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CONTEST: Photos Make A Difference - Then and Now

Bryan Robertson, Real estate broker Los Altos & Silicon Valley Luxury Homes (ARRIVVA)
Your personal photo is a critical part of your marketing for more agents. Most of the time, prospects will see your photo before they see you in person. While it’s funny to say that many agents use their “high school yearbook photo…

Out with the Old, In with the New Contest

Debbie Reynolds, "The Real Debbie Reynolds" (Prudential PenFed Realty)
Out with the Old, In with the New Contest. As we come to the end of the year everyone is thinking about how to do things better in 2013 and how to make our businesses grow. We have learned so much through ActiveRain this year in the way of…

What is Mortgage APR, Can You Explain It?

Bill Ladewig Your FHA Guru - FHA and VA Loans Since 1970
WHAT IS MORTGAGE APR, Can You Explain It? APR Demystified and APR Predators Exposed First, lets demystify Annual Percentage Rate (APR). Mortgage APR was designed to allow consumers to use one standardized number to compare each lender's rate…

ActiveRain/DocuSign Challenge: Going Paperless in Your Real Estate Business

ActiveRain Contests (ActiveRain Real Estate Network)
Going Paperless Over a year ago we had you take a look at your business and share with us your plan for going paperless Or if you had already eliminate paper from your business we asked you to share with us how you had done this. Well you…

YOU and ActiveRain have the Perfect Recipe for Helping Others Enjoy the Upcoming Holidays!

Gene Mundt Mortgage Lender Chicagoland Mortgage Lending (www.genemundt.com)
YOU and ActiveRain have the Perfect Recipe for Helping Others Enjoy the Upcoming Holidays! Recently, I wrote a post regarding a recipe my wife considered life-changing The responses I received to that post, got me thinking. That…

RealEstate.com Real Estate Roller Coaster Contest

ActiveRain Contests (ActiveRain Real Estate Network)
Most people like roller coasters. Right? Maybe it's just me, but something about the anticipation of climbing that first big hill knowing that at the top things are going to take a pretty good turn and send you speeding down toward the bottom, as…

My First Blog

Scott Larson Park City, Utah Real Estate News (Scott Larson & Co. (Keller Williams Park City Real Estate))
I joined ActiveRain about a month ago and have been setting up my page as well as reading and learning from some of the other blogs on this site. I decided today was the day I would jump in and start my own blog. First, a bit about me. I have 25…

Sorry, All Home For Sale Listings Have Been Removed From My Website

Jeff Launiere, Jeff Launiere (Future Home Realty)
Update 4:31PM EST March 11, 2013 - I just received word from Laurie Janik, Chief Legal Counsel at the National Association of Realtors that the Lawsuit has been dismissed. I am not sure what has happened but I am thrilled. I want to thank everone…

MR and MRS MOUTH AT WORK AGAIN

Richie Alan Naggar... People first, then business! (Richie Naggar Ran Right Realty Riverside, Ca)
Me and another Realtor just stood there and watched a family member of the buyer kill the perfect deal for all while touring a potential purchase before contracting… We were speechless and we also were the only two people in the room who knew that…

LAST DAY: IMSD Systems Challenge

ActiveRain Contests (ActiveRain Real Estate Network)
The Best Agents Have Great Systems The most successful agents in our business have successfully implemented systems. The word 'systems', to me, conjures up images of mainframe computers and huge scrolls of paper being printed into cardboard boxes…

Baby Boomer Degeneration

Richard Yates - Broker (Coldwell Banker Real Estate)
Baby Boomer Degeneration From 1946 -1964 approximately 76, 000, 000 babies were born during post-World War II and labeled The Baby Boomer Generation. Based upon the average life expectancy of about 80 years, there will be a lot of Degenerated Baby…

SHE LOST A CLIENT DUE TO HER CLEAVAGE!

Paula McDonald, RE/MAX The Woodlands, TX 936-203-0279 (Chevaux Group, PLLC)
SHE LOST A CLIENT DUE TO HER CLEAVAGE! I received an interesting call the other day A long-time client had a friend who was looking for an agent in The Woodlands. My sweet friend of course referred them to me. Upon meeting the new client, we…

BOA Have a Heart!!!

Gail Robinson, REALTOR, e-PRO Fairfield County, CT (William Raveis Real Estate, Southport, CT)
BOA SENT ME A DECLINE LETTER TODAY AS MY HUSBAND WAS BEING ADMITTED INTO HOSPICE I made all the trial loan modification payments on time over the phone via my BOA Customer Relationship Manager, yet today I received a FedEx letter stating that my…

ActiveRain/DocuSign Challenge: Electronic Signatures in Your Day to Day Life

ActiveRain Contests (ActiveRain Real Estate Network)
For a number of years, I've had the pleasure of people wanting to show me cool ideas (or at least ideas they think are cool, who am I to judge? ). Anyone in their right mind, when sharing a cool idea is going to have you sign a NDA, or non…

The Lockbox Blues

Debb Janes~Realtor® Camas, Washington EcoBroker (The Carl Group, LLC)
A bad case of the Lockbox Blues Not sure about you, but I get frustrated with the lack of consideration concerning lockbox placement. I've had to stand on my tip toes, bend down with my backside in the air, slog through mud, and fight off…

The Four Worst "Upgrades" Homeowners Make

Doug Rogers- Your Pineville Louisiana Agent (Century 21 Millennium)
The Four Worst "Upgrades" Homeowners Make This post has nothing to do with personal space, taste, or comfort. One of the benefits of home ownership is NOT having to get permission to make changes to your space. Instead, let's examine five…

Are You Working With Another Agent?

Emmary Simpson ChRC® Tierra Antigua Realty - Tucson AZ (Steinborn Referral Associates - Las Cruces, NM)
I'm seeing situations starting to pop up again in a lot of blogs around the internet. Buyer calls an agent and asks them to show them a home. The agent asks THAT questions: "Are you working with an agent? " More times than not, the buyer responds…

Sorry we are not going to close today...

Dana Basiliere (Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty)
YES, we are going to close today and NO one is leaving this office until we do! OK I was younger then… but I said tha t… The Story: (oh, and there are others, but not for this post) It was the Friday before a Memorial Day holiday at 2:00 in the…

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