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2009 

My guess is that most of the bloggers on Active Rain are effective marketeers. Most of us are on Facebook, Linkedin, or Twitter. For the past 4 years I have used American Greeting Cards very effectively and I think the cost to me is no more than $16 a year. Tonight I sent out Halloween Cards to o...
10/29/2009
I have had the opportunity to travel to many parts of the world and love traveling but when I am in Kona I wonder why ever go anywhere else? The warm air, beautiful skys, birds, sea life, flowers of every color and delightful fragrances. If this place can't motivate me to get back to work with a ...
10/29/2009
When I was a teen ager I was a life guard and had the most beautiful tan...I have now been in Hawaii for a week and have been in the sun everyday but still as white as a snowman! Maybe a light shade of pink..I envey those nice dark tans...Here is a chocolate video..guess I like things dark ! http...
10/28/2009
My tools are; pen, HP12C, cell phone and my lap top. Last Friday my Lap Top crashed but thanks to those in the know it was quickly repaired...then I lost my cell phone but am told that a new one will be delivered to me on Wednesday. I am in Hawaii and it is so amazing that I can keep 100% in touc...
10/26/2009
Last week I spoke to a client who I have done several loans for and he mentioned that the bank called him and he did the refinance with them. I was confused because my loan would have saved him $2000 more per year than the loan he got from the bank.   I do not have all of the products I used to h...
10/21/2009
Today I arrived in Kona, Hawaii and driving around this afternoon restaurant business seems brisk. I found out that my three favorite restaurants are still open and some other restaurants have opened. In San Jose where I live full time that is not the case. Many restaurants are closing down. The ...
10/21/2009
I have always considered the business year as being from September until June. It follows the school year. Each year we went to school and we got psyched up for the new school year and then in June it was over and a sigh of relief. Then another September and back at it again. So many use the cale...
10/17/2009
I have pinned in my cubicle a 1/2 page real estate contract that I did the loan on in 2001. The Realtor represented both the seller and the buyer and when he showed me the contract I told him it would not work because in California we require about thirty two zillion pages for a real estate trans...
10/16/2009
This came in today unsolicited and it was so delightful. I am going to start recording testimonials via video as the result of a sales class. But this testimonial was very nice. I would like to Thank Mortgage Magic for all their help in answering all of my questions. As it was my first time looki...
10/15/2009
We have a weekly TV show and are always challenged with getting fresh educational items  to discuss with our audience. By reading the blogs at Active Rain I am now ahead of the curve. This morning I read an excellent blog about "no shadow foreclosure inventory". This is something I can discuss on...
10/15/2009
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