industry: Selling Your Soul For Success? - 03/29/11 03:53 AM
I'm happy for your success.
I love knowing when people around me, people I like, are being successful.  I love a good rags to riches success story.  I love the triumph of a person who sets their sights on success and reaches (and often surpasses) their goals.
ActiveRain success stories are always great and I've written them myself.  Recently though, I've found myself struggling with the thought of the success stories being posted on the main page.  Each story is accompanied by a smiling agent holding the check they received after their success story wrapped up.  There's everything from referral stories … (19 comments)

industry: The Hip Roof - For Real Estate Agents by Real Estate Agents - 02/27/11 10:46 AM
All these agents under one Hip Roof.
The Hip Roof is here.  A website for real estate agents, built and maintained by real estate agents.  No vendors, no advertisers, no agendas.  A place to share your real estate knowledge, learn something new, discuss the latest trends, and talk shop.  A place that you can call home.  A place that has only just begun to get started.
What can you expect from The Hip Roof?  Webinars, training, advice, opinions, knowledge, and networking - all from real estate agents who want to share their experiences and learn from each other.
The Hip Roof … (16 comments)

industry: Action/Reaction and the Principals of How We Treat Prospetive Clients - 12/21/09 10:15 PM

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You'll need to do some homework.
In order for this post to make much sense, you'll need to read up first.  Please read Larry and Sheila Agranoff's post "Should We Even Respond To This One?" (a featured post from 12/21/09) - if you're not a member of ActiveRain, the post will not come up for you as it is marked "Members Only."  Be sure to read through the comments as this is what my post is based on.
So what would you do?
I hope you left a comment while you over there, but let … (32 comments)

industry: BlogWorld 2009: The secrets of Las Vegas are not so secret anymore. - 10/19/09 07:44 AM

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It already feels like it was weeks ago.
I landed in San Antonio late last night from my trip to BlogWorld 2009.  This morning it already feels like it was a long time ago.  So much fun had in such a short space of time always seems to make it feel like the distant past a lot quicker.  To say it was a blast would be to lie.  It was more than a blast.  Seeing friends, meeting new ones, listening to some of the best and brightest, and toying with new products for a few days … (36 comments)

industry: The post that just kept growing and growing and growing... - 06/07/09 05:47 AM

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A post in reply to a post in reply to a post in reply to a post.
Every so often on ActiveRain, a single post becomes larger than life and spawns new posts that feed off of each other.  I love the idea of these posts taking on new life and expanding the topic deeper and wider each time.  This post is no exception.
It all started when...
Carol Culkin posted "Get A Job? - Realtors Who Have To Do, What They Have To Do..." dealing with the idea of agents having to moonlight or … (47 comments)

industry: It's Time To Bury This Monster. - 03/24/09 02:32 PM

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I read something the other day and a crusade was born.
I am going to kill something.  I am going to bury it so deep in the ground the world will forget it ever existed.  I am going to see to it that it is destroyed and removed from this world.  I am on a mission and none of you can stop me.  I am not an angry person in general, but I have reached my limit and the only answer is that it has to pay.  And its death is the only way to resolve … (18 comments)