Putting Homes On A Diet – McMansion

Putting Homes On A Diet – McMansion
You have seen it all over the Valley, on quiet, tree-lined streets filled with modest, mid-century ranch homes, you suddenly encounter a humongous ” Tuscan-Style” mausoleum that covers virtually every square inch of its lot and looms over neighboring back and side yards.In an other scenario, in an RA-zoned [...]

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Help from on high

I have just read an article that came out in RIS Media that should help to reform what has historically been a thorn in the side of the real estate business.  Lender sometimes pressure appraisers to hit a predetermined value for a home, usually determined by the mortgage broker or homeowner and this new law [...]

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More exposure

I was reading latimes.com when I ran across this interesting piece, which mentions a potentially good supplement to the online and print advertising most real estate professionals are already implementing in their marketing campaigns. It is one of those no-brainers from the past that most of us have forgotten, bus bench ads. You [...]

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More Time

Sometimes it seems like there should be more hours in a day. Even when you manage your time effectively, you can still come up short at the end of the day. I do not know about other professions, but real estate professionals can fall into time traps very easily.
What is the [...]

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Type Oh-Ohs

Sure, we all get that eventual slip in our personal or even, God forbid, professional correspondence. No matter how hard you try, even after spell checking your document several times, it seems impossible to avoid every last typo. Because on some level, it is probably not possible to catch every mistake every time. [...]

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