James's Blog

I was merrily blogging along here tonight when I decided to do some looking around at some of the new features here on the rain. I have not had much chance to do so lately so I was catching up when I happened to look up at the top of the screen. What I saw shocked me and, as some of you know, tha...

I could sure use some advice. I need to sync different versions of Outlook with different computers. I have searched the web only to be confronted with a bewildering array of options some web based (expensive) and some seemingly for free. I have tried free trials of some software that uses e-mail...

One of my least favorite questions ask by potential clients is the "how much does it cost?" Oh I am not opposed to giving clients my prices AFTER we have had a discussion about what it is we are pricing. But that is not what I am referring to here. No, I am referring to the client who immediately...

OK we have all faced this problem I am sure. You call a client or Realtor and then they do not all you back. Now what do you do. You call again and then keeping calling until the point where it starts to feel like harassment. This happens regardless whether it is a cold call or someone who has co...

OK, I may be showing my ignorance but I ran across an interesting item on the HGTV site. They stated a rule whose proportions I was not familiar with but which made sense to me. They claim that the correct balance of color in any room is: "do you know the color 60-30-10% rule? 60% dominant color ...

 I am very pleased to introduce the editor for the month of May- Kimberly Wester!Kimberly has been one of the most active Stage It Forward bloggers and tirelessly gives of herself in sharing her wisdom and her support for our profession.Here is her bio:James asked me to write a little about mysel...

I am very pleased to introduce the editor for the month of May- Kimberly Wester!Kimberly has been one of the most active Stage It Forward bloggers and tirelessly gives of herself in sharing her wisdom and her support for our profession.Here is her bio:James asked me to write a little about myself...

 OK I was excited when my IQ was discovered to be the same number as my shoe size but now I am really excited. The number of post I have made is coinciding with my actual age. No, I am not going to tell you what the number is but you can do a bit of detective work and discover that it is 55. OOPS...

 Contrary to popular wisdom, I submit that introversion can be a valuable assert in today's market place. Long gone are the days of the aluminum siding salesmen and even the stereo-typical-loud-mouthed-pressure-you-to-buy-right-now-used-car-salesman (although admittedly this breed was hard to kil...

 I firmly believe that in today's real estate market the days of selling homes "as is" is rapidly fading away. With the emergence of "home staging" as a profession, the explosion of home shows on television that deal with this issue (not to mention things like home staging features on Oprah) and ...