I have a really cool tool called the Client Gateway that I deploy for my buyers.  It builds a web site for them with the new listings that meet their needs.

I was doing some maintenance today, checking for messages in the Gateways of a few buyers and seeing if I needed to get further information on properties for them.  One of the things I check is properties that are “No Longer Available“.  The reasons a property will no longer be available are:

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It has been pretty well publicized, but I thought I would toss it out there again…  There is an $8,000 tax credit available for ‘first time home buyers.’  Here are a few facts about the program…

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Take a seriously weird and boring… and very economical economy car, and take it completely to the other end of the scale.

For those that were around in the early 1980s, there was the LeCar…  The suspension was NOT even close to sporting… the car cornered on the door handles.  The power was disappointing… 0-60 was measured with a calendar.  And it only had 3 lug nuts… seriously.

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Cracked.com recently had a post about old school toys that got made over with cool results…

Nerf pop-guns, toy planes… even yo-yos.

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I was wandering around the web the other day looking at real estate agent web sites… and much like real estate agent ads, there is a theme… a theme I can’t really get on board with.

Skipper Sells Scooterville!

Really?

Did he sell it all at once…

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