Blog from the Loft

This blog entry marks the first actual blog entry made from the Loft. Via a RCN MegaModem line last clocked at 1.9Mb download. Finally !! (Update — Now I am clocking 3Mbit download, 597Mbit upload !! yippy). Or use this test to see how fast is your own connection.
* Update: Verizon — so typical of [...]

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Today is final walk through before closing day on the loft. I visited the loft with the brokers. The current owner is still there doing his final cleaning. The place looks great. I can’t wait. Afterwards, instead of heading back to the office with my broker in her car, I decided to walk it. It [...]

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Well, this time next week I will be in my loft. Up to this point I have been pretty cool about the whole thing, but now that it is only 7 days away, I am getting antsy now. Let’s move already !
What’s the most important thing for moving in? Connectivity of course. The phone company’s [...]

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It finally happened. Someone decided to google me after looking at my house, which is just up for sale. I am so glad, whoever you are ! I expected this earlier. The house has generated a lot of interest. The few open houses that we had were packed. The brokers love the house. A lot [...]

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It is always nice to experience people doing a good job. Today I have two such encounters. I feel much better about service in this country –
I am closing my equity loan at my bank. Arrived at the appointed time and a very young looking staff took me to his desk. He looked at most [...]

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This is the bath tub that I would like to have in my bath room, except it is ten times outside of my budget. Maybe just go over to Loft 523 in New Orleans to try it out and call it a day. I actually like both of the bathtubs made by them -Apage of [...]

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Just a thought — once nice thing about the suburb is that the town services are much easier to negotiate. We need to find out something about something in town, a broker can just head to the town hall and chat with their friends and find out things. Try doing that in a big city [...]

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Amazing marketing. The house goes on MLS. Immediately I start receiving promotional mail on movers and storage companies. Pretty smart idea. Think of it, since these MLS notification can be obtained easily on the net, there must be something I can sell people who are selling their homes? Ideas, Anyone?
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Today the house went on the Market. You can find it on MLS. My broker hosted a broker open house at noon. She said all the brokers, even from neighboring towns showed up. Immediately there are two showings already. More scheduled for tomorrow and Sat. So things are moving.
I also signed my P&S today. Wrote [...]

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Three things happened today. 2003 is the Year of the Ram (or Sheep) in the Chinese calendar. Today, Feb 1st, is the new year day.
This morning, however, I was half sleeping and completely woken up by my radio alarm clock with the message that NASA lost contact with the space shuttle. I did not even [...]

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