Carlsbad, California - 11/30/06 10:54 PM
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Active Rain Awards - 11/28/06 05:22 PM
Rob Lang wrote a provocative blog about Active Rain awarding points for earned real estate designations (GRI, ABR, CRS, etc). I suggested that perhaps Active Rain could award its own designations.  After giving the idea some thought and play, a few possible designation awards for Rainers emerged (feel free to add more!):
ARM -- Active Rain Mentor awarded to those who share encouragement, tips and tools to make us all better real estate professionals and bloggers. Nominees? We could start with Mary McKnight , Maureen Francis , Bryant Tutas , Kristal Kraft , Damion Flynn , Bill French  and the Christian … (73 comments)

Bad Loan Storm Ripples - 11/22/06 03:31 PM
The night before last, I met a friendly woman we'll call Susan, who six months ago had moved with her retired husband from Oklahoma to Las Vegas. They had sold their Oklahoma home and left behind long-term friendships so that they could be near their pregnant daughter and her husband. "In a drunken moment, I happily agreed to move out here and babysit for my first grandchild," she said. Susan has been doing just that for the last six months, since the baby was born. The young parents both work long hours and it seemed like a good proposition for all--at least in the beginning.
Scattered comments from Susan … (24 comments)

The Great Climb - 11/18/06 10:40 PM
While climbing one section of China's Great Wall last week, I couldn't help but find parallels to real estate success. Both endeavors seem exciting at the outset and certainly worth the end rewards. Both require positive attitude, lots of determination and some degree of preparation. And connecting the two requires lots of s-t-r-e-t-c-h to maintain relevance in this forum.
Still, while climbing the wall, there were times--when my heart was pounding and my legs were close to collapse--that I was tempted to turn around and head back down to safe ground. I had taken my resources to the edge.
Haven't we all felt … (8 comments)

Five Star Toilets - 11/11/06 07:57 AM
This is your ragged reporter, clicking live from Beijing with a singular report on Chinese toilets. Over here, they are awarded stars for accumulated levels of amenities.
One star: The door is unlocked.
Two Stars: There is a private cubicle
Three Stars: It flushes.
Four Stars: You have the option of sitting down. 
Five Stars: Toilet paper provided.
It is a wonderful country and I'll share more when I am not so exhausted.
And for what it's worth, Skype works beautifully and the cell phone transfers seamlessly. All good wishes to fellow Rainers. I've met some Realtors on the trip and have told them about this community. Hope to see them here.
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The House of the Future? - 11/03/06 10:59 AM
This YouTube presentation on GM's very cool Hy Wire car of the future got me thinking about the possibility of hydrogen-powered homes. If one little car has the capacity to provide power for a whole block of homes, consider our homes of tomorrow. Even mobile homes could take on whole new meaning and purpose.
The car body basically sits on a power grid, and is interchangeable. If you need a sporty compact one month and an SUV the next, it is simply a half-hour swap of body styles at the dealer. It's far out, but so much fun to think about the … (11 comments)

How to do Real Estate from China - 11/01/06 10:52 AM
...or New Delhi, for that matter. I am leaving for China next week, and was struggling with how to handle cell phone calls (with no caller ID) at $1.29 per minute. Additionally, I don't want to be bothered with calls when I am on vacation. At the same time, I don't want to disconnect from the world or family--at least on this trip.
I am so happy to have discovered a solution:
1. Make sure you have call forwarding with your cell carrier.
2. Go to Skype and set up a free account. Once that this accomplished, purchase a local telephone number from Skype for … (33 comments)

 
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