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November 27, 2012

Arizona Walkouts

“Walk´- out“:  when a home is built on a slight hill sloping away from the front, making the lower level above grade. Walkout basements are something I associate with the Midwest, not the Southwest; for one thing, homes in the Southwest usually don’t have basements. However, that doesn’t mean Phoenix doesn’t have properties with that design....
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Real Estate Chutzpah

Early Move-in Risks Fall Disproportionately on Seller The standard definition of chutzpah is killing your parents, then throwing yourself on the mercy of the court because you’re an orphan. So, what’s the real estate version (or, at least one example)? A Buyer who delays the closing not once but three times, then threatens to walk...
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Why They Call it “GROSS Domestic Product”

Grantham Embraces “Accounting for Earth” “The full replacement of our resources is somewhere between very expensive and impossible, so our measurement system simplified the issue by ignoring it completely.” –Jeremy Grantham I couldn’t have said it better myself. But I came close, in this post three years ago: “Just consider how GDP now accounts for...
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“Nearby Eggs, Inc.” (vs. “Faraway Eggs?”)

How Close to Minnesota is Pennsylvania? Take it from someone whose license plate reads, “MY RLTR” (as in, “There goes my Realtor!”) — I know a clever marketing slogan when I see one. Still, you’ve got to wonder if a company named “Nearby Eggs” isn’t pushing the principle a tad too, umm . . . far, in...
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