active rain: Wear Flowers in your Hair! - 07/04/08 12:24 PM
EVERYONE DESERVES TO GO! To Inman Connect in San Francisco!
The time is drawing near...our final announcement for the top 3 teams is on Monday July 7, 2008. We're biting our nails and twisting our hair and jumping up and down waiting for the final announcement. The Makeover2Takeover contest has been … (5 comments)
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active rain: LOCALISM FEATURED: Wake Up On Lake Livingston...New Take On Localism...Part I - 06/30/08 09:59 PM
A glimpse of your day at Lake Livingston begins here.
You awake inside your gorgeous 3 bedroom, 2 bath waterfront home and sit up in your bed and a beautiful dawn awaits you. You stretch and smile as the colors fill your room with energy and hope. You look at … (36 comments)
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active rain: Real Estate Just Is. - 06/22/08 07:10 PM
When you are considering throwing in the towel because you've had more bumps and bruises than you think you can take, I would like to ask you to think again. Please, think again.
We all go through hard times and times that make us wish we were somewhere else, doing something … (23 comments)
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active rain: Children grow up to be Realtors. Realtors have children. - 06/22/08 03:52 PM
Children grow up to be Realtors. Realtors have children.
I am a very very ,very, very young grandmother. (ha) I keep telling myself that. My g-kids go to school every day and see signs along the corridor that tell them NO FIREARMS ALLOWED. They sit and watch as schools are taken … (4 comments)
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active rain: Sorry, I don't type. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Yup. - 05/26/08 05:29 PM
Sorry, I don't type. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I can remember being so humiliated in typing class as a Freshman in high school. My classmates didn't seem to be having the same trouble as me. I sat in front of that clunky looking apparatus and I … (44 comments)
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active rain: Property Opinions? Reality of Real Estate? - 05/13/08 09:17 AM
One of the most difficult things I've found about actively working my Real Estate profession is that I need to keep my opinion to myself! This is one of the greatest things about Active Rain!
We CAN express our opinions! Now, that doesn't mean that our opinions will be popular but … (51 comments)
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active rain: ENJOY YOUR MOTHER'S DAY. ENJOY YOUR MOTHERS. - 05/10/08 02:03 AM
I just wanted to quickly tell all of my Rainer Friends to have a Happy Mother's Day! I was blessed with a mother that loved me unconditionally. She was my best friend for as far back as I can remember. I lost her in 2004 and for that I will always … (13 comments)
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active rain: Bad Words!! Dual Agency!! Bad! - 05/06/08 09:40 PM
Active Rain has had so many articles based upon dual agency recently. Dual Agency comes in many different packages. Arguments ensue about how the agent will divulge information to the other client and all this is illegal, immoral, unethical and doesn't stand a chance of being honest.
To this I must say … (22 comments)
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active rain: Please Welcome Kehaulani Kea into the Rain from Honolulu Hawaii. - 05/05/08 01:19 AM
I am anxious to introduce to you
Kehaulani Kea of Honolulu Hawaii.
On occasion, I will come across a person with such a wonderful smile I am immediately drawn to them! I am here today to introduce you to a lovely lady that just joined our Community.
Like you, I am looking forward to … (21 comments)
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active rain: Positive Attitude is No Secret. Are we hurting our Real Estate Business? - 05/03/08 06:35 PM
Do you know the Secret? Of course you do! Could you be hurting your own Real Estate business?
Such is written in our very own Ethics of Realtors.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you".
The world wants you to understand that you can create your … (63 comments)
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active rain: WIDGET WORTH WATCHING! - 04/27/08 06:48 PM
I am finding that the phrase "necessity is the mother of invention" is holding true throughout the ages. Little by little I am learning to take advantage of the incredible information here on Active Rain.
I have toyed with the idea of adding widgets to my sidebar for some time. I … (26 comments)
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active rain: LEARN HOW TO LEARN...ANYTHING...ON ACTIVE RAIN... - 04/26/08 02:35 AM
Several of Deb's Buddies have been asking, "Deb, how did you do that?" Please keep in mind that Deb does not really know what Deb is doing. Deb simply knows that Active Rain is awesome!
Active Rain is comprised of many of the most talented and brilliant "computer gurus" alive today! How does … (84 comments)
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active rain: President Bush Signs H.R. 3648 - 04/21/08 02:07 PM
This is a copy and paste I received today from Titanium Inc. I work for these folks as a Loss Mitigation Specialist. I am publishing this to help my AR buddies stay on top of things...
I think it's about the best thing he's done.
Later in the rain~Deb
President Bush Signs H.R. 3648, The … (8 comments)
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active rain: So Iconic It's Almost Ironic! - 04/21/08 12:27 AM
Active Rain has announced a new way to personalize our blog sites. How wonderful is that? They are providing the platform that allows us to point and click our way to our own personalities. I have been scouring the new "looks" of the net and they are SO Iconic it's almost ironic!
Of … (33 comments)
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active rain: Give her an inch and she'll take the tub... - 04/18/08 12:01 AM
Yes she will. I was thinking about this today.
One of the first little houses we sold for an elderly gentlemen was just empty. Now, when I say empty, I mean it was lucky to have walls.
He was a big hearted gentleman that just could no longer take care of … (36 comments)
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active rain: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER! FUN IN BANDERA... - 04/15/08 03:33 PM
FUN IN BANDERA...is what we had!
I wish we all could have had much more time together. Ricki Eichler and Judi Morgan really should be commended! What a wonderful job they did for the Active Rain crowd! It took a great deal of work and planning to pull this off Ladies! … (33 comments)
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active rain: My Real Estate Hubby chuckle... - 04/03/08 09:33 PM
My Real Estate, Car Dealing, Hubby!
This is just a quickie about my hubby. He is so funny and fun. Scott told me about his first day at the car lot (when he was very, very young) and I laughed and laughed.
My hubby was pure D hippie. Long hair, no … (39 comments)
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active rain: FSBO's digging for FREE advice? Get them listed today! - 03/28/08 02:06 AM
When a FSBO or potential one begins to ask me for advice...I listen. I access what they are concerned about and then use that to my advantage. I don't give free advice unless I expect it to pay me in the end. After I listen, I ask questions to help … (58 comments)
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active rain: I want to buy waterfront land! What do I need to know? - 03/27/08 09:25 PM
Our market, next to the water, is still in great demand. Lake Livingston Real Estate and Waterfront land is getting so difficult to find. I am finding that Lake Livingston Properties, as well as many various large waterfront communities are experiencing the very same phenomenon. At this point, it is almost … (5 comments)
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active rain: Avatar Warning! - 03/19/08 06:24 PM
Have you been intrigued by Avatars? Have you thought about how one might speak to potential clients on your Active Rain site? Has it even crossed your mind? I've really been wanting to give it a try! They are pretty amazing but you must be selective.
If you receive an invitation … (34 comments)
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active rain: I'm mad now. Better known as "mad now" disease. - 03/07/08 12:57 PM
I'm mad now and I wanna hurt somebody! As Americans we are entitled to our privacy. We are to have no Big Brother looking over our shoulders and we don't have to answer to anyone but our families and the IRS.
My hands just started shaking. That's how it affected me. My … (27 comments)
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active rain: AR and Hotel California - 02/26/08 11:15 PM
There has always been something eerie and alluring about this song. It has an addictive, lulling, magnetic draw. The haunting lyrics are sparked by a bit of fantasy of good//bad or however you want to look at it.
It’s a bit scary yet so totally appealing you really don’t want to … (28 comments)
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active rain: What's HOT about our SPOT? Lake Livingston Real Estate... - 02/21/08 09:03 PM
What's HOT about our SPOT? Lake Livingston Real Estate...
I've been asked so many times, "why would I want to live by Lake Livingston?" Now, that's quite a question. I am a Realtor and you may think my answer would be tied in to Real Estate. It is some, of course, but … (16 comments)
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active rain: Dear Active Rain, - 02/18/08 10:11 PM
Dear Active Rain, Bob, Jonathan and Matt,
I, for the very first time watched the video you have launched. It tells it like it is! Only maybe a bit too subtle. I would shout it to the rooftops...ssshh...but I don't want all my competition to find out about it! Y'all are absolutely the … (15 comments)
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active rain: COMMISSION VS COMPENSATION?? What are you worth? - 02/17/08 03:01 PM
COMMISSION VS COMPENSATION?? What are you worth?
*It's not your license that makes you a Realtor, it's the Quality of Realtor you are that earns you a license...
The power of words in today's society can help to create wealth or curtail your success in numerous ways. Part of one's success is in … (18 comments)
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active rain: SCAM ARTISTS - SCAM ARTISTS - wolves in sheep's clothing. - 02/12/08 12:34 PM
SCAM ARTISTS - SCAM ARTISTS - wolves in sheep's clothing. While reading a post by Jason Crouch, I am a WYSIWYG kind of guy who can't stand working with HTML clients. I could see how so much of what he says is true. Jason tells us that HTML clients are those … (34 comments)
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active rain: Do You Have Sometimers? - 02/10/08 03:10 AM
The true definition of Sometimers is "sporadic memory loss and brain flatulence". The Real Estate business is so detailed and crossing every T and dotting every i is critical for each and every deal. I do a pretty darned good job of keeping everything straight for my business. I wonder if it's … (61 comments)
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active rain: It began in 1918... - 01/28/08 05:38 PM
This is why I do what I do...and it began in 1918...
on a Dairy farm in Southern Indiana. Times were so different then. Life was simple and fresh and pure as a tall glass of cold milk. Many people's livings were being made by cultivating the land and what it provided. … (59 comments)
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active rain: Two More Blogs and I'm Out of Here! And, This is One of Them... - 01/06/08 12:31 AM
Or...I'm Leavin' on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again. Yes, I'm leaving. Whew. I am Audie 5000. Adios Amigo's. Ciao. Aloha. Buh Bye! Ah Biento. Later baby! Asta La Pasta! I have secrets and this is one of my favorites. I share it with you because I … (23 comments)
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active rain: We're not SENIORS! They just graduated from high school! We're America's CEO'z! - 12/04/07 09:02 PM
WE ARE NOT SENIORS! They just graduated from high school! We were all sitting down for a family dinner and the question came up, "do you want to be considered a senior citizen?" Noooooo was the reaction! Our parents were Senior Citizens. We lived through decades of change with our lives entertwined … (12 comments)
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