Archive for May, 2012

• Want to Look Beautiful?

  Date: 2012.05.31 | Category: Family | Response: 0

  Every woman wants to look beautiful and tries many ways to achieve it. There are many ways help you to have and keep your good appearance. Yup, some people are lucky enough to be born with beautiful face and ideal body, but how about the rest of us? You can do some simple ways to make you look beautiful and have a good look. Do you intend to make your skin especially your face looks good and beautiful? Read the rest of this entry »

• A Short History Lesson (2)

  Date: 2012.05.28 | Category: House & Home | Response: 0

  Agency law was born (OK, the common law of agency has been around for centuries, but we don’t want to go that far back). Anyway, under that practice, the agent worked for the broker and the broker was subordinate to the seller. As the industry evolved, brokers with listings began to figure out that they didn’t just have to use their own staffs to find buyers. Read the rest of this entry »

• A Short History Lesson

  Date: 2012.05.24 | Category: House & Home | Response: 0

  OK, some of you still with us? Good. Let’s discuss for a moment— and I mean very quickly—a little bit of history so you can figure out how we got to where we are today. In the 1920s, if a land owner wanted to sell a piece of property he would contact a “real estate man” who, in turn, would go out and try to find a buyer. Read the rest of this entry »

• My Friend’s House

  Date: 2012.05.23 | Category: Furniture | Response: 0

  I just passed my school’s exam. It meant holiday was going to come soon. I wanted to sleep over in my friend’s house, Mary, for a week on holiday. It was the first time I stayed there. I was very excited about her house. She is not a rich people, but her house is very attractive and comfortable to stay. At that moment, I thought to stay there forever and wouldn’t come home again. Well, I’m joking mom Read the rest of this entry »

• Have Gun, Will Travel (2)

  Date: 2012.05.20 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  We’ll get into that in depth in a just a second, but here’s the short version: If you walk into a house and immediately fall in love with how much light there is in the back room, a buyer’s agent will point out that it’s coming in through a three-inch crack in the wall; a listing agent will point out there is no extra charge for that crack; and a facilitator will speculate the light could be coming from the sun—but is, of course, really not sure and you should consult with your attorney. Read the rest of this entry »

• Have Gun, Will Travel

  Date: 2012.05.16 | Category: House & Home | Response: 0

  Buyers: One agent is not enough, but two is way too many. True story: Some years ago a first-time homebuyer, who had already hired his own real estate agent, got stampeded by another agent into buying a house. Read the rest of this entry »

• Closing Agent/Escrow Agent (2)

  Date: 2012.05.12 | Category: House & Home | Response: 0

  Mom and dad may try to be overprotective of what their little girl is getting herself into. Their little girl, of course, may have been making decisions on her own for years. After all, the reason she may be considering buying a house is to prove once and for all that she’s not their little girl anymore. Read the rest of this entry »

• Closing Agent/Escrow Agent

  Date: 2012.05.08 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  The names differ in different areas, but this is the person who actually sits down with everybody at the end of the transaction—the sellers, the buyers, the agents, and anyone else appropriate—to make sure all the paperwork is signed, all the documents are in place, and the money and commission checks get where they need to go. Read the rest of this entry »