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	<title>Mariya Vandivort, Realtor</title>
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	<description>Reflections and thoughts on real estate</description>
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		<title>How many additional pictures are there of a home?  Now you know!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some time now, as a service to my clients, I have been providing additional pictures of some of the homes for sale in Champaign county. Until recently, for homes with additional pictures, there has been a tab at the top of the home information page that said &#8216;More Pictures&#8217;. (You can see this for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why does your calculator want me to put 20% down?!</title>
		<link>http://www.AroundCU.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/why-does-your-calculator-want-me-to-put-20-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I offer a popular mortgage calculator on my website at www.AroundCU.com/calc that you can use to determine what your mortgage payments will be on a home that you are interested in. You can also get to this mortgage calculator by clicking on the &#8216;Mortgage Calc&#8217; link in the tabs at the top of any home&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Featured Homes On The Website</title>
		<link>http://www.AroundCU.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/featured-homes-on-the-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m always looking for ways to increase home visibility for my clients who&#8217;s homes I am marketing. My website is popular (well in excess of 100,000 hits per month for quite a few months now), and one of the ways that I market my seller&#8217;s homes is to feature them on the website. I have [...]


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		<title>What will $29,950 buy you in Champaign? How about a foreclosed home with a scary shower??</title>
		<link>http://www.AroundCU.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/what-will-29950-buy-you-in-champaign-how-about-a-foreclosed-home-with-a-scary-shower/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[champaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreclosure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have thought about purchasing a foreclosure home because of the allure of getting an amazing deal, remember that in our area, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Last week, I had the opportunity to meet a client at one of the least expensive homes available in Champaign right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hardee&#8217;s &#8216;Making it Happen&#8217; Tour comes to Champaign!</title>
		<link>http://www.AroundCU.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/hardees-making-it-happen-tour-comes-to-champaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like Hardee&#8217;s. I&#8217;m especially fond of their biscuits, so I come to Hardee&#8217;s for breakfast quite often (a few times a week). A few weeks ago, the manager on duty extended an invitation to me to come to Hardee&#8217;s on Monday, August 17th, to partake in their 2nd Annual &#8220;Making it Happen&#8221; tour. Today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding Real Estate Pitfalls Prior to Closing</title>
		<link>http://www.AroundCU.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/avoiding-real-estate-pitfalls-prior-to-closing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are considering selling or buying your home, it is common to go through times of stress and through times of joy.  Regardless of how stressful things may be, when a home goes pending (a contract has been accepted), it is fair to expect that things will go normally, and in complete accordance with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stormy weather in Champaign!</title>
		<link>http://www.AroundCU.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/stormy-weather-in-champaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.AroundCU.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/stormy-weather-in-champaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got some weather here in Champaign on Friday!  Of course, the life of a Realtor doesn&#8217;t stop when the clouds gather.  I happened to be driving along John Street to meet a client at a house when I saw this scene: I carry my camera with me whenever I look at homes.  I was [...]


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		<title>Share Information On A Home With Friends and Family</title>
		<link>http://www.AroundCU.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/share-information-on-a-home-with-friends-and-family/</link>
		<comments>http://www.AroundCU.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/share-information-on-a-home-with-friends-and-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When all is said and done, home-buying is a personal choice. You have to be happy with what you are buying, and I&#8217;ll do everything I can to make that happen. Even though it is a personal choice, while you are looking for your dream home, it&#8217;s great to have input from people you know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Sell Your Home the Right Way</title>
		<link>http://www.AroundCU.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/how-to-sell-your-home-the-right-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.AroundCU.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/how-to-sell-your-home-the-right-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.AroundCU.com/blog/?p=176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once you make the decision to sell your home, you might be tempted to just put the house on the market and get it over with as fast as possible.  After all, this can be a stressful and emotionally-draining task! But rushing into things can show a lack of preparation and strategy. Mistakes made in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How does &#8220;Days On Market&#8221; affect the selling price of a home?</title>
		<link>http://www.AroundCU.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/how-does-days-on-market-affect-the-selling-price-of-a-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of my buyers are in no hurry to purchase their home. They say something like, &#34;We are willing to wait until a great deal comes along&#34;, or &#34;The sellers will get desperate to sell after the home has been on the market for a long time&#34;. What does &#34;a long time&#34; mean? Until now, [...]


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