evanston real estate: Buy that Listing!
- 03/08/09 05:32 AM
Pon Dardo: Okay folks!
It's time to play our time-honoured game show!!!Buy that listing!!!! with your host, Guy Fullahimself!!
Guy: Okay, thank you Pon....let's meet our contestants!
{cue horrible theme music}
1st, we have a new agent, who's barely got the ink dry on her license.. a 23-year-old, large-chested-former Yoga Instructor and Spin-Class trainer and has yet to make a single-sale, Ms. Barely Legal!!
[cheering]
2nd an agent who's been with the same company for 45 years (yes, that's right I said 45 years), and who's sales have been dwindling for the past few years, and he's hoping to turn things … (11 comments)
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evanston real estate: Active Rain overwhelms twitter. Ain't that Tweet?
- 03/07/09 08:40 AM
Over Capacity?? Did my earlier post, send everyone from Active Rain over the follow the illustrious Jason Crouch & Scot McKay??
Yes, I think that's it... it was my post that pushed Twitter over capacity... my post and the power of Active Rain!
Once again, Active Rain has shown it's power, by completely overwhelming the capacity of poor little twitter.
They just have too many tweets! So let's give 'em a break. I know how tempting it is to go over there, and share 140 characters with Jason... he's so intellectually stimulating... (not to mention just downright good looking... so please, … (11 comments)
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evanston real estate: time to Spring Forward
- 03/07/09 03:50 AM
For many of us, here in the U.S. and Canada at 2:00 tomorrow morning (Sunday 3/8) it will be time to set your clock an hour ahead (Spring Forward).
Contrary to the belief of many, not everyone participates in Daylight Saving Time. Most of North America plays along, as does the bulk of Europe and Russia (see map).
Daylight saving time has been controversial as typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour at the beginning of Spring and adjusted one hour backward in the fall (fall back).... or is it starve a cold and feed a fever... I can never remember.
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evanston real estate: Battle of the dogmas
- 03/06/09 02:17 AM
It all began, rather innocently with this simple notice on the sign of Our Lady of Martyrs Catholic Church. I don't know if there was a specific reason they were noting that 'All dogs go to heaven', or if they were perhaps advertising the screening of the 1989 full length cartoon feature: "All Dogs Go to Heaven".
Shortly after that was posted, the Beulah Cumberland Presbyterian Church felt the need to set the record straight, with their posting on their sign indicating 'Only humans go to heaven' along with the admonition to "read the bible".
You would think that would have … (20 comments)
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evanston real estate: setting a goal for Jason Crouch
- 03/06/09 12:47 AM
I have been on twitter for a while now.. and was extremely excited to learn that I now had 43 followers. I thought that was a pretty fair number who were interested in following my inane tweets.
"Snow again today", "a full day of showings today"... really, people care to read that stuff?
But I am eclipsed by our paragon of Active Rain over at Twitter as well... Jason Crouch weighs in, on Twitter, with an impressive 5,766 followers. Yowza... I figured that had to be a record.
so I checked my Twinfluence on Twitter against Jason's... and while doing so … (26 comments)
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evanston real estate: the unauthorized Trader Joe's Song
- 03/04/09 07:00 AM
If Trader Joe wanted a theme song, this one seems like the obvious choice.
and I love the fact that he's using my aging Palm Treo to film the song. Do all of these stores carry exactly the same stuff all across the country. And the employee art looks precisely the same, store to store.
Dang, I hate that bell, those tiny little shopping carts, and the aisles that are still somehow too small.
this is another one, by the way, that Sarah-the-favourite-daughter, sent me, and suggested might make a good post.
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evanston real estate: Proposal gets a "Frosty" reception.
- 03/04/09 05:06 AM
Reed Harris is a romantic, at heart (or should I say "at stomache). He wanted to ask his girlfriend Kaitlin to marry him, but needed a unique way to do it.
Unfortunately, he wasn't as smart, as he was romantic. The way to a man's heart is through his stomache, they say. But they way to a proposal, is NOT through a woman's stomache
“I knew that he was proposing soon, I just had no clue when,“ Kaitlin wrote on her blog on Wednesday, “but I did not expect what actually happened.“The couple joined friends for a shake after their … (9 comments)
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evanston real estate: Oh the birthdays you'll have
- 03/02/09 06:27 AM
Somehow, the significance of today, almost slipped past me.
March 2, 1904, 2009, was Theodor Seuss Geisel's 105th birthday.
Born Theodor Seuss Geisel in Springfield, Mass., the author first started writing while he was still a freshman in Dartmouth college while working on the 'Dartmouth Jack-o-Lantern' and eventually became editor-in-chief.
How did he get that pen name? He was caught by the school administration while throwing a drinking party during Prohibition (yes, THAT prohibition) and the school wanted him to resign from all his extracurricular activities. He began signing his work with the moniker 'Dr. Seuss' in order to hide the … (11 comments)
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evanston real estate: ... is that thunder I hear?
- 03/02/09 01:14 AM
It's been a while since my last installment in my series intended to bring humour to the active rain community.
Jokes that are, above all, clean (just in case you want to relate them to a client)
Easy to remember, (recognizing that our Realtor demographic is aging... just a tiny bit... and memory is the second thing to go... I don't remember what the first thing is).
And they need to be funny... so many of the jokes we hear are NOT funny..
Here we go:
Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch,grabbed the dog, and … (13 comments)
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evanston real estate: There's no proof about people going to the rest room, and stuff...
- 02/28/09 04:32 AM
This is a local channel (WGN Channel 9) in Chicago... their roaming reporter (Juan Carlos) caught this guy at O'Hare international airport. It was an on-air interview asking whether people believed in aliens.
And this guy, clearly a member of the brain trust, gives his opinion. All I can hope is that he's not a Chicago resident, and he was returning to wherever he came from... well, we can hope.
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evanston real estate: the Sliding House
- 02/28/09 03:00 AM
I can forsee all sorts of problems with this home. It appears to be an inspectors nightmare, but it's so very cool. On this house, the roof actually slides out of the way, on a fairly small motor, by placing 20 tons of timber cladding on wheels, and sliding in out of (or into) position.
Check this out, it's definitely not the home for the traditionalist, and I would imagine that it presents it's own unique challenges.
She: "Hey honey, I'm sliding the roof closed"
He: "Did you check to see if the front door is closed first?"
She: … (10 comments)
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evanston real estate: is this the worst food product EVER?
- 02/27/09 12:40 PM
we Americans do not hold the franchise on gross food products... the Scottish have Haggis, the English eat tripe, the French eat snails... and Sheep brains are a staple in many countries in Europe... but leave it to the United States to put the Super in Superlative.
Aside from being a truly gross product, and breaking the dietary rules of several religions... Is it possible that Pork Brains in Milk Gravy is the worst food product in the world!
It does have 1170% of your daily cholesterol per serving. yuuuummmmmmm.
And just in case you wonder where on earth I … (28 comments)
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evanston real estate: Happy Birthday Steve Loynd
- 02/26/09 11:22 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE!!!
Today is Steve Loynd's Birthday. Unknown to most of you, Steve is kinda a private guy, and would probably prefer to spend his birthday out skiing the slopes of Mount Loon... just Steve and the unblemished powder of a 4-diamond trail. But I couldn't allow today to pass, without at least acknowledging his presence on the planet, and certainly his presence here in the Rain.
Happy Birthday Steve! Hope today is better than yesterday, and tomorrow exceeds today.
Hey, everyone, stop by Steve's Blog and wish … (12 comments)
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evanston real estate: Headlines in 2029
- 02/26/09 11:05 AM
HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR: 2029Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, Mexifornia, formerly known as California. White minorities still trying to have English recognized as Mexifornia's third language. Spotted Owl plague threatens northwestern United States crops and livestock. Baby conceived naturally! Scientists stumped. Couple petitions court to reinstate heterosexual marriage. Iran still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least 10 more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels. France pleads for global help after being taken over by Lichtenstein. No other country comes forward to help the beleaguered nation! Castro … (18 comments)
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evanston real estate: A book full of faces
- 02/25/09 01:51 AM
Yep, I'm talkin' about FACEBOOK.
Today, here in our office, we're having a tutorial (from one of our "younger agents"... d'uh!) on Facebook, and how to use it as part of your marketing plan for your real estate business.
Now, I am already on Facebook, much to the chagrin of my daughter who refuses to "friend" me ... but I really don't see how it's a valuable tool in my business. I'm hoping to learn some new uses for Facebook. We'll also be discussing Twitter and other social networks and their value toward our business. I fully intend to espouse the … (20 comments)
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evanston real estate: Wiley Coyotes
- 02/24/09 01:19 PM
Tonight, I returned to my home from the office, here in Evanston, IL, as the sun was getting low in the western sky. As I rounded the corner, to my street, I was greeted by two medium sized dogs loping across the lawns, and crossed the street in front of my car... causing me to touch the brakes lightly.
As I looked closer at the two, clearly young animals, I noticed that neither of them was wearing a collar, and they appeared to be feral. In fact, as I started at them (and they stared back)... I realized they were coyotes. … (16 comments)
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evanston real estate: Calling on the Mystical Powers
- 02/24/09 07:19 AM
These days, it takes a magician to properly market a new listing. You can't just stick a sign in the ground, throw an ad in the local newspaper, and sit back and relax.
You've got to call in all your skills and derring-do (yes, I just said "derring-do"), to get the property sold.
Many agents offer food these days, just to force a good flow of agents through the house (we are truly free-food whores)... as agents will sometimes prepare their viewing schedule of homes on the tour, based on who's serving a snack, who's handing out Starbucks cards, and who's … (23 comments)
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evanston real estate: A "Little" Post
- 02/24/09 12:43 AM
A Little Wisdom: Keeping your mouth shut is foolish if you are wise, but wise if you are foolish.A Little Advice: Always remember the last thing you say to people every day. Because what if it happened to be the last thing you ever get to say to them?A Little Put-Down: Calling you stupid would be an insult to stupid people.A Little Proverb: A peacock who sits on his tail is just like any other turkey.A Little Question: How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings? When you find out, “buy” one of those!A Little … (17 comments)
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evanston real estate: Hey!! Don't do that or we cut your eggs!
- 02/23/09 02:15 AM
They usually make street signs, only after they have a problem. In otherwords you don't make a street sign, stating "no left turn" if only one person has turned left at that location, and it's caused a problem.
You don't put a "no littering" sign, if you don't have a "littering" problem, in the area.
So this sign is concerning... clearly they have a public urination problem. But anybody who would would consider public urination should be very, very nervous based on this sign.
My guess is it doesn't say, "A cricket will jump into the pocket of anyone wearing … (44 comments)
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evanston real estate: ... and the fight goes on... and the fight goes on...
- 02/21/09 04:15 AM
This is the continuation of my series intended to bring humour to the active rain community.
Jokes that are, above all, clean (just in case you want to relate them to a client)
Easy to remember, (recognizing that our Realtor demographic is aging... just a tiny bit... and memory is the second thing to go... I don't remember what the first thing is).
And they need to be funny... so many of the jokes we hear are NOT funny..
Another in my series of "that's when the fight began..."
I took my wife to a restaurant.
The waiter, for … (19 comments)
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