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		<title>Craig County, &#8220;Virginia&#8217;s&#8221; Best Kept Secret</title>
		<description><![CDATA[3.65 acres adjoining Jefferson National Forest, over looking Barbours Creek, near stocked trout streams, hiking and horse trails, fenced yard, lots of updates.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2010/07/12/craig-county-virginias-best-kept-secret/</link>
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		<title>Roanoke City Tax Sale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just received an email from the City of Roanoke Collections Office that there will be a judicial sale of delinquent homes on June 29, 2010 at 12:00pm. Location: Fitzpatrick Hall, Jefferson Center 541 Luck Avenue Roanoke, VA 24016 I&#8217;ve been to a few of these and while the homes are usually distressed to some degree, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2010/06/25/roanoke-city-tax-sale/</link>
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		<title>Financing Your Home for First Time Homebuyers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo by woodleywonderworks Homeownership is a great financial choice in most situations, and because the current real estate market is strongly favoring buyers, now is a great time to consider purchasing your first home. While many banks have imposed increasingly stringent standards on their home loan programs, there are government programs which can help first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2010/06/15/virginia-fha-loans/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s been a while&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greeting everyone! Photo by Pear BiterIt&#8217;s been well nigh a year and a half since I last updated this real estate blog. A lot has happened in home buying and selling and right now we&#8217;re on the end (hopefully) of this recession, the job market is slowly starting to stabilize (and the last report from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2010/04/04/return/</link>
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		<title>Get better gas mileage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sierra Club blog has a few tips on maxing out your miles per gallon with their post: The Green Life: Max Your MPG Technorati Tags: hypermilers, gas prices]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/08/05/get-better-gas-mileage/</link>
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		<title>Upcoming foreclosures for sale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have two foreclosures that will be on the market soon. They are vacant and being evaluated now for pricing but I wanted to give everyone a heads up if you or someone you know may be interested. The first foreclosure is in Blue Ridge (Botetourt County) in the Rainbow Forest area. It is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/08/01/upcoming-foreclosures-for-sale/</link>
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		<title>Would you like to make $1500 per second?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post is reporting on Exxon Mobil&#8217;s second quarter earnings for 2008. Exxon, that great behemoth of carbon fuel producers earned $11.68 billion (yes, BILLION) which factors out to about $1,500 per second over the last three months. I have no problem with a business making profits. I own stocks so I like to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/07/31/would-you-like-to-make-1500-per-second/</link>
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		<title>No parking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Roanokers love the Grandin Village. It&#8217;s a great place to have dinner (all local restaurants), catch a movie at the Grandin Theatre, shop at the Natural Foods Coop and stroll down the sidewalk. And it&#8217;s the sidewalk that is the subject of this email. I was picking up a pizza from Grace&#8217;s Pizzeria (one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/07/26/no-parking/</link>
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		<title>What do you mean all the copper plumbing was cut out?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently was showing a foreclosed home to a client in the Hollins area when we walked into the master bathroom and noticed the toilet was in the bathtub. Okay, a little strange but not too crazy for some of the foreclosures out there. We peered down the round hole in the floor where the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/07/25/buying-foreclosures/</link>
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		<title>2008 Roanoke Arts Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Public service announcement: The second annual Roanoke Arts Festival, re-timed this year to help celebrate the opening of the new Taubman Museum of Art, will be held Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 8-9 with free and ticketed events and activities to appeal to a wide range of audiences. The 2008 Roanoke Arts Festival will complement the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/07/11/roanoke-arts-festival-2/</link>
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		<title>A new design and I&#8217;m back from a break!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s July, life is good and summer is in full swing. The waves are calling, folks are traveling (maybe not as far as normal with the price of gas!) and I&#8217;m back from a &#8220;blogging break&#8221; with a new site look and some new features coming down the pike for the site. Every time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/07/11/new-design/</link>
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		<title>How to buy your first home&#8230;and why.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Buying your first home is a great financial decision for most people. It can, however, be a very intimidating move without the right knowledge and guidance. There are many financial advantages including tax deductions, and building valuable equity in your home but other aspects as well including pride of ownership. So without any further ado, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/04/10/roanoke-home-buying/</link>
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		<title>Love from The Roanoke Times and AP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an article in today&#8217;s Roanoke Times quoting me as a source. I received a call yesterday from a reporter at The Roanoke Times looking for real estate data on home sales in the Roanoke Valley. We have a large amount of inventory currently for sale as compared to previous years but, as I mentioned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/03/27/love-from-the-roanoke-times-and-ap/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a beautiful day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just wishing everyone a happy day. Spring is almost here and I&#8217;ve already noticed the number of phone calls I&#8217;ve received have increased significantly and my web visitors have doubled in the last month! Folks are looking to buy and sell real estate this year, contrary to the nay saying we hear in the media.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/03/19/its-a-beautiful-day/</link>
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		<title>Virginia real estate developers restricted from removing trees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week Virginia Governor Tim Kaine signed a new bill into law that will require Northern Virginia real estate developers to preserve a specified percentage of original trees on the land they intend to develop. The bill is intended to help with air quality improvement with additional benefits being preservation of wildlife habitat and storm [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/03/10/real-estate-tree-conservation/</link>
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		<title>North Roanoke County foreclosures for sale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a nice little foreclosure that just came on the market in the Woodhaven area of North Roanoke County. I&#8217;ve personally inspected it and although, as with most foreclosures, it does need some repair work, it&#8217;s a great value. Here are the vitals- SOLD 4 bedrooms 2 baths 1660 square feet Full basement Huge deck [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/03/09/roanoke-county-foreclosures/</link>
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		<title>Old Southwest investments in Roanoke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems like lately that the Old Southwest neighborhood in Roanoke is one of the hot places to be and a great place for investment as well. Here&#8217;s your opportunity to get in on the ground floor with some properties that are ready to be taken over. 117 12½ Street SW, Roanoke $66,500 A lot [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/03/09/old-southwest-investments-in-roanoke/</link>
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		<title>What you don&#8217;t know about foreclosures (but should)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You see it on the news, cable television and infomercials- Buy foreclosures at pennies on the dollar! Save big money in real estate investing with foreclosure short cuts! I regularly sell and help people purchase foreclosures in the Roanoke Valley and surrounding counties. With all this experience I&#8217;ve learned a thing or two! Here&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/03/07/foreclosure-myths/</link>
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		<title>Five things you might not know about me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeremy Hart asked Stuart Mease who tapped me for this meme as a way to share information from blogger to blogger to increase exposure and give a more personal touch to a blog. So here you go- I am an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America. As a Boy Scout I was able [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2008/03/05/about-marty/</link>
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		<title>New Construction : Slowing or growing?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Roanoke Times recently published an article giving a cursory look over new home construction in Salem. The national housing market has been described as slow, gloomy and in crisis. But in Salem, things are booming. Now that makes the new construction market sound just peachy. The problem with making as assertion like that is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.roanokehousehunter.com/2007/11/10/new-construction/</link>
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