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I just moved to Denver and apparently something about that activity has opened up the floodgates for cold calls. One company calls me 6 times a day, at least according to my caller ID. I've had 7 calls for security systems ("this is not a sales call - we're doing a promotion in your area!"), 4 for water purification systems and at least 20 trying to get me to subscribe to the newspaper. 
...Mine is, but it won't be by the time you read this.
A couple of weeks ago I called one of our fellow ActiveRainers. I did this because I had received an email and could tell this person was struggling a little in their business and needed some words of encouragement. So I called.
This is our first attempt to create an official week in review for the SIF group. It is something that many of the other larger groups do and that Craig has wanted to start for a long time, so we thought we would give it a shot. Because we are only 10 days into the month, I thought I would cover everything from the first of the month. 
Many of you have great AR blogs that have tons of useful information about your area, your specialty and knowledge. How are you getting this info out to your client and target audience? 
The names of the people below and their stories are allfictitous, but are examples of what real estate agentsare seeing and hearing in the Metro Detroit area on a dailybasis. Short sale sellers #1: Bill and Nancy have fallen upontough economic times. Bill lost his job when his automotivesupplier employer shut its doors 1 year ago. His unemploymentchecks recently ran out and although he's found a minimalwage job and Nancy has a minimal wage job they are unableto keep up with their $900 per month mortgage payments. Theyfall further and further behind each month and are makingdecisions each month on which … (56 comments)
Warehouse lending is a specialized type of lending that commercial banks and other finance institutions provide to companies involved in the mortgage banking business. A loan that was closed with a finance company or the small community bank will get funded with money provided by this credit facility and the documentation will be sent to the institution that has the warehouse lending facility to act as collateral for the line of credit.
Hmm, there must be some demons in the AR system these days. I'm seeing double (and it is not because of the party at my house last night either). 
I met a client at the office for a listing presentation. They didn't want to meet at their home. I checked to make sure they owned the property because this is rather unusual. Usually clients want you to give them hints on how to fix the home up. They want you to tell them how nice it is...they want you to know what you are selling.
Writing your musings on a public forum that is designed for both the public's behalf and that of your fellow peers is a wonderful concept. Hell, who really can truly bitch about free exposure to both? Yet, we do. I have...I probably will again. Gotta love us human beings, so imperfect and irrational at times.
I got a call at home the other night, a buyer from Hawaii who claimed to have found me on Active Rain, claimed to have enjoyed my posts and all the pictures of my local area. He and his wife were very impressed with everything they had read about me and about my local area.
OH, MY! Where do I begin? First, I'd like to thank Neal Bloom for trusting me to complete this task in, what has been one of the busiest weeks in the last year for me! I've had a total of about 10 hours' sleep this week, but did manage to get everything done. Including, I hope, this Week in Review!! 
A while back Jonathan had posted about the programmer's working on outside blogs...he wanted tester's...at the time some would say I spent too much time on the rain...reading...writing...and social networking. That night...I saw him post and guess what I commented and now I was on the list to test the outside blogs. Yahooooooo! I was at the right place at the right time on Activerain.
Don't forget about this year's Home Owner's Association meeting for the Woods of SpringCreek. It's Tuesday, February 12 at 7:00pm and Canyon Creek. If you cannot make the meeting, you must submit your proxy for consideration.
The statistics are out for the Austin real estate market for December 2007. 
I was trying to explain to my son how search engines work...Which is something that is evasive at best.
What is going on in the job market?
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How many times have you experienced a brilliant revelation while in the middle of something else? Ten minutes later, you go to retrieve it, and it's gone. Or you have a task that you know you must complete, perhaps a phone call at work, but other items keep popping up. The day ends, you pull into your driveway, and realize that you never made that call. Years ago, George A. Miller wrote an article for The Psychological Review in which he suggested that the number of items a person can keep in their short-term memory is approximately seven, plus or … (4 comments)
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