I was talking to another realtor who told me that he knew several people that were leaving business, "until the market comes back". He said that they are taking side jobs, some full time and some part time, while keeping their license active at their current broker.Thennnnnnnnnnnn.....when things
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01/29/2008
I heard an ad for FREELAPTOPNATION.COM on the radio yesterday. I have been to the site, and you can get a free laptop and other items, if you complete the forms and answer the surveys.By the time I got through most of it, I was screened by the server at Coldwell Banker. I'll check it out when I c
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01/29/2008
Robert Fulghum, author of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, also wrote THE BED WAS ON FIRE WHEN I LAID DOWN ON IT. So the story goes, a fire department was called to a woman's home who claimed that her bed was ablaze. When asked how the bed caught on fire, she said, "I think t
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01/29/2008
I called a Realtor friend of mine, who works for another broker last week, around 3:00 in the afternoon. He answered, said hello and told me that he was glad that his phone was working. I said, "What?" and he said that I was the first incoming call that he had gotten all day.The truth of the matt
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01/29/2008
There are some high end homes in the area that have DRIVE UNDER GARAGES. They try to make up for it by providing elevators, but the primary feedback, is that for a million bucks, I want to not have to go upstairs to get to the kitchen or main living area.The homes are beautiful and have many,many
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01/27/2008
I was reading a blog by Greg Maley, and he mentions having nick names for houses that you show. This makes a lot of sense. In advertising copy for a retail store, they suggest, that rather than say "our address is 2693 Pine Street." You should say, "we're on Pine Street, just across from Walmart.
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01/27/2008
This mailer came to me on Saturday. It says that it's a NOTICE OF PENDING EXPIRATION and that there are "a number of prosepctive buyers and sellers waiting to assigned to a local agent."It also says that they will be assigned to another agent.If you go to the website, you find that it is from H
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01/26/2008
GET MY HOMES VALUEI received a call from this company yesterday. Great pitch. Not much money, and what sounds good is that they screen the calls. They also guarantee at least one sale a year.I have been using another top lead company with no success.http://www.getmyhomesvalue.com/If you are famil
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01/24/2008
I have owned some acreage in rural Georgia for many years. It is very rural and appreciating at a snail's pace. I wish it would go up in value, but it's just not in a great location. So how do you make money without selling? (It's about 250 acres)1. PINE TREES: About 17 years ago, I clear cut th
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01/24/2008
You may have seen the ads..."IF I CAN'T SELL YOUR HOME, I'LL BUY IT!" It sounds like a great offer and certainly worth checking out, right? Well, most ads that sound TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, usually are. This sell line is used to get their foot into the door (and your living room) and then lay out th
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01/24/2008
