Just Say No - To Pinterest - 02/29/12 11:22 AM

 
Sorry my budding Pinterest Pinners but this has gone on too long. I've been reading a bunch of blog posts, articles and Facebook posts about how wonderful and fun and cool and etc Pinterest is! Surf the web, find cool pictures, pin them on your board and share! I even bought into the hype, creating my own boards about the different neighborhoods here in Tucson. Last night, my boards went bye bye.
BUT BUT BUT!! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????? (As a friend of mine said in an email.) Let me explain it very simply. I don't have time to deal with lawyers … (180 comments)

Blogging Is A Good Thing - Except When The Information Is Wrong - 02/29/12 10:24 AM
I don't know if there's been a full moon recently but the amount of incorrect information regarding different aspects of the real estate buyer has been off the charts in the last week or so.  In most instances, the blog writer will correct their blog when pointed to the correct information; others will leave it up and not approved reader comments telling them that their information is wrong.
Case in point: Last week, information was posted here on Active Rain regarding short sales and our military members. The writer was incorrect, comments to her blog gave her the correct information (including … (8 comments)

But Who Owns That Website? - 02/27/12 12:24 PM
In working with a new relocation client this morning, I discovered a questionable real estate website. There are plenty of them out there and, unfortunately, my client had found it and was using it to find homes in the Tucson area.
I say it was questionable because of one big glaring problem: there was no way of finding out who owned the site! There was no brokerage logo, no phone number, no office address, no nothing! There is a contact form but that is it.
If you surf over to my website, you'll find my brokerage logo right at the top. … (7 comments)