Character is an evaluation of a person's moral and mental qualities. Such an evaluation is subjective - one person may evaluate someone's character on the basis of their virtue, another may consider their fortitude, courage, loyalty, honesty, or piety.Developing true character happens when we foc
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09/06/2006
If you're like me and from a smaller town I think you'll ba able to apprieciate this list. If you're from the big city, maybe it'll inspire you to see the quiet charm of some place a little smaller.18 Reasons I like a small town:Coming soon: Wal-Mart opening May 2056If you know everybody, everyb
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09/06/2006
Rainers, have a great Labor Day. I'm taking the rest of the weekend off and going to Santa Cruz to lie on the beach and start a new Dean Koontz book. And be safe if you're doing any traveling, lets all come back after the break and do some quality blogging.Good luck, Adam
09/03/2006
I commented earlier on a blog calling for agent folow-up after showing a house. It was a very good blog. My beef is not only with agents not calling to give feedback after a showing but agents who do not even dother to call and ask to see your listing. If the listing agent takes the time to pu
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09/03/2006
Thank you fellow members for the encouragement and ideas to optimize my open house opportunity. I took them to heart and planned to implement them. Unfortunately, todays 3 hour ordeal produced a grand total of 0 clients, zero prospects and zero people. Brian had a great article that I was plann
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09/03/2006
My first lender referral: Time: 2:24 PM Pacific 9/2/2006Duration: 3 minutes, 24 secondsThis is a very exciting day. A lender I don't know wants to give me business. I'm stoked. I received a call from a lender today who is an associate of one of my clients. She is the lender of a couple from my
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09/01/2006
This blog came up while I was reading one of Brian Brady's blogs: I may be new here but it seems like there is a pretty consistent group of fun and interesting bloggers/commenters here on AR. Everyone seems to get along and loves to share ideas for the most part (except for maybe a plagarism arg
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09/01/2006
The lifeline of our business: Reinforcement is a change in the environment causing the rate of behavior responses of the subject to remain the same or increase. There are two types of behavioral reinforcers.Positive reinforcement changes the animal's surroundings by adding an appetitive stimulus:
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09/01/2006
By the numbers Market summary: Sales:-67% ... Sales:YTD 2006(181), YTD 2005(476) ... inventory +175% from 2005 ... average DOM(83) ... price reductions (lots of 'em) ...These are some of the bleak numbers in my area as of August. So what is to be said of our market as a whole. Will 2007 be the ye
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08/31/2006
Previously I may have stated that I didn't believe MySpace to be an effective form of networking and marketing. Now I must reanalyze my thinking. Although I sought out this person to answer their question, this situation may very well lead into a great referral opportunity. On a simple post as
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08/31/2006
