Description is Misleading by Bill RobertsI've been thinking "just exactly what is ActiveRain?"Trying to describe AR is like the parable of the three (or is it six?) blind men trying to describe an elephant.The parable of the blind men trying to describe an elephant is variously ascribed to Chines
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09/28/2007
Are You Ready To Serve "Happy Meals®"? by Bill RobertsThere is a debate going on in our industry on the "role" of Realtors® and mortgage brokers. You can read some of this debate on Brian Brady's post Can Realtors Clean Up the Lending Business? You Betchya They Can!Now I personally like Brian but
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09/25/2007
I recently got introduced to YouTube. It was yesterday. I have seen these videos on other people's blogs, but I really didn't appreciate just how much really good stuff was available. For free!Being an old guy I like music from the ‘50s and ‘60s. My wife was on the site. I became interested. I to
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09/23/2007
Deal Killers Gone Wild by Bill RobertsI recently read a couple of posts on the subject of whether or not friends and relatives should weigh in on the decision to buy a house or not. First there was How Much Influence Should Outsiders Have on a Real Estate Transaction? by Jason Crouch. Jason summe
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09/21/2007
Broker RoundTable Notes 5 by Bill RobertsLast night we had our semi-monthly Broker RoundTable meeting of the Mike Watson Institute of Real Estate Investing. We had about twenty people in attendance. The membership is made up of Mike Watson students. Most of us are real estate brokers but some are
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09/20/2007
Greenspan, The Evil Villain by Bill RobertsEverybody talks about Alan Greenspan like he is some kind of God or something. When Greenspan talks Wall Street listens. Give me a break!I just can't take any more Alan Greenspan. He ought to just keep his mouth shut. He caused almost all of the problem.
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09/18/2007
Developing commercial property by Bill RobertsWhen developing commercial property there are a lot of things to think about: What do I want to use the property for? What are the "allowed" uses? How much of the property can I use? How much rent can I get?
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09/17/2007
Did I Just Hear Those Magic Words, Stated-Stated? by Bill RobertsThis morning I attended the Windsor Capital monthly breakfast. Windsor is the company I originate my loans through.In days gone by we would have a full room (about 100 LOs) and as many as 25 AEs at our breakfast meeting. Then things
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09/12/2007
Because of ActiveRain I Decided to "re-invent" Myself by Bill RobertsI joined ActiveRain just a little over two months ago. I was a complete "newbie" as I had never blogged before. I had heard of it but I was sure that it was only something kids did.What did I know? I had never blogged or even re
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09/10/2007
Can You Get a Good Return on Land? by William D. RobertsYesterday (Sunday) I wanted to go to the fair. But as usual my wife was really slow to get ready. By the time she was ready I didn't think we would have enough time to do it right (after driving 100 miles to get there) so we went to Lake Gre
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09/10/2007
