activerain: AAA Properties and YourEastsideBroker is Moving Up at ActiveRain - 12/02/06 10:40 AM
AAA Properties is moving up here at ActiveRain. We have Brio Realty and the number 2 spot in Bellevue in our sights. We are always looking for mutually beneficial partnerships and love to build our referral network.
Please be sure to contact us if you would like to advertise your listings or … (2 comments)
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activerain: Mandated Seller Warranties - 12/01/06 10:29 PM
The Utah Division of Real Estate is changing our Approved" REPC. The biggest change that I hear is coming is the removal of the "Seller Warranties". Currently in the contract the seller warrants some items in the home to be "fit for their intended use". Those include the roof and foundation … (6 comments)
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activerain: Some tips for Newbie Mortgage Brokers... - 12/01/06 10:39 AM
I was talking to a friend earlier this morning and we were laughing about the 'Good old days'.
(not too long ago really)
And we went over some of the things we wished we knew then - that we know are so important now.
I don't know about YOUR state but frankly, in some states, … (9 comments)
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activerain: Disappearing Garlic Shrimp - 12/01/06 10:28 AM
How many ways can you cook shrimp?
1 pound large cooked shrimpjuice and zest of 1 lemon2 TBS olive oil2 cloves garlic, minced1 TBS chopped fresh parsley1 TBS chopped fresh dill1/4 tsp saltFresh ground pepper to tasteCombine ingredients and refrigerate 2-3 hours
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activerain: Top member referrers in november - 12/01/06 04:19 AM
I was up late tonight so I decided to look at which member's referred the most people to ActiveRain in the month of November. So without further ado, here are the top 3 (who will receive bonus points):
Tony Marriott
49 members referred
Nima "The Mortgage Man"
45 members referred
Suzanne Marriott
26 members referred
Thanks again to … (19 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain member 10K!!! - 11/30/06 01:51 PM
It looks like ActiveRain just crossed a major milestone. We just had our 10,000th activated profile on the ActiveRain Real Estate Network. Andrea Ambrose referred the member number 10k and got a whole bunch of bonus points.
Thanks again to our members to continuing to make the ActiveRain Real Estate Network a … (45 comments)
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activerain: Time to Vent: Realtors - find Lenders you can trust and Lenders - let's work on weeding out the GARBAGE in our own ranks! - 11/30/06 01:10 PM
I can't believe what just happened....
A Broker friend of mine just lost a sale because the Buyer couldn't get financed - not the worst thing, but this all happened because the Pre-Approval was BS! The Buyer thought she really qualified for the loan.
We write about Pre-Quals and Pre-Approvals all the time - … (16 comments)
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activerain: Protocol on "Rate This Post"? - 11/30/06 12:15 PM
Without tarnishing myself, let me admit I've finally started rating the posts I comment on. So from the more seasoned AR associates. What's the rating protocol? Is it objective or subjective or a combination? I'm considering a minimum criteria for a 3 and then personal opinion up or down from there. … (9 comments)
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activerain: There seems to be a little confusion regarding Interest-Only loans.... - 11/30/06 11:44 AM
In the past few weeks I have seen several comments that have made Interest-Only loans seem horrible - It sounds like a lot of people have gotten them confused with the Minimum Payment choice available with Option ARMs.
They are 2 completely different things!
When you make a 'typical' mortgage payment, the amount … (13 comments)
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activerain: Holiday Wassail - 11/30/06 11:30 AM
This is quick, easy and very good...
Ingredients
2 Cups water 2 Cups granulated sugar4 Cinnamon sticks8 whole clovesSome Allspice balls, I use 8I cup lemon juice2 cups orange juice2 qts water1 tsp Almond flavoringsliced orangesPreparation
Add the first five ingredients to a medium sauce pan and bring to a boil then simmer for 30 … (2 comments)
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activerain: Alder Plank Salmon - 11/30/06 11:19 AM
I left thois as a comment on Carole Cohens What Do You Include In Your Yearly Thanksgiving Feast?. But thought I'd add it as my first post to the group.
Ingredients
1 Alder plank1 whole side of Salmon, I usually use CostcoLemon Pepper, Lemon & Herb, or DillBrown sugar
Preparation
Soak the plank for at … (1 comments)
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activerain: Better Than Thanksgiving Leftovers: Don't Forget to Submit to the Carnival of ActiveRain - 11/29/06 11:19 AM
Just a quick reminder that the deadline for November's Carnival of ActiveRain is Friday Night at Midnight. This could be your big chance to have instant blogging fame, so take a quick peak through your November posts and see what you've got. This month we are focusing on blogs written for … (25 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain - The Early Days (July 1-10, 2006) - 11/28/06 12:12 PM
For sometime now, I've been wanting to go through ActiveRain's blog archives to see what members where writing about since before I joined in late August. I decided to get started this past weekend and I've decided to share my findings with you in a series of posts. I guess you … (40 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain groups (beta) - Feedback and issues - 11/28/06 11:38 AM
This morning we pushed up a beta for the groups functionality on ActiveRain. It's still pretty rough but we like to just put stuff out there, so we can get feedback and quickly improve on it. Please let us know what you think and if you have any suggestions. A couples … (65 comments)
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activerain: A Team will take you to a Higher Level... - 11/28/06 10:34 AM
There comes a point in time in every Real Estate professional's career when they are tired of "doing it all". At that point, they look to take their business to another level, either to create more income, more balance in their life, or both. When you find yourself in this situation, you must … (2 comments)
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activerain: What is the 1 question that you DON'T want to ask your Mortgage Broker? - 11/28/06 08:53 AM
Now- before you get the wrong idea, you can and should ask your Real Estate Agent and your Mortgage Broker any and all questions you have - and if they don't seem to want to answer them and / or educate you, you MAY want to consider using someone else!! … (5 comments)
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activerain: Looks like ActiveRain got a anniversary present - 11/27/06 10:13 PM
As I mentioned yesterday it was just ActiveRain's six month anniversary. It looks like Google provided a nice little present. A minor update happened sometime in the last couple days and we started to climb up in the ranking for some competitive keyterms terms. Not the major jump I'm expecting sometime in the next … (17 comments)
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activerain: Welcome Winter Residents to Phoenix - 11/27/06 07:25 PM
Here's a quick weather update for all of you who think Phoenix is too hot for you to live here - Today's high was an extraordinarily, absolutely wonderful 68degrees. WOW! Last week it hit 89 - an all time high, but today was beautiful!
It makes waking up in the morning almost … (1 comments)
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activerain: Carnival of ActiveRain: November Edition - 11/27/06 04:50 PM
Last month we held the Inaugural Edition of the Carnival of ActiveRain. For those of you new to Blog Carnivals, they are essentially contests where the host chooses his or her favorite posts from those submitted. Last month our contest was from the top section of the ActiveRain categories, blogs focusing … (51 comments)
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activerain: Share The Rain - 11/27/06 04:05 PM
Membership Bonus
As we near the 10K mark we’re offering a 75 point bonus (Total points awarded will be 100.) for activated members that result directly from your inviting others. This will be in effect for all activated profiles from now and up to Monday December 4th at noon Pacific Standard Time.
… (26 comments)
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activerain: And Growing! - 11/27/06 03:58 PM
10,000 Coming soon.
The ActiveRain Real Estate Network has been in existence for just about six months now, and today we are quickly nearing the 10K mark for activated member profiles. This represents nearly 10,000 individuals and companies from across the United States and Canada who are benefiting from the … (11 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain, Thank You for Making us Rainmakers - 11/26/06 10:18 PM
Thank you, ActiveRain.
You have helped us all become Rainmakers. You have offered to us a means by which we can attract new clients to our services. You have helped us become recognized experts in our fields.
You have opened up avenues to help us constantly learn more about our professions. We have … (5 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain turns 6 months old today - 11/26/06 07:34 PM
It's official, today is the ActiveRain Real Estate Network's six month anniversary. We launched the network way back on May 26th, 2006. Back then we were barely more that a glorifiied real estate directory with basic scoring system. There was no bloging, forums or community. It's been pretty amazing how far things have progressed … (59 comments)
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activerain: Major ActiveRain feature release - Tuesday morning - 11/26/06 05:39 PM
We are doing a large release of new features on ActiveRain.com very early Tuesday morning (4:00 am PST). The main item in this release will be the beta launch of Groups on ActiveRain.
For several months it has become very clear that for ActiveRain to continue growing there needs to be a way for … (42 comments)
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activerain: Brokerage Relationships - Transaction Brokers - 11/25/06 07:29 AM
Good Morning!
This morning's post is being written to clear up some confusion that seems to exist about representation of both sides of a Real Estate transaction.
DISCLAIMERS:
Keep in mind that I'm basing this on Florida law, your state may be different. I am talking about Residential transactions not Commercial.Also, I am … (24 comments)
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activerain: Speaking at Real Estate Connect NYC - 11/24/06 01:19 PM
It looks like Inman News recently updated their information on the Inman Real Estate Connect NYC conference. I feel lucky to have been invited to speak on the subject "How Can Social Networking Lift Real Estate?" Also on the social networking panel will be Craig Newmark (founder of CraigsList), Niki Scevak (CEO of … (33 comments)
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activerain: Thankful for the Rain - 11/23/06 05:21 PM
Thanksgiving weekend is always a great time to slow down, spend some quality time with family and friends, and watch lots of football (thanks to the NFL for three games today!). It's also a chance to reflect on the past year and look to the year ahead. Some of the reasons … (16 comments)
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activerain: HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE! - 11/23/06 03:58 PM
Just wanted to say what I'm cyber-thankful for... ACTIVERAIN.COM!!!
and of course, all the people who make it such an EXCELLENT resource!
Thanks to ALL OF YOU who contribute to this very educational and insightful community. Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!
Janet D. Patrick
… (6 comments)
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activerain: Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone on ActiveRain! - 11/22/06 10:46 AM
I've been on here for about 2 months now and the experience has been great.
I've blogged with, talked to and met more people because of this site than I could have in average day-to-day operations.
I've contacted people that I hope to meet in the future and I've also gained a few … (6 comments)
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activerain: What I Like About ActiveRain.com - 11/22/06 09:43 AM
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I want to wish all a great holiday. I have a lot to be thankful for: a great family, good health, great clients and a fantastic market to work in all make the list - but the list is long.
I am also thankful for ActiveRain.com - a … (2 comments)
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activerain: I don't want to sell during the holidays..... - 11/21/06 10:45 AM
Here is some tips on helping yopur clients decide whether to list now or wait until Spring. It's been helpful in our market.
Serious Buyers - Although activity certainly slows, most people looking to buy at this time of year are particularly serious and very likely facing some sort of deadline. Motivation is high. Less … (2 comments)
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activerain: A few more terms that should raise a flag!! - 11/21/06 10:21 AM
A lot has been posted lately about words and/or phrases that Customers need to look out for.
Yael Warman's post from yesterday was great and it featured a long list of things that the NAR's Program for Compliance defines as "Dangerous". If you haven't already read it, you should.
Not only do we in the business … (36 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain week in review #3 - 11/20/06 04:17 PM
This is the third edition of the ActiveRain week in review where we'll highlight some of the most discussed topics and blog posts made during the last week. You can find an archive of the past week in reviews here. Feel free to repost the ActiveRain week in review on your non ActiveRain … (35 comments)
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activerain: Know the nose? Forget the nose. Nobody should nose about the nose. - 11/19/06 08:27 PM
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT...
There has been an on going search for the Reala Stager, Craig Schiller's nose. It seems it has turned up missing. Active Rainers have been looking for it from coast to coast. It has been spotted in the North Pole, but after extensive questioning, Rudolf was proved innocent of nose … (26 comments)
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activerain: I do miss New York! - 11/19/06 01:45 PM
Hello everyone-
A lot of us on ActiveRain have wirtten posts about where we live now, this one is about where I'm from - and will probably go back to!
This was sent to me today by some old friends from NY. Now, I'm from Far Rockaway, so I do take a bit … (23 comments)
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activerain: CONTEST: BEST MARKETING TOOL - 11/17/06 05:45 PM
The ActiveRain community has so many great suggestions on how to attract more listings that I thought it would be fun for us to see who has the best, most creative and most effective marketing tools or approaches to get new clients.
Submit your ideas below, and comment if you see one … (0 comments)
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activerain: Kids Can't Even Play TAG! - 11/17/06 11:07 AM
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby … (2 comments)
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activerain: PODCAST: ActiveRain speaks out on social networking and much more - 11/17/06 10:31 AM
Want the dish on the folks behind ActiveRain? REBlogGirl sits down with Matt Heatton and Jonathan Washurn of AR and gets the scoop on where this growing social network is headed and even finds out what Matt's nickname in highschool was. Check out the podcast on RSS Pieces and you will … (9 comments)
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activerain: Wonderful way to start off the morning! - 11/17/06 06:17 AM
I've only read two posts so far this morning and I'm shocked at some of the stuff I read!
The posts themselves were great - the stories were really horrible.
The fact that people in our business act like this make me sick. We've all written about it, hopefully working together on these … (12 comments)
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activerain: REWARD IF FOUND! - 11/15/06 06:04 AM
LOST: One slightly used Red Nose
Last scene in: Tutas Town
If FOUND please contact: Reala the Staging Clown
Reward: Please make your suggestions in "Comments" section below.
I really miss my honker, beak, schnozola, sniffer, booger barn, snout, smeller, muzzle, snorer, trunk, and/or proboscis. Won't you please help? Reala is here just a cryin' in the rain!
… (37 comments)
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activerain: Finding Friends... Playing in the Rain - 11/15/06 05:18 AM
In life I have been "trained" to think that the world is big and cold and impersonal. And I have been lead to believe that technology removes the personal touch. I have come to believe that "Computers are cold and impersonal replacing people" often infering that people are being "removed" from our lives.
Well something … (19 comments)
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activerain: Mr. Smith goes to Las Vegas - 11/14/06 10:46 PM
Pubcon, the Search Engine Opitimization convention sponsored by Webmaster World kicked off today. I got to meet some of my online friends for the first time, including AR's own Ken Smith. We met the day before the conference at one of my favorite buffets at the Orleans.
This site is about … (11 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain week in review #2 - 11/14/06 05:38 PM
Last week we did the first ActiveRain week in review to highlight particular events and posts during the previous week on ActiveRain. I was so busy at the NAR conference I didn't have a chance to do one for this last week but I noticed that Bryant Tutas was kind enough … (9 comments)
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activerain: How About a Blog Tour: The November Edition - 11/14/06 07:30 AM
Crazy as it sounds, I maintain two blogs. The other blog, miOaklandCounty.com is slightly more local in flavor, but some of the content appears both places. Since I joined ActiveRain, I've been exposed to many more people maintaining two (or more Toby Boyce) blogs. And we've all got different approaches to … (53 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain-The Good the Bad and the Ugly. - 11/13/06 04:26 PM
I don't know if you guys have noticed, but what an awesome week we have had on ActiveRain. Man, I love this place! Here is a list of some of my favorite ActiveRain moments. And of course, my favorite picture-Craig Schiller.
We've had:
Scandal:
Blog rating manipulation and effects. Matt HeatonA few bad … (49 comments)
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activerain: 200th Post - 11/11/06 09:29 PM
I meant to put up a special post for number 100, but I missed the boat. Earlier today I had a great idea for this post. I sat down at my desk, waited anxiously for my pc to boot. I clicked internet explorer, clicked my link to ar and .... couldn't … (27 comments)
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activerain: NAR Convention News - 11/11/06 07:15 PM
The morning started with an 8 am meeting of ActiveRainers at the convention center. Matt and Jon were there from ActiveRain, and it was great to meet, talk and question them in person. Mary McKnight and Bill French were there, and decided they agreed on most things and as Bill said, … (10 comments)
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activerain: This Clown gets a Carnival and I owe it to being Active in the Rain - 11/11/06 09:34 AM
You gotta admit one of the GREAT things you can say about Matt and Active Rain is if you DIDN'T know what the heck a blog was, you sure will in a very short time. If you got kids... you might even be able to stand proud, puff out your chest and … (43 comments)
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activerain: Snow Gods, Sun Gods and Rain Gods? - 11/09/06 07:46 PM
Growing up in Washington there are three Gods that people pray to on a regular basis, Snow Gods, Sun Gods and the Rain Gods. In the Northwest, there are many people who worship the Sun Gods because the bright object in the day can disappear for months. The Rain Gods make their present … (2 comments)
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activerain: Plug In To ActiveRain; Connect To Your Market - 11/09/06 06:20 PM
Many real estate sales people, especially sellers agents focus on a specific geographic area to target their sales and marketing efforts.
Regardless of your station in this industry, my feeling is that this sort of marketing is over all one of the best strategies for approaching your audience. Choosing a designated market, … (17 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain's Place - 11/09/06 12:59 PM
The connections between real estate industry professionals are what has made this industry strong and viable. Through various associations, meetings, and MLS systems this industry has created a strong value proposition for consumers by offering well educated, well connected professionals who are able to be an advocate for the consumer with … (25 comments)
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activerain: Cyberprofessionals and ActiveRain - 11/09/06 11:26 AM
30 or so Cyberprofessionals are here in New Orleans for our semi-annual meeting. A highlight of this meeting is our 15 Minutes of Fame. Each of us has 15 minutes to present to the group our latest new ideas, new Cyber tools, out of the box marketing ideas, new niches, etc. … (3 comments)
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activerain: A couple of ActiveRain changes - 11/09/06 10:42 AM
Early this morning we put up several small enhancements to the ActiveRain system. Ben pushes them live at about 4:00 am well before I'm awake, so I'm just now writting the post about them.
1. We added a hit counter to blogs as suggested by numerous people. This hit counter displays at … (39 comments)
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activerain: Active Rain - The next phase - 11/08/06 06:47 PM
It the last few months Active Rain has made some impressive leaps. In the last 6 months, the network has grown to almost 9,000 members. A truly phenominal accomplishment considering the number of networking sites that have popped up in the last few months. The site now has 29,400 pages indexed … (7 comments)
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activerain: So, where is "The Lovely Wife?" - 11/07/06 03:47 PM
My morning started out as usual today. I woke up around 8 pm and rolled over and grabbed my laptop. As I normally do, I checked my E-mails and then opened up ActiveRain to check the new postings. And Lo and behold! "The Lovely Wife" was off the dashboard. I got … (50 comments)
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activerain: Using Networking Sites (Myspace, Facebook, ActiveRain, etc.) Effectively - 11/07/06 11:03 AM
Many people are just being introduced to networking sites, and are using them to connect with prospective clients. This post offers some tips for how to avoid the dreaded "SPAMMER!" accusations that some people are all too ready to slap you in the face with. Personally, I would rather be hit … (13 comments)
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activerain: "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head!" - Life on the Kitsap Peninsula - 11/06/06 02:06 PM
Okay, so we get a bad rap for the amount of annual rainfall we get here in the Pacific Northwest. I guess you could say that our ActiveRain is pretty darn active! (Well, why do you think it's so green around here, huh?)
However, while we do experience a rather significant amount of … (5 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain week in review #1 - 11/06/06 12:36 PM
I thought that it would be kinda cool to do a little recap of different things that happened on ActiveRain and blog themes that seemed to be running through the week. With so many posts getting made and 10-20 being featured each day A LOT of great posts get missed. I'll … (38 comments)
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activerain: A blogging experiment of matrix proportions: Sellsius Real Estate Blog - 11/06/06 12:26 PM
Boo! We're back.
Some of you may have noticed that we have not written a single post or commented anywhere in the blogosphere for the last 7 days. Why? That's a good question. Are we crazy? Some may think so. Unfortunately, we're not. Well maybe just a little.
Being the … (33 comments)
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activerain: My 'Next' Town - Juno Beach, Florida - 11/06/06 07:47 AM
In yesterday's post: My Town - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, I mentioned that PBG, unfortunately, didn't go all the way east to the ocean.
Luckily, this is only a minor problem because the next town over (actually ENE) is right on the water.
Juno Beach is a small town right on the Atlantic Ocean that has … (4 comments)
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activerain: BRING US BACK TO THE FUTURE... an invitation to all AR bloggers. - 11/06/06 06:47 AM
We all have been there... worked hard on a blog early on in our Active Rain blog careers only to see them fizzle and go nowhere.
You know the blog... the one that was well thought out, well written, sharing your wisdom and insight. BUT once posted somehow it went nowhere and just to become a drip of … (14 comments)
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activerain: Another Plug For ActiveRain! - 11/05/06 01:50 PM
Another mention of ActiveRain! This time in the Honolulu Star Bulletin Secrets to Success column. It touches on social networking and how small communities rather than the large social networks can be more efficient for reaching your audience. Even though it is just a link, it is another great … (0 comments)
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activerain: My Town - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - 11/05/06 01:23 PM
I'm originally from New York (Far Rockaway) but I've been in Florida for several years now.
Currently I live in Palm Beach Gardens - a small, roughly 56 sq mile city in Palm Beach County.
Up until 1959 PBG consisted of mostly cattle ranches, pine forest and some swamp land. True luxury!
But things improved-
The … (10 comments)
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activerain: My Comments - 11/05/06 05:31 AM
Did anyone else notice the new link on the left side of our MY HOME page? Just under My Blogs, is My Comments. Click on this and you'll see a list of all the comments you've made, including the title of the blog and the name of the blogger. Nice addition, … (2 comments)
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activerain: Kristal Kraft reaches 100,000 point summit on ActiveRain - 11/05/06 12:21 AM
Congratulations to Kristal Kraft, a Berkshire Group agent from Denver, CO for reaching the 100,000 point level on ActiveRain! Kristal did it with 282 blog entries (including 42 featured posts), nearly 2000 comments, and by inviting 32 other members to ActiveRain. Kristal's blogs have run the gamut - from relocation, to arts and culture, transportation, and new construction … (49 comments)
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activerain: LOOKS like it is beginning to look a lot like ....Rain.! - 11/04/06 05:22 PM
It’s RAINING it’s Poring! Check out the flow! Ah the sweet smell of Rain. Active RAIN that is...
This is really taking off and picking up momentum. We definitely want to see this baby grow. I found this on Alexa.com I thought it would be interesting to everyone.
You can click on … (4 comments)
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activerain: A vendors guide to ActiveRain - 11/04/06 04:22 PM
Many people may have noticed we have several vendors of various products/services here on ActiveRain. For example we have several that have been active contributors to this community such as:
Advanced Access - Web site provider
Bill French - Consultant MyST Technology Partners, Inc.
Mary McKnight - Blogging technology and consulting
Rodney Rumford - Real Estate Buzz Box
Barry … (24 comments)
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activerain: Abbreviations - 11/04/06 07:23 AM
Whether we're writing ads or flyers or blogs, we shouldn't take the easy way out and use abbreviations. Do we want to buy a 3BR 2BA 2GA with FP or do we want to buy the home that has a glowing fireplace in the living room? Do we want to figure … (7 comments)
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activerain: Carnival of ActiveRain: Off Topic/Humor - 11/04/06 04:36 AM
Last night the Tomato completed deliberations over the Off Topic/Humor Category for the Carnival of ActiveRain. Like the rest of the hosting panel, The Tomato was faced with a difficult decision and some very fine reading material. So, without further ado, fresh from the Tomato's vine...(drum roll please...)
The winner is Linda … (22 comments)
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activerain: 2007 real estate conventions in Las Vegas - 11/03/06 08:36 PM
The real estate industry is meeting in Las Vegas in 2007! Here's a list of some of the conventions that are scheduled:
CRS Sell-A-Bration, Jan 31-Feb 2, MGM GrandKeller Williams Family Reunion, February 12-15, Mandalay BayRealty Executives Annual Convention, March 3-6, Caesar's PalaceCentury 21 International Convention, March 12-15, Mandalay BayAppraisal Institute, June … (2 comments)
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activerain: Write-up about ActiveRain at realtor.org - 11/03/06 04:34 PM
Bob Stewart of Brio Realty sent me a link to an article he just found today on NAR's website realtor.org.
It's called "A web 2.0 Sampler: YouTube, ActiveRain and iTV" and like the title implies, it describes three web 2.0 companies that are impacting the online real estate space. It feels pretty good … (29 comments)
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activerain: Correlation between points and agent quality - 11/02/06 01:38 PM
A couple days ago Donna Harris made a post (members only) about how she had picked up a new client from ActiveRain. The client was looking for an agent and figured that since she was ranked #1 in Texas in terms of points that she must know what she was talking about. … (12 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain And The Real World - 11/01/06 09:15 PM
Rich's blog tonight about "The Karma of Comments" made me think about my own evolution in this blogging business. I'd made a rudimentary effort at it for awhile, but couldn't seem to treat it with the same sense of immediacy that the rest of my business so often demands. It was only coming here … (7 comments)
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activerain: Last Call! Enter the Carnival of ActiveRain - 11/01/06 11:00 AM
We have some great entries for the Carnival of ActiveRain. But its not too late to participate.
Those of you who are waiting, don't be shy. Send in an entry. Caleb Mardini is offering some bonus points to the winners, and a few of our hosts have said that they will write … (18 comments)
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activerain: Days To Remember, No worries, no pressure ! - 10/31/06 11:55 PM
Those old days to remember in Mexico, I remember so well everything that we did with family and friends, Mexico culture it is quiet different and great too. No offense, but I like many things of Mexico, The food, friendships, traditions, culture, social life. In Mexico everything goes slow and … (6 comments)
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activerain: Categorizing posts for the consumer audience - 10/31/06 09:01 PM
As I mentioned in a previous blog post "The consumer connection" we are beginning to find new ways to target content at the consumer audience and ultimately drive more business to our members. Central to this effort is being able to properly categorize consumer oriented posts regionally. These consumer oriented posts … (23 comments)
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activerain: The consumer connection - 10/31/06 08:37 PM
As a home buyer myself, I found it extremely frustrating to the search the Internet for real estate information. Due to the proliferation of IDX style home searches it has now become easy to find home listings. And, of course there is no shortage of sites promising to provide me with the value … (8 comments)
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activerain: Blog Comments: Thorns amongst the flowers. - 10/30/06 10:47 PM
When I posted my “Little Orphan Rodney” blog this morning I never thought it would create such a firestorm of comments.
I been so inspired by the spirit of kindness and generosity on Active Rain that I try hard to make my voice here be a voice of inclusion, a voice a … (10 comments)
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activerain: Inman news article uses ActiveRain as a source (again...) - 10/30/06 04:18 PM
Caleb, just forwarded me a link to an article titles "What to do when buyers won't make a move" (registration may be required) Like several recent articles, Inman news has used ActiveRain members as sources. In fact many members will probably recognize all 3 pictures in the article, as AR members. Inman is … (6 comments)
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activerain: Active Rain, is there a cure? - 10/27/06 10:31 PM
Hi my name is Michael DeMello and I'm addicted to ActiveRain. I can see it now, standing in front of fellow users trying to figure out a way to pry myself away from the computer and the activerain website. Having some as a sponsor.
When I joined I never thought It would … (11 comments)
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activerain: The excitement is brewing - 10/27/06 08:00 PM
This morning I got back from a quick, two day trip down to San Francisco. It was one of those wirlwind affairs trying to meet with a lot of different people in a short amount of time. There is definetly a strong buzz growing in the industry about what is happening here … (17 comments)
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activerain: Teri Isner first to 100,000 points on ActiveRain - 10/26/06 04:36 PM
Congratulations to Teri Isner, a Keller Williams agent from Orlando, FL for being the first on ActiveRain to reach the 100,000 point level! Teri did it with over 300 blog entries, over 1600 comments, and by inviting 37 other members to ActiveRain. Teri also helped organize the ActiveRain meeting at NAR in … (16 comments)
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activerain: Confessions from an Ex.... - 10/25/06 04:21 PM
..........mortgage lender, that is.
Ted Janusz, ex-broker, and brave soul, uncovers the shady lending tactics and kick-backs within the lending industry in his new book KickBack: Confessions of mortgage salesman. It should make for an interesting read; it's on my list! With all this talk lately here on ActiveRain about fraudulent lending practices, I thought … (4 comments)
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activerain: Town Names: Sounds Like A Nice Place To Live - 10/24/06 09:27 PM
What's in a name?
We had a visitor from Niceville, Florida and thought, that sounds like a nice place to live. So we searched for some more interesting town names. And here's what we found.
Do you have any others?
Niceville, Florida
Pleasantville, Wisconsin
Paradise, California
Hell, Michigan
Kill Devil Hills, … (11 comments)
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activerain: Carnival of ActiveRain - 10/24/06 08:48 PM
The new ActiveRain category updates gave me a little idea. This post has been sitting in my Writely.com account until Christine Forgione's post today helped me to realize where I want to go with it. Many of you are familiar with Blog Carnivals. For those of you who are new to … (42 comments)
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activerain: Active Rain Contest - 10/24/06 06:03 PM
I'm sure quite a few of the members will be attending Halloween parties this weekend. We haven't had a contest in a while (speaking of which, any word on when the graphic contest winner will be announced?). So I was thinking, what if we had a costume contest? Members send in … (70 comments)
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activerain: The ICK Factor and Bathroom Basics - 10/24/06 09:07 AM
Never has there been a room that can have a larger impact on a buyer than the bathroom. It’s a room of such intimate exposure and can often display what I call “The ICK Factor”.Here’s a checklist to keep your listings on track:- Replace the plastic shower liner and wash the … (5 comments)
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activerain: Reaching Out - 10/23/06 05:11 PM
For some time now ActiveRain has been working toward bettering your experience on The Network and helping you connect with each other. Through your suggestions we have made a very large list of updates and changes. We continually work on this and as we see it this is a never ending … (25 comments)
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activerain: Another Person Conned by the 'Discount' Folks! - 10/23/06 01:27 PM
JUST HOW MUCH BULL DO PEOPLE WANT TO DEAL WITH!!!
There have been a lot of posts lately about scams in the Real Estate and Financing sides of the business. I think that the majority of people here in AR are very concerned about cleaning things up - the only way we … (8 comments)
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activerain: You Hard Drive is so slow? - 10/22/06 07:58 PM
I am wondering how many of you delete bunch of files, write, re-write, install software, remove software and receive a lot of emails in outlook inbox? I bet that many of you are suffering from this disease.
If you are not giving a proper maintance to your hard drive at least once … (0 comments)
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activerain: Active Rain Pushes More Updates - 10/22/06 06:51 PM
The latest upgrade I have seen is the MyHome section of a users profile. It is nice to see the break down of blog posts, comments (made and recieved) and how many G-stars I have recieved. I like it.
Also there are major updates when it comes to the state homepage, example WA … (9 comments)
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activerain: DISCUSSION: My ActiveRain Profile, Networking, and Referrals - 10/22/06 01:52 PM
Someone asked me recently why I have so many different Associates categories (on the left of everyone's profile) - see the screen-shot example below.
When I see a real estate agent who is active and posts intelligent, quality blog entries and comments on other blogs and who has what I consider … (9 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain in the news...... - 10/22/06 12:41 AM
The article is titled, Is home shopping on the Internet making the Realtor obsolete?
Here is the exerpt;
This new trend may be the driving factor behind other real estate oriented Web sites popping up. Activerain.com is a very similar in concept to Myspace.com, but the networking community is … (14 comments)
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activerain: Blog categories - Where should I put my post? - 10/21/06 02:33 PM
Here's a description of the various categories blog posts can be put assist others in finding them. There is no requirement to add a post to a category, or sub category. If you don't feel you post fits in one of the categories don't add it, people can still view your … (34 comments)
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activerain: New blog categories and regional blog display - 10/21/06 01:50 PM
About 3:00 am PST the proposed blog category changes went into effect. Instead of the previous 5 categories there are two main categories, "For Real Estate Professionals" and "For Consumers" each with a set of sub categories. This new category system is to help people efficiently find the posts they want … (21 comments)
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activerain: New consumer-friendly links on ActiveRain - 10/21/06 12:57 PM
Have you noticed the new navigation enhancements on ActiveRain? Click on any state from the map on the home page, and then in the left-hand margin there are these links:
InformationNews and EventsMarket ReportsBlogged Listings
Users can even drill down to the county and city level in those categories. This is a great … (7 comments)
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activerain: "CHEERS" to new marketing opportunities for stagers! - 10/19/06 08:26 PM
So if you have not figured it out yet... I have a BIG mouth.
I would rather share what I know and NEW THINGS I have learned about staging then hold it as a trade secret. WHY? Because the staging industry is young and the faster we all share what we … (29 comments)
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activerain: Proposed blog category changes - 10/19/06 02:13 PM
Based on feedback we are going to try to be more pro-active in getting members involved in updates to the system before we make them. This will prevent people from being so surprised when something changes and also get feedback before implementing a change.
One of the changes we plan to make … (38 comments)
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activerain: What Are You Writing About? - 10/18/06 04:25 PM
I've seen a lot of blogs on ActiveRain. Many of you are talking about so many different topics that it's hard not to stay interested. I've seen posts specifically related to sales, the tried and trued tips, and the trials and tribulations that many of us in this industry go through. … (23 comments)
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activerain: Questions from Caleb - 10/17/06 12:02 PM
As a social network for professionals, how have you enjoyed being a part of the ActiveRain Community? It's been an excellent training ground for blogging, and very informative about the goings on in the industry in other areas.
What things are you learning?
Different people have different views on the same things. … (0 comments)
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