The other day I got a postcard in the mail offering to buy my house. “Oh joy! I hadn’t thought of selling my house at all, but since you sent a postcard that says you will buy it, lucky me! I’ve truly been blessed by your gracious offer!” Sarcasm There are times when it makes […]
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Remember the term “Enemy Combatant?” This is a description of someone who is fighting against a country without a uniform. This became an issue when there were people trying to kill Americans around the world not in accordance with the Geneva Convention, the rules for armed conflict, if you will. What does the Geneva Convention
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I recently worked with a buyer client that was looking to buy a large piece of land in Jefferson County. There were a lot of issues with the purchase that we needed to overcome before the property could be sold. This isn’t all that unusual. Almost all real estate transactions anymore are complex and have
Sounds great, right? If I were a homeowner who needed to sell and this glorious real estate agent was calling me through billboards, radio, and Tv, I have to admit, it would be awesome if a real estate broker bought my house if it didn’t sell. Come to think of it, since I am a
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The other day, a friend and former client of mine sent me a link to a house for sale in Oakville. He told me that he’d noticed a string of cars driving slowly by the house and it was kind of creepy so he hopped online and there it was. Single family ranch homes in
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Many years ago, I was working with a property management company. Almost daily, I would leave the office to go check out multiple properties. Even though I knew where most everything was, I still liked the GPS in my car. Sure, sometimes it would get messed up. Other times, it couldn’t find the street, but
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When I was a kid, we’d watch cartoons. One of the things that made me laugh was when some character would step on a rake. I don’t know if this was something people did in real life and it was so funny they made a reference to it in cartoons, or if someone just made
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Earlier in the week I was watching a show on television. It was a debate of sorts between two people involved in obesity science. I really don’t have an opinion on obesity science, but one of the panelists left me so angry and annoyed, I am on the side of the other guy, and I
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As a real estate broker in St. Louis, I tend to pay attention to real estate advertising more than the general public. After all, if I see something that someone else is doing and I know they are having success with it, I will put it in place at Deerwood Realty. Marketing your services to
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There are certain times when it isn’t fun to be a real estate agent. One of those times happens when you are “Ghosted” by one of your potential clients. It happened to me over the course of the past month and I just wanted to know, as a real estate agent, have you ever been
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