smart girl: Introducing NaplesSmartGirl.com! - 08/15/08 07:20 PM
NaplesSmartGirl.com is now LIVE! This is the domain name I chose to set up my new Active Rain outside blog. The whole process was easy and took just a tiny bit of effort. In fact, if it hadn't been for my loser wireless Internet connection (since I am "vacationing" in … (18 comments)
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smart girl: Shannon's Real Estate Connect Recap - 07/25/08 10:02 AM
Here are my top 10 most notable points of Inman Connect through my eyes.
10. Social Media is the new "Big Thing": Not that I'm unfamiliar with social media. I'm familiar. I just wasn't as wired in about social media as I probably should be. For example, I've had a … (48 comments)
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smart girl: Yep, I'm still here selling Naples, Florida! - 06/21/08 04:31 PM
As my close followers know...I study my website hits constantly. Oh, I am ridiculously addicted to wanting to know who's looking at what page and how they're finding my site, what keywords they're using, which search engines, how long they're surfing around. I just think it is so interesting. It also helps … (5 comments)
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smart girl: A Few Steps Ahead Of The Game... - 06/21/08 03:45 PM
When working through real estate transactions it pays to look past today and think ahead a little bit to insure a successful and happy closing for all parties involved:
For example:
I recently had a Naples condo under contract. Because there were tenants in place the buyer (my client) wanted to … (2 comments)
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smart girl: Need A Rug? - 06/16/08 01:29 PM
Then you must make a stop at Rug Decor located at 8002 Mediterranean Dr. Estero Florida. This store is quite simply a terrific rug shopping experience!
Here's how it went for me:
My husband and I still burdened with the task of completing our newly remodeled home are in the process … (8 comments)
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smart girl: Who's Your Buyer? - 06/06/08 11:08 PM
When we're working with the seller, hey, at least we know where they live. But, let's talk about the buyer for a minute. How many of us "know who our buyer is"? When I sold real estate in Texas, there wasn't really any hocus pocus that went down but when I … (9 comments)
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smart girl: What's Your Dream? - 06/05/08 10:32 PM
What's your dream? Remember the movie "Pretty Woman"? There's a guy known as "happy man" who says, Welcome to Hollywood! What's your dream? Everybody comes here; this is Hollywood, land of dreams. Some dreams come true, some don't; but keep on dreamin' - this is Hollywood. Always time to dream, so … (22 comments)
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smart girl: Is Naples, Florida A Good Place To Relocate And Sell Real Estate? - 06/04/08 08:35 PM
Here's a question asked by a fellow "Rainer" in an email to me today:
Hey Shannon.. my name is **** and I am with *** in **, **. I have seen your blogs and stories and thought I would ask a question if you don't mind. We here in ** have turned what … (1 comments)
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smart girl: Blogging Attitudes Are Evolving! - 05/31/08 11:36 AM
I remember less than a year ago sitting down with my fabulous broker and having a chat about Naples real estate. I recall distinctively him telling me that the future of real estate marketing was in blogging and as he continued I sat quietly...completely skeptical. I remember asking...really? Why? Who … (75 comments)
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smart girl: Naples Renters Are Coming, Naples Renters Are Coming! - 05/29/08 09:34 PM
One of the trends I've noticed lately is the increase in number of rental searches that have been occurring on my Naples, Florida website. So I can actually feel some of you think, oh how would you know!
Well, it's all in the search terms my friends. For example just today I saw:
Avalon at Pelican … (2 comments)
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smart girl: We're Past The Point Of Convenience...Get It On! - 05/28/08 12:32 PM
You gotta love people's sense of urgency sometimes. When I received a call today about scheduling an appointment for an appraisal on a property regarding a deal requiring full loan approval by Friday, my convenience of getting you in the door, although sweet to consider, is really a mute point.
Would … (17 comments)
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smart girl: Brett Arends, Do Your Wall Street Journal Readers A Favor! - 05/22/08 03:56 PM
As promised in my last post, Naples, Florida has recently had a visit by a Wall Street Journal reporter by the name of Brett Arends. As expected, he has made Naples sound more like a devastation spot instead of the destination spot that Naples is which by any measure is no … (9 comments)
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smart girl: Naples, Florida Real Estate Secrets You Should Know! - 05/20/08 04:03 PM
According to a colleague of mine, a reporter from a very well known newspaper is coming tomorrow to interview someone in my office about Naples, Florida real estate. This should be a good thing because even negative press is press and well, you can ask Paris Hilton or Britney Spears negative press … (4 comments)
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smart girl: Naples, Florida Buyers Say And Do The Craziest Things! - 05/19/08 06:24 PM
You gotta wonder what goes on in the minds of the people we come across. For example, I should be on my 3rd week of hibernation had this years' real estate traffic turned out to be like last years' traffic but no, I'm still really busy with existing and new customers just … (5 comments)
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smart girl: Confidence - Too Much Or Not Enough Can Hurt! - 05/16/08 12:25 PM
How's your confidence? When we're doing great it ROCKS, when we're not doing so well...well, it can be a little more challenging to maintain. Is it you, is it me, is it the economy? All of those second guesses start taking place.
When you have a "healthy" confidence, everything shines towards … (9 comments)
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smart girl: Seriously, Can We Talk? - 05/15/08 10:25 AM
A successful showing agent knows when to talk, when to shut up, when to be available for questions and when to step back to allow their buyers to talk about what they're looking at.
An interesting thing happened a couple of days ago when I was showing some customers from Sweden. … (32 comments)
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smart girl: "I Can't Disclose That" Is Not Helping You Or Your Seller Part 2 - 05/12/08 04:56 PM
Back in March I wrote a post called: "I Can't Disclose That" Is Not Helping You Or Your Seller. This turned out to be a pretty controversial post when you review the comment section. For those of you who don't want to go back and read that post I'll summarize it for you.
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smart girl: Naples, Florida Real Estate & Zillow - 05/01/08 04:40 PM
There's no mystery that Zillow has had their fair share of challenges when attempting to accurately provide real estate estimates for Naples, Florida real estate. But before anyone gets too excited, this is not a Zillow bashing post...just an update. Besides, I'd like to give a special high five to that … (7 comments)
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smart girl: Biltmore at Bay Colony Yesterday & Today! - 04/28/08 03:58 PM
If you were one of the first people to purchase in the Biltmore at Bay Colony, you made a smart investment.
According to the Collier County tax records the lowest priced unit to ever sell in Biltmore was only $815,000. I'm sure back in 1997 when the building opened that … (2 comments)
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smart girl: Pelican Bay Naples, Florida ~ I'd Buy It! - 04/28/08 08:34 AM
A couple of months ago I reported that perhaps the prices in Pelican Bay were going up. I made that report because there were several Pelican Bay neighborhoods where the lowest priced properties were either under contract or sold and the next properties available were significantly higher in price.
Now taking a … (2 comments)
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