In California, our property taxes are based upon the purchase price of the home (and are adjusted periodically). Each time a home is improved/remodeled, the home value is reassessed for property tax purposes and a new tax amount is due. Tax assessors always seem to be aware when property values
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02/15/2008
Lenders, this is the perspective of a political family member of mine (who was a mortgage lender for a brief period). Does ANYONE share this perspective?"Home owner's are now losing their property in record numbers. The culprit, as has become conventional wisdom, is the "adjustable rate/teaser mo
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01/29/2008
Google has just released their Google Zeitgeist 2007 Report This report includes a list of the most searched upon words during the past 12 months.This report can give us a quick glimpse of the direction of global culture and where popular interest lies. At Google, the fastest growing terms global
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12/14/2007
I'd be a hypocrite to suggest that I am so focused on business development that I do not fall 'victim' (if I may) to busyness. In fact, I enjoy new technologies so much that I am compelled to learn as much as I can about everything that crosses my plate. But, I am learning that it is vital to ev
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12/13/2007
What are the formulas for success in our industry? Will the diligent implementation of these formulas and systems predict survival (even success) over the next 12 months? For the past 6-12 months or so, we (as real estate professionals) have focused vast efforts and time on blog building, sea
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12/11/2007
Improving Google page ranking is high on many of our priority lists. Most of us know now of the importance of having an Active Rain profile and it's positive impact in Google rankings. Through reading some of the top Active Rain bloggers, I have also seen a recurring message about the importance
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11/16/2007
Yesterday, I attended a 45 minute webex class to learn about a high-end video production company (this company can produce amazing videos for the web, but they are too pricey for the individual realtor). From the webex, I couldn't shake off one of the statements that the trainer made regarding tr
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11/15/2007
After two weeks, I have surprisingly and easily achieved my goal: to dominate the first page of a Google organic search. As of today, googling my name places me in the first 5 listing ranks on Google page 1. What does this mean? It is very important for people to find you easily on Google and
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10/25/2007
One week ago, I set up an Active Rain profile to learn how effective this blogging platform is in terms of search engine optimization. In that short time, my Google rank went from complete unknown to 3 rankings on page 1!Note: I wanted to keep this post free from too many words but Active Rain w
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10/17/2007
Three days ago, I set up an Active Rain profile to learn how effective this blogging platform is in terms of search engine optimization. In that short time, my Google rank went from complete unknown to a rank on page 1! Note: I wanted to keep this post free from too many words but Active Rain wi
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10/15/2007
