Active Rainers and Inman News.. (Thank you Matt) - 10/30/06 08:44 PM
I just wanted to thank Matt Heaton for pointing this out tonight - I actually did not see it, until he brought it to my attention. Thank you again!! Last week I was interviewed by Matt Carter of Inman News. (Subscription may be required). He asked me a series of questions regarding
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An early morning dose of the Carnival.... - 10/30/06 09:43 AM
Jim Duncan - is like a speed of light - He already has this week's Carnival posted. He decided to follow a theme and came up with Changes. Change in the market, business model and information dissemination. As for the best post - Jim chose Jim Cronin's post entitled "Giving Away Trade
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Blog Hopping - some good treasures .. - 10/25/06 09:37 PM
Hey guys, Yup - I was blog hopping again, and I just wanted to pass along some great articles and tips out there that are a must read. 1031 Real Estate Exchange - by Real Estate Snippets (*BTW, I am having a lecture about this week) Great topic! The Unbrokerage: How to profit
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Sometimes the fear of.... - 10/24/06 01:41 PM
Yesterday the weekly Carnival was up at Hotpads.com and The Lovely Wife has elected me to post the winnings here each week - which I accepted and would love to do it. She is in charge of trophies and I the posting. Its a good team I think. Plus, she likes
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HotPad - the Carnival is Up.... - 10/23/06 02:56 PM
HotPads.com was the host of this weeks Carnival and Mrs. Mary Mcknight from RSSPieces wrote "Why you must have a blog by January 07". It's nice to see that HotPads broke each post into section into categories This Week's Best - themortgagereports.com Technology - rsspieces.com Marketing – Truliablog.com Humor – SandiegoHomeBlog.com Law
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Joseph G. Ferrara and Rudolph D. Bachraty III, The Founders of Sellsius° - 10/20/06 08:58 AM
I had the pleasure of "interviewing" the gentlemen and founders of SellsiusRealEstate. There are alot of blogs that I read daily but there is one that continiously steps outside of the box. They are responsible for the Top Ten Female Bloggers (which by the way was an honor), the 101
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I will call you back... - 10/18/06 09:21 AM
In real estate, I deal with many customers, many clients and alot of agents. I do problem solving everyday and sometimes I just don't have the answer. There is one thing that I always say. I mean atleast 99.9% of my phone calls - ends with me saying.. "I will call
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Can I google you? - 10/17/06 09:40 PM
"Some suggest "Googling" prospective hires for some insight on their marketing efforts. Why? A real estate professional must market both himself or herself and the properties they sell. If the Google search turns up very little on an agent, there's a problem. Either the agent does not self-promote or does not
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"No, we don't issue mortgage commitments........." - 10/16/06 12:21 PM
That is an answer that I got from a mortgage broker. Right after I got off the phone with his client (the buyer) who was screaming at one of my agents(selling agent) that the closing has not been scheduled - yet... Ok, just so all are aware I live and work in a
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Inman - Hosting this weeks Carnival - - 10/16/06 08:52 AM
This week Inman News Hosted the Carnival. Going in motion with Greg Swan and beefing up the requirements, Iman has narrowed the picking down to 10 best posts. Naming the BloodhoundBlog, Altos Research Real Estate Insights, Matrix as the top three. To see the rest of the winners head over
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299,987,004 - 10/15/06 02:14 PM
That is the number of how many the resident population of the United States, projected to 10/15/06 at 19:07 GMT - Reported by USCensus OKAY - so on the good side - by sometime next week we will have 300 MILLION people in the US. See - there are new buyers.. we
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Apartment for rent! - 10/13/06 04:28 PM
All the real estate agents here talk about buying and selling. Are there any agents out there that is active in apartment rentals? Like I have said many times before, I am in Queens, NY and the rental market here is strong. Actually too strong. The landlords think that they have the
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WARNING ***Not for the faint - - 10/10/06 08:49 PM
I was out blog hopping tonight and doing some updating - dancing around some blogs and I came across a regular blog that I read quite often. There is a reason on why I am posting it here and not on my regular blog. See - I do have two different
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The Lovely Wife --- - 10/10/06 03:31 PM
TLW and Bryant have been looking for this trophy -
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The Carnival - Raising the Bar - - 10/09/06 11:57 AM
Just wanted to let all Active Rain members know that your very own - Bryant Tutas has a memorable write up in the Carnival this week. His posts have been noted as "exemplify the standard of excellence to which every real estate weblog should aspire". Greg Swan has raised the bar
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The best of the best - is not the best.. - 10/08/06 08:20 PM
With every great defeat there is a new day. When you are faced with some sort of failure or defeat in any way you get a huge wake up call. It’s almost nature that with every defeat comes a self diagnostics. Most people go through the same thoughts – “Where did
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FRIDAY............... - 10/06/06 04:45 PM
Friday Linking - just some of the articles that I read these past few days. I am going to kick it off with .... 1.2 Million and Falling - by True GothamWhy Do You Blog? - by Zillow Blog500 real estate blogs to watch - by Pittsburgh Homes DailyBEST AND WORST
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Lets play a game... - 10/06/06 08:18 AM
Let us pretend that we are all realtors - Oh, wait.. sorry wrong blog.. let me start over. We ARE REATORS - and pricing is the core of our ability to sell a home. correct? When you do a CMA - you are comparing homes that have SOLD. You are looking at
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Keep them Safe......... - 10/02/06 02:12 PM
I don't know about any of you, but I am a mother of a teenage boy, who feels that HE can DO what he wants, SAY what he wants, TALK to who he wants - and GO where ever he Wants.. HA! Although we live in a "SAFE" neighborhood there are
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I know what I know, ya know - but I wish I knew that then.. - 10/02/06 02:03 PM
Things I wish that my Broker (or someone) would have told me! Is there anyone out there that wished they could go back in time and change something, edit something, redo something or just tweak something? Do you wish that what you know now - you knew then?? EDUCATION; I am
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