training: 14 Hour Continuing Education... a LITTLE prayer support pweeze?? - 03/27/08 09:37 PM
Bert Rogers here I come!! I am due for my 14 hour continuing education for the renewing of my real estate sales persons license in the state of Florida.
Would you believe I got the book for this in August last year from the Bert Rogers Company? I renew my license before April … (16 comments)
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training: Helping your blog do better.... Links, BOLD type and keywords..... - 03/21/08 01:09 PM
Here is some help in getting your blog more highly ranked from search engines...
First, here are some terms I will be using and the definitions of each one:
Link -- a click-able typed word, phrase or picture that will take the reader to a web page you specify.Keyword -- words or phrases … (9 comments)
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training: ActiveRain© help... want MORE readers? Keep your blog consistent and REAL... - 03/19/08 12:35 PM
Are you having trouble starting or maintaining your blog on ActiveRain©?
What I have found is balance in blogging is the key:
Submit some Localism posts about the area youserve, programs and services you give to differnatiate you from others out there.Enter posts about things that happen in your every day expieriences as … (16 comments)
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training: ActiveRain© ------ 350 posts, tributes and GREAT examples to follow! - 03/02/08 09:55 PM
I've been a member of ActiveRain© for more than a year now.
I HAVE to give credit to some of the members who have inspired me, and have been an example of a CLASS act in this real estate network.
Lenn Harley, Broker, Homefinders.com in Maryland and Virginia
Lenn not only knows how … (14 comments)
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training: Will you be one of the Agents that are here after 2007 is done? - 11/12/07 10:35 PM
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training: How many in bound links does YOUR real estate website have... increase them! - 08/16/07 07:06 PM
How many in coming links do you have to your real estate website?
These are not reciprocal links (They want a link to their site when they give you one of theirs).They are NOT part of a link farm or organized effort to aquire links.These are ONE WAY IN BOUND links to … (14 comments)
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training: A useful way to use Associations in Active Rain... - 05/08/07 10:08 PM
I have another usage for "Associates" which I have been working on for the past year almost. If you take a look at my profile, I have a list of agents from specific states in my associates area.
If I have a client that wants to move to that … (18 comments)
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training: Central Florida AR members get together..... - 10/13/06 08:52 AM
I am wondering if anyone got my e-mail I sent out to those who might be intrested in sending ideas for our get together for central Florida real estate agents.....
Or did something go wrong with the network that the e-mail did not get sent?
I know I sent it so let me know … (2 comments)
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training: Real Estate "Attitude" - 09/25/06 05:19 PM
Ever feel like this fella here?
Did you see his name?
Do ya think he might just bite
you if you get too close?
Think of this as a picture of a
new real estate agent; he/she
is bright and has passed the real
estate class and the state test
to show competency in … (3 comments)
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training: Continuing to do the right thing...... - 09/24/06 09:39 PM
Ever wondered how architects do it?
How do they draw such wonderful buildings and then after about 6-8 months (depending on the size and amount of options it has) a new home is either available for sale or has already been bought before hand.
Well, it takes schooling (we get it...), it takes … (2 comments)
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training: Real estate programs...writely - 09/23/06 12:06 PM
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training: Keeping your relationships current..... - 09/21/06 08:30 PM
The best way to keep those leads thinking of you as the "GO TO" person for real estate is to stay in contact one way or the other.....regularly:
Postcards on birthdays, anniversaries, etc...e-mails about current real estate trends in the local areaNewsletters monthly or quarterlyPhone calls to catch up and see how … (1 comments)
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training: Christmas and opening the presents........EARLY........ - 09/17/06 06:53 PM
Another of my fond memories and BIG learning lessons was Christmas and my parents hiding the presents......and not under the tree either...hehehehehe :-D
It seems we had a nack for opening up the presents mom and dad bought for us on Christmas...... a snipped couple pieces of tape on a wrapped present … (4 comments)
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training: The relationship that went to a bad place, really quick...... - 09/17/06 05:50 PM
Here is a situation you may find yourself in someday...and I hope what happens here does not happen to you...
You meet a person who wants to buy a home...... you get them pre qualified at a certain price, BUT you need a little bigger paycheck.........and because of the prevailing commissions out there … (2 comments)
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training: Building relationships..... one day at a time.... - 09/16/06 09:08 PM
Today I went to the persons house that told me he would fix my rear tire that was making my car track badly....I have gone through 3 tires in 5 months because of that rear tire......
I found out it was just worn bearings that were the culprit...... for $8.88 including tax … (3 comments)
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training: On the way home and had a tough day... but I did not give up.... - 09/15/06 06:42 PM
I went to work at Del Air A/C Inc. again this morning like I usually do at 6:00AM....... BUT this time was a little different........
As I got to Rt. 192 going towards Kissimmee (I live in Buenaventura Lakes) I start to see my left side of the hood sink lower and lower...the … (1 comments)
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training: Are you out of the fireplace? - 09/14/06 04:58 PM
Ever heard this message from a friend?
A fireplace is a place for warmth and coziness....... When I was a boy I had a friend that lived 4 miles away from me.
In the winter I would walk those 4 miles to his house because he had a snowmobile. He also had a flexible … (7 comments)
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training: Is it time to just stop doing what you need to.....? - 09/13/06 08:29 PM
Have you had a tough day? No-one says,"Yes" to your real estate inquiries......no expireds are saying,"Yes" to you listing their home....no listings you have are selling......the loan you thought was going to get funded didn't......no buyers are buying......
Persistance is the key...not every day will be roses and champagine......the mundane things we … (4 comments)
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training: Just being me...building a relationship..... - 09/12/06 08:33 PM
One of the Assistant Managers I met and got contact information from at the 7-11 I went to a couple of days ago is just down the street from the home where I live...perfect for popping in from time to time and saying HI to him.... (I haven't seen the other Assistant Manager … (0 comments)
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training: Things to do today..... - 09/09/06 09:31 AM
I am sitting here at 10:15 am blogging before I go and start my day:
Gotta cut the grass and weed eat and edge the entire lawn....Water my wifes many plants (already done earlier)Make sure all the dishes are cleaned from last nights dinner with the wife (I cooked last night for … (2 comments)
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training: And the HITS just keep comming!!..... - 09/08/06 08:07 PM
Well, to top this wonderful week off, I now have a $250,000 vacant land listing........ Thanks for those bullets Kristal...... I guess Bryant needs to find a gun shop for his supply, hmm? (just kidding Bryant and His Lovely Wife..hehehehe) I wonder where Jonathan is....I haven't heard a comment from him at … (2 comments)
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training: ANOTHER 2 clients just by me being me......wow!! - 09/08/06 06:09 PM
Is this the same blog I posted yesterday?!?
NO..it is Another blog about being who you are and things will happen to you automatically. Today I was at the National Home Builders Association Future Home for 2007 installing A/C.... in the heart of downtown Orlando near Lake Eola.
This home is going to have … (7 comments)
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training: 2 new clients today...just from being me..... - 09/07/06 05:56 PM
Hey there everyone,
Ever wonder why some agents don't do well at real estate? They say they are doing all the right things, but are they? Do you constantly see them at the coffee pot, the computer monitor (NOT on the MLS or doing client contact, but reading the news or looking … (4 comments)
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training: Self defense for real estate agents..... - 09/04/06 09:17 PM
Some safety items to point out --- as of late I have been thinking of what can happen in a vacant house or a home with no one in it besides you and the "buyer".......
Any good martial arts book will show you 14 to 36 of the most deadly pressure points … (6 comments)
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training: Other sources of leads...... - 09/04/06 04:12 PM
Here is another blog on sources of leads...if I mention any of the sources of a previous blog of mine, please forgive me.....
Direct contacts (people you meet day to day)Expireds and WithdrawnsClient referralsSphere of influenceOpen HousesFSBOs and Buy ownerFloor timeBuyer/Seller SeminarsPostcardsJust Listed/ Just Sold mailersSigns on your listingsInfo boxes/ flyersRiders on sales … (3 comments)
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training: Surrounding yourself with good things.... - 08/31/06 08:42 PM
Ever have a hard time staying positive about things when times are slow or difficult?
I have found that meditation is a great way to get rid of bad attitudes..... I specifically meditate on how good God is...even though sometimes my life is not what I want it to be.
I surround myself … (3 comments)
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training: The same great advice from several agents about topics for real estate on AR........ - 08/31/06 08:27 PM
I can find no other way to tell people (agents) the way to do things than to have them stop by AR. I have found these topics blogged with different agents saying the same things about each topic. And remember, we do NOT collaborate on these topics...it just happens that the … (0 comments)
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training: Old agent verses new agent...... - 08/19/06 05:44 PM
Hello there,
Ever look around in your office and see those "Mega Agents" just talking on the phone to a client, writing up a contract, talking to a vendor (inspector, title officer, loan officer, etc.) or hunched over their desk just "doing a LOT of stuff"?
Do you get nervous and think you … (1 comments)
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