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2012 big jumpstart blog challenge: Buying a Short Sale in 2012 – A Revisit to 2007 - 02/05/12 09:24 PM
Buying a Short Sale in 2012 – A Revisit to 2007
I wrote Buying a Short Sale in late January 2007 to share my thoughts with consumers and encourage participation in an on-line dialog. I was 5 months into blogging.
Little did I know how many comments (well more than 400) this would inspire, and the extent to which consumers would share their stories, good and bad, and ask for advice on short sales. I’ve never had a post with this amount of buyer and seller participation, which is pretty cool.
This post has, for 5 years, … (17 comments)
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2012 big jumpstart blog challenge: What I Know About SEO is YEO - 02/03/12 09:26 PM
What I Know About SEO is YEO I still remember when I first heard the acronym, YEO. It was early 2007.
Things were buzzing about SEO, although not to the extent they are today. Now we see daily articles by the dozens about SEO techniques and their importance, receive multiple calls a week with guarantees to get us on the top of page 1 of Google, and get invites to classes and webinars specifically designed to optimize our sites and placement on the SERPs.
SEO is far more complicated than it was 4 or 5 years ago.
Oh, people knew … (9 comments)
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2012 big jumpstart blog challenge: Introducing New ActiveRain Member Linda Holloway - 02/02/12 04:21 PM
Introducing New ActiveRain Member Linda Holloway I wanted to take a moment to introduce Linda Holloway, a new AR member as of December 2011.
A main reason for talking about her here is that even though Linda is a new member, in contrast to so many who simply join, add a bit to their profile and then disappear, Linda has embraced AR wholeheartedly.
No doubt many of you have already had her commenting on your posts.
I was pretty impressed to see how she is participating, and in particular that she took on the 2012 BIG Jumpstart … (9 comments)
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2012 big jumpstart blog challenge: ActiveRain Guidelines – Respect the Real Estate Industry - 01/31/12 11:47 PM
ActiveRain Guidelines – Respect the Real Estate Industry
Yes, “respect the real estate industry” is a guideline, the first in the list.
On the one hand it’s sad we even have to be reminded about respect (e.g., admiration, high opinion), or that it needs to be in the list of guidelines.
Given what AR is all about, though, it’s smart for a written reminder about why we are here, and the industry that binds us all as a community.
I think it’s important to have respect for the industry itself. And if you don’t respect it, … (24 comments)
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2012 big jumpstart blog challenge: Lorraine and Loretta Kratz – Invitees Who Know the Value of ActiveRain - 01/29/12 11:51 AM
Lorraine and Loretta Kratz – Invitees Who Know the Value of ActiveRain
I’ve invited a number of people to join ActiveRain over the years, often as a result of them taking a class I was teaching, or at talks I have given at REBarCamps and real estate expos. Some have joined, but many have not. Too bad they haven’t realized the value. Or perhaps they went out and joined on their own. I should check.
It’s always been exciting to share the enthusiasm I have for blogging, and in particular for the AR community, and as it was for … (4 comments)
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2012 big jumpstart blog challenge: We’re a Diverse Group Here on ActiveRain – A Weltanschauung Commentary - 01/28/12 07:15 PM
We’re a Diverse Group Here on ActiveRain – A Weltanschauung Commentary
The ActiveRain community is diverse in many ways, not just by job, and becoming more so.
That’s a great thing, since it’s the reality of the real world, and there’s no reason why on-line shouldn’t mirror real world.
In reading through the Weltanschauung, for the second time, thanks to the 2012 BIG Jumpstart Blog Challenge, one of the particular components that struck me was the following:
Weltanschauung
“ActiveRain welcomes the active participation of all real estate professionals, irrespective of their affiliation with industry groups or … (8 comments)
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2012 big jumpstart blog challenge: Introducing Jolie Kirsten in Austin Texas – Admitting Your Mistakes is Something to be Admired - 01/27/12 11:39 PM
Introducing Jolie Kirsten in Austin Texas – Admitting Your Mistakes is Something to be Admired
I visited the Newbie Group this evening to see what was going on. I post some of my articles there occasionally to hopefully help and inspired some of the new bloggers.
It may have been fortuitous, but I decided to click on newbie Jolie Kirsten – and you should too.
Jolie’s most recent post, and there are only a few but she is well on her way, was about a faux pas she committed with some buyers recently.
Who hasn’t had one … (8 comments)
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2012 big jumpstart blog challenge: Respect the Fair Housing Ethos – ActiveRain Guidelines - 01/24/12 11:11 PM
Respect the Fair Housing Ethos – ActiveRain Guidelines
One of the ActiveRain guidelines we seem to hear less about as opposed to others has to do with Fair Housing. I don’t think that’s because it is not considered important, but maybe talking about slander, flaming, plagiarism and other AR no-nos is more tantalizing than the Fair Housing laws.
It shouldn’t be.
The AR guideline, taken, in part, from the federal guidelines, states "It is illegal for anyone to Advertise or make any statement that indicates a limitation or preference based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial … (5 comments)
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2012 big jumpstart blog challenge: Animate Your Relocating Buyers’ Interest with Animoto - Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA - 01/19/12 07:43 PM
Animate Your Relocating Buyers’ Interest with Animoto
I specialize in relocation, as a niche market, in part because I enjoy it, but also because I’ve made 4 major moves (over 1000 miles) with kids, cars, cats, dogs, and 2 jobs, so I know how to do it well.
I’ve also worked on relocation from a corporate perspective – setting up relocation programs, relocating employees in and out, and have used a couple of corporate relocation programs through my wife’s former companies when we moved to and from Minnesota. I get it.
But the point of my thinking here … (15 comments)
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2012 big jumpstart blog challenge: How I Choose my Blog Post Topics – Localism - 01/14/12 08:14 PM
How I Choose my Blog Post Topics – Localism
Writing local posts has been a focus of mine for a number of years.
It really came about as a result of my relocation from Boston to Carlsbad, a place I had never visited and knew virtually nothing about. Once I became licensed in California it was critical for me to get to know my way around Carlsbad and nearby.
Part of that was purely practical since I lived here and obviously wanted, and needed, to know about shopping, dining, the beaches, things to do, services and so … (60 comments)
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2012 big jumpstart blog challenge: A Worldview With a Local Perspective - 01/13/12 11:39 PM
A Worldview With a Local Perspective
I’m a bit ashamed that, after 5+ years of AR membership and participation, I have not read AR’s worldview, the Weltanschauung (boy THAT brings back some not-so-fond memories of my German classes in college!) until Lynn created the 2012 BIG Jumpstart Blog Challenge.
Sure, I had an idea about what it was, particularly in the very early days since discussion with bloggers who started with AR and the founders made it pretty obvious, and the worldview was, if not specifically articulated publically, patently clear to those who embraced this new vision.
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2012 big jumpstart blog challenge: How Does One Pick a TRUSTWORTHY Source on ActiveRain? - 01/12/12 10:59 PM
Finding a high quality referral is fairly easy to do, if one goes about it property. Sally Cheeseman gives us a terrific outline of things we can do to source a TRUSTWORTHY person to refer our valued clients to, using information and observations one can readily find on ActiveRain, in addition to what is elsewhere on the web.
I think one has to approach this search with a bit of skepticism, from the perspective that you ARE doing your due diligence (if the referral is important to you and you truly care about the process), or have at least a questioning … (1 comments)
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2012 big jumpstart blog challenge: Why I Like Living in Carlsbad CA - 01/09/12 05:41 PM
Why I Like Living in Carlsbad CA
It’s easy for me to help buyers who are moving to Carlsbad, because I know the community well.
But I also really like living in Carlsbad so it’s easy to be enthusiastic about all the great reasons to live here.
So that, in many ways, is at the basis of how I choose what to write about - to share what I love, the things I enjoy doing, and what I think others will find interesting. If you were considering moving to Carlsbad, woudn't you want to know why people enjoy … (34 comments)
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