golden rule: If I Had A Hammer . . . - 08/16/08 11:00 PM
It is amazing how songs from years past can just jump back into your head without a reason. That was an old 60's song, I think by Simon & Garfunkel, or was it Peter, Paul & Mary? At any rate, the lyrics stuck and I began thinking about the meaning of
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golden rule: The Golden Rule Applies - 08/16/08 10:25 PM
Yesterday, a really good RE/MAX Foothills agent/friend of mine and I were talking. The conversation turned to "doing what was right" and we both believe if we all lived our lives by the Golden Rule, the problems would be almost miniscule. When she gives the list of repairs to either the
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golden rule: Multiple Sellers - One Closing - 07/23/08 10:40 PM
Have you ever had a transaction where you had multiple sellers all closing at one time?What interesting challenges did you have to overcome. How did you handle the transactionto a smooth closing? I have been blessed many times to go through this and it always comes to having a greatTEAM of
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golden rule: The ABC's of Real Estate Marketing - 07/17/08 03:14 PM
Do you Does someone you know :0) operate their Real Estate business like this:
a) Advertise themselves (usually with their facial photo where someone can sit on it)
b) Bang a For Sale sign into the ground (on that special angle that makes others cringe)
c) Create an ad for the paper
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golden rule: The Golden Rule(rant) - 07/11/08 04:07 PM
Why do some people go out of thier way to be ugly? I notice it a lot in the Real Estate business(almost as much as retail). We use a showing service to schedule the showings of our homes and that service sends automatic email requests for feedback. One particular agent had
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golden rule: Blogging & Commenting Protocol. Know your Netiquette! - 05/20/08 12:05 PM
Lately I've read several blog posts from Active Rain bloggers who are receiving derogatory comments on their posts, and are seeing them on other posts as well. I knew this would eventually happen as the site continues to grow, but I was hoping it would be later, rather than sooner.
The
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golden rule: The biggest obstacle to climbing the Active Rain ladder to success - 05/06/08 12:46 AM
The biggest obstacle to climbing the ladder to success is weeding your way through the crowd at the bottom. I'm sure you've all heard that before but it is so very true. Climbing the ladder to Active Rain success is not all that different and it is not hard once you
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golden rule: Savvy Real Estate Agent Saves The Day - 04/12/08 04:58 PM
Why don't we see this headline in any of the newspapers? Why isn't this a top story for the local 11pm broadcasts? Unfortunately, the opposite is often true. Stories come to the headlines of real estate agents who make blunders, tell lies, or generally fail in their fiduciary duties. Sometimes, mistakes happen.
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golden rule: Please Give Loved Ones Their Flowers While The Can Still Smell Them! - 04/08/08 07:41 PM
Written by:Darleen McCullen, REALTORĀ®, BrokerKeller Williams RealtyPhone: 919.454.8864Email: darleen@darleenmc.comWebsite: http://www.DarleenMc.com Ā The other night, while watching Oprah's Big Give, something occured to me. The Big Givers conducted acts of kindness for those who the doctors say will soon depart this Life soon - and I thought:
Why is it that we often
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golden rule: Having the best image everyday in all you do! - 02/24/08 04:38 PM
Image has many different aspects to it. I believe the use of all aspects can be your winning combination to success. First, you need to take care of the only skin God gave you. Finding a good, proven skin care system that has a money back, satisfaction guarantee with no time limit
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golden rule: .....Taking the High Road..... - 01/11/08 10:54 PM
In 2002, I was president of our local Association. The first leadership meeting with my board, I presented the following challenge & theme. I have had so many people in these past 7 years come up & tell me how valuable that was and thanked me for my example. I hope
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golden rule: New Year Resolutions - 12/31/07 01:22 PM
We're starting a new year with all good intentions to help our clients and customers. As a REALTOR we subscribe to the Code of Ethics. Please make it your new year's resolution to once again entirely read the code and make it a integral part of your business. We can do
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golden rule: Got "Sour" Milk? - 08/22/07 11:11 AM
Have you ever poured a glass of milk and then gone to take a sip and - yuck! - discovered it had gone sour? There's not much more you can do except pour it down the sink (and the carton it came from). Right? And it seems that at the mere
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golden rule: Today's Zig Ziglar Quote - 07/03/07 01:21 PM
This is the one that got me today: "When you choose to be pleasant and positive in the way you treat others, you have also chosen, in most cases, how you are going to be treated by others." It's so true that I purposely treat with respect those who treat me the same
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golden rule: Low Ball Offers - 06/24/07 07:36 PM
We all want a good deal in anything we purchase: this is a universal desire in all of us seek out value in whatever we set out to buy. I certainly understand; who doesn't want a good deal? I am just puzzled; however, by the way certain people attempt to achieve
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golden rule: Oh, By the Way, Did Anyone Die in this House? - 05/14/07 10:27 AM
This is an archived post from my other blog. It's a year old article, but still helpful. May 5th, 2006 categories: Real Estate News, For Home Buyers I ran across this today from the national association of Realtors. There is always some lively discussion when it comes to the question of divulging things
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golden rule: What will you do for your client? - 05/05/07 09:20 PM
What will you do for your clients? This past week a good client and now a friend came into town (he resides in two countries and visits both places frequently) and wanted me to help him buy two cars while he was here. He felt I would be better at negotiating
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golden rule: Agent to Agent - 03/28/07 04:42 PM
We must remember in our negotiations that we are working on behalf of what our principle wants. Some agents get very annoyed and think it is all about them, when in fact, it is between buyer and seller. Realtors please treat other Realtors with the Golden Rule. Courtesy goes a long
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golden rule: The Golden Rule and Compeition - 03/11/07 10:11 PM
To live by the golden rule means that we must imagine ourselves in another's position. How else can we treat others as we would have them treat us? To really live by the Golden Rule involves consideration of and empathy with everyone that we come into contact with. Do unto others as you would
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golden rule: The sin of wasting time - 02/28/07 12:56 AM
I try to keep the tone of this blog as positive as I am able. After all, who wants to hear someone whining and complaining about something when you are trying to relax and possibly learn something. So, in the spirit of learning, I must address this personal pet peeve.
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golden rule: Acting in my Seller's Best Interests - 02/16/07 05:43 AM
Seattle Real Estate - Acting in my Seller's Best Interest I had a recent conversation with my seller concerning a potential buyer (a neighbor who was not looking for property) for the newly listed property who expressed some interest in the property just as it was in the process of being listed. A couple of days into the listing
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golden rule: When Selling your Home, Disclose and then Disclose some more - 01/30/07 11:23 AM
This ran in a Dear Abbey type of Real Estate Column Recently and I couldn't agree more with the answer to the question . . . . When in doubt, DISCLOSE! Not so much because you're afraid of being sued, but because it's the right thing to do. If you're selling
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golden rule: Showing Feedback - 08/27/06 09:59 PM
Is it too much to ask for a simple email with a little feedback from the listing of mine you just showed? My brokerage firm has a showing service called Centralized Showing Service. Whenever a real estate professional wants to show one of our listings they call the showing service & the
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