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It was sometime around the summer of 2009 that I became dissatisfied with the ancient mobile operating system on my phone and decided to seek out the rumored leaked updates that were floating around...

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Carpenter Realtors recently began submitting homes for sale videos to a thing called YouTube. Interestingly, we simply started because we’d heard about that new internet thingie that...

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And then … depression set in. Yesterday’s news that Indianapolis home sales fell 30% in July reminds us all that we’re not out of the recession yet. Yet – opportunity...

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I still get the calls about problems with fax lines and I hear the complaints about how long it takes to fax a 30 page document and how hard it is to read a faxed and re-faxed and re-re-faxed...

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In the age of smart phones, laptops and on the go Real Estate agents, an easy way to keep your separate devices synchronized is with free Google services like Google Calendar and Google Desktop...

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After helping a client find the perfect home for sale, after working through all the paperwork needed to make an offer, counter-offer and accepted offer, after helping those clients get to and past...

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As school starts around the country and many families are settling into their new homes, there was a very timely article written by Sandra Block of USA Today reprinted in the Indianapolis Star this...

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Catching up on some reading, I recently ran across an old article about how real estate agents can use Facebook to create value for their “friends.” It’s relatively dated (yeah -...

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Over 500 Carpenter Realtors® agents, managers, and friends gathered Monday night at Victory Field in Indianapolis to cheer-on the Indianapolis Indians baseball team.  The event culminated a...

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Most corporations use a relocation policy to outline the benefits and resources available to their relocating employees. Throughout my career, I’ve worked with many different types of...

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The internet. The “information superhighway” as it was called. Anyone else feel as if that highway is jammed with traffic? I imagine it as a six-lane highway stacked with cars, trucks,...

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Have you heard about a 39 page book called “The Unfolding” by Price Pritchett?  If you haven’t read it, go out and buy it today and read it…twice…tonight.  It is...

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Welcome to the information society! I don’t know what it is about our human need for information, but I like it. We’re extremely curious with a deep need/desire to get answers to our...

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The traveling community that is NASCAR leaves Indianapolis after the 17th running of the Brickyard 400 on Sunday. I enjoyed the race with friends, family, and what was reported as a...

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I recently upgraded from the HTC Touch Pro2 to the HTC EVO 4G and while I thought the TP2 was and is a good phone (and I do miss the hardware keyboard) the 4.3” screen on my new EVO is a game...

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It's not an easy choice, but it's one that Chip Gibson and his wife, Jennie, face each month -- and it's only going to get worse.

Financial planners call it a last resort -- digging into that retirement account for cash now.

The random staccato of tapping hammers echoed throughout St. Paul Street in Fountain Square this afternoon as more than 500 volunteers from around the world came to build or renovate 25 houses.

A Hamilton County mortgage company is facing accusations of discrimination after a couple said they were unfairly denied due to citizenship status.

Already awaiting sentencing for fraud in a Fort Wayne court, former Indiana University basketball player Todd Leary was arrested this week on allegations of stealing appliances from foreclosed homes in Hamilton County.

United States: Appeals and Exemptions in Delaware , Amnesty in Indiana, and Other Breaking News in Unclaimed Property Legislation Article by Stephen G. Harris and Julie Kaplan We have been tracking a number of changes to state unclaimed property laws over the last few months, both big and small.

Don't dodge the lender. Seek assistance. And be wary of scams. That was the message delivered to the 25 families attending a free counseling session in Richmond geared toward helping Hoosiers avoid foreclosure on their homes.

U.S. Rep. Peter Visclosky, D-Merrillville, announced an award Monday to enhance the quality and sustainability of Northwest Indiana's Parents as Teachers programs and extend their services to new communities.

Help for Hoosier families in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure is offered Wednesday across the state, including at a special event in Richmond.

One thing was painfully evident as the Indianapolis Colts' front-line players went through what likely was a final preseason... BUSINESS Mortgage delinquencies on the rise again in Indiana The stubbornly high delinquency rate for home mortgages in Indiana -- which six years ago was tops in the nation -- is headed in the wrong... Is Smulyan's magic ...