heard it on the news. Clark Howard has even said it. Simply put, a buyer's market is one in which sellers

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Last week I posted up a couple of entires about cool garage stuff. One of the items was a fridge make-over kit that seems to have disappeared. While trying to find it again, I wandered over to Northern Tool's website. I was pretty sure I had found the fridge kit there previously, but it wasn't there... but there was some more cool stuff I couldn't just pass by. Need a

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In the last post, I highlighted a few really cool items. Now, I'm going to move the other way and look at some cheap (but still cool) stuff. Of course, I think that the most links I've come across have been regarding tool storage. And, tool storage is a biggie. Personally, I have two bottom boxes (rollers). One is a Craftsman box that I've had for years, and the other

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I need to find more cool garage stuff. So, off to Google I go... hhm.. I try to type in cool garage toys to see if I can come up with... cool garage toys, or at least some websites about cool garage toys. What did I get? Number one was watches. Watches. This is an organic result. Ok, I can move on. Boy, there are a lot of garage sales with cool toys... Poo. I better change it out. Let's

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Z06 Corvette, Nissan 240Z, Z28 (1LE!), Zamboni, Zagato, Zonda, some other fabulous car beginning with Z....No. Zillow. I mean really, this is a real estate blog. How could I go through the alphabet and not hit Zillow for Z? If you don't know what Zillow is, go ahead and Google it... we'll wait...Got it, ok. There is a whole language that has sprung up around Zillow. The valuations that they

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Welcome to the home stretch... and I do mean streeeetch. If you've been following along, you know that I have been running a series of posts going from A-Z. I am almost done, even though I don't know what Z is going to be yet...It's Y time!Youth... and real estate... how am I going to tie them together?OK, I got it. Again, anyone that has followed along knows that I am a car guy. Well, here's

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It time for me to make my prognostications for the coming market, while recapping that which has happened. Please keep in mind that even on the 18th of September, the numbers for August WILL change. I will come back and correct them before posting the October results. I originally posted the June number on July 10th, and they had changed pretty significantly by August 6th when I reviewed and

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I think I was at E when I figured out what the subject of this post would be. As I was writing about ethics, I knew that I would just have to do this post. However, I'm going to stretch the definition to fit my needs. Simply put, xenophobia is the fear of foreigners, or more commonly, the fear of those that are different. Despite the etymology of the word pointing more towards birthplace or

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One of my favorite things about residential real estate is that everyone can win. Think about it. We have a seller. The house is generally no longer serving their needs. Maybe they are leaving the area because of a new ob, a transfer or retirement. They might be having a new child, kids moving off to college, or moving up to a new house because of a promotion. I know, sometimes people are

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