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Water: The Cure For Every Disease?
DRINK WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH Dear Rhonda Duffy, It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had [...]
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5 Disaster Financial Moves
After almost 20 years of giving personal financial advice, I thought I would share the secrets I know about becoming financially successful.If you avoid these 5 disaster financial moves, you should have a good chance of becoming prosperous and hitting your goals. If you have made one of these already, it [...] You may view the [...]
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The Top 10 Home Improvements That Could Devalue Your Home
Via Donna Dazzo Home Stager in the Hamptons & New York (Designed to Appeal, LLC): Sometimes, making an improvement to your home could actually hurt you when you try to sell it. Here are the top 10 home improvements that can make your home harder to sell: 1. Kitchen Renovation. Any renovation of a kitchen [...]
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To Do: Order a Survey
It is very important to order a survey. Most lenders do not require a survey anymore so it is optional for you. The closing attorney’s office will order the survey upon your request. This information is from Jill Elliott’s website, a closing attorney friend of Rhonda’s. Here is her take on the issue. (So what [...]
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46 smart uses for salt
Check out this great article from Yahoo Shine about the many uses for salt : http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/46-smart-uses-for-salt-2270681/
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Pending Home Sales Up Again!
Pending Home Sales for July increased by 3.2%, more than double the expectations of 1.5%, and representing the sixth consecutive monthly gain…the longest streak on record. While it’s nice to finally hear some positive news about the housing sector – let’s remain cautious in our optimism, as many first time homebuyers moved up their home [...]
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Rhonda’s voice is heard in AOL Housingwatch article!
Please go to http://www.housingwatch.com/2010/08/18/home-listings-only-half-of-last-years-have-sold/ to read it!
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10 Ways to Prepare for Homeownership
1. Decide what you can afford. Generally, you can afford a home equal in value to between two and three times your gross income. 2. Develop your home wish list. Then, prioritize the features on your list. 3. Select where you want to live. Compile a list of three or four neighborhoods you’d like to [...]
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Tips for Pricing Your Home
Consider comparables. What have other homes in your neighborhood sold for recently? How do they compare to yours in terms of size, upkeep, and amenities? Consider competition. How many other houses are for sale in your area? Are you competing against new homes? Consider your contingencies. Do you have special concerns that would affect the [...]
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Why Do Lenders Want Bank Statements?
“Why does a lender want to see my bank statements?” Here are the reasons that lenders ask to see a borrower’s bank statements: They need to verify that the money being used for the down payment and closing costs really belongs to the borrower. If there are deposits that came from sources other than a pay [...]
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Tips for Remodeling in Any Market
When the housing market’s hot, it seems like just about any remodeling project is a good investment and adds value to your home. But when the market is tight, you want to be more selective about which projects you undertake, and know what you stand to gain in return. So whether you’ve been thinking about boosting [...]
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Summer Energy Saving Tips
We all need air conditioning to stay comfortable during the soaring temperatures of the summer. But you can still stay cool while saving energy and money using our tips to prepare your home and maintain your air conditioning equipment. Because air conditioning works hard to remove moisture from the air and reduce humidity inside your [...]
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How To Make Buyers Want Your Home
You love your home but when it comes time to sell, you have to share the love. In the other words, you have to make your home be seen in the eyes of potential buyers as their home. That can be tricky. But if you do some of the basic things such as clearing clutter, [...]
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Choosing the Best Home
After weeks of searching for your next home, you now have it narrowed down to two great options. One offers a shorter commute, but the other offers more square footage for your growing family. How can you make the best choice? There are several strategies you can employ in your decision making process. Above all, [...]
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Simple Home Improvements
Check out this link for the whole article. http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/109967/10-home-repairs-that-will-save-you-money?mod=realestate-homeimprove
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Using a Power of Attorney
Many attorneys will allow you to get a power of attorney for your closing. This could be your spouse, relative, friend or another attorney. In the case of a husband and wife, this is helpful so that one person can be with the movers. The power of attorney will only be applicable to the closing. [...]
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Holding an Open House
1. Buy signs from Home Depot or Lowes that say OPEN HOUSE. FMLS sells Open House signs as well- www.FMLSstore.com . Put the price of your home on the open house sign (i.e. 400K). 2. Hold your Open House any day and time that you are home by putting your signs at the front of [...]
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Scheduling The Movers – Know Your Options
Remember that your Purchase and Sale Agreement allows for a seven day unilateral extension. This means that you should know what the penalties and options are for your moving plans. You can also rent PODs to hold your furniture. Here is advice from Clark Howard: Get a binding estimate in advance specifying the cost of [...]
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Placing a Newspaper Ad
Feel free to place any additional advertising that you think is helpful to your marketing strategy. Don’t forget the local papers indigenous to your county or city. They often produce more results at less prices. When you run ads expect hundreds of agents to solicit you for your listing. There will be so many agents [...]
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Tips for Moving with Pets
If you will be moving soon and have pets, here is a great guide for you! http://www.tipsandformsforbuyers.com/docs/450IDEASBONUS-PETS.pdf
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How to talk to buyers who view your home.
When buyers come to your home it is critical to know how to talk to them. Here are some guidelines that will help you connect to them and pass along the fond memories that you have collected over the years in your home. Start the process by telling the buyers that you are going to [...]
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You Don’t Need 3D TV
I have been seeing all of these commercials as of late on how you can have 3D TV in your home. Let me be the first to tell you that you simply ...
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When you love your home…
Many people ask me what is necessary to sell a home in today’s market. My response is LOVE. The pouring of love onto your home is a simple thing that you can do and everyone knows that love is an action. Buying a home is an emotional experience for a buyer. You can not sell [...]
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How Lockboxes Work.
This article is talking about the Supra Blue electronic boxes that are placed on listings, usually on the front door. The lockbox holds the key to the house and will open for an real estate agent when the agent has updated their password to get into the house. As the agent requests a password update [...]
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See Houses for Free When You Are a Buyer!
Buying a home means that you have to get into the home to see it, right? Most buyers can not make a decision to buy a home until they have a deep understanding about what they are buying, the area they are buying in and what the home will mean to them. This means seeing [...]
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Does Pricing Matter?
Search the Internet right now in any price range and then ask yourself, are you expecting to see every home in your price range? Of course you do, why else would you be searching? So why is it that many marketing geniuses are still pricing homes for example at $299,900? Let’s run a quick scenario. [...]
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How to Stage Your Home
Staging is the rage across America right now. Whether you are selling your home or simply re-decorating, Staging has given hope to all of the women and men out there who wanted to feel like they were legitimate decorators, but did not want to go to school to learn decorating. However, Staging has simple principles [...]
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How to talk to buyers who view your home.
When buyers come to your home it is critical to know how to talk to them. Here are some guidelines that will help you connect to them and pass along the fond memories that you have collected over the years in your home. Start the process by telling the buyers that you are going to [...]
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Good News!
I’m not a financier and I can’t predict what our economy will do. I do know from my own personal experiences. Things are changing and for the better. My husband and I have been married for the past 31 years, and the past 30 my husband has been in the used car business. Last Fall [...]
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Is It Legal For Us To Pay You?
Read the Department of Justice’s opinion of the Buyer Cash At Closing program and how it effects buyers: http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/real_estate/rebates.htm
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What to bring to closing.
Before Closing 1. Order your optional survey within 7 days of closing. 2. Decide if you want owner’s title insurance. Tell the closing attorney at closing or before. 3. Order Homeowner’s Insurance – call the closing attorney at least 7 days before closing with your insurance agent’s name and phone number. Hand deliver the original [...]
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What Color to Paint Your House?
Deciding what color to paint the exterior of your house to sell it can be a confusing process. This sometimes differs from what you have or would paint it for your personal taste. Everyone has their own ideas on what this process is but what I have done is taken everyone’s opinion and made this [...]
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Duffy Realty Now has a Premier Division
Two agents from Sothebys have joined Duffy Realty to offer our clients a higher level of service. They have a very specific game plan and offer coaching and strategy sessions by phone after the initial visit every 2 weeks until your property is sold. We are using technology that is efficient to provide constant communication between [...]
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Why you should talk to the neighbors.
First lets start with why you should talk to the neighbors. Neighbors, although they may attempt to not be nosey, they know everything. One time in my own neighborhood, although I did not know the people that lived there, I noticed that there were people there with hazmat masks and suits on for over one [...]
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How to Overcome the Pet Issues That Buyers Have With Your Home
Selling your home while you have pets, may cause you to wonder how you will get your house sold. Pets limit the amount of showings that you can take, they limit the amount of people who will want to buy your home and they limit the amount of money you will get for your home. [...]
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How to look at a seller’s disclosure.
The Seller’s Disclosure Is Suppose To Disclose – Look For The Clues That The Seller May Not Want You To Know A seller’s disclosure is a document that allows the seller to tell you, the buyer, what they know about their home. This document is part of the Purchase and Sale Agreement and is intended [...]
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Eight years and counting!
Congratulations to the Duffy Realty team for 8 great years of real estate! We signed on and helped our 15,000th client this week and tomorrow we are celebrating our 8th Anniversary of being in business here in Atlanta. We certainly could not have done it without the hard work and dedication of many, many truly [...]
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Is it smart to get tax refund?
Around tax time, we often hear the question, “Is it smart to get a tax refund?” The answer really falls into the ‘it depends’ category.
In general, I am not a big fan ...
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The Art of Negotiating
Well, this seems simple enough – don’t lose your shirt. All kidding aside, most people don’t know how to negotiate a contract, or at least one that they won’t regret later. So, here are some guidelines to making a sound decision while making some money. This article is for home sellers, but you home buyers, [...]
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10 Commandments when preparing to apply for a mortgage.
1. Thou shalt not change jobs, become self-employed, or quit your job. 2. Thou shalt not buy a car, truck, or van (or you may be living in it!) 3. Thou shalt not use charge cards excessively or let your accounts fall behind. 4. Thou shalt not spend money you have set aside for closing. 5. Thou shalt not omit debts or liabilities [...]
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