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Found a great investment but cant interest anyone….

Posted on January 28, 2012 | Leave a comment

Sometimes as an agent we find a cash cow….. A property that has significant extra value in price or a great rental value…. I found one such property…. It is 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bath 1152 sq ft. in Boise at a negotiated shortsale of $73000 plus closing costs. It is even possible that the owner would like to stay at the home and rent it. Whether you are looking for a home or an investment this is it. The value is $100,000 today if you turned around and sold it. I have been in it and wrote an offer on it in October. It is a nice home for the money. If you want to see it give me a call. This home is near the Boise Town Square. It’s not my listing but it is a good one… I am even thinking of making an offer. I called my buyers but none of them are ready to move on it. To bad because it is a very nice home for the money.

Consumerism…. I think we lost the battle….war…Black Friday in the wee hours….

Posted on November 27, 2011 | 3 comments

I am sort of a politician….I take my stands….My last stand has been published in a local paper… My stand wasn’t political….Or at least I don’t think so….I think for the most part stores should be closed on major holidays….We really don’t need to shop on Thanksgiving or Christmas….We don’t need to shop in the middle of the night….Here is a copy of my letter….

I also happen to have a housemate who is in her 40’s and a graduate student….She needs money….She has a temp job at Macy’s…. After I wrote the letter I learned that she had to be at work at 4 AM on black Friday… Apparently Macy’s decided to open at midnight…She doesn’t drive so guess who had to wake up early to take her…

As a approached the Boise town Square Mall I was hoping it would be empty….I wanted this to fail big time….Alas…The traffic picked up as I approached the Mall….. I couldn’t park my car if I wanted to…It was 4 AM and Boise was obviously shopping….I am very disappointed….Not only was I disappointed I spent the day tired because of my early rising…..I am proud to say I didn’t shop until 6 PM and only because my kid needed snow boots before he went back to college.

I really don’t have anything against Black Friday (as long as it starts at 6 AM)….I just was going to stick to my guns today….

If we want to control our own destiny we need to control our lives and our spending habits….Yes there were some very good deals that ended at 1 PM…. Some people had been camping out all through the Thanksgiving holiday….I like eating my Turkey around the dining table with my family….Or nut-loaf if you are a Vegetarian…

It was greed on the banks, wall street and the consumer that led to the recession (depression?) that we are in…. I know they say we need to spend our way out of it….But maybe we should get JOBS in our COUNTRY….BUY things made in the USA (that also might help create jobs)…And not SPEND more then we can AFFORD… Let us all take control of our Destiny.

Tomorrow I will start showing houses again in the Boise…. I will write offers and counter-offers….I will work my listings…Today I will take off until my middle SON gets on his plane and leaves us again…. Tomorrow perhaps I will write about how buying a house helps your LOCAL ECONOMY….

Debbie Holmes