Abandon all hope, Ye who enter Atlanta's roads... - 10/30/07 03:27 PM
Tomorrow is Halloween. Don't drive. Seriously, the scariest thing in Atlanta tomorrow will be the traffic.
It won't be bad in the morning, but coming home will NOT be fun. After about 2:00, until around 9:00, the highways and side streets will be crazy. It won't just be the little pirates … (2 comments)
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Blog Anthology, Posts 106-115 - 10/30/07 11:07 AM
What? Only 10 posts this time? What's up, Lane?Well, I have just about caught up. After the ten I present today, the posts are from the Blog Anthology. Going forward, I will try to summarize every two weeks or so. I was just a slacker for the last few months. As … (0 comments)
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Blog Anthology, Posts 91-105 - 10/29/07 09:43 AM
I can't believe that I have had to write 7 of these. Ok, I knew how many posts I had, but until I started reading through everything to get this anthology done, it really didn't hit me how much material there was here.There is no doubt that the majority of the … (0 comments)
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Blog Anthology, Posts 76-90 - 10/28/07 12:59 PM
Sixth part? Yep.My "other" post on September 11th was P is for Pictures. With the importance of the internet for consumers looking for homes, the presentation is more important than ever before. Previously, I showed bad pictures... this time I went for the good ones.A lot of people on Active Rain … (8 comments)
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Blog Anthology, Posts 61-75 - 10/27/07 09:37 AM
Part V... will it ever end?On my "other" blog, at Active Rain, I had written a post about generating ideas for blog posts. Well, one of those ideas was to do an A-Z series. So, I did.A is for Appraisal covers the basics about Appraisals, CMAs, CMSs and BPOs. They all … (11 comments)
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Blog Anthology, Posts 46-60 - 10/26/07 11:14 AM
Part IV. Lots of posts...This time we'll start with It's time for the IRS to GO! I'm a supporter of the FairTax, so I laid out the case in response to the news story about the guy that caught Barry Bonds' record-breaking home run. Fun, huh?If you don't know, I created … (2 comments)
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Blog Anthology, Posts 31-45 - 10/25/07 10:51 AM
Part 3 of my 1,000,000 part series... If you have liked something I wrote, this will give you an little easier time finding something else that might inform or entertain you. All of these posts are tagged with "blog anthology."It might be a little dry for those outside of the profession, … (3 comments)
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Blog Anthology, Posts 16-30 - 10/25/07 10:47 AM
Welcome to part 2 of my anthology of previous blog posts. The purpose is to give a quick reference to the older posts for newer readers. All of these posts are tagged with "blog anthology." If you click on that link to the right, you will get all of these … (0 comments)
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Blog Anthology, Posts 1-15 - 10/25/07 10:43 AM
I know that in the earliest days of this blog, there weren’t many readers. And, while there are a couple more readers now, there are a LOT of old posts out there. I just wanted to provide a quick reference so that one can go through and find the posts … (0 comments)
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Web progressions - 10/24/07 02:50 PM
I got to thinking after responding to a post, and I thought I would expand upon that and write a whole new post.
Gayle Rogers points out the drawbacks of a company website for real estate practitioners in her post Websites that Your Company Provides. She outlines her experience with building … (8 comments)
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The Bachelor and the real estate market - 10/23/07 12:33 PM
Once again, I am going to zip off on a tangent, and then bring it back to real estate and allow something that is seemingly unrelated teach me a lesson about real estate.
The other night, after watching Christina Applegate in Samantha Who?, The Bachelor came on. I didn't watch all … (7 comments)
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Blog post anthology - 10/22/07 02:39 PM
I have been blogging here since June, and on my "other platform" since July. I have a lot of posts... over 150 here, and over 100 on Blogger. For those that have been reading me for only a short period of time, that might be interested in other things I have … (4 comments)
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Zero-tolerance = zero-brain - 10/22/07 02:25 PM
>>Time for a non real estate related rant<<
I am SO tired of hearing stories like this. So, I am going to toss out the controversial statement right out in the front so that people that comment without reading much won't have any trouble finding it.
Zero tolerance policies, whether from schools … (4 comments)
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I have a Six Pack... I just have it covered with a... - 10/21/07 03:37 PM
protective coating...
>>Please note, the cat is not mine... I don't even like cats, but that thing is SERIOUSLY fat. Hover over the pic for the attribution.<<
Chris Griffith asked that we go back and look over our blogs to look for our favorites...
So, going back over my previous posts looking for my … (11 comments)
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Do something crazy - 10/19/07 10:15 PM
I have Life's Little Instruction Book and firmly believe that it contains some great points. There are a couple that stick out to me... all of the time.
Own a house with a fireplace. In the last 15 years, every house I have owned has had a fireplace. I think I … (16 comments)
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Wandering through the DoJ website... - 10/19/07 03:02 PM
What is it going to take to make them happy? Did someone at the DoJ have an unsatisfactory experience with a real estate agent? Or is it simply that they know our approval ratings are down there with our Democrat led Congress (which would love to have even the dismal ratings … (2 comments)
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Does advertising need to be "good" to be effective? - 10/18/07 02:12 PM
Since I am in the process of getting my new website together, I have been on the track of marketing and advertising. I know that good SEO will bring some folks in, but I also know that if I don't market and advertise the site, it won't get the traffic it … (8 comments)
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The New (real estate business) World Order - 10/17/07 03:18 PM
Real Estate as a business is changing all of the time and on multiple fronts. Whether one is an agent, buyer, seller, investor, or support person there have been many changes over the last several years, and there will be many more changes. For buyers, the biggest change is the greater … (0 comments)
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Market update for Gwinnett County, August 2007 (revised with notes) - 10/17/07 01:03 PM
I need to change the format on these numbers just a bit. I have been trying to put out the market report around the 15th of the month for the previous month (10/15 for Sept., for example). However, the numbers have been changing so dramatically that I am seeing changes … (0 comments)
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What is a better investment? - 10/17/07 11:48 AM
I was up late, and caught a little bit of the Nightline episode where they featured a "bubble blogger" in California. One of the statements he made was that housing was not a good investment compared to the stock market over the last 30 years. That line was screaming at me. … (5 comments)
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On droughts and mussels - 10/16/07 12:33 PM
Ok, we have hit the point where one has to live under a rock to not have heard about the drought in the Southeast. It is a real problem. But there are a few things that don't seem to be getting the play that they should.
The Army Corps of Engineers … (0 comments)
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The law of unintended (and invisible) consequences - 10/14/07 09:11 PM
That isn't what I meant...
It happens all of the time. We mean well, but the results of an action reverberate and come back ugly and in a different direction. The examples are numerous. I'll start with a few that aren't real estate related, but then tie it up in a … (2 comments)
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Buyers are Liars... or not so much - 10/14/07 03:15 AM
I know, I know. It is one of those pervasive statements in real estate. Everyone in the business says it.
Buyers are liars.
But, are they really? I don't think so. My buyers tell me exactly what they want, and then they buy it. When they don't, I eventually figure out I'm … (42 comments)
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Multiple unit open houses? - 10/13/07 03:37 PM
Have any of you set up open houses so that a bunch of different units are held open at the same time? The listing that I have in Midtown Atlanta is one of nine units for sale in the complex. I'm thinking that if all of us with listing have an … (4 comments)
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Where does this guy get his data? - 10/12/07 12:44 PM
I just can't help myself...
I just ran across this little release from the NAR. Basically, the CEO of Countrywide says that the subprime mortgage mess could widen the home ownership gap between whites and minorities. However, in the same daily brief, the NAR sent out this piece as well. it states … (6 comments)
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What Technology is absolutely imperative? - 10/12/07 11:54 AM
I'm (still) in the midst of writing my technology plan. Of course, the options are daunting and plentiful. I have adopted some technologies, but even those are going to require me to get real training to fully implement. Keep in mind that I work primarily from home, and only visit my … (16 comments)
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What to read, what to read? - 10/12/07 09:38 AM
I just went out and got two more books yesterday. I needed more books like I needed another hole in my head, but I guess I wanted another hole in my head. Right now, my To Read List includes:
Professional JoomlaReal Estate Presentations That Make MillionsRealty BloggingReal Estate Rainmaker: Guide to Online … (5 comments)
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Brittany, Owen, Lindsay, Kiefer, Paris... give me a call - 10/12/07 09:26 AM
OK, this is NOT real estate related, but I just have to say it.
Owen Wilson was looking to hire someone to be his friend. Kiefer apparently couldn't afford a cab a couple of weeks ago. Lindsay and Brittany... what does one say? Paris?
I feel really bad for these people. … (0 comments)
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Calling one developer... you don't know who you are yet... - 10/11/07 03:43 PM
I must admit that I was a bit amazed at the reaction to my last post. On Active Rain, it received a Feature within an hour of being posted. It was also one of my most viewed and commented blog entires. I was shocked that the comments weren't closer to the … (4 comments)
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If you lived here you'd be drag racing... or rock crawling... or road racing! - 10/09/07 10:12 PM
I just answered a question on another board about marketing a drag racing track that is for sale. I just couldn't help but hit a flight of fancy over it. I started to think of some of the unique, but also fairly popular concepts that I have run across over the … (19 comments)
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Free, Free, FREE... Nifty open source photo editor - 10/08/07 07:04 PM
So, without getting real wordy about how I came across this (it all has to do with the new website), let me tell you about a cool open source photo-editor I just came across.
It is called the GIMP. That stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. GNU is one of the … (22 comments)
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Ahh, relaxed... ok, sorta relaxed - 10/07/07 11:26 PM
Some people like to watch baseball. Others think that basketball is what makes life worth living. I like things that involve a little more octane. From Thursday (Oct. 4th) through Sunday (Oct. 7th) my 4 wheel drive club ran registration for the Southern Four Wheel Drive Association.
Sunburned, fried, frozen, tired … (3 comments)
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X Prize - 10/03/07 12:38 AM
So, how many of you have heard of this? The X Prize.
Back when I wrote the A-Z series, it was my back up plan for the letter X. Currently, it doesn't have much relevance to real estate, but one day it might.
The original X Prize was $10,000,000 to be … (4 comments)
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It's about the Garage! - 10/02/07 01:20 PM
I just had the opportunity to wander through the October issue of REALTOR(R) magazine. Cars and Cable caught my eye (pg. 14). As I had previously mentioned in a blog post in July, oversized garages made a pretty good showing. Second place.
Now, before you go gloating about second place, keep … (13 comments)
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Lane's crazy idea of the day - 10/01/07 11:22 PM
Barely after midnight, and I have already had my best crazy idea of the day...
In almost every form of motorsport, the drivers are festooned with the names of all of their benefactors. As Kurt Busch stands in Victory Lane, chugging a Coke, wearing a Miller hat, and holding a quart of … (3 comments)
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Imputed income - 10/01/07 11:08 PM
Familiar?
Let me give you a quick idea of what it is. Keep in mind that I am not a tax professional, or a lawyer... just a real estate agent.
I guess the easiest way to say it is that it is phantom income. For our current purposes, let's look at … (2 comments)
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Dear Mr. & Mrs. Unrealistic Seller - 10/01/07 10:36 AM
I just wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know that it will be OK. I'm going to come out to give you a listing presentation in a little while. I don't want you to freak out or anything, so I am letting you know what I will … (96 comments)
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