advice: 5 Principles to Creating an Effective Blog Post - 07/04/07 04:57 AM
Before you post on your Blog, here's five principles that may help you get more views, readers and comments, and (no promises), featured on Active Rain! First off, put some thought and effort into your posts. There are so many things you can write about IE: your business, events, personal (171 comments)
advice: Do You Want to be the "Featured Member" Here's Some POINTS! - 06/01/07 04:02 PM
There is only "ONE WAY" you can be the featured member. It's Points! You have to have the most points... period! It is not based on your successes, your experience, your moral or ethical values, it's all based on points. I will tell you from personal experience, that points don't get you leads, (461 comments)
advice: Computers and your HEALTH! - 05/02/07 02:01 AM
Did you know that there can be Health hazards from computer use? We use computers so much these days. Booking trips, buying cars, researching certain subjects and websites, uploading listings, creating contracts, managing our websites, reading and replying to emails, uploading photos and now you're Blogging too?!? I did some research and (18 comments)
advice: Social Engineering - Something Everyone needs to know about!! - 03/23/07 12:13 AM
While you may not be familiar with the term, we've all heard stories of Social Engineering - the practice of infiltrating an organization by pretending to be an authorized employee, customer, contractor, etc. in order to steal valuable assets. These con artists attempt to gain access to sensitive information or equipment by taking (2 comments)
advice: NEW Google Maps for TREO... FREE?...AWESOME!! - 03/16/07 08:28 PM
If you like technology tools, this one's for you! Do you own a TREO phone? How would you like to never get lost again? If you own a TREO mobile phone, and have internet access, you can have google maps right at the touch of a button. I read an article (28 comments)
advice: How Old Is Your Computer? ..."In Computer years" - 03/14/07 06:48 AM
Is it time for a new computer? Are you sure? When did you buy your current computer, or when was the last time you did any upgrades? Do you constantly find yourself waiting on the computer instead of it waiting on you? Have you calculated (like dog years) how old your (47 comments)
advice: RSS Feed and Windows Vista - 03/13/07 01:33 AM
I just found that the new Microsoft Windows Vista operating system has a built in RSS Feed reader, right on the desktop. You can select any group from Activerain, click on the "RSS feed", subscribe, and the information from that group gets routed to your Windows Vista Reader.Really cool, now only (17 comments)
advice: The "NEW" Daylght Savings Time (DST) - Tech Tip! - 03/09/07 12:33 AM
Does anybody really know what time it is?Here's a talking point for you with your customers and clients: Beginning in 2007, daylight saving time (DST) will be extended in the United States. DST will start on March 11, 2007, which is three weeks earlier than usual, and it will end on November (2 comments)
advice: Should you always Search Before You Blog - 03/08/07 03:09 AM
Did I learn the hard way? YES! I think...I always do a search now, before I post a new blog. There have beenmany times I had a great thought or an original idea, only to find that 15 other people had blogged about the very same idea or concept already.
For (22 comments)
advice: Q&A What Is Title Insurance - 03/07/07 03:26 AM
Why do I need Title Insurance Coverage? Q: What is title insurance? A: An insurance policy--protecting against loss should the condition of title to land be other than as insured. Q: Why do I need title insurance? A: When you buy a home, or any property for that matter, you expect to (9 comments)
advice: Activerain MLS Online - 03/07/07 02:40 AM
Welcome to the Activerain MLS Online group. This group was created to make the search for listings easy to find within the AR Network. Each group member here has the desire to do more business and networking, but also with the expectations of getting referrals, generating leads, exposing their inventory to potential (60 comments)
advice: Taking Title? - Don't Advise! Be wise! - 03/04/07 02:34 AM
When a buyer purchases property in California, often times they will ask us, or you, "How should we take title?" We cannot advise the buyers, we can only suggest they speak to their CPA or attorney etc. Now, there is a tool that helps one understand the ways in which they can take title (4 comments)
advice: Realtor.com -vs- ActiveRain.com - 02/28/07 05:38 AM
After mulling around in the rain network for the past 3 days, I have come to realize that this network of Realtors,Lenders and affiliates has become quite valuable to me. I am already getting referrals and doing business with others that are in and out of my area.
The amount of (8 comments)
advice: Eminent Domain - 02/26/07 01:29 AM
I had a Real Estate Agent in Solano County today, ask me if title insurance would protect her from eminent domain? I have never encountered this question in my many years of experience. So being intrigued, I was just wondering, has anyone lost property in this manner or know someone who has? It is (5 comments)