If this is how I market myself, can you imagine how I'd market YOUR house? VLOG (video log) - 07/28/07 01:31 AM
If a picture is worth 1000 words, then what is a video worth? In response to your requests for more ideas on building your data base Tyler Durden style I give you the following VLOG. Not as funny as Broker Bryant, but something I can use on my Blog Calabasas. Would … (36 comments)
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Coffee is for Closers! - 07/27/07 02:47 AM
“Coffee is for Closers!” Alec Baldwin
shouts this to Jack Lemmon in one of the best sales movies of all time,
Glengary Glen Ross. It’s the story of four real estate salesman trying to make end
of the month quotas. Their company is sponsoring a contest. First place is a … (47 comments)
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Get Your August Calendar Out - Calabasas HS Registration Starts August 20 - 07/24/07 12:49 AM
The summer is more than half over and we're already starting to plan for another school year. High School registration materials should be arriving any day in the mail; they were mailed out the third week of July. Seniors will be registering on Monday August 20, Juniors on August 21, Sophomores … (2 comments)
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All's Fair in Love and War --- What About Real Estate Negotiations? - 07/23/07 01:01 PM
A few months ago I had clients from the East Coast impatiently looking for a home. They had been in a rental for close to a year and we were pretty much at the end of our rope, well I was anyway. I had them set up on automatic MLS alerts. … (15 comments)
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When All Else Fails.......RTFM! (read the friendly manual) - 07/22/07 01:28 AM
I'm new to blogging, unless you want to count subscribing to numerous BBS's in the late 80's and posting to forums, message boards and running several different MSN and Yahoo Groups throughout the years as kind of a "pre-blogging". I don't even remember how I stumbled on to Activerain. I think it … (10 comments)
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Before You Make Any Home Improvements - Consult Your Realtor - 07/21/07 11:45 AM
I cringe when I have to tell a seller that they will see little return on the money they've spent in remodeling their home. Upgrades must be appropriate for the style and price range of the neighborhood or they could actually detract from the value and salability of the home.This morning I … (4 comments)
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One of the reasons that I do a lot of Internet marketing is that I'm actually very shy - 07/20/07 07:07 PM
I always learn more from teaching a class than the students. A few days ago I was instructing a class on Internet marketing. I got a little off topic and started talking about adjusting your marketing strategy to fit your personality. So I say something like, "one of the reasons that … (32 comments)
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Building your Data Base Tyler Durden Style (Diary of a RE Agent Starting Over in a New City - Part 2) - 07/20/07 01:04 PM
Part one of this blog was about moving to a new city and
building a business from scratch quickly, using the methods learned from the movie Fight Club by joining groups. Part 2 focuses on
creating groups to build your data base.
Continued from Part 1………..Fast forward, the
year is … (6 comments)
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Building your Data Base Tyler Durden Style (Diary of a RE Agent Starting Over in a New City - Part 1) - 07/18/07 02:04 AM
When I moved to LA from NY eight years ago I only knew one person in the entire city. I had been selling real estate for about fifteen years in NY so I knew the real estate business. But how was I supposed to start over in a place where I … (42 comments)
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Why Does the AR Spell Checker Think BLOG is Mispelled? - 07/17/07 01:18 AM
OK, I admit it, I'm not that great of a speller. Ever since my computer has been checking my spelling, my spelling has gone down hill. I try to hand write at least five personal notes everyday and half the time, I'm checking the darn spelling on my computer because something … (6 comments)
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The Other Side of the Active Rainbow.....My Meme...We're not in Kansas anymore Toto - 07/16/07 08:57 PM
Thanks to Jeff Belonger I've been tagged. You might be sorry you asked about me Jeff, but here goes....
1. I have a degree in culinary arts and Love, LOVE, did I say LOVE to cook. I was one of the first female chef instructors at Johnson and Wales University back in the early 80's. For those … (12 comments)
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Who Delivers the Dinner in Calabasas? - 07/15/07 11:15 PM
Everyone is so busy these days that we barely have time to grocery shop let alone cook dinner. I've started a list of restaurants that deliver in Calabasas. This is definitely not a complete list, but it's a start. Please feel free to add to the list so when we're in … (0 comments)
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Free! That’s right Free Wi-Fi hotspots in Calabasas - 07/14/07 01:14 AM
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Thank You Mulwood Neighbors for Contributing to the Keller Williams Food Drive! - 07/13/07 06:38 PM
Thank You so much to all of our Mulwood
neighbors who so generously gave to our Keller Williams food drive. When
we pulled off Mulholland and started up the the Dardenne hill we didn't know
what we'd find. Then we saw the white bags lined up and down the street; … (1 comments)
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Win Win for Everyone! Hold a Food Drive in Your Farm - 07/13/07 06:12 PM
If you're looking for a great way to build your
database and meet the people in your farm plus give something
back to the community, you might want to try a food drive. Our Keller
Williams office recently sponsored a neighborhood food drive. This gave us an
opportunity to "touch" … (6 comments)
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Get your buyer off that fence already (Is your buyer really a buyer?) - 07/13/07 07:08 AM
There is nothing worse than spending endless
weekends driving Mr. and Mrs. Buyer around only to have them decide to "wait
until the market goes down". As the inventory and DOM climb here in
Southern California, agents are having difficulty getting buyers to write
offers.
I could … (12 comments)
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Video virtual tours are not only about selling the house, they're about selling yourself, the agent - 07/12/07 12:12 PM
I
started experimenting with video virtual tours about three years ago. This was
back in the day before YouTube made it's debut. When I told other Real
Estate Agents about my idea, they looked at me like I was nuts. Being the
computer geek that I am, I had a … (21 comments)
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