I found a new blog today totally by accident and boy am I glad I did! I live in a relatively small town; population (w/in city limits) about 20,000. I've had my website MapleValleyRealEstate.com since about 1998 and since 1999, I have written all...

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Photo Gallery Description Golf Anyone? This 3 BR home sits right on the Lake Wilderness 12th Fairway & has it's own private golf cart garage w/easy access directly from the backyard onto the golf course. Huge .25 Acre Lot is fenced & features RV...

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We have a saying here in the Seattle area, "Summer starts on July 5th". The weather is usually less than ideal for July 4th celebrations; backyard picnics, swimming and pyrotechnics. But not this year, the sun is shining and the grills will be..

{"title":"Maple Valley Moments-Happy 4th!","post_url":"http:\/\/activerain.com\/blogsview\/1140465\/maple-valley-moments-happy-4th-","feed_url":"http:\/\/activerain.com\/blogs\/mvbrkr5\/atom","author":"colleenfish","date":"2009-07-04 07:12:49","summary":"We have a saying here in the Seattle area, \"Summer starts on July 5th\". The weather is usually less than ideal for July 4th celebrations; backyard picnics, swimming and pyrotechnics. But not this year, the sun is shining and the grills will be.."}

The closest I've ever gotten to a "real" ghost town was the 2 part Brady Bunch episode where some of them ended up locked in jail. I'm a big history fan and love to look at old photos and think about the lives these (usually unsmiling)..

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Many months ago I expressed my frustration with Congress and HUD when legislation was passed to do away with downpayment assistance programs such as the Ameridream program . Those of us who have been in the industry for a while worked with many of these..

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