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For those who love the beauty of the outdoors and outdoor natural attractions, Richland Washington, situated in the Tri-Cities area near the famous Columbia River, offers tourists as well as the city’s lucky real estate owners the opportunity to enjoy many natural wonders, including the Arid Lands Ecology Reserve, the Hanford Reach (including the renowned Hanford Reach National Monument), the Yakima River delta, and the Badger Mountain Centennial Preserve.

The Badger Mountain Centennial Preserve, in particular, is one awesome attraction in Richland you simply don’t want to miss. This preserve, a shrub-steppe area with intact vegetation, is famous for its provision of gorgeous, spectacular, and breathtaking views of Richland, the entire Tri-Cities area,…

Realtor.org writes about feng shui:

Feng Shui (meaning Wind and Water in Chinese) is the ancient art of placement to promote harmony, wealth, success and health. Feng Shui deals with the location and architecture of buildings, along with interior design and exterior landscaping. A working knowledge of Feng Shui may even help in home selling and home buying in today's multicultural world.

When considering feng shui in your home staging strategy, consider these 7 feng shui home staging tips (for general tips, see feng shui real estate tips):

The belief in feng shui real estate selling/buying tactics are unconventional, however, some swear by them. Feng shui real estate practices consist of ridding a home of it's negative energies and aligning the home towards positive elements.

Wikipedia on feng shui: "The Law of Heaven and Earth." Today's Feng Shui schools teach that it is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space to achieve harmony with the environment.

As a real estate agent, believing in feng shui may not be your conviction, however, knowing what a client who believes in feng requires is an important step in keeping the customer happy. Here are 8 Feng Shui real estate considerations when working with a feng shui buyer or seller (click here for feng shui home…

In Alejandre v. Bull the Washington Supreme Court (March, 2007) sided with the seller and did not allow the buyer to sue for damages for the seller's misrepresentation of the seller's disclosure statement. In this case, the seller knowingly gave the buyer a faulty septic tank. To read more about the case, Attorney Russell G. Cofano does a great job of summarizing Alejandre v. Bull. What I want to do is discuss the implication of Alejandre v. Bull on the new forms coming out in October for Washington REALTORS®.

In the August 2007 edition of Washington REALTOR® News, I quote from page 11:

...there will be a provision in the new form to address the significant changes to law caused by the case of Alejandre v. Bull, decided by our state Supreme Court on…

This how-to blog is a sequel to the how-to blog I did a few days ago on How To Insert An Image. This blog will provide a little instruction on how to hyperlink an image. I am not an expert in html, so I will cover the basics of hyperlinking images, then provide resources for further study/reading.

I will follow the same format as the How To Insert Images blog by analyzing the code of a hyperlinked image. I will only write about the variables as they relate to hyperlinking. To learn more about the other variables, consider checking out the blog on Inserting Images.

Let us start by inserting a hyperlinked pretty lady (for real, the caricature doesn't do Colleen justice) into some Loren ipsum text:

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This year's Grape Festival in Kennewick is Saturday, September 29th from 8am-5pm. Enjoy shopping in the Historic Downtown District in locations such as the Kennewick Farmers Market, Atomic Screenprinting, Basin Department Store, JD's Time Center, Home Theater Solutions, Parkade Hobbies, Beaver Furniture, Roxy Theatre Antiques and Gifts, and Builder's Hardware & Supply Co. There is plenty of places to eat too. Consider the newly opened Spot Diner, Players Sports Bar and Grill, The Deli Downtown, and The Beach Eatery and Surf Bar. At the Grapefest, there is plenty of fun to be had. Enjoy the Grape Crush Rush, the Grape Stomp, and the End of Summer BBQ Cook-off. Plus, there is plenty of art and crafts, kids stuff, and entertainment to enjoy at this year's…

The Historic Downtown Kennewick Partnership is welcoming Commissioner Wanda Briggs, Kennewick General Hospital Board President; Glen Marshall, CEO and Teresa Long, Director of Marketing on Friday, September 7th at 8 am as they discuss the future of the hospital and the financing plan for the expansion with the downtown business and property owners. This is an opportunity for the downtown businesses to hear first hand the hospital’s goals and objective with not only the new hospital, but the current downtown campus. The Partnership encourages everyone to come to this meeting and bring others to be involved in the shaping of the future of KGH.

A potential investor is always on the look out for the best and the safest place to make a profitable investment. A good investment should necessarily be one which is supported by the government, pays incredibly high returns and offers sufficient security. And for those young prospective investors who are on the hunt for investment opportunities, tax lien investing is perhaps, the top solution!

For those unaccustomed to the term, a tax lien could be broadly defined as a lien that is imposed on real estate for the non- payment of real estate taxes. In most states, the government will sell the lien to the public to create a balance in the budget. As part of the procedure, a tax lien certificate, supported by the property, is issued to the investor. Later,…