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        <description>Current real estate market information for Ulysses, Kansas and the surrounding southwest, Kansas area. Information about homes, land, minerals and commercial property in Ulysses, Hugoton, Johnson, Elkhart, and Rolla, Kansas including the Kansas count</description>
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            <author>jbsranch@pld.com (Jerry Stutzman)</author>
            <title>Why should I use a REALTOR?</title>
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Real Estate transactions are the biggest financial investment most people experience in their lifetime. Transactions today usually exceed $100,000. If you had a $100,000 Income Tax problem, would you decide to deal with that without the help of a CPA?&nbsp; If you had a $100,000 legal issue, would you want to handle that without the help of an attorney? Considering the small cost and large risk involved, it would be foolish to consider a deal in real estate without the professional assistance o... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:35:49 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Super Admin)</author>
            <title>Open House on now Six (Sold one) Homes for Sale in Ulysses, Kansas!</title>
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Sometimes everything falls into place and you get more than you bargained for. This is just the case at Faulkner Real Estate. We are pleased to announce the OPEN HOUSE of all open houses of fine homes for sale in Ulysses, Kansas.

Thursday July 29th, 2010 from 6:00 to 8:00PM the owners of these fine homes will welcome the public in to view their wonderful homes:


817 N Wilson Street- NEW LISTING- Great 5 bedroom, 3 bath home with basement and great location! 

1418 E Michigan- Nearly 2,400 squ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:30:19 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Chris Faulkner)</author>
            <title>New HouseLogic Website Provides Helpful Information for Homeowners!</title>
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&nbsp;Ready to take your homeownership to a new level. Have questions about tax credits, energy star ratings, weighing the cost of improvements vs the benefits? Take a look at HouseLogic today. HouseLogic is a helpful website developed by the Nationa Association of REALTORS to assist homeowners with home ownership. Read more about HouseLogic below and then visit the HouseLogic website to get on your way to carefree home ownership. 

The HouseLogic Story


What is HouseLogic.com?HouseLogic is a... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 19:41:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>bhiggs@pld.com (Bobbi Higgs)</author>
            <title>Tips for preparing your home to sell quickly</title>
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In this article I'll share my insights into how to prepare your home to sell quickly and for top dollar.

&nbsp;From experience, REALTORS&reg; know that a &quot;well-polished&quot; house appeals to more buyers and will sell faster and for a higher price. Additionally, buyers feel more comfortable purchasing a well-cared for home because if what they can see is maintained, what they can't see has probably also been maintained. In readying your house for sale, consider: 


Clean, clean, clean! Re... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:16:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Chris Faulkner)</author>
            <title>Faulkner Real Estate has sold 3,000 acres of land in southwest Kansas in January of 2010</title>
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Land is moving in Southwest Kansas! 

Faulkner Real Estate contracted
2,880 acres for 5 Sellers in 5 counties in Kansas in January. All
properties were sold using our &quot;Private Auction&quot; (bid by phone) sales
method developed here in Ulysses, Kansas by Mark Faulkner 11 years ago.
The &quot;Private Auction&quot; still proves to be the popular choice for our
Buyers and Sellers of farm ground in Southwest Kansas. Of the 2,880
acres sold much of it was in CRP or expired CRP with about ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:01:34 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Chris Faulkner)</author>
            <title>Land Sold Well in 2009 and Continues to Sell in 2010!</title>
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Western Kansas and Easter Colorado Land Sales Strong in 2010.&nbsp;

Faulkner Real Estate, is celebrating another record breaking year of residential and agricultural sales in Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado. We ended 2009 with just over 160 land, home and commercial real estate transactions on the book in over 9 counties in Kansas and Colorado. After the record setting pace of land sales, mostly production farm ground, over the last 2 years the US economy hit the wall. Many spoke of depre... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:29:12 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Chris Faulkner)</author>
            <title>How will the expiration of CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) acres affect farm land sales?</title>
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Conservation Reserve Program Land (CRP) Selling Well&nbsp;(edit/delete)


Many farmers in the Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado region have expressed concern to me about the millions of acres to come out of CRP in the coming years. In 2009 alone we saw thousands of acres come out of the program and much of it come up for sale. Many feel that the increase in supply will decrease demand. While this theory is well proven and mostly true. Currently there has not been enough over supply to decrea... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:05:55 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Super Admin)</author>
            <title>Faulkner Real Estate Extends Innovation with New High-Powered Real Estate Website</title>
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For years now I have been dreaming of developing a more powerful, and useful, website for our customers. Although our market area is small by population we reach a very large geographic demographic. So, after several months of planning and talking and planning some more we have released www.faulknerrealestate.com 3.0.&nbsp;

This new website offers more tools for real estate buyers and sellers in Western Kansas than ever before. Now our customers can have the most up-to-date information on resi... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:39:59 -0600</pubDate>
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