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2011
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I've always been the stand-apart... the one guy who doesn't like sports. That's right, I admit it, I don't care for sports. Personally, I'd rather watch paint dry. I played a little golf in my life (poorly), and finally gave up, 'cause what I was doing to that poor golf ball was an insult to th...
01/21/2011
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There's no question that Realtors come in different sizes, shapes and looks. Some are short and squat, some are round and portly (raising my hand), some are tall and lanky, others are comely, Greg Nino has his favourite BB'd Realtors... we all look different. And we all ARE different. Each of us...
01/20/2011
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This is no small feat. Active Rain has reached a membership of 200,000 raucous, chattering bloggers. Granted, not all of us are blogging, but most of us are reading, chatting, commenting, milling about, and garnering that fabulous Search Engine Optimization that comes with being a member of the ...
01/17/2011
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Recently, a colleague asked a group of agents (myself included) to pop over the a home that she'd sold to a client about 2-3 years ago, and help her price it. They were being transferred and needed to sell. Now the colleague was aware (as were the sellers) that the market has pulled back, signif...
01/16/2011
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I've seen a number of flashmobs... you know there have been several with the Sound of Music theme... one to Doe a Deer in a subway station in Antwerp, Belgium that stands out, and then there was a Hallalujah Chorus version in a food court, that was kinda fun. For those unfamiliar with "flashmobs...
01/15/2011
The National Weather Service has issued a falling bird warning for Chicago for Sunday The warning becomes effective at 12:00 noon, Central Standard Time, and continuing until the end of the fourth quarter. They are predicting falling Seahawks which could be heavy at times, especially downtown Chi...
01/14/2011
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Everyone knows that those born under the sign of Aries (a "fire" sign) are Adventurous, Active and Outgoing. (boy, that describes me - an Aries - to a tee, doesn't it?), and that Capricorns are high-rollers, quite, but achievers ... or DO they? Because of a wobble in the Earth's orbit (called Pre...
01/14/2011
Many times, during a negotiation for a property, you'll find that your client wants you give incremental counter offers. They'll want you to counter $500.00. Or perhaps they'll be big sports and want you to counter a full thousand dollars (whoopie!). You might consider that a waste of time, bu...
01/13/2011
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Not all of us come to this business from college with a degree in English. (I know I didn't). And not all of us can write prose worthy of publication, yet, that is exactly what we are expected to do as a professional Realtor. _______________________________________ We CAIN'T all be Shakespeare!_...
01/12/2011
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Sherman Anti-trust is one of those hot button topics that arises every now and then, here on Active Rain, as well Trulia, Zillow and other sites. Recently, in a featured post, the subject reared it's ugly head again, so I thought I would publish a little "Quiz" to test your knowledge of how the ...
01/11/2011
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