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Hold on to your hats, interest rates are about to get a whole lot better. The past 2 weeks have been a back and forth battle for direction in both the stock and bond markets. It seems that one day stocks would be flying high and bonds were tanking, and the next it would be the exact opposite. It has all been about the direction of the economy and whether the real estate mess was behind us, or not. 
I hear it much less often now than 18 months ago when we first launched, and much much less now than before we launched Zillow (and everyone was sure we were going to decapitate all Realtors everywhere). But I still hear it occasionally: "Zillow is the enemy". In fact, one person went so far as to shout this at a Realtor and blogger who was wearing a Zillow t-shirt at the NAR conference in Las Vegas yesterday.
The Active Rain party in "The Crib" at The Palms Hotel and Casino. 
The "Crib" was awesome but meeting all the Active Rain members and the Rain Dudes themselves was absolutely incredible! 
Teresa Boardman was right -- Flickr DOES love me!! She knew. She told us. And we've heard it from Bob Carney, Jeff Turner, Linda Davis and Chris Griffith. Sometimes I'm just a slow learner. I need to hear it again. And then again. It's time to think about Christmas already. Yes, ALREADY. I've been busy WORKING and this snuck up behind me and jumped me. I was uploading all these pictures that randomly load into a "badge" on the right side of The Putnam Scoop, my outside blog. I realized I have spent a LOT of time getting pictures from around the … (62 comments)
Yesterday, many of us who use a Firefox browser saw something new. ActiveRain had added a Favicon. It looks like this: or (enlarged for your viewing pleasure) I wrote a post about what a Favicon was and why it was important here: ActiveRain Favicon That lead to many others wondering how they could have their very own Favicon on their own site. Yes you can do it! Here's how. Step One: Create The Image In creating an image you'll need to keep a couple of things in mind. This is a really small picture. It's standard size is 16 x … (27 comments)
Marketing on the internet, SEO, blogging, widgets, social networking -- it's all part of a winding labyrinth. After poking around on Active Rain for a little while, you discover a road map for navigating this maze. And somewhere along the line, you start experiencing success. Maybe you get an inquiry from a client who discovered your blog. Perhaps another member sends you a referral. You start closing deals. 
Have you ever had a day where things just don't seem to be going right? We usually just chalk it up to "one of those days," and get back to the business at hand as soon as possible. This has happened a bit lately, but it's nothing that will linger for too long. 
On the Daily Kos today...
The feature posts are going to continue to be a little touch and go over the next 24 hours as the "feature selecting crew" recovers from the AR Member Appreciation Party last night and we continue to enjoy Vegas. … (26 comments)
Although it was a bit funny when Gomer Pyle would say it, it's sometime's not quite so funny when we list or show a home and encounter it. I recall a few years ago I went to hold an open house and showed up at 11:00am as scheduled and my client didn't answer the door. I knocked and rang the bell, but no one came; so I popped that lock box and went in to begin setting up. When I walked into the kitchen BAM, there it was in all its infamy, the dreaded crack pipe! I was stunned to say the least
I'm an Associate Broker for a major company and I see a problem that many agents have - how to generate leads. I know that there are many companies out there offering to sell leads to us, and I also know from experience that we can all do a better job than these companies, IF we have to.
Market Index - Q3-07
So, you are sitting back waiting on those prices to fall even further. I understand. After all, it is rather safe on the fence. 
I just completely one of the worst transactions EVER! I can't believe we even made it to closing on Tuesday. (Yes, this is the one with 3 pregnant women in the same room) This is a little long, and I've also cut a lot out as below isn't everything that happened... worth the read!
Have you ever wondered why successful people are successful? Didn't you get the same education? Aren't you working in the same market? Then how on earth are these people more successful than you?
It's a late night for the Cooper family. We are on the road, currently in Virginia on our way to Florida. We are stopping over-night in North Carolina for a day to visit with my father and then continuing to FL to meet James' family for Thanksgiving. This will probably be our last trip for a long time now that the JCKC Realty Real Estate Resource Center is scheduled to be complete at the end of December and opening it's doors in January. We have the 3 boys sleeping in the back. James Jr. has been saying that this is "reall … (2 comments)
The 2007 Annual Fort Myers Beach Sand Castle Contest was held at the Fort Myers Beach Holiday Inn Nov 8 - 11, 2007. This years event drew an estimated 75,000 visitors to our island paradise ! The weather was perfect and competitors came from all over the 50 states and internationally. Skill levels included everything from professional sculptors to the youngest kids. Competitors tell us that they really like the fine sugar white sand ( and who doesn't ? ) and the way it packs and sculpts. The festival is an excellent excuse to party and enjoy the beach.
Consider carefully before deciding to follow someone. Make sure it is someone you will be happy following for the duration.
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Hi Folks. I know I've written about this topic on several occasions but I feel it's worth repeating. Don't wait for people to find your blog, PUSH it at them. The way I look at it is, I spend a lot of time and effort putting together blog articles. Just about every thing anyone could ever want to know about Real Estate in Poinciana Fl, what I do and how I do it, I have already written about. Why not use it? 
When I began my real estate career here in the Fredericksburg VA area in 1989, it took me only a short time to realize that I had never seen so many split foyer homes in my life as I did after only a few months here. In particular, there were many of them in Spotsylvania County; more in fact than in the City of Fredericksburg or Stafford County. These are the three most densely populated areas in the region.
As many Americans continue to default on their mortgages at record levels, other markets throughout the world are becoming extremely volatile. Most of the defaults were exacerbated by the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate hikes over the past two years, which were done in order to stem inflation and keep the dollar overvalued. The devaluation of the dollar in recent months has positively resulted in the elimination of the incredible US deficit, but at a hefty cost to regular consumers and especially to lower-income homeowners, as a slower economy causes many to become more susceptible to defaulting further. This causes the … (1 comments)
Well one thing is for sure, the boys at AR really know how to throw a party! The Palms Hotel is the former Playboy hotel and quite a place. 
I have a client who has struggled for most of her life. She is a wonderful person and it seems like she can't ever catch a break. I started working with her last year to help he sell her mothers home. It took many months and lots of work on my side for little financial gain to finally get it sold. I am now in the process of listing her home but it needs lots of TLC to get it in shape to sell. Well she has little means to pay for a repair person so today was my "handy man" … (3 comments)
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