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Homeless Gnomes 2007-11-05 16:13:17 Here at The Real Estate Schmoozer our mission is to provide our readers with quality and educational information so they too may be infused with the necessary knowledge to face this challenging and sometimes intimidating world in which we live in.
Please be aware that today’s topic Homeless Gnomes
is of no exception.
From The Associated Press:
SPRINGFIELD, [...]
Did You Stash $200,000 In Your Underwear Drawer? 2007-10-29 16:58:24 Well… someone sure did at a house in Windber, Pennsylvania!
As much as $200,000.00 in rare old coins were found while cleaning out an abandoned house that had not been lived in for more than 20 years. It seems that either the family had a serious distrust in banks or a compulsive hoarding problem. [...]
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, Drawer
Schmoozing To More Than 300,000 Readers! 2007-10-22 12:14:07 Check Out November’s issue of the Minnesota Monthly which is the Midwest Region’s most widely circulated lifestyle magazine for our take on the local real estate state of the state.
The Kabul Golf Club…The Next Augusta National? 2007-10-15 16:33:59 Just imagine…
Tiger Woods, who’s paired with Ernie Els to start The Kabul
Open, slowly takes a deep breath of the dry cool air at 6:58 AM at the tee on the par-4 371-Yard Hole #1. He peers out over the horizon and stares with complete utter steadiness at his target 29o yards away, [...]
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, National
, Golf Club
It’s The Little Old Lady From Pasadena… 2007-10-08 18:52:48 …Actually she’s from Seattle and refuses to move!
From The Associated Press:
Talk about being stubborn!
Edith Macefield, 86, has refused a $1-million offer from a developer to move out of her 108-year-old farmhouse to make way for a commercial complex. “I don’t want to move. I don’t need the money. Money doesn’t mean anything,” she said recently.
Instead, [...]
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Apartment Complex Bans Tattooed Tenants!! 2007-10-02 12:03:57 Some apartment buildings in San Antonio, Texas are now refusing to rent to people with tattoos and unusual piercings.
Read The Full Story Here
Is this an act of discrimination or not?
The Federal Fair Housing Act states illegal discrimination occurs when a landlord treats a prospective renter differently based on certain characteristics or lifestyles. The Act [...]
Read more:Complex
, Tattooed
, Tenants
Nuclear Bomb Resistant Siding Included! 2007-09-24 12:32:40 Talk about solid construction…
If you’re one of those doomsday freaks or just want to brag to your friends about the quality craftsmanship of your new crib, you might want to try this house on for size. A former US intercontinental ballistic missile base, equipped with a vast underground network of tunnels and [...]
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The Schmoozer Is A Top 100 Real Estate Blog! 2007-09-10 19:55:15 Despite the fact that we’ve been a little behind in our postings, we’ve managed to be listed a one of the Top 100 Real Estate
Blogs according to International Listings. We are very honored to be listed alongside such an array of wonderful publications.
Check Out the other Top 99 Real Estate
Blogs [...]
Are Your Clothes Dirtier Than A 5th Grader?? 2007-06-15 10:18:32 As a new father my spare time is few and far between. Last evening after finally putting down my boy for nap and finishing off 3 day old leftovers, I needed to unwind with some sort of mindless activity. So, I chose to turn on my childhood friend, The TV.
Since my 3rd refurbished DVR from [...]
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, Grader
It’s Time To Kvetch About The Unprofessional Real Estate Agent! 2007-11-16 11:16:54 Do you know your real estate agent?
I mean do you REALLY know your real estate agent that is supposed to be handling and representing your best interests during your very expensive and extremely important real estate transaction??
Your agent or Realtor is required under their Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice to have “competency, fairness [...]
Read more:Estate
, Agent
, Real Estate
Hawaiian Ocean Front Property For $39.95?? 2007-11-30 12:36:16 In my quest to provide only the very best news and information to my readership, I came across a website that was offering Future HawaiianOceanFront
Property for $39.95 per lot. Talk about a deal! Current Hawaiian Ocean Front Lots are going for upwards of $330.00 Per Square Foot.
Loihi Seaview Estates [...]
Facebook…Can I Poke You? 2007-12-18 15:49:30 Everyone and their Grandmother is talking about Facebook
. With almost 70 million subscribers to date, 2008 should be another phenomenal year for the one who brought us”The Virtual Poking Age.” Some Wall Street analysts say Facebook may rival Google as the next Web 2.0 advertising powerhouse and even become the new [...]
The Brainwash Blog…Ahmadinejad Style 2007-12-11 14:02:52 In the dense universe of web commentary called blogging , it seems everyone these days are starting to blog. Iranian President and propaganda pusher Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
has decided to throw his turban into the blogging community and start his own blog entitled Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Personal Memo’s. Feel free to [...]
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Welcome Back! 2007-06-13 13:28:53 Ok. I took a little hiatus from the wonerful world of blogging. But now, I’m back and better than ever! Keep tuned in for more News, Views & Schmooze!!
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, Welcome Back
Pandora Radio, The Coolest Thing Since… 2008-02-29 15:54:56 You could say that PandoraRadio
is the second coming of radio. Well, I’m going to step out on a limb and say just that. While Sirius and XM are planning their merger, Internet Radio is slowly creeping onto the scene as a main captivator of music junkies like myself.
During [...]
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Doomsday Vault Now Open! 2008-02-26 16:35:27 Above: Gap Kids New Spring Apparel Line Apocalyptic Sheik
Associated Press-
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway — Norway opened a frozen “doomsday” vault Tuesday deep within an Arctic mountain where millions of seeds will be stored to safeguard against wars or natural disasters wiping out food crops around the globe.
Read the rest of the story… [...]
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, Vault
Rent And Run…Clinton Staff Stiff Landlord! 2008-02-08 12:37:58 Karen Dandurant
PORTSMOUTH, NH — Rochester physician Terry Bennett said he rented a city building to people who worked for Sen. Hillary Clinton
’s presidential campaign — and skipped town without paying the bill.
Making matters worse, Bennett said, the 3,000-square-foot building at 236 Union St. was left trashed. Campaign signs were left lying all over the [...]
Read more:Staff
, Landlord
R-Rated Whopper Freakout! 2008-01-25 11:29:07 Is this a case “Minnesota Nice” or “Minnesota Ice”?
You be the judge!
Unhappy Home Buyer, Feeling Misled on Price, Sues Agent 2008-01-22 12:08:13 By David Streitfeld - The New York Times
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Marty Ummel believes she paid too much for her house. So do millions of other people who bought at the peak of the housing boom.
What makes Ummel different is that she is suing her agent, saying it was all his fault.
Ummel claims that the agent [...]
Read more:Buyer
, Feeling
, Agent
Rich Dad’s 2008 Predictions 2008-01-21 11:52:36 Below is a very interesting and informative video from Robert Kiyosaki, the Author of Rich Dad
Poor Dad and his take on 2008’s real estate outlook.
For their take on Gold & Silver and other investment markets go to
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IKEA…The Next Holiday Inn? 2008-01-08 12:50:53 Do you need a place to crash for the night? Most people would call family, friends or perhaps even a hotel. Instead IKEA became this Schmuck (see this post for translation) from New York, slumber palace for the evening.
This publicity stunt needs be in the ranks of greatness of when Elvis Presley [...]
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THE BEST OF 2007! 2007-12-27 17:37:03 Well…
We’re not as ingenious or as popular as Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, but we at The Real Estate Schmoozer are proud of our very successful year.
After rummaging through thousands of pieces (OK, maybe one) of fan mail (OK, hate mail) , we’ve compiled The Real Estate Schmoozer’s BEST OF 2007.
The Real Estate [...]
It’s The Best Time In 30 Years To Be Investing In Apartments! 2008-03-16 16:34:38 From Barron’s Edited by Robin Goldwyn Blumenthal:
The carnage in housing hasn’t spared any sector of the real-estate market. But favorable fundamentals could turn apartments into lucrative investments again. “The demographics are very supportive for apartments, with a lot of young people graduating from college,”says Sam Chandan, chief economist of real-estate research firm Reis. [...]
Read more:Years
, Investing
, Apartments
More Good News For Apartment Investors! 2008-04-17 11:37:03 A Bright Spot for Housing Investors
By VIVIAN MARINO
FALLING prices, tighter credit and rising foreclosures have taken their toll on the housing market, but there is one residential sector that could actually benefit from these economic woes: multifamily rentals.
The reasoning seems simple enough. “People still need a place to live,” said Richard Anderson, [...]
Having Trouble Financing Your Investment? Your Not Alone! 2008-06-05 12:09:48 Trying to find a lender to finance anything these days is more of a challenge than trying to figure out how a flux capacitor can get you to travel back in time. However, there is lender who is willing to take the leap of faith with buyers these days. They are Cincinnati based [...]
Read more:Having
, Trouble
, Financing
Skinny-Dippin Sales Strategy! 2008-06-20 10:21:46 OK. So you have a couple of unsold units (pardon the pun) you need to unload and the”Free Commador 64 with Purchase” promotion is just not doing the trick to sell those last remaining ones. Maybe you should try spicing sales up with a “Banana Hammock Optional” community pool as one complex has done in [...]
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, Strategy
Happy Days For Apartment Owners! 2008-06-30 11:43:23 As I sat in the last row (so I could sneak out early) of The 2008 Minnesota Real Estate Journal’s Apartment & Condominium Summit at Golden Valley Country Club last week, I realized that in this room full of brilliant and established real estate investors, there was just one question we all needed answered; [...]
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, Owners
, Happy Days
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