#1 Killer of real estate deals - 03/25/07 01:43 AM
Buyer's remorse is the #1 killer of real estate deals. It is often an untreatable malady that often has no cure. How ofter do buyers succumb to remorse you say? Often, in fact the slower the market the more choices of homes the greater the instance of buyer's remorse. Decisions are hard
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Relo Tips ~ Getting Kids Settled and Happy - 03/20/07 11:28 AM
SCHOOLS WHEN TO TRANSFERTraditional Thought vs. Another Way of Looking at it Customarily parents never take their kids out of school until the year is over. What happens, the kids end up being lonesome and locally friendless until school restarts in the new destination. Instead of following tradition consider this, start the
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Active Rain Q & A ~ Built-in Value All Around - 03/18/07 02:11 PM
Active Rain continues to progress and morph into yet another area that means recognition for us bloggers in the real estate industry. The latest addition has been around a few weeks and is now gaining some strength. If you don't know what I mean take a look at the top navigation
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The Puzzle of Relocation - 03/18/07 12:37 AM
Denver real estate & relocation The warm velvety feeling of spring is in the air. The best part of all, my telephone is ringing. It's ringing off the hook. Well actually not really, as it doesn't have a hook, it's a cell phone...but I don't know better analogy, you get the picture,
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Blogger showdown - 03/17/07 11:30 AM
If you've been tied up in the Rain all day, it's time to grab an umbrella and step outside. There is a Blogger showdown going on with the Real Estate Weenie and the Bloodhound. Teresa Boardman, Bloggoddess aka the Real Estate Weenie coined the blog even though she really didn't have time
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How Green Is YOUR Elephant? - 03/14/07 11:42 AM
There is a lot of talk on the street about "sustainability." Looking it up in the Wikipedia I discovered it is really a simple goal with a very complicated agenda. "Sustainability - The ability to meet present needs without compromising those of future generations." Planning for the future means setting standards for today.
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Congratulations to Geri Sonkin ~ CRS Magazine - 03/13/07 12:00 AM
Quoted as burning the midnight oil, Active Rain member Geri Sonkin from Long Island was featured in the The Residential Specialist Magazine. Geri is a gracious lady and a wonderful writer. She writes Blogging Long Island to express her views of living on Long Island. The 3-page article quoted 3 of Geri's points; Be
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Lessons in Copyscape - 03/10/07 10:20 PM
It seems the importance of knowing how to use the various technologies that go along with protecting your Intellectual Data increases everyday. As many know from my previous posts I use a product called Copyscape on a subscription basis the name is Copysentry.
Copysentry works in various ways, it is fee
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Solicitors ~ Hit the Road Jack - 03/09/07 01:18 PM
Hardly a day goes by without my cell phone ringing with a happy, trying-to-be cool and charming voice on the other end. Sometimes they are so convincing, I have a hard time telling them from my "real" telephone calls.
Sad but true eventually the truth comes out; not only is the
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Protecting Your Good Name ~ updated to correct link - 03/07/07 02:06 PM
The age of WEB 2.0 has brought with it power that can be weld in a wrong way. If in your business endeavors you end up working with a web savvy consumer who feels you've done him wrong, he could be slinging mud at you from cyberspace. It is so easy these days
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A Tribute to a Treo - 03/06/07 10:54 PM
Technology can be a distraction or it can add to your arsenal of real estate weapons. These weapons are not for destruction, but quite the opposite, they are weapons to build a business, create value and serve. Phones these days do much more than I can imagine or even learn. My little
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Active Rain works...Let's talk about branding that works - 03/03/07 10:38 AM
Funny thing happened yesterday. I began working with a new client named "Phil." Yesterday Phil called me to confirm a future date to look at homes. Since I hadn't added him to my TREO, I went to do so. Now perhaps I'm not the only one around that has trouble with last
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