realtor: HELLO, TEXAS! REALTOR ROUNDUP IN SAN ANTONIO SEPT. 9-11! - 09/02/08 05:59 PM
Hey Texas Realtors!
We will see you in San Antonio and we can help you corral some buyers, TOO!
Obeo, a leading provider of full-service residential real estate online marketing products in North America, will be a vendor at the Texas REALTORS® Convention and Trade Expo September 9-11 at … (9 comments)
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realtor: HEY WISCONSIN REALTORS-FREE RE TECHNOLOGY SEMINARS-SEPT 9 AT WRA CONVENTION! - 08/27/08 05:16 PM
VERL WORKMAN-ROCKIN' REALTORS AT THE WISCONSIN REALTORS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION,
SEPT. 9th 2008!
Anyone who has seen Verl knows he will Rock your Real Estate World!
He has got a blog that keeps it real for Realtors.
NEW THIS YEAR FROM VERL
GADGETS, WIDGETS AND OTHER … (6 comments)
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realtor: UPDATE:GOLDEN! INMAN RE OLYMPICS:2008 Real Estate Pacesetter Award Goes To:... - 08/24/08 11:46 AM
OBEO! The experts in buyer behavior.
Comin' in first
The Medal Winners of the 2008 Real Estate Pacesetter Award,
were voted by the Inman Real Estate Trends Group.
Stefan Swanepoel, best selling RE author, outlined the rules for the Inman RE Olympics:
1. Innovative Web 2.0 company or … (7 comments)
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realtor: SUMMER SHORT COURSE: Real Estate Web Marketing 101 - 08/05/08 07:48 AM
Think of this as a very, very short version of summer school:
Check you ROI on your current marketing plan.
80% of home buyers are on line-, so make sure all your listings are on line.
Then, re-align your marketing budget now for fall and winter to reflect reaching that 80%.
… (3 comments)
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realtor: We briefly interrupt this blog to bring you.... - 07/16/08 04:34 PM
Hey gang-things are getting better here in Ft. Atkinson!
...and I will have some more details for you after some time off:
I will be out of the office July 17-20th returning Monday, July 21st, in the morning.
If you need to place an order, have a … (12 comments)
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realtor: GRAB YOUR BOOTS AND LEND A HAND: A WEEK IN THE WISCONSIN FLOOD - 06/19/08 02:43 PM
Neighbors don't care about floods, they care about their neighbors.
East Sherman homeowner waits for the rain to stop:Ft. Atkinson, WI: 061208
Volunteers sandbag on East Sherman in Ft. Atkinson, WI:061208
Volunteer sandbagging in the rain on East … (37 comments)
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realtor: AR MEMBER LANE BAILEY KICKS A$$!...just sayin'... - 06/05/08 01:04 PM
Lane Bailey
...and is just a down-to-earth nice guy, to boot.
Readers of his blog here at AR "Looking Out from the Garage" already know that.
ANd he has definite marketing chops we can all learn from.
After taking a look around at his whole plan, I had to … (10 comments)
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realtor: Winning is Great!-and RE/MAX RULES! - 05/20/08 09:56 AM
RE/MAX ROCKS!
Sorry this is a little late-
THANKS TO HUGE NUMBER OF YOU THAT PARTICIPATED!
But here are the winners of the OBEO-RE/MAX SCAVENGER HUNT:
ALLISON MAIDA-RE/MAX PREFERRED, MADISON-WEST WI
APRIL HAYDEN-RE/MAX 100, BROOKFIELD ,WI
Luis Carus-RE/MAX TOWNE SQUARE, MONROE, WI
Each of these … (3 comments)
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realtor: STOP TWO ON THE INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT FOR REMAX - WISCONSIN! - 05/09/08 08:37 AM
:- ) HELLO HUNTERS!
Well, RE/MAX WI Agents-here we are at the second stop for clues-
-on the RE/MAX WISCONSIN INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT!
(The hunt starts Friday MAY 9th and is limited to RE/MAX agents in WI.)
Here is what you are looking for to win your Silver Obeo tour:
-A … (7 comments)
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realtor: 30 days, disconnected phones and a hawk... - 05/06/08 07:14 PM
(SHS Photo)...after 30 days, back again!...the time was spent wisely--pounding the phone-and listening.-blasting out emails-then waiting for the replies.-turning the corporate piggy bank upside down - and asking for some tape to put nickels together to make dimes.One day after about 30 phone calls,-28 messages and 2 disconnects-I met my new … (15 comments)
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realtor: Real Estate makes my head hurt...sometimes... - 04/08/08 10:09 PM
(free brain drawing from www.clipartreview.com)
...from the WSJ...in Italy, the had to let a 400+lb criminal out of jail
Why? There was no bed in the Italian jail that could accommodate his obesity....
....and why is redoing the bathroom, where we spend the least amount of time,
has almost an equal ROI to the kitchen, where … (32 comments)
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realtor: REALTOR MAGAZINE: Best Photos, More Photos: 50% OFF DOM! - 04/07/08 10:04 PM
REALTOR MAGAZINE: Best Photos, More Photos: 50% OFF DOM!
WOW!
Okay, give your listings the chance they deserve: you know the BEST photos are the BEST first impression.
REALTOR magazine thinks so ,too:
Read on:
From the on line version from REALTOR magazine:
1 Photo = 70 DOM
20 Photos = 32 DOM
This is a no-brainer.
We all laugh our heads off … (14 comments)
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realtor: Ten Things You Know You Can Blog About: - 04/06/08 10:55 PM
1.) Your city parks - and dog parks!!!
2.) Arts programs for kids!
3.) Life-long neighborhood residents-what did it used to be like?
4.) Groundkeeper for the school sports fields-"green" real estate.
5.) A local popular cafe.
6.) Got any street musicians out in the early spring weather?
7.) … (85 comments)
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realtor: iGoogle: a great FREE tool to keep Realtors in the know! - 04/06/08 10:19 PM
Probably quite a few of you
know about and use the iGoogle feature-
in about 15 minutes, you can set up a tabbed Google homepage
(my iGoogle is pictured above)
to do just what you want it to do:
clocks in time zones, calculators, search boxes, keyword news searchs
blog searches, mapping tools, YouTube search box-
it … (26 comments)
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realtor: WOW! Blog, Broadcast,Chat and twitter all at once!!!: blogtalkradio ! - 04/04/08 07:07 PM
(Logo from their site: http://www.blogtalkradio.com)
RealEstateZebra is out there leading the pack.
Some of you may know him for his catchy B&W video
about selling a house,
but today he was covering all the bases.
He was blogcasting and taking callers at
the VAR BloggerCon today on blogtalkradio.com
A great discussion about how, why and the zen of … (8 comments)
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realtor: Wisconsin most stable in Midwest housing market!!!:WRA - 04/03/08 08:26 PM
(WRA logo from http://www.wra.org/)
Wisconsin is the most stable housing market in the Midwest!
By the numbers, from the WRA:
-Up .02 in 2007-Median home sale price;
-This WRA chart shows a slight drop in sales in 2007, but Wisconsin sales outperformed the nation in Q3 of 2007.
-Ranked 29th nationally in foreclosures, less than one … (0 comments)
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realtor: YOUR PERFECT Virtual Tour! - 04/03/08 07:24 PM
What is it?
or
What is YOUR perfect visual tour?
Full service photography? How many still photos?
How many panoramas?
What kind of features do you want?
Do you wany to be able to change the paint, carpet, cabinets and countertops?
What kind of branding?
Mapping? Satellite photos?
Interactive floorplan?
School info?
Local comps? Wish List? Download-able?
Where do you want it … (2 comments)
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realtor: Grab a life jacket and have a seat! - 04/03/08 06:57 PM
(Along the Rock River-SHS photo)
...it seems like lately,
everything is pushing the limits.
Mortgages, housing inventories, foreclosures-
Unavailable, too tight, too high or just too many to run away from.
When the river comes up, you never know what it is going to bring with it.
One thing it does bring is rich silt.
New ground to … (4 comments)
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realtor: Teresa Boardman is calling me a Weenie! - 04/02/08 06:30 PM
Dip me in mustard and put me on a stick.
Teresa Boardman, who we all know is the Mother of All Bloggers,
and an activerain member,
was Twittering away with me one day.
My silly smiling avatar had made her laugh. And laugh.
And then humanity came into play.
She called me. A small, honest connection in a big … (10 comments)
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realtor: FREE VIRTUAL TOURS FOR LIFE! - 03/31/08 09:53 PM
(Fool Image from http://www.english-blogs.com/)
Obeo is giving away free tours to all Realtors. Anywhere. Anytime. Anyone.
Forever and-never.
Simple:
If you sign up with us today,
we will offer you
FREE UNLIMITED PHOTOS FOR ALL YOUR LISTINGS PLACED AT ALL REAL ESTATE WEBSITES
FOREVER!
Never worry again about fussy sellers
wondering if their listing is being seen-
or even sold!
WE WILL BUY … (20 comments)
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realtor: Yadda, yadda, yadda.... - 03/28/08 10:57 PM
There are four points to a compass,
but 360 degrees as you go around it.
That is confusing enough.
Add in oh, say an average of 80-90 emails a day,
three or four phone calls an hour, 12 photographers scattered over a whole state and
a thousand-plus clients in your core market.
Some of you are already … (0 comments)
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realtor: Grab some ideas here and GROW! - 03/21/08 10:05 AM
...and this is free!
Glade Jones, Obeo president and CEO sits down with
Kim Ades, President of Opening Doors and Frame of Mind Coaching,
to talk about success. Having an open mind. Doing what you can do,
and getting to where you want to be.
Glade believes in his people.
I know he does. Anytime he speaks about … (3 comments)
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realtor: WRA WISCONSIN HOME SALES REPORT:DOING BETTER THAN THE NATION! - 03/18/08 06:21 PM
(Image from www.loanswithrob.com)
Sme great news in black and white from www.wra.org:
Wisconsin Home Sales Dip in 2007 But Prices Stable - State's housing news much better than nation
Date: February 14, 2008
For More Information Contact: David E. Clark, Economist C3 Statistical Solutions Inc. Office phone: 414-803-6537
Madison- Wisconsin housing sales decreased but prices increased … (6 comments)
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realtor: Your phone s***s, for the 130th time... - 03/10/08 07:19 PM
Alexander Graham Bell demonstrates an early telephone in 1876.Early Office Museum photo
(photo borrowed from www.wired.com)
Well, it's here.
Again.
-for the 130th time.
The anniversary date of the telephone.
But listen up:
Here is a chance for you to love your phone.
Not hate using it, not being able to find it, not being able to hear … (8 comments)
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realtor: You missed one million buyers... - 03/04/08 06:16 PM
...if you didn't have your listing posted at Obeo.
Over one million buyers.
They came to see quality images, and use great consumer tools like:
Obeo HomeSite - a unique, Realtor-branded website for each listing.
StyleDesigner - redecorate the listing on line-before they move in.
SpaceDesigner - move their furniture in without the backache. And move it … (16 comments)
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realtor: WHY DON'T YOU HAVE BETTER PHOTOS? - Buyers and Sellers want to know! - 03/03/08 07:52 PM
Hey, it isn't me - but, I can help with the solution.
First,
the Wall Street Journal wants to know
why you don't have better photos on your listings.
(You know who I am talking to, don't you?)
As you read this blog and the (sometimes) scathing comments
about the indifferent to outright bad photos
presented as marketing … (18 comments)
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realtor: Realtor who lost home to foreclosure reaching out to help others! - 03/03/08 06:10 PM
Frances Flynn Thorsen
wants to help homeowners keep their homes.
ANd she is keeping it real over at her Realtown blog.
In part, because she feels
it is in the best interest of homeowners, communities
-and Realtors-
to help people in distress and assist them in keeping their home,
-if at all possible.
It's also because … (4 comments)
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realtor: ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...Now? - 03/02/08 10:39 PM
...Zzz...
Sleep.
It is such a wonderful thing.
That is why we all have such a hard time
getting enough of it,
when we want it,
for how long we want to.
Sounds kind of like the current market,
doesn't it?
And, bet you never thought
sleep could be seen as an ironic activity-either!
The great thing about sleep is pretty … (8 comments)
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realtor: Realtor Top Ten Signs of Spring! - 03/01/08 09:10 PM
(Flowers from www.kaboose.com)
10.) You are shoveling snow off of ice, and your neck gets sunburnt...a little...
9.) You can get to an open house without snow shoes...or a four-wheel drive.
8.) You change your ringtone from Jingle Bell Rock to Flight of the Bumblebee.
7.) You finally get up the courage to put that … (22 comments)
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realtor: Are you the sad clown? - 02/26/08 06:05 PM
...without someone to look at your listings,
you are just a sad clown in the spotlight looking for someone to hand you a hanky.
Face it. You have to ask hard questions about your marketing program:
-who is doing this?
-is it full service?
-what are they doing for me?
-is my branding-logo,colors, … (0 comments)
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realtor: Pretty. Powerful. Realtors only. - 02/22/08 01:20 PM
Pretty, isn't it?
Pretty powerful, too.
It can take up to 30% off the time on market for your listing.
Obeo is the on line leader.
But we don't say so.
1,000,000 buyers come to Obeo every month to look at listings.
And our HomeSite and other products:
StyleDesigner
SpaceDesigner … (5 comments)
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realtor: Real Estate agents are farmers... - 02/20/08 04:10 PM
(Clipart found at istockphoto.com)
Real Estate agents are not
harvesters or sowers.
They are farmers.
They are the experts in the home ownership cycle:
consumer-centered, connected and socially networked.
This agent knows the value of free, unfettered access to information.
And adds value to a life-long relationship with their homeowner client-
Not the type of farmer you expect, … (4 comments)
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realtor: Jack-or jackette-be nimble...and be quick.... - 02/19/08 09:19 PM
(Image from http://www.alphabet-soup.net )
w0w.
I have been saying that a lot lately.
...have you?
Everything is giving me a w0w.
-and no one wants that to become
an
ow!
How many of us know someone
or a whole bunch of folks
who might think they are nimble, but have a lot of questions?
"...blogging?...where do you find the time?"
"...how many … (8 comments)
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realtor: Bilingual buyers directly to your phone - ObeoConnect - 02/18/08 08:44 AM
This is going to help you sell well in any market-
...and get a description of your listing available in English and Spanish.
ObeoConnect lets a buyer call the phone number on the sign riderto hear the description of your listing - while a text message is instantly sent to … (3 comments)
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realtor: Realtor? Photographer? Marketing? What ARE you doing? - 02/17/08 03:08 PM
I came across this video on YouTube.
Well, the images say it all.
Consumers run from a bad experience-
hasn't each of us?
This means buyers really, really, really do not like bad pictures.
Sellers like them even less, so
...it is logical to think none of us do.
Give yourself, your sellers and the buyers … (9 comments)
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realtor: A new way to look waterfront property.... - 02/16/08 05:09 PM
(Photo from Quebec Tourism)
...ice fishing has its critics.
To those critics, I say: you have to do it
year after year
for at least ten years
with two to four of your best friends and then tell me
you don't have the time or the sanity to go sit on a shack
with holes in … (10 comments)
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realtor: Where is five o'clock when you need it?..... - 02/15/08 04:57 PM
(This clock can be found at The Green Head)whew...It is Friday.4:49 where I am right now.And I am looking forward to 5 p.m after this week, let me tell YOU.Not that it's really quitting time-there is still laundry to do, dishes to wash, and by Sunday-another foot of snow to shovel.Oh … (12 comments)
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realtor: What a Realtor isn't.... - 02/13/08 05:07 PM
...a Realtor isn't the person who has all the answers:
-but a Realtor can find them.
-a Realtor isn't the person who left those muddy tracks on your carpet;
a Realtor always has those blue bunny booties for your buyers.
-a Realtor isn't the person you call to fix your home;
a Realtor is the person … (12 comments)
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realtor: Mortgage walkers: JUST a penny for your thoughts? - 02/11/08 11:28 AM
(Sign from mdforeclosurelaw.com)
....Monday all over the world!
and so are the foreclosures.
What can you do?
This began a long time ago.
There was a lot of really flexible money laying around.
And it was pretty much there for the taking-by mortgage brokers, buyers and sellers.
(...there may have been some greed involved in there somewhere, too...)
But this … (4 comments)
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realtor: iGoogle search finds "No relevant Real Estate blog content..." - 02/11/08 10:08 AM
(screen capture of iGoogle result for RE blogs)
...this has got to be a mistake.
I was setting up an iGoogle page in real-estate mode
so, you know-I could sound smart when I was blogging.
iGoogle is great - you can get a free google homepage on a topic and
have it scoop up all the news, trends and latest … (5 comments)
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realtor: Realtors vs. Winter, Round 2...Do Bermuda shorts come in Lycra? Tell Us Your Snow Story! - 02/10/08 05:14 PM
(graphic from the web-google image search)
As Mother Nature and Old Man Winter team up for Round Two
in the seasonal grudge match against Realtors and their sidekicks, the Vendors,
Rebecca Levinson stopped by at my blog here at AT and left a great post on:
how to shovel your way to success.
It is … (0 comments)
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realtor: Are you wearing Bermuda shorts in a blizzard? - 02/09/08 05:24 PM
(Photo our our back window.)Everyone has heard it - I hope:"There is no such thing as bad weather,just bad clothing."Are you ready for the next storm?How can we even think about that - we are still in the middle of the FIRST one!Are you taking notes and making a list of … (20 comments)
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realtor: "Obeo, baby-where have you been all my life?"-Greg Swann, Bloodhound Blog - 02/08/08 11:26 AM
There is no doubt that a Dog, in this case a Bloodhound, is Obeos' best friend.
Greg Swann and his merry band of no-B.S. bloggers at Bloodhound Blog always have something to howl about.
Greg, by his own admission, doesn't care for much of what is out there in virtual-visual-marketing land.
The howling on a-very … (10 comments)
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realtor: Whew...broken snowblower...snow stopped...back is ok..open houses can resume! - 02/07/08 08:21 PM
(Image found at http://www.atomstozebras.com)The snow finally stopped and we are almost back to normal....I think the7 got all eight hundred-plus cars and trucks off the interstate, anyway... Open Houses and shooting virtual tours can resume! Take a look at the date on the above radar image - it's from LAST YEAR.On February 24th.Mother Nature … (5 comments)
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realtor: Facebook Group for Realtors Shut Down! - 02/07/08 10:36 AM
Inman news reports on this right now.
It really points out a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, even if you are in the same garden!
And that there is value in protecting the REALTOR trademark.
But there seems to be a small disconnect - how many Realtors would be real if … (2 comments)
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realtor: Dig out, dig in, dig deep... - 02/06/08 10:03 PM
(snow shovels available at http://www.moabsports.com/)...well, Wisconsin will be open tomorrow,probably running three hours late.Theresa and I spent two hours digging out over a foot of the white stuffyou like to see at Christmas, and start to get annoyed with about this time of year.But digging out is a lot easier than digging in … (16 comments)
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realtor: Pretty. Powerful. Realtors Only. - 02/04/08 02:38 PM
Pretty, isn't it?Pretty powerful, too.It can take up to 30% off the time on market for your listing.Obeo is the on line leader.But we don't say so.1,000,000 buyers come to Obeo every month to look at listings. And our HomeSite and other products:StyleDesignerSpaceDesignerObeoConnectkeep the buyers coming back.To you.The Realtor. The expert in … (15 comments)
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realtor: Don't let Spring ambush you... - 02/03/08 06:18 PM
(Groundhog found via google at www.students.haverford.edu) It is here and gone. Groundhog Day. But don't let the sun catch you off guard in six weeks! Winter will still be with us for a long, long time. Perfect timing! What better opportunity to take a look at what usually happens in the Spring real estate market: Sellers are going … (10 comments)
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realtor: Ow Ow Ow... - 01/28/08 10:21 PM
(http://www.owiecream.com/)
...well, let's face it:
-the economy might be past the point of having Mommy kiss it and make it all better.
But people still move everyday.
They have to sell their homes every day.
They gotta buy another home somewhere else every day.
The banks are flooded with funds and the interest rates are so low-
you … (11 comments)
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realtor: Crisp. Refreshing. Smooth...Monday? - 01/27/08 10:27 PM
Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.
...pass me the last can of Weekend, please.
Still, no objections here to Sunday, especially Sunday night.
My personal favorite - now that I am (a bit) older.
There is always a great dinner: the … (6 comments)
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realtor: Philly Gal meets Midwestern Guy and moves HIM to Madison, Wisconsin: A Short Fable - 01/26/08 09:12 PM
Madison, WI Skyline-What a long, strange trip it's been.And it ain't over yet.Our journey continues: Theresa, my wife, got a horrifically great job offer about nine years ago after looking around on the internet.She was due.The offer to become the design and operations manager for a start-up furniture company in Madison, Wi. was … (0 comments)
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realtor: The middle word in blogging is"ogg"... - 01/25/08 08:30 PM
...in fact, it is the only word that needs bling to make it blogging.Words are like that, and on a flat piece of paper or on a screen in an email, they are very easily dressed up.With what we feel-what we think the other person might be feeling.What we read into … (5 comments)
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realtor: My Buyers are WHERE? - 01/24/08 07:38 PM
(found at http://www.leehansen.com/ - thanks!)Pick a direction, any direction.You will find your buyers.But how many? Qualified? Ready to purchase, relocate or renovate?Bridge or build?Are you ready for your buyers when they find you? How do I get ready for that, you say?Social networking. The new no-brainer for all Realtors. Take a … (4 comments)
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realtor: Why me? Why now? Why not? - 01/22/08 03:58 PM
No email.No internet.Limited phone service.For almost two days at the WRA Winter Convention in Lac du Flambeau, WI.Diogenes got nothing on me.After spending the past two days wandering around the conference with my laptop open, looking every bit the beggar I was, I made it to my email. I had been … (2 comments)
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realtor: A Latino Realtor Speaks-With Passion... - 01/16/08 08:03 PM
William Arce is a true real estate professional -and one with a lot of passion and concern for those currently caught up in the volatile marketplace.
His is the the Leading Spanish Language Information Real Estate Portal in the US :
http://www.realestatelatino.com/
I first met him over at http://www.wannanetwork.com/, and he sent this to me, asking me to … (2 comments)
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realtor: Eating the Elephant, 2.0 Bites at a Time... - 01/15/08 07:11 PM
(Photo by Anna Grist at Stock Xchng)
All I can say is WoW!
Who is THAT Hungry?
Most Realtors are - or should be, or are gonna be really fast, this year.
There are those meandering and grazing in the bloggosphere that are having a hard time stepping up to their new diet.
I might say to … (1 comments)
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realtor: Soft Skills for Hard Times:Blogging, Social Networking and On Line Communities - 01/14/08 03:30 PM
Let's all get together and learn about the New Marketplace: it's easier to work in than you think!
Referrals, networking, leads, branding - it happens pretty fast and you should know where you're going-and why!
The New Marketplace: Hard Knowledge for Soft SkillsBlogging, Social Networking and On Line Communities
January 29th, 2008
1:30-3:30 PM … (2 comments)
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realtor: Realtors wanna have FUN! - 01/10/08 10:06 AM
"w0w."
Noted dead-panner Ben Stein has it down.
A total pro at non-reaction, he realizes getting too excited about anything can lead to the need to curb yourself.
...but Realtors wanna have FUN!
And they can in this or ANY market.
Here are some great ways to have fun as they year-and the market-get rolling:
-Always … (0 comments)
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realtor: Google Ranks Top Snack Food for Realtors! - 10/05/07 10:21 AM
Just a little Friday Fun:
Click Here to see Google Rank the favorite snack food of Realtors!
Take a bite and pass it on!
Obeoman
steven.stearns@obeo.com
(This was also a huge hit over at the Inman Wiki, with agents, brokers and all fans of real estate-
Obeo is a low-fat, high profit … (5 comments)
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