I posed some questions to Sharon Williams, Chairperson of the OIVAC, and here is her interesting input…
Hey Pam, It’s great to be here today. You’re blog is my first weekend stop – so let’s relax and have a casual conversation – oh, oh! Not too casual, as I see you’ve some important questions about virtual […]

Here’s yet another cool tool. This one will show you what the search engine spiders see when they crawl your site: searchwho.com. Great to view your meta tags and do some tweeking if necessary!

For the first 10 years of my life as a military spouse, I was not employed outside the home. I felt it was crucial to my children’s well-being to stay at home with them. I did not return to the workforce until the youngest of my three children started school. When I reentered the workforce […]

In the February 26,2007 issue of Realtor® Magazine Online this article appeared: 
Affluent Buyers Want Privacy 
As the article progresses, it talks about new money, not inherited money and how it is influencing the purchase of real estate.  The article also talks about what these affluent clients require from their real estate professionals; 
ConfidentialityAffluent Clients Want to Be […]

Ok, we have covered  Residential, Employment and Credit Histories.  Isn’t it nice to have some information that will help your home buyers with their questions?  How do you think you will look in their eyes?  What kind of confidence do you think you have built with your buyers on their journey to purchasing real estate […]

All persons — including U.S. citizens — traveling by air between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda will be required to present a valid passport. What’s more, as early as January 1, 2008, all persons traveling between these same countries by land or sea (including ferries), may be […]

Time management is a hot topic these days because let’s face it; we must fit more tasks into the same amount of time each day. Although we would love to, we are not able to add more hours to the day. This means we must learn organizing strategies to get the most out of the […]

We have looked at Residential History and Employment/Income History.  The next installment is one of the most asked about and worried about when purchasing a home…..Credit History.  So without further delay let’s just jump right in and tackle it.  Once again some of this is very simple and straight forward but some of the information […]

If you’ve decided to jump on the bandwagon and start blogging, consider why it is you’re doing it. Is it because it’s the latest trend? Everyone else is doing it? Or is it for Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? Perhaps you just want a venue to speak your mind. Whatever your reasons for blogging, you should […]

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Page Titles

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