Email beginnings and endings are the biggest challenges for people. So I wrote about them in the latest issue of Better Writing at Work. This post is excerpted from that issue. The last sentence of an email is like the…

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Real Estate Agents bring valuable tools such as market research and planning that assist you in buying and selling properties. Many times a layperson looking to buy or sell real estate doesn’t consider these elements are important parts of the process….

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This week I deleted a comment left here. The meat of the comment made sense, but it closed with this command: “Get with the times and get down off your high horse.” As a proponent of excellent, courteous business communication,…

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Wherever you are, driving, or walking around looking at properties, you’ll have access to all of the MLS information on the homes for sale around you, with just one touch of a button on your cell phone. Hit “Call to See” and you will be put right in touch with ME, ready and waiting to serve all of your real estate needs.

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It has been a difficult time for the property owner and investor in Dubai. But a long overdue correction was needed to realign markets with realistic price structures. An overview of the situation as it stands today.

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It has never been easy to get your foot onto the first rung of the property ladder but in these economic times, it seems harder than ever. Fortunately, these tough times have brought about some more creative ways to get into property. We are talking about rent to buy schemes.

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On Tuesday, April 20, 2010, there will be an outage to 15 specific customers in the 8700 block of Sunset Blvd. Those who are affected should have already received their door hanger notification that was hand delivered last week. It included instructions on how to prepare. For the rest of the area, there will be no power interruption. This is rescheduled work for the original outage that should have occurred on April 6, 2010. This work is to upgrade existing facilities. Planned outage number #391098.

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The League of California Cities is gathering signatures to qualify a ballot initiative aimed at protecting local revenues from another raid of local coffers by the State. This is of utmost importance to Cities, Counties and School districts. As the State attempts to balance its budget, they are eyeing local revenues and are considering another raid. We need to protect our funds; without them, our safety services are in jeopardy and so our local services.

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