Toledo Real Estate

Wondering about community sense of fair play here at AR...What do you think about COACHES and TRAINERS who blog?  By this I mean those who are able to contribute from area of expertise, who share some of what they know, what can be shared in bits over a blog, while at the same time setting limits...

Please share any Rules For Blogging that you think make sense.Should we always be professional and polite - or can we just be ourselves?  Should we avoid personal attacks at all costs?  Should we never disagree with a blogger in order to avoid appearance of attack?IF we feel attacked, ad hominem ...

Some authorities say you cannot get a short sale done when there is a second mortgage.  Some say it works fine.I am 5 of 6 for shorts with only one lender, and 1 of 3 for shorts where there were 2 lenders...Typical hangup is at least one of sellers lenders has an appraisal higher than actual valu...

FIRST, LET ME SAY THIS:I know that we make our own luck and make our own markets. We have to keep our head out of the doom and gloom newscasts.  I do not participate in water cooler whining about a down market...  So far this year was shaping up as my best ever...  so I have been keeping my attit...

Received this today from my subscription of daily motivational thoughts, from www.Tut.com  It seems highly appropriate to encourage all Realtors as we strive to serve in the Noble Profession that puts client interests ahead of our own....        Some of the coolest dreams that ever came true, Lon...

Do you use STEALTH or DOORWAY SITES to increase traffic to your main web site?  Does it seem to improve google page rank, or SERP at Google or Yahoo?  Curious, how many other sites do you have linking to your main site? Also, do you have more than one main site?  Do you post listings on the doorw...

I am looking for some good places to blog.  Please post links to some of your favorite real estate blog sites - not authors, per se, but blog sites.... 

THIS BLOG IS A GLASS HOUSE and we are fish in a bowl for a watching world.  Some blogs, and Active Rain is generally not one of them, tend to get mean spirited and contain a lot of personal attacks or mean spirited comments that really are not deserved.I happen to be embarrased for the profession...

Time Management is one of the biggest issues for a successful agent.Have you ever organized your time using a formal time block system?  Do you already do something like this?  Is it helpful?  Mine is shown below.  I used MS Excel because it lets me block and use color codes.  Click Image for Lar...

Blasting at Rocks or Chasing Your Dreams? A Modern Parable About Following your dream vs fighting the immovable....  A man felt especially capable one day and decided to climb a mountain.  Along the way, he made great progress until he found his path blocked by a large, immovable rock.  He could ...