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Do You Go To the Office Every Day...

Or Do You Prefer to Work From Home?

For me, one of the most wonderful things about being a Realtor here in the Raleigh/ Cary/ Apex area of North Carolina is the flexibility of the schedule.

Personally, I prefer to work from home. I like to get up early, grab a cup of coffee, and fire up the computer long before most 9 to 5'ers even hit the office.

By the time 9:00AM hits, I've banged out more work in my pajamas than some folks do in an entire day.

How about you? Do you go to the office every day, or do you prefer to work from home?

Take the poll now. I'll post the results in a few days.

 

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Lawrence Yun, NAR's economist, is predicting the coming housing shortage based on the "coming up short" chart.  Harvard created the "State of the Nation's Housing" report that also echo's Mr. Yun's prediction.  It really is just number crunching.

2000-2007, household growth averaged 1.2 million per year.  2007-2010 about 500,000 annually.  According to the Harvard report 16,000,000 (16 million) new housing units will be needed within the next decade.  Again, according to Harvard "the number of new households is set to rise sharply, supporting growth in population that fuels growth in new renters and first time buyers".  One only needs to look back in history over the last 40 years to see the cycles of demand and supply.  Zillow (I question why they are a trusted source) indicates that housing values are back to 2002 levels.

The mid 70's produced disintermediation.  Prices stumbled. The early 80's with 19% interest rates and 21% inflation reduced housing values.  Then President Reagan reduced all tax rates and the boom began.  Four years of exploding values.  Then the tax laws changed now calling real estate a passive investment.  The bust followed.  In the early 90's values fell 35%.  A growth spurt in the late 90's.  Then the new century.  2003 -2007 the boom again.  Bust 2008 to ?

Population increasing.  Housing not supporting growth.  Housing shortage will happen again as it has in the last 40 years.

 

How to Kill Mosquitoes

You may be aware of this, How to Kill Mosquitoes - IT'S NOT A JOKE I was at a deck party awhile back, and the bugs were having a ball biting everyone. A man at the party sprayed the lawn and deck floor with Listerine, and the little demons disappeared. I filled a 4-ounce spray bottle and used it around my lawn chair whenever I saw mosquitoes. And voila! That worked as well.. It worked at a picnic where we sprayed the area around the food table, the children's swing area, and the standing water nearby. During the summer, I don't leave home without it.....Pass it on. OUR FRIEND'S COMMENTS: I tried this on my deck and around all of my doors. It works - in fact, it killed them instantly. I bought my bottle from Target and it cost me $1.89. It really doesn't take much, and it is a big bottle, too; so it is not as expensive to use as the can of Bug-spray you buy that doesn't last 30 minutes. So, try this, please. It will last a couple of days. Don't spray directly on a wood door (like your front door), but spray around the frame.. Spray around the window frames, and even inside the dog house. Now these are Good Mosquitoes!!! EARTH FRIENDLY TOO??? This will also kill bugs that eat the leaves on your plants, I have tried this and it works.