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iPods. Fun technology that allows folks to wander around with their music and video collection at the ready. Great marketing by Apple, slick design and boom, a piece of technology that many can't live without in their daily routines. A few years ago, Duke University experimented with giving their incoming freshmen an … (5 comments)
Chances are you or someone that you know and love wants to advance your careers or achieve personal goals that require further education. Here are some tidbits that may motivate you to take a close look at a school that I am a bit partial towards, Capella University. Some of the key … (1 comments)
And I quote, "new reports signal that the real estate market may not be as bad as originally thought". Fox News, 4/4/2007
MIT has put many of their undergraduate and graduate course materials online...for free! If you ever wanted to get an MIT education, whether as an undergraduate or as a graduate student, here's your opportunity to take advantage of this great educational resource.According to it's MIT OpenCourseWare main page, it is providing "a free and open educational … (1 comments)
Today, the owner of Bertrum Settlements and myself gave a 60 minute overview of "Title Insurance" to a Realty Agency in the Lehigh Valley (Allentown, PA). The 'project' simply started with a phone conversation (yes, a cold call - the ugly cold call as some of you define it) to the Manager which … (3 comments)
Letters were scheduled to go out in today's mail (3/29/07) from the Board of Education for New Hanover County. These letters will inform all parents of the school that their child will be assigned to based on their current address within the county.Depending on where you live, these letters may be … (2 comments)
I run Mortgage Education classes in the Phoenix area for real estate agents. Newer agents in my class usually ask me the difference between a pre-qual and a pre-approval. I recently saw this post by Randy L. Prothero and I was going to comment on it before I realized I really want … (4 comments)
Everyday I get more concerned with the amount of financial education that we give in this country. We have all kinds of classes that we teach our youth in the school system. They cover a wide range of classes that vary in their usefulness in everyday life. That is a whole … (1 comments)
Perhaps the people doing MARKET RESEARCH by sending fake leads to real estate agents should be taken out to the wood shed... or should they?
Have you read "Getting Past No Negotiating with Difficult People"? It is written by William Ury who is also the Co-Author of Getting to Yes.
Mortgage Elimination - an introduction 
31 March 2007
I used to love statistics when I was in school. I remember learning from the most realistic professor I ever had that statistics never lie - they just portend variable truths. Well, the title above is a statistic based on a March 16th through 18th conducted by Bankrate.com. And it is … (10 comments)
It's has won awards and whoever the webmaster is on the state level, it is a corker. Full of info, easy to use, designed to load fast as lightning on a Commodore 64 with 14.4 dial up. EVERYTHING is in there from meet the governor, to get a job to … (2 comments)
For those of you in Maryland I thought you might be interested in our class schedule! All classes are FREE and open to anyone of any Brokerage. Free Professional Development & CE Classes●TOPIC: JUMP START / JUMP START YOUR REAL ESTATE CAREER- FREE!
Ok. I am confused is this a Real Estate Blog or a Shakespeare blog....
There is so much information to be found on the Internet with respect to our industry (and for our personal knowledge as well). We could search and read endlessly. But I have found several sites that I keep going back to because they are lively, fun and easy-to-read. 
In my last Blog I wrote about clients that seem to fit into one of two categories. It seems like most clients are either Blindly Trusting and Unreasonably Skeptical of real estate and mortgage professionals. There must be a hppy median, and I think it is the "Informed Consumer".
I'm writing this post today at the request of Cynthia Sloop. She left this comment on my "peeps" post, the other day: EDITED FOR LENGTH.
Visit Lincoln's Indiana Boyhood HomeFeel the weight of the ax and hear the crack of a splitting rail echo across the rolling hills of southern Indiana. Be transported back in time by the comlex and savory aromas of the smoke house and the welcoming smell of corn cakes cooking over a … (0 comments)
How many of us make excuses for not reading? We try to instill the value of reading within our children, yet our professional lives can make setting a good example difficult at best. What can we do?
Last November I wrote a post about Steve Stewarts famous (infamous?) button that say's "buy from me.. or get out of my car!", I was lamenting the loss of my button years before...
The master-planned community of Rancho Santa Margarita in Southern California is nestled against the western edge of the Santa Ana Mountains, nearly half-way between San Diego and Los Angeles, in the County Of Orange. Its ideal location offers the best of all worlds to its roughly 54,000 residents. Rancho Santa Margarita's … (3 comments)
How much effort do you put into educating consumers, either in person or on your website/blog? In my experience the more educated a customer is the easier they are to work with and as a customer I a more inclined to work with someone who takes the time to educate me … (0 comments)
Revisiting Boot Camp, Why would an active Realtor go back to Boot Camp? Simply to hear one of my favorite speakers Steven David. A top notch professional who in 1984 was CEO of C-21. He eventually sold out to Cendant who also owns Sotheby's, Coldwell Banker, and Stirling. One of the … (6 comments)
When my eldest son was in first grade, we were approached by a teacher in the KidU summer school program in Anoka, Minnesota, regarding his potential. During the regular school year, this teacher coordinated the gifted and talented program in a neighboring district. He wanted to make certain that we were … (2 comments)
Well, after three full days of convention sessions here in Atlanta, all I can say is WOW. I am so grateful for the opportunity to have been here to listen to such wonderful speakers, and learn from some of the best agents in the industry. 
The whole real estate process can be very intimidating to clients and sometimes its useful to break things down into bite size morsels of information 
When you did your business plan and budget for 2007, did you decide what education you want this year and what it will cost. If these are part of the plan, it is more likely you will actually participate, grow and learn. In what area do you want to grow your … (0 comments)
If an association is formed do you think it would be bennificial to create a Continueing Education System similar to the Cont. Ed system for RE agents?
I am almost embarrassed at how little I know when I log on to Active Rain and read as much as possible. One participant who has made a difference to my outlook and abilities on the Internet is Mary McKnight. She is constantly referenced and her posts are amazing. It seems that … (5 comments)
If you are trying to get up to speed on Web 2.0 and are finding it a tremendous challenge, I've found JUST the resource for you! 
Connecticut Governor Jodie Rell has proposed a dramatic increase in Educational Funding in her State of The State address to be paid for via increased income taxes. For the first time in years it is proposed to increase, not decrease, money coming to towns such as Madison. For years Madison and … (1 comments)
For your convenience here is a quick directory of the schools in our planned community of Mililani, Hawaii. To get better details and tests results for the public schools you can search them through the Hawaii Department of Education website: http://doe.k12.hi.us/index.html
How frustrating is it to do a CMA and take it to a listing appointment and have the sellers think you are lying to them about what their home is worth. I truly wish that all houses were worth $100,000 more than they are. I also wish buyers didn't care what … (8 comments)
Problem: Florida Homeowner Insurance Premiums are sky high. 
February has been declared Career Education Month for High School Students across the nation.I am proud that my son-in-law, Bill Pannell, of Cheyenne Wyomng is connected with career and vocational education in Wyoming. As WDE Career Cluster Coordinator, Bill was part of the team that developed Wyoming's Career Cluster Guides for use … (0 comments)
In July of 2005, my soon to be husband was offered the opportunity to take a job in Springfield, Missouri with Tracker Marine (a sister company to Bass Pro Shop). We were living in Austin, Texas at the time and really liked it there but decided to take a plunge … (2 comments)
Novato is the northernmost town in Marin County, California. It has a rich history and began as Rancho de Novato, a Spanish land grant given in 1839 to Fernando Feliz. per. Olompali State Historical Park just north of the city is where a panorama of history unfolds in a single afternoon. It's named … (1 comments)
When a TypeEs creativity is held captive by a mismanaged system of endless tasks, they are often mistaken for a Type A.
GREATER HARTFORD ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® 
A solution has been brought up to add to the toll fees -- a surcharge, don't ya know -- to accummulate monies for the maintenance of the University buildings in Kansas. 
Kids in Lawrence, KS have many super activity programs provided by the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department.
There is a bill working its way through the New Jersey Senate (S19), sponsored by Senator Bob Smith (D), which will create a county level school superintendent. The plan was to create a position to hold local school districts accountable for their spending and thereby lower property taxes. Basically this position … (0 comments)
When I started in Real Estate almost 30 years ago, it took me 6 months to get to my first closing. Of course, things were a little different back then. There wasn't nearly the emphasis on training there is today, and technology consisted of a calculator and carbon paper. I remember … (3 comments)
For some reason, spending quality time cleaning out my home office has motivated me to get the little things that I need to have done completed. I just finished my new open house flyer template to hand out when I walk door to door to promote an open house. My files … (1 comments)
What a great way to leverage your time... Listen to motivational and educational CDs and audiobooks while you are doing other things! Whether I am driving to an from the office, preparing dinner and doing dishes, folding laundry, walking thru the grocery store (while ready to network with other shoppers), I … (5 comments)
After working a marathon run of 5 days producing postcards with as many hours sleep (more or less) I began kicking around an idea. Maybe this is done, may be not. Only some of my work with the navy has this process be implemented. 
You did it, you put in an offer on a home, and it was accepted. Now comes the home inspection!! 
Most people are familiar with The Pennsylvania State University.. that's the one that has Joe Paterno, a 100,000 seat football stadium and is located smack dab in the middle of the state in a place appropriately called State College.
Three Thousand Children to be Served at 22 Additional After-school Sites by the Expansion of Sacramento STARTSacramento, California, January 16, 2007*All children deserve to have access to programs that impart the knowledge and skills they will need to succeed. Starting today, thousands of children in Sacramento will have access to such … (0 comments)
"Do not dispise small beginnings" 
Have you ever had that feeling, or have said to yourself "I wish I would have known" Its just the worst feeling in the world, it really is. Even in my young career I've said it a few times. Some opportunities present themselves and others not so much. How do we … (3 comments)
Picking your mortgage professional is not as easy as selecting a good cantaloupe or watermelon at the market. I certainly wouldn't recommend thumping a Loan Officer on the head to see if there's anything in between the ears or smelling them to see if their fresh! So how does a potential … (3 comments)
A new agent came to me for advice about a listing that wasn't selling. A quick look told me that the home was overpriced--by a lot!
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about some tips for new Mortgage Broker's and Loan Officers.
Well my ABR designation has finally arrived. Next stop is CRS on my training agenda. I made a handout that I provided to my prospective clients showing my 2006 training schedule. I have cut and pasted it below.