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The sun will come out tomorrow! Peter den Boer,MBA,GRI,ABR, Associate Broker (Keller Williams)

Electrical Hidden Treasures! Jay Markanich - N. Virginia Home Inspector (Jay Markanich Real...

There Are Good People Out There! Liz and Bill Spear RE/MAX Elite Warren County Ohio: Cincinnati...

Where NOT to hide your Jewels and Cash in the House Valerie Zinger (House Proud Ottawa-Ontario-Canada)

MORE Rental Applicants MOVING with their ADULT Children * I need to SCREEN Them ALSO Wallace S. Gibson CPM *, LandlordWhisperer (Gibson Management...

Print Marketing - What I would do with a $300/month Budget Silvia Dukes PA,REALTOR®,CIPS,CRS,Green, Spring Hill FL Homes ...

My 100th BLOG! Kent Temple, Kent Temple - The Temple Team (The Temple Team)

Health and Weight - a Rude Awakening Patricia Kennedy (Evers & Company Realtors)

Can't I just throw the bums out? Alan May, Coldwell Banker Realtor® Evanston, Illinois & Northe...

Keeping the door open for a change of heart. Richard Weisser, Richard Weisser Coweta Newnan Homes for Sale ...

Have You Seen Mount Shasta? Tom Arstingstall - Dry Rot, Water Damage General Contractor in...

Top 10 List for Selling Your Forestland at a Premium Price. Bob Crane (Woodland Management Service)

The Truth about Open Houses….Productive or Waste of Time Kristin Hamilton CDPE, SFR, CHS, Realtor Redlands/ Loma Linda ...

Be Direct When Communicating with Your Clients Kathy Sheehan (Prospect Mortgage)

Five Years in the Rain - What a Long, Wonderful Trip it Has Been Christine Donovan Costa Mesa CA Homes Broker/Attorney 800-610-...

Asking for Seller Concession in a Seller’s Market Beth Atalay, Broker, CDPE (Cam Realty and Property Management)

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	There Are Good People Out There! Liz and Bill Spear RE/MAX Elite Warren County Ohio: Cincinnati to Dayton, Liz and Bill Spear (513.265.3004 www.LizTour.com) There Are Good People Out There! Listen to the news and you'd think the entire world has gone to hell in a handbasket. It's gotten so bad that our local newspaper has a weekly section called "Good News". REALLY, we've gotten to the point… Comments (45)
	The sun will come out tomorrow! Peter den Boer,MBA,GRI,ABR, Associate Broker (Keller Williams) And tomorrow is today! OMG! The rain has really been coming down this year. This weekend was yet another rainy one. Rainy days are great for one thing though, showing homes! I showed a home yesterday in the rain. When you look at a home after much… Comments (20)
	Electrical Hidden Treasures! Jay Markanich - N. Virginia Home Inspector (Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC) On two successive inspections I encountered electrical hidden treasures! One house was remodeled recently and the other decades ago! The house on the left had a new kitchen arrangement, including cabinets. I tripped one of the kitchen GFI… Comments (26)
	Where NOT to hide your Jewels and Cash in the House Valerie Zinger (House Proud Ottawa-Ontario-Canada) I have been robbed twice in my lifetime, once while I was not home during the day and the other while I was sleeping. These thefts happened a long time ago. I don’t live in fear and I did learn a few good lessons. The first is that the thieves… Comments (36)
	My 100th BLOG! Kent Temple, Kent Temple - The Temple Team (The Temple Team) Today I am writing my 100th BLOG! WOW.. I would have never guessed when I started with ActiveRain back in January of this year and had never even written one BLOG in my life before that I would now be on #100 just 4 months later! I… Comments (39)
	Print Marketing - What I would do with a $300/month Budget Silvia Dukes PA,REALTOR®,CIPS,CRS,Green, Spring Hill FL Homes for Sale (Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch!) Print Marketing - What I would do with a $300/month Budget In my earlier years in real estate, I sent out just listed/just sold postcards fairly regularly but didn't feel that the results were overwhelming. Same with print advertising in… Comments (31)
	MORE Rental Applicants MOVING with their ADULT Children * I need to SCREEN Them ALSO Wallace S. Gibson CPM *, LandlordWhisperer (Gibson Management Group, Ltd.) For years, I have PREscreened applicants prior to scheduling viewings of my OCCUPIED rental homes. While properties appear VACANT on my website, they are actually OCCUPIED by current residents who are leaving at the end of their current lease term… Comments (11)
	The Truth about Open Houses….Productive or Waste of Time Kristin Hamilton CDPE, SFR, CHS, Realtor Redlands/ Loma Linda Homes for Sale, CA (Keller Williams Realty) The Truth about Open Houses…. Productive or Waste of Time As Realtors, we all have our personal preferences regarding ‘Open Houses’ and sometimes they work for one property and not for another. One open house can get 25… Comments (52)
	Top 10 List for Selling Your Forestland at a Premium Price. Bob Crane (Woodland Management Service) Top 10 List for Selling Your Forestland at a Premium Price. 1. Have a timber appraisal completed. 2. Conduct a wildlife inventory and habitat evaluation. 3. Have your boundaries clearly marked and cleared of brush. 4. Build and maintain trails… Comments (15)
	Have You Seen Mount Shasta? Tom Arstingstall - Dry Rot, Water Damage General Contractor in Sacramento (Dry Rot and Water Damage www.tromlerconstruction.com ) Mount Shasta is the second highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth highest in California at 14, 170 feet above sea level. It is unique because it is not a part of a mountain range; it stands alone and can be seen for about 140 miles from… Comments (19)
	Five Years in the Rain - What a Long, Wonderful Trip it Has Been Christine Donovan Costa Mesa CA Homes Broker/Attorney 800-610-7253 DRE01267479 (Donovan Blatt Realty) Five Years in the Rain - What a Long, Wonderful Trip it Has Been It was April of 2008 when I woke from a long Rip Van Winkle like nap to discover my world had changed. In December 2007, I had my second child and planned to slow down my… Comments (17)
	Keeping the door open for a change of heart. Richard Weisser, Richard Weisser Coweta Newnan Homes for Sale (Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers) We all like to negotiate a good deal There are times when negotiations result in a deal that is acceptable to both the buyer and the seller, and there are times when the parties are too far apart. In the latter case, it sometimes can make sense… Comments (24)
	Health and Weight - a Rude Awakening Patricia Kennedy (Evers & Company Realtors) On this cloudy Sunday evening, I'm hobbling from bed to chair and back again with the help of a walker and Oxycodone, on the road to recovery from bilateral knee replacement surgery. And I have to say that my two weeks in two different hospitals.. Comments (37)
	Be Direct When Communicating with Your Clients Kathy Sheehan (Prospect Mortgage) Be direct when you are communicating with your clients. Be direct when you are communicating with your business partners. Be direct when you are communicating with anyone in a business transaction. Words that are frequently used in our… Comments (13)
	I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER "FIRECRACKER DAY" ! Susan Emo, Kingston and the 1000 Islands Area (Sotheby's International Realty Canada - Brokerage) Victoria Day is a Canadian federal public holiday celebrated on the last Monday before May 25, in honour of Queen Victoria's birthday. The holiday is popularly known as May Two-Four in parts of Canada; a double entendre that refers both to the… Comments (38)
	Do You Tell Your Clients When You Are Going on Vacation? Debbie Reynolds, "The Real Debbie Reynolds" (Prudential PenFed Realty) Do You Tell Your Clients When You Are Going on Vacation? It is that time of year when more and more agents plan trips and will be away from their businesses. Or will they? With connectivity being as integrated as it is, many agents can… Comments (61)
	Please Shut The Door Steven L. Smith, Bellingham WA Home Inspector (King of the House Home Inspection, Inc) This is an amusing and a revealing photo taken recently at an inspection at a large commercial building. It was dark inside the building, and bright sunlight prevailed at the outside. The picture tells the story, pretty poor energy efficiency at… Comments (31)
	With Time Think Investment Gary Woltal - Assoc. Broker REALTOR® SFR Dallas Ft. Worth (Keller Williams Realty) While in past blog articles I have disagreed with consumers, the National Assn of REALTORS, other agents, that your PRIMARY home is NOT an investment, but a cost, and a liability rather and more importantly SHELTER, when it comes to TIME I think… Comments (14)

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