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HAVE A WINDERFUL DAY!!!...The Only Thing I Can Say Under The Circumstances! - 08/26/11 06:45 PM
HAVE A WINDERFUL DAY!!!..The only thing I can say under the circumstances!
NO BATTERIES FOR YOU!!!
I just got back form the stores looking for batteries--none left anywhere out here! I looked for straps this morning or bungie cords too, so I could tie down my lawn furniture---no such luck!!! This was a full 2 days before the hurricane is expected to hit out here in the Hamptons!!
Ahh well, it may be a good sign? I am going to hunker down and just wait it out---without a radio, perhaps and with out elecricity--it will be quite interesting!
I wish all … (8 comments)
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What Do you Have to Lose???.....How About Everything? - 08/24/11 06:07 PM
What Do you Have To Lose???...How About Everything?
What do you do if you can't handle a situation, a shaky deal that is about to go South? a buyer who wants a house but does not step up to the plate? A deal that is contingent on financing and is about to be rejected? What do you do?
Since we are in a very different real estate market today, it is critical that we ask for help from those who may know how to handle something that we are having difficulty with. We don't know where our next buyer or seller is coming from---so … (67 comments)
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HOW DO YOU MEASURE YOUR SUCCESS?.....Many Real estate Agents Measure It only through their commission checks!!! - 08/20/11 09:06 PM
HOW DO YOU MEASURE YOUR SUCCESS?...Many Real Estate agents measure it only through their commission checks!!!
We are in a very different profession today--after this recession, tolerance for the abusive agent who thinks they are better than anyone else is GONE! No more room for ill-treatment of agents who work so hard for the sellers; and no more working for sellers who are not happy about paying the agents!
No, this real estate market is like no other! Short-cuts don't work; give-away fees are no longer the way you survive. Good, hard work is what is needed now--A good reputation, a positive … (81 comments)
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DO YOU WANT A PIECE OF THE LOCAL ADVERTISING PIE?..... BETTER GRAB IT!!!! - 08/17/11 06:55 PM
DO YOU WANT A PIECE OF THE LOCAL ADVERTISING PIE?...... BETTER GRAB IT!!!
I hear that great numbers of Realtors are completely out of the print advertising business!....Not that they are thinking about it or analyzing it or even doing research on if they should do it or not---no! They are completely out of the print advertising business.
REASONS TO NOT DO PRINT ADS ARE: "too expensive", "my customers only use the internet", "print ads never pull!" or "print ads are dead!"
REASONS TO DO PRINTS ADS ARE: You can present yourself and your listings in your own market place; become the "local expert" … (25 comments)
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WHAT DO I DO NOW???....How Do I Go Forward On This Roller-Coaster Ride?? - 08/16/11 07:29 AM
WHAT DO I DO NOW???....How Do I Go Forward On This Roller-Coaster Ride??
I asked myself that this morning---after I ran through my day in my mind and thought about the things that have not happened even with all my hard work and effort...
I asked myself: "What can I do now? What can I do that will create a more stable and concrete business for myself? I came to some conclusions that I thought I would share here on ActiveRain..maybe it will help some other agent who is wondering the same thing right now. Maybe with all the chaos, the … (14 comments)
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DOES GOOGLE + MAKE THIS HAPPEN???....Please tell me, (if you know)!!! - 08/15/11 11:22 AM
DOES GOOGLE + MAKE THIS HAPPEN???....Please tell me (if you know)...I can't see why or how, but when someone Googles Prudential Southampton to get the office phone number---they get me!!! Now, I am not complaining---just have a lot of my fellow agents asking me things like: "How did you do that?" or " Paula must be paying someone off!"...and various and sundry other not-so-nice remarks...my manager came into my office the other day and said "Are you busy?", and I got so paranoid, thinking: "Is he asking because he thinks I am getting all the up calls?" ....and "I wonder if I … (22 comments)
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WHAT DOES THE VENUE OF VIOLENCE IN LONDON HAVE TO DO WITH US??....The Same Social Media Phenomenon May Already Be here!!! - 08/10/11 10:18 PM
WHAT DOES THE VENUE OF VIOLENCE IN LONDON HAVE TO DO WITH US??....The same Social Media Phenomenon May Already Be Here!
In London tonight, there were interviews of some these young thugs who are creating the awful chaos in the streets in several cities in Briton. What is the reason they are doing this? "We want our taxes back"...says one woman: "It's the rich that are causing this---we want to show the rich that we can do anything we want to do!"...and:"We want the same things that others have"! These are poor people, unemployed; most of who live in a city that feeds them, clothes them … (22 comments)
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A BIG DOSE OF REAL ESTATE REALITY!...What would You Have Done In This Situation? - 08/02/11 09:59 PM
A BIG dose of REAL ESTATE Reality!...and it shook me out of a day dream! WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE IN THIS SITUATION???
I thought I was actually going to get a full priced offer on a wonderful house in Southampton Village, the "hot" place to be this summer. I met the buyer and her agent 4 days ago and the showing went very well. The agent called me right away after the showing, to tell me the buyer was VERY interested in the house and would be making an offer in the next day or so---just wanted to do some due-diligence beforehand.
I made sure the … (27 comments)
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THE "MONKEY ON YOUR BACK" JUST MAY BE SOCIAL NETWORKING! - 08/02/11 05:30 AM
THE "MONKEY ON YOUR BACK" MAY JUST BE SOCIAL NETWORKING!
I watched 60 Minutes Sunday night and on the show one of the topics was how the new illustrated "Slots" with illuminated, interactive screens , instant responses (up to 30,000 an hour) along with the intensity of the users focus was found to be highly addictive--Brain researchers measured the brain waves of subjects as they used these new gambling machines and found some very troubling results. Their findings were that the reaction was so intense with brain stimualtion affecting the same parts of the brain as what is found in heroine addicts brains! The "slots" readings were so active on … (38 comments)
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MARKET MADNESS.....Where Do You See the markets Heading, Now That We Have A "Deal"?? - 08/01/11 05:34 AM
MARKET MADNESS....Where do you see the markets heading, now that we have a "Deal"???
I got up early today, just to see if we were still among the living! The living markets, I mean. Do we have a chance at NOT being downgraded and becoming a second rate country in the world of finance? Are we going to survive in this chaos created out of of overspending and a lack of austerity in these most difficult and complicated of times?
I wanted to see what the overseas markets were doing and if they responded well or poorly to our weak attempt to … (6 comments)
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OLD POSTS NEVER DIE; THEY JUST FADE AWAY!...Have You Looked At Your First Blog Post Lately??? - 08/01/11 04:46 AM
OLD POSTS NEVER DIE; THEY JUST FADE AWAY!...Have You Looked At Your First Blog Post Lately???
My very first blog post was not easy. ...As you all know, it is very hard to sit down for the first time, face the computerand put down something of consequence. I thought this morning, as I sat down to write a post: "Maybe I need to review what I have written in the past...maybe something will trigger a new post.
Well, THAT was a thought that triggered a whole lot of stuff--especially my own inability to want to go back and read what … (13 comments)
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Paula Hathaway, Sr. Licensed Broker Assoc.
Southampton,
NY
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