active rain: The Active Rain Survival Kit!!!!!!!!!! - 07/22/08 10:29 AM
I've been here for 1.5 years. I love it. I thought I'd share my few pearls of wisdom that'll help you learn quicker than I learned. This past weekend, I asked an fairly straightforward question that evolved into a sub bloggin post of it's own. Members started to get cross against … (18 comments)
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active rain: Quitters Never Win - - - Winners Never Quit - 07/15/08 11:37 PM
My buddy who works with me, worked with me for a number of years when we were all together at Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo, is a company that keeps chugging forward. They morphed from Norwest to Wells and appear to be stronger than ever before. Countrywide blew up. I speak with … (10 comments)
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active rain: 300th post - 07/05/08 10:11 PM
Too cool....1.5 years on AR and now I've hit my 300th post. Wish I had something profound to say, but after 300 posts, I'm really lax on any cogent and tangible new thoughts. I could say that I have some great friends and that my life is so great b/c of … (12 comments)
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active rain: Raining Cash on AR!!!! - 06/10/08 11:10 AM
Wow...2 deals in 2 weeks? This is insane. First housing starts are up 6.3% this month, then I come into the office and I get a message that went something like this...
HI, THIS IS JOE BLOW, AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT GETTING A LOAN, CALL ME AT … (40 comments)
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active rain: Walking by Faith in the Rain - 06/01/08 10:14 PM
Hugh invited me yesterday to joing this group. I love a place for Christian fellowship. However, I'm writing because my wife and I have ourselves been tested for over two years as to be walking by faith. Kinda funny b/c my wife and I had a long conversation this evening obout … (21 comments)
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active rain: AR creates PROFITABLE relationships too!!!! - 05/20/08 08:19 AM
In my first year on AR it's bee a blast. I have created many relationships. I have people with whom I grown quite fond of. My favorites being in no particular order:
Ryan is the fun guy that is living in the wrong area. He needs to be hanging with me, … (19 comments)
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active rain: 100,000 Points in under a year! 3rd in Illinois to Achieve this - 04/03/08 05:10 PM
Well, I finally hit it.
I was going to make this a spectacular post and reminisce about how great it is to hit 100,000 points in just under 9 months.
I was going to talk about all of the great friendships as well as some young and growing relations that I've made … (18 comments)
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active rain: Want to Score Points on Active Rain - - - Follow the Rules - 03/20/08 10:35 PM
I love writing. I recieved a degree in English and Literature and Communications when I was in College. This translates to great things in AR as well. I get to serve my writing fetish by trying to post something of value. Whether it valuable to me or others is for the … (29 comments)
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active rain: Technical Assistance - Part II IPOD help with Podcasts - 03/11/08 10:50 PM
I see podcasts being used for educational purposes. I love them. My question is this. I'll find free podcasts on the web. How do I get them transferred over to my IPOD? Is it one step? Do I have to save it to my computer first? Can I get my Itunes … (2 comments)
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active rain: What's wrong with being #3 or do I hire a hit man? - 03/11/08 08:50 AM
AR people say that they belong for the fun. That it's not about the points. It's not about the rankings. I say that's a bunch of BS. It's about relationships, fun, the love of writing, the competition and the points. I think that it's all of it. I was a literature … (30 comments)
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active rain: John Stossel - - we need you here!!! GIVE ME A BREAK! - 03/07/08 07:06 AM
I spend two days last week getting my continuing education (C.E.). During the 16 hours of CE, there was a section on appraisals. Now I know that appraising is a contributing factor to this whole subprime and lending fallout....but it's not the predominant reason...just a CONTRIBUTING factor.
Having said that I found out that WAMU … (8 comments)
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active rain: Variables of AR Blogging Success - 02/23/08 10:38 AM
OK....so here it is. I've written over 200 blogs on AR. Some I've just whipped up as a free association thought and I've gotten over 40 comments. I've also put a lot of thought and research into a certain post and got a big zero as far as comments.
I was … (9 comments)
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active rain: Half way to 100000- - - - 49,999 points....A personal milestone - 10/06/07 09:46 PM
I think that it's only fitting that I write a nice long post about how I got here and what this all means to me. I'm not going to because of 2 reasons:
1) I'm on vacation....need I say anything more?
2) I'm only 1/2 of the way to 100,000
I've had a lot … (5 comments)
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active rain: Favorite Writers....Favorite Bloggers - 09/30/07 11:29 PM
Hey Active Rainer's....who is your favorite person to read and why? I have subscribed to a select few people to read. Here are my criteria....
1) Good balance between personal and business...in other words not shoving crap down my throat...
2) Don't shove crap down my throat!
3) Good personality....I'm so weird that … (5 comments)
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active rain: How do you become INACTIVE on "Active" Rain???? - 09/27/07 09:57 PM
Pretty simple, pretty straightforward? Why do I ask? There are people that I've seen within my county that now show as "profile is no longer active". So I got to a wondering....what is the trigger that makes you inactiver? Is there a length of time that you don't post or comment … (11 comments)
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active rain: 100th POST....Different than 40,000 Points - 09/17/07 11:34 PM
Just last week I wrote 40,000 Points - - Where's my medal?. I was sooooooo pleased. Actually it's been a lot of fun and a lot of hard work, but there were and are a million benefits. Just tdoay when I was writing....I realized that this is my 100th post. Yeah....gross, … (13 comments)
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active rain: 40,000 Points - - Where's my medal? - 09/12/07 10:55 PM
Wow...what a ride....I joined in June and in just a few short months, it feels like I've written 1.3 million comments. . . 600,000 blogs and have read about 10,000,000 blogs, comments and posts. Let me just say this....I've, for the most part, had fun getting there. Maybe 40,000 is not … (12 comments)
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active rain: MEME and MYMY 4TH of JULY - 07/03/07 09:23 PM
All I hear is "I thought Jeff Belonger" was a great guy and blah, blah, blah. I'm ready for the 4th of July. My wife is ready to have a baby (hoepfully on the 4th) and I get slimed....I mean MEME'd by Tony Gallegos...http://activerain.com/blogsview/135769/And-I-Thought-Jeff....Gross.....
OK...I'm a boring dude....not really, but I do … (6 comments)
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active rain: Largest One Day AR Point Record!!!!! - 06/29/07 08:04 AM
Points, Points, Points.....When it comes to scoring of points I have a question....I had a banner day one day when I scored almost 2,000 points in one day. I know that we're all in blogging just for the graciousness of who we are...and to inform each other....and to dialogue....but I, yes me....have a … (6 comments)
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active rain: Any Great Active Rain Relationships blooming out there? - 06/09/07 11:55 PM
OK...my mind wandered last night and I thought of some of the wierd things that has happened since I joined Active Rain a little over a month ago. I have picked up 4 new deals....and that is such a great bi-product of AR....
I got to thinking about these new transactions and … (13 comments)
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active rain: Proactively moving ahead? - 05/07/07 08:48 AM
In this business you are working constantly. I like to think of myself as a very balanced individual. Having said that, as a married father of 4 I have found out that working at home (to be proactive) is impossible. My kids are 8,6,4, and 2. My wife is pregnant with … (4 comments)
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