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Real Name: Chris Craddock Address: 3400 Calloway Dr #800 Bakersfield, CA 93312 Cell: (661)900-2222 Gender: male Member Since: June 30, 2007 Last Signed In: November 12, 2009 Profile Views: 755 Blog Views: 9524 Karpe Diem, Ray Karpe leaves Karpe Real Estate. Will he Seize the Day? THE FEDERAL HOMEBUYERS TAX CREDIT HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND EXPANDED Have a Safe and Happy Halloween! Caravan in Northwest Bakersfield Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Vol. I Was the Kern County Fair the Best in the West? Blogging about blogging The Southwest Stats Black Friday and Cyber Monday Que Pasa, Bakersfield? June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 February 09 March 09 April 09 May 09 June 09 July 09 August 09 September 09 October 09 November 09 
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Ray Karpe has left Karpe Real Estate, the company founded by his ancestors that has had a Karpe at the helm for the whole of its 86 years. Word is he is leaving Real Estate, and if so, he will be missed. Karpe Real Estate will carry on, but I guess they will have to re-shoot their commercials featuring Ray Karpe.
THE FEDERAL HOMEBUYERS TAX CREDIT HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND EXPANDED
The extended Federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers remains 10% of sales price up to $8,000 The new Federal tax credit for move-up homebuyers, who have used their previous home as a principal residence for five of the previous eight years is $6,500 The income level to qualify is $125,000 for single filers or $250,000 for joint filers The maximum eligible home price has been increased to $800,000 The Federal tax credit runs from December 1, 2009 to April 30, 2010 Sales contracts signed as of April 30, 2010 must close by June 30, 2010 *Contact your tax advisor for full details.
Further Details about this and other bills signed into law today in the Washington Post article |
I have been wanting to use Karpe Diem as a headline ever since I studied the novel Carpe Diem by Saul Bellow in college. Carpe Diem is Latin for "Seize the Day." I went to Amazon to see if their were any good reviews of Carpe Diem but it is out of print, except in Spanish. I remember that it was a good short novel, and the title may have been intended to be ironic since the 'hero' was kind of a slacker who poured coca-cola on his breakfast cereal. Sad to see that it is currently unavailable, though there should be lots of used copies in bookstores around college campuses. 
