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iPhone Marketing Tips For Real Estate Agents

Svetlana Stolyarova,Local-n-Global Realty, Broker (Local-n-Global Realty) — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:13:00 -0400

The only reason why I decided to buy iPhone at first place was that I noticed how my clients used its applications for search of Real Estate information while we were touring the houses.That was a shame that I knew nothing about it and was not able to share their experience or give some advice on better use of it.

So - as I like to be where my clients are - I buy my first iPhone and immediately fall in love with it.

What a treasure for Real Estate agent!

Excellent maps, very good GPS help us plan and navigate our showings seamlessly.

Built-in compass helps answer the questions "Does this house face East or what?"

Very convenient contact system and calendar help organize our appointments and contacts.

Safari Web browser is very decent and works wherever 3G connection or Wi-Fi is (almost everywhere).

E-mails are easily accessible.

Instant access to Facebook, Skype and Twitter keeps you connected with your clients and sphere of influence.

That all is great but better news is that iPhone is a real treasure for the marketer on the go!

It has a very decent built-in photo camera. And you can immediately share your pictures via e-mails, Facebook or Twitpic Poster. All these applications are free and very easy to use.

Thanks to my iPhone I start fighting my video-phobia. First time I experimented with my iPhone video at one of my Open Houses in South Euclid. When it's a low traffic at your Open House, why don't you try to invite more people via short video? So, I shoot a minute of a video and post it on Facebook. It would be even better to post it on YouTube but I had no time to learn how to do it at that time as new visitors stopped by and I decided to try it later.

Here is another sample of a short video of a very good house in Pepper Pike listed by Local-n-Global Realty. It's very amateur but, please be kind not to nail me down for unprofessional video shooting. I am the Real Estate broker, not a videographer after all :) !

The whole idea is that you can do any video in few minutes, post it on YouTube, use right tags and description and publish it on any site or blog using embed code. Very easy, very mobile and very effective way to promote your listings!

I will keep sharing more ideas of using iPhone in Real Estate practice. Do you have any good stories or experience?

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Fourth of July in Cleveland: Salute to the U.S.A. in Blossom Music Center

Svetlana Stolyarova,Local-n-Global Realty, Broker (Local-n-Global Realty) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:50:28 -0400

4th of July, 2010. It will be my twelfth Independence Day celebration in America. It happened that eleven out of twelve Independence Days my family spent in Cuyahoga Falls, at Blossom Music Center, enjoying the great American music and the best fireworks in the whole Greater Cleveland and Akron area.

This natural amphitheater surrounded by beautiful rolling hills is a scene itself. Great performance by the Blossom Festival Band and great music in the open air create unbelievably cheerful atmosphere of joy and pride. Add to this pre-concert picnic on a grassy hills of Blossom , and it will make your Fourth of July celebration in Cleveland unforgettable. Pack your own basket, bring a blanket or lawn chairs, get together your friends and family and enjoy your perfect 4th of July.

If you've never been there, just don't hesitate to plan visiting Blossom this year! The Blossom Festival Band will Salute to the U.S.A. Saturday and Sunday, July 3-4, 2010.

I have many personal reasons to salute to the U.S.A. The only time when we skipped a Blossom celebration was July of 2000, when amazing doctors from the University Hospitals fought for the life of my son Stepan who was diagnosed with multiple types of brain cancer. I thank and salute to all the doctors and all staff of the UH who saved our son's life. This year we celebrate the tenth anniversary of his second birth. Happy another birthday, Stepan!

Happy birthday, America!

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Wallpaper Woes

Svetlana Stolyarova,Local-n-Global Realty, Broker (Local-n-Global Realty) — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:57:41 -0400

Home decoration magazines start telling that wallpaper is back again. It's kind of a new treng in home design. However, many buyers get resisted to idea of removing wallpapers. Many houses sit on the market because of wallpaper.

The blog post below is one great piece of advice to home sellers.

Think about it! Potential buyers have even more objections against removing YOUR wallpaper than you do.

Have a happy and smooth home selling experience!

Via Kathryn Maguire (Rose and Womble Realty Company):

Whenever I am working with a home seller, and the home has a lot of wallpaper, I usually recommend that they remove it prior to the first day that it is listed. When I bring this up, I am usually greeted with a great deal of resistance. Here are a few reasons that I have heard for not removing wallpaper:

1. The wallpaper has a story behind it...it brings back happy memories for the sellers. They remember the pains they went through to pick the perfect pattern that would go with all of their furniture and decorations.

2. They paid a LOT of money for that perfect wallpaper!

3. It is too much of a pain to remove. Removing wallpaper does require the application of chemicals or steaming the paper off of the walls. And after the paper is removed, the walls underneath may need to be patched and touched up in order to restore a smooth finish.

However, kind seller, please remember that wallpaper is an extremely personal choice. This fact is demonstrated by the myriad of selections whenever you go into a home decor store. There are thousands and thousands of choices out there to match the unique tastes and preferences of the homeowner.

So my question is this: Do you want to limit your buyer pool to that one buyer who loves the wallpaper as much as you do? Of course you don't. When you put your house on the market, you must market to the broadest audience possible. I am not trying to be difficult, I just want what you want: To SELL your house.

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Orange Schools: New Families Orientation - mark your calendar

Svetlana Stolyarova,Local-n-Global Realty, Broker (Local-n-Global Realty) — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:05:32 -0400

Orange Schools: New Families Orientation

It's an exciting time of year for many families who chose to move to Orange School District. School will start very soon, and kids and their parents will benefit from one of the most brilliant educational systems in Ohio.

New residents of Pepper Pike, Orange, Hunting Valley and Moreland Hills are getting themselves prepared to meeting with teachers and staff of Orange Schools. Orange is famous for its warm reception of new families!

I remember how almost 12 years ago our family relocated to Moreland Hills. We were thrilled with all the attention, care and incredible professionalism of Orange teachers and staff. Being recent immigrants, our boys received excellent English as Second Language classes. I am so grateful to parents of O students who volunteered their time and love to teach our younger son English, too!

I can't find right words of gratitude and appreciation for all people in Orange schools who cared about our older son when he got his cancer treatment and needed so much of special attention. Thank you, thank you, thank you! God bless all of you!

Wonderful community, excellent academic opportunities, programs for kids with special needs, endless possibilities for gifted children, creative arts, technology, athletics - everything is open and available for families who live in Orange School district.

Please mark your calendar and come to New families orientation to Orange Schools 08/17 - 08/19/2010.

Welcome!

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PLEASE! GIVE US ONE PHOTO! JUST ONE! MUST WE USE OUR IMAGINATION?? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE??

Svetlana Stolyarova,Local-n-Global Realty, Broker (Local-n-Global Realty) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:16:48 -0400

I know how many people feel fustrated by seeing Real Estate listings without the pictures. I don't blame those buyers who merely skip the listings without the photos.

I honestly can not understand why the sellers don't fire the agents who did not bother to stop by at the house and take few nie pictures of the home and the neighborhood.

Hopefully, this post by Lenn Harley will help few more agents to realize how important the good pictures are.

Via Lenn Harley, Real Estate Broker, Virginia & Maryland (Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate):

CONSUMERS WANT TO SEE PHOTOS. SO TO ACTIVERAIN AGENT MEMBERS.

So many blog posts about homes, homes for sale, communities, sub-divisions, high rises, adult communities, gated communities, rural areas, homes in towns, homes in cities, restaurants, parks, etc., etc., etc.

AND NOT ONE SINGLE PHOTO!

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE??? Are you writing about what you know or did you throw darts on a map to select an area about which to write today??? If you've visited the community, town, restaurant, etc. about which you posted those 1,000 words, didn't you shoot at least one photo??? If you did, WHERE IS IT???

The variety of photos and their use is endless. You don't have to be concerned about copyright if you shot the photos yourself. I keep a selection of photos for instant use on a photo storage site I put up just for this purpose.



In Town Homes                          Homefinders.com Partners      Severna Park Sunset



Water Front Scenes                  Farmers Markets                      Local Wild Life



Boat Yard in Solomons              New Construction                    Town Home Communities

Moderate Priced Homes             Condominium Homes               Luxury Homes



Historic Homes                          Barns and Farms                    Pools and Playgrounds



Super Luxury Homes                 Golf Courses                               Local Merchants

The variety of photos and their use is endless.

KEEP YOUR CAMERA HANDY and take photos of interesting scenes as you go through your day. Save them on your hard drive or store them in one of the online photo sites like photobucket.com. Take the photos in the lowest digital exposure possible for your camera and if you need to resize, use one of the online services like Lunapic.com.

By having a collection of photos handy, you can quickly add them to your posts. This will add color, visual interest, emphasis, humor, etc. to your posts. If you're posting about a subdivision, include a photo of a home and not just the entrance. Folks don't live in the entrance.

For fun images like the example to the right, have a friend take a photo with a light background, go to Lunapic.com and convert the image to a transparancy and you have fun images of yourself to add fun to your ActiveRain blog posts. Remember to tag our photos. Google doesn't read images but it reads and indexes tags.

Use your imagination. Folks are far more likely to read a blog post if it contains some image(s).

Courtesy, Lenn Harley, Broker, Homefinders.com, 800-711-7988. Serving home buyers in Maryland and Northern Virginia.

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Should we be more creative to sell all this inventory of Solon homes for sale?

Svetlana Stolyarova,Local-n-Global Realty, Broker (Local-n-Global Realty) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:25:41 -0400

Should we be more creative to sell all this inventory of Solon homes for sale?

I was doing the Solon Real Estate market absorption rate analysis for one of my clients the other day. Results were not unexpected but still unpleasant. In popular Solon OH we have a many-many months inventory of homes for sale.

What level of creativity is needed from Real Estate agents to sell out all this inventory?

I don't believe that it's all about pricing. Most Solon homes are priced very reasonably considering all the amenities of this great city, excellent school system, and condition of Solon properties.

Most of home buyers in Solon OH have good income, well qualified for mortgage financing, and have good credit history.

I know that excellent Real Estate agents work in Solon area. Maybe, we need just more creativity? Fresh look at the way we market homes? Better attention to core needs of our clients?

What do you think?

Just take a look at the results of the absorption rate analysis for Solon and few other cities in Greater Cleveland area. Too many homes for sale!

Solon OH Real Estate Market. How many months needed to sell existing inventory of homes for sale

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Excellent Shaker Heights Home - Buy or Rent!

Svetlana Stolyarova,Local-n-Global Realty, Broker (Local-n-Global Realty) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:05:37 -0400

Excellent home in Shaker Heights is offered for sale or rent. Very rare opportunity to take advantage of such a generous offer. All the houses on Glencairn Rd. in Shaker Heights were sold for over $130,000 during last 12 months. Sellers of 3706 Glencairn offer this wonderful, ready to move in home for just $119,000. Rent for $1,250/month may be considered, too.

Lovely, Affordable, Ready to Move-In Home in Shaker Heights

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$119,000 Single Family Home
For Sale Main Features 4 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
1 Partial Bathroom
Interior: 1953 sqft
Lot: 6,000 sqft
Location

3706 Glencairn Rd.
Shaker Heights, OH 44122

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(440) 2475388
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http://www.Local-n-Global.com

Listed by: Local-n-Global Realty

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Pepper Pike, South Euclid, Shaker Heights: 3 houses be Open to public; 3 % discount be offered to qualified buyers

Svetlana Stolyarova,Local-n-Global Realty, Broker (Local-n-Global Realty) — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:28:45 -0400

Pepper Pike, South Euclid, Shaker Heights:

3 houses be Open to public;

3 % discount be offered to qualified buyers

Local-n-Global Realty will host Open House Extravagnza this weekend, 07/24 - 07/25/2010.

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2643 Windy Hill

2643 Windy Hill
Pepper Pike, OH 44124

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1590 Westdale Rd

1590 Westdale Rd
South Euclid, OH 44121

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1590 Westdale Rd

1590 Westdale Rd
South Euclid, OH 44121

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2669 Rochester Rd

2669 Rochester Rd
Shaker Heights, OH 44122

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Listing Presentation - What's In It For Me, The Home Seller?

Svetlana Stolyarova,Local-n-Global Realty, Broker (Local-n-Global Realty) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:00:46 -0400

Giving listing presentations to Cleveland home sellers is one of my favorite and one of the most rewarding activities in Real Estate.

One of the most important and challenging parts of any listing presentation is to answer the main question: What's In It For Me, The Home Seller? What's in all your cool technologies for me, dear agent? What's in all your Internet advertising for me? What's in your company's Big Name for me? How shall I benefit from all your efforts?

Home sellers are better hiring the Real Estate agent only if all these questions are addressed and answered during the listing presentation.

For Real Estate professionals, there are few major goals to be achieved during the winning listing presentation:

Understand the home owners' objectives, needs and goals

If the home sellers' goal is to move, then define the desired time frame for making this move
Offer and discuss with the home owners the winning marketing strategy, including the right pricing
Discuss and make an agreement on house presentation rules, including showings and Open Houses
Set up the communication rules, including frequency and the ways of communication
Set up the partnership between the home owners and their agent in successful sale of the house
If the home owners' objective is not necessarily to move or if their expectations are unrealistic, BE HONEST and explain in a professional manner that listing the property for sale now may be more harmful than useful.

Most of home sellers interview more than one agent prior to making a decision on whom to hire. There are definitely more than one thing to consider while making this decision. It's the agent's personality, professionalism, knowledge of the market, enthusiasm, experience, ability to present herself, ability to handle objections, compassion, and many more. Well prepared and well performed listing presentation is the best indicator of your agent's professionalism.

As many Real Estate agents do, I've been constantly mastering my presentation to home sellers. We created a simple document for our home sellers to help them understand our high standards and - which is more important - how they, the home sellers, will benefit from our professional work. Please review and give us your feedback on this document.

Thanks a lot!

Strategic marketing benefits for home sellers

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Cleveland Real Estate: Is On-line Marketing Efficient Enough To Attract Buyers To The Best Deals?

Svetlana Stolyarova,Local-n-Global Realty, Broker (Local-n-Global Realty) — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:00:55 -0400

Cleveland Real Estate: Is On-line Marketing Efficient Enough To Attract Buyers To The Best Deals?

Every good Real Estate agent knows about necessity of on-line marketing. After all, over 80 % of all home buyers start home search on the Internet!

Every productive Real Estate agent knows about nice "side effects" of on-line marketing, such as name recognition, 24/7 acessibility, ability to communicate your message to thousands of Internet users.

Every excellent Real Estate agent knows about challenging, yet winning combination of almost instant communication with potential customers and long-lasting effect of any smartly designed on-line marketing campaign. On-line marketing in Real Estate is all about long-term and long-lasting benefits.

But what about short-term, immediate benefits?

Just an example. We in Local-n-Global Realty currently have listed ten wonderful properties. We take Real Estate marketing very seriously.

Each of our listings has its own single property web site

We showcase all Local-n-Global listings on Realtor.com

We take part in Internet Data Exchange program, so all our listings get a very good exposure on all NorthEast Ohio Real Estate broker's web sites, including www.Local-n-Global.com

We publicize our Ad on Craigslist.com and PluggedinCleveland.com

We syndicate our listings on literally hundreds of Real Estate portals, including Trulia.com and Zillow.com

We blog about our listings

We notify our fans and followers about our listings on Facebook and Twitter

We create individual property web sites on RealBird.com

Still - immediate response depends on too many factors rather than diligent and creative on-line marketing.

I have exciting Short sale listing for serious buyers - excellent, young, priced way below market house in Northfield, OH. It will be Open toady between 1 pm and 3 pm.

My sellers need an immediate attention from the right buyer!

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Updated ranch in Brandywine Preserve - better than new!

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$160,000 Single Family Home
For Sale Main Features 3 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
Interior: 1566 sqft
Lot: 0.16 acre(s)
Location

794 Lost Creek Ln.
Northfield, OH 44067

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Home in Shaker Heights OH - sellers asked about dramatic price reduction.

Svetlana Stolyarova,Local-n-Global Realty, Broker (Local-n-Global Realty) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:57:32 -0400

Home in Shaker Heights OH - sellers asked about dramatic price reduction.

My job as a listing agent is to procure the best qualified buyer - able , willing and ready to buy the property of my client on acceptable to my selling client terms.

It happens, however, that despite all scientifically designed and artistically performed marketing, the result is not delivered as quickly as we wish. The reason is in most cases the ugly, unpleasant truth about the PRICE.

Even in 4-5 short weeks market may change, and initial price strategy does not work as efficiently as it was designed at first place. At this point we re-analyze the market and suggest the price change to our sellers.

Usually, it takes some time and effort to convince the seller to reduce the price to a more adequate level. Not in this case. My amazing client - the owner of a beautiful and spacious home in Shaker Heights OH - asked me to make even more dramatic price cut than it was intended.

This is the reason of this post - to announce that the house at 2669 Rochester Rd. in Shaker Heights, OH is offered now for unbelievable $220,000!

You should take your chance and immediately call 877-770-5551 ext.127 to see this 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths home in one of the best neighborhoods of historic Shaker Heights.

Best Price in The Best Neighborhood of Shaker Heights

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$220,000 Single Family Home
For Sale Main Features 4 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
1 Partial Bathroom
Interior: 2636 sqft
Lot: 0.28 acre(s)
Location

2669 Rochester Rd.
Shaker Heights, OH 44122

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Svetlana Stolyarova

Local-n-Global Realty
(440) 2475388
Realty@Local-n-Global.com
http://www.Local-n-Global.com

Listed by: Local-n-Global Realty

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Home in South Euclid - charming, updated, comfortable, affordable. Is it a dream or reality?

Svetlana Stolyarova,Local-n-Global Realty, Broker (Local-n-Global Realty) — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:20:17 -0400

Ever imagined living in a charming, light, beautiful house on a private, no-outlet street, yet close to all city amenities, Downtown Cleveland and University Circle?

Ever thought of moving to a beautiful home with no need of any repairs, remodeling or updates?

Ever dreamed of walking to a neighborhood park right next to your house, spending hot summer hours at nearby swimming pool, playing tennis at nearby tennis courts?

If answer to any of these questions is Yes, then we have a house for you!

Dream home in South Euclid. Simply irresistable!

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$120,000 Single Family Home
For Sale Main Features 3 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
1 Partial Bathroom
Interior: 1087 sqft
Lot: 0.16 acre(s)
Location

1590 Westdale Rd.
South Euclid, OH 44121

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Svetlana Stolyarova

Local-n-Global Realty
(440) 2475388
Realty@Local-n-Global.com
http://www.Local-n-Global.com

Listed by: Local-n-Global Realty

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How bad should Real Estate people be to frustrate our customers as much as Delta did?

Svetlana Stolyarova,Local-n-Global Realty, Broker (Local-n-Global Realty) — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:34:02 -0400

Be safe and happy! I am not a complainer, not at all. My glass is always at least half-full. I enjoy turning disadvantages into advantages and turning advantages into benefits for my loved ones or for my clients.

My last experience with Delta challenged this attitude. As my Facebook friends know, I was taking a long trip to Ukraine and Russia. That was an amazing journey! I took part in Yalta International Real Estate Conference, I also taught classes on building Real Estate business as a system in three cities: Yalta, Ukraine; Tyumen, Russia; Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Meeting and speaking with hundreds of Real Estate professionals from Ukraine and Russia made my life brighter. Young, well educated, eager to learn and develop their business, our Ukrainian and Russian colleagues are on the edge of technology and definitely make the future of Real Estate.

I will probably write much more posts about people in Russian and Ukrainian Real Estate, about their ideas, challenges, problems and solutions.

Only thinking about all wonderful people whom I met, helped me survive the last part of my trip, which is usually the easiest one - Delta connection flight from JFK in New York to Cleveland OH.

I'm a Delta's frequent flyer, loyal and old time customer. I was never charmed by Delta's customer services but their precise timing and reasonable pricing was the reason why I kept my loyalty to this company. This time I realized that I would rather get a better customer services.

The long story short, JFK is under a big reconstruction now (hot news, huh!). Flights' delays and cancellations are part of everyday operation. Like Delta practitioners don't know about this! No information, no attempt to find a better solution for their passengers.

After almost nine hours flight from Moscow to JFK, I was waiting for my last connection to Cleveland. Everything looked fine. Information board said that everything's ok, flight would be timely, just relax and wait. That was exactly what I was doing.

Information about one hour delay appeared few minutes prior to scheduled boarding time. That was fine. Understandable.

At the new scheduled time we were boarded, baggage and hand bags arranged, nothing seemed wrong. It took two hours to realize that we were not going anywhere! First, it was runway, which was closed, then it was storm coming from the West, next it was Delta's regulation to taxi back to the gate the plane with the passengers insight, in two hours afer boarding, in order to avoid government fines.

In three hours of taxiing back and forth, our plane was unboarded at the gate. No information. No offer to arrange something, no excuses, no apologies. Flight attendant was doing her best to keep everyone calm and as happy as possible but she was the one who delivered all this contradictory information, so she got her portion of people's frustration.

Then the worst part started. No information game continued. I decided to take care of myself without relying on Delta. So, I claimed my baggage. After another three hours of waiting it became clear that my baggage was lost. I need to thank Delta for safe delivering it to my house in Moreland Hills less than two days later.

I was thinking, what should we do real bad in Real estate to make our customers so unhappy and to challenge our customers' loyalty as Delta did? I tried to use my imagination but did not manage to invent anything close to arresting your customers inside the plane with no information, no hope, no attitude to deliver result, which we, the Delta's customers paid for.

Using to have my glass at least half full, I am grateful for this experience as it showed how loving and caring my husband is - he drove to New York to pick me up from there and to bring me back to Cleveland -almost 20 hours round trip! I am grateful to my friends in New York who picked me up from the airport and brought me to their apartment. I am grateful to all my on-line friends who sent me messages of support and cheer.

I will do my best to never let my clients down. I don't want to challenge anyone's loyalty and human decency. My job is to help you solve your problems. That's what I know how to do. That's what I'm devoted to.

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More gifts for Cleveland First time home buyers - American Dream Funds

Svetlana Stolyarova,Local-n-Global Realty, Broker (Local-n-Global Realty) — Sun, 09 May 2010 13:21:42 -0400

$5,000 from American Dream Funds is available to eligible Cleveland first time home buyers.

My friend Terry Seaman from First Place Bank informed me about another exciting opportunity for Cleveland first time home buyers. It's money from American Dream Funds.

Here is how Terry outlined the eligibility guidelines:

First time home buyers. Not in title for last three years.
Minority home buyers

African Americans
Hispanic
Asian Americans

3. Maximum loan amount $150,000

4. Qualifying income is $54,000 or less

5. Location requirement - Cuyahoga county or Lorain County

6. Owner occupied only. Single family home or single condo unit in warrantable condo project.

I have few properties, which are perfectly good for this program. Look at these wonderful homes and condos. This may be your chance!

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