YOUR PLACE TO CALL HOME: Who does your Realtor work for?
You walk into an open house on Sunday afternoon and talk to the Realtor there about the home you are viewing. When you start to share information about your housing needs, the Realtor stops you and says, "We need to talk about agency."
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Stay In: Home work
Television Stager Invasion Starting Sept. 4, every Saturday at 6 p.m. and encores Tuesdays at 10 a.m. TLC (formerly Discovery Travel and Living)Why would you let a stranger into your home, have her declare the living room "a fricking disaster" or "borderline crazy," and the master bedroom a place where it "looks like a bomb went off," then meekly allow her minions to strip your house of prized ...
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Bill Gates' favorite teacher
Sal Khan, you can count Bill Gates as your newest fan. Gates is a voracious consumer of online education. This past spring a colleague at his small think tank, bgC3, e-mailed him about the nonprofit khanacademy.org, a vast digital trove of free mini-lectures all narrated by Khan, an ebullient, articulate Harvard MBA and former hedge fund manager. Gates replied within minutes. "This guy is ...
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The latest real estate rip-off?
Would you be willing to pay the original builder a fee when you resell your home? That's an obligation some developers are trying to slap on homeowners in their communities.
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Josie Natori's stylish evolution
Josie Natori followed her business dreams from the Philippines to Wall Street. But after nine years as a banker, she needed a more creative outlet. In 1977 she launched a lingerie company with an East-meets-West flair. Today her brand includes four intimate-apparel lines, as well as a ready-to-wear clothing collection, home and bath products, eyewear and fragrance. Natori, 62, shared her story ...
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