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Our job as professional Realtors^® these days is to listen to all the excuses people use to put off buying a new home. “The market will keep going down. The interest rates are staying low. The windows are a little dirty. There is no reason to hurry in a buyer’s market. I’m looking for a $350,000 home for about $140,000.” I’m sure my fellow agents can come up with a few more. It would be hilarious if it were not so tragic, watching people wring their hands in “analysis paralysis” while the deal of their lives slips away before their eyes. (more…)

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        The most astute appraisal of President Obama’s performance to date. If anyone sees an error or an exaggeration in the below please bring it to my attention.

One of Bob Oster’s CEO friends wrote this. Bob respects him highly. (For those on this list who don’t know Bob: he was CFO of Oracle when it went public, also CFO of Syntex, and holds a Ph.D. in economics from Berkeley. Since 1987, he has been an angel investor and private VC. He is on the Board of Overseers at the Hoover Institution.) (more…)

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By Ron BarnesAssociate Broker – Prudential Georgia RealtyPast President - Pickens County Board of Realtors^®Many homeowners may feel like burying their head in the sand, an understandable sentiment given the recent shakeup in many markets. But with most interest rates in 2009 hanging around the lowest levels in decades, those playing the “ignorance is bliss” game may be missing out on a rare chance to improve their finances. (more…)