Cleveland Real Estate News

Here is one on line  definition of the word predatory: Living by or given to exploiting or destroying others for one’s own gain. When you hear that term applied to lenders it probably paints a picture in your mind. Well now we have a story to go with that hypothetical picture. People have officially been charged [...]

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It’s Blog Action Day  and this year they want everyone to focus and post on poverty. Here I wrote about services for the aging and my thoughts have been focused on that for a few days. Few would argue that poverty affects our aging and senior population. A lot of what gets written about the elderly and [...]

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There are tons of articles today about the Treasury/Administration decision to spend some of the billions allocated to bail out issues on private banks. Via stocks. I picked one to link here that highlights the mixed feelings they had about making this decision.  After all, I’ve been identifying the Feds as the new liberals but I [...]

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Reading the newspaper before it hits the streets is easier now with the Web. I remember being in awe on my first visit to New York City in the ’70s as my relative’s father headed out for the New York Times (and lox and bagels!) at eleven pm one Saturday. So tonight I was browsing [...]

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Tired of election ads on TV? Yes, me too. Stressed out about the economy? Oh yes,  for sure  me too. Well the World is still turning and people are still doing remarkable things to help others. Whether you vote or not, read this CNN synopsis of remarkable people  and the kind of work they are doing [...]

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I’m thinking yes and that doesn’t surprise anyone who reads my posts.  What do you think? Does it make sense to change our paradigm on infrastructure? I know we can’t abandon our existing highways and fixing the Innerbelt Bridge for example, makes perfect sense.  After all, even buses take the Innerbelt Bridge   Brewed Fresh [...]

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This week was busy with real estate although not so much with new clients.  Took some photos while at a brokers open for one of our new listings so now I can focus on ads for the listing on the web. And today I got stood up! lol.  That doesn’t happen very often (thankfully!) but [...]

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The line goes something like ‘you can never have too many shoes’ but in this case, it’s handbags. There is a new site launching called Handbag Planet. Their launch date is October 15th and in grand fashion they are giving away a handbag an hour on that day. Check them out, pick out the bag [...]

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For months I have seen these bumper stickers; I’ve asked friends, clients, colleagues, no one seems to know what I am talking about (ha, you might say that is not new!). This is the closest I have come to being able to snap a decent photo of one. Does anyone know what it stands for? [...]

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Read this article from CNN’s website  and tell me what you think; is Sheriff Dart a hero or should he be held in contempt of court? It’s hard not to read this article and admire him on some level. He’s frustrated and he sees the human loss in evictions.  I love when an article can [...]

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