zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 11.07.23 William Piotrowski Creating Customized Graphics with AI
- 11/08/23 06:52 AM
Zoom Call 11.07.23 William Piotrowski Creating Customized Graphics with AI
The Zoom call this week was a hands-on community design on creating customized graphics using AI with a program, Lexica.art, to get images tailored to the data being offered.
William Piotrowski had mentioned this program on a previous AI call and as it was so intriguing, he was drafted to offer his own presentation on a call.
Sharing his screen, he let all know that Lexica was a paid program with different levels of membership.
He is using the $8.00 a month plan and until he gets more familiar with the program, feels it is more … (32 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: ActiveRainers are Special People
- 10/19/23 08:44 AM
ActiveRainers are Special People
Whie doing something business related, or at least that's what I told my wife I had to do when she was outlining my day for me, my phone rang.
I looked at the number seeing that it came from ST George, Utah, and knew I had to pick it up. My casual hello was a simply: Hello Wanda Can". I also knew why she was calling as the tone had been set with the recap of the Zoom call, she presented just a couple of days prior.
As many know, I do a recap of the Zoom calls I can … (23 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 10.10.23 Diana Dahlberg Getting to Know Kenosha WI
- 10/11/23 06:33 AM
Zoom Call 10.10.23 Diana Dahlberg Getting to Know Kenosha WI
The Zoom call this week was presented by Diana Dahlberg and was a formal introduction to the presenter as well as the area she serves.
Diana Dahlberg relocated to Wisconsin after getting married to her husband, Ron whom she met through a Christian dating service. With 3 children, 5 grandchildren, and 4 "granddoggies", it looks promising for her.
Her business is focused on Kenosha and Racine counties of WI, on the shores of Lake Michigan and bordered to the south by Illinois.
As real estate was not her chosen career, but with the relocation from West … (29 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 9.26.23 Paddy Deighan Using AI the Right Way
- 09/28/23 08:01 AM
Zoom Call 9.26.23 Paddy Deighan Using AI the Right Way
The Zoom Call this week was entertainingly presented by ActiveRain member Paddy Deighan, a real estate lawyer and a highly qualified individual as offered with some of the conversation he presented.
Paddy started his presentation as a continuation of the AI Challenge in June.
He expressed that AI tends to be greatly misunderstood, as evidenced, from his experiences with other areas in which he is involved.
He spoke of a conversation with a person he called the Godfather of AI, Dr Kelly of IBM who manages 15,000 PhD's at IBM.
AI has really been a factor … (19 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 9.05.23 Gail Hartnett Transitioning a Real Estate Business and life
- 09/07/23 09:52 AM
Zoom Call 9.05.23 Gail Hartnett Transitioning a Real Estate Business and life!
The Zoom call for this week was presented by Gail Hartnett as she offered her insights on relocating to an unknown area to forge a new career and learn the area at the same time.
Gail is originally from Long Island, but her life travels have led her around the country.
She started working in Ft Lauderdale as her husband was going to law school in Miami. She supplemented income working as a Tupperware salesperson. She grew that business to being a franchisee which gave her management as well as sales experience.
Her … (15 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 8.29.23 Laura Cerrano Geopathic Stress Dowsing
- 08/30/23 07:45 AM
Zoom Call 8.29.23 Laura Cerrano Geopathic Stress Dowsing
The Zoom call for this week was presented Laura Cerrano as a follow-up to her first presentation when the zoom calls were first starting.
Feng Shui Geopathic Stress Dowsing.
Dowsing, itself is a term that connotes different images for some people. It is commonly used when people are seeking water sources.
Geopathic Stress is a term used to describe negative energies that emanate from the earth and cause discomfort and ill health to those living above.
As Feng Shui is all about understanding and observing nature and how that environment affects our emotions and psychology, the foundations of … (22 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call of 8.22.23 Steven Nickens Life on Maui Post Fires
- 08/24/23 08:03 AM
Zoom Call Steven Nickens Life on Maui Post Fires
The Zoom call this week was presented by Steven Nickens, a Maui resident and fellow ActiveRainer,
He gave a pure statement of the reactions and life on the island of Maui following the devastation caused by the fires that have torn through parts of the island and have left people scrambling for assistance.
He spoke briefly of the opportunists, such as the politicians that are there for a quick head shot but so far have done nothing to offer aid for the citizens and inhabitants that have been impacted.
First responders did what was expected of … (31 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 8.15.23 Debe Maxwell Dealing with Inflation in Life and Business
- 08/16/23 05:36 AM
Zoom Call 8.15.23 Debe Maxwell Dealing with Inflation in Life and Business
The Zoom call this week was an open forum with attendees offering their insight om how they and their clients are dealing with the higher costs of goods and services as well as rising interest rates.
Debe Maxwell was the moderator, filling in for Carol Williams.. The scramble is on with texts, emails and phone calls with all manner of people phoning to put a hook into unsuspecting consumers for something that they most likely don't need.
Across the nation, people are seeing a cutback in recreation due to the rising costs. … (21 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 8.08.23 Jan Green How to Keep the Sunshine in Your Transactions
- 08/10/23 06:14 AM
Jan Green How to Keep the Sunshine in Your Transactions
The Zoom call for the week was presented by Jan Green. Jan has devoted her professional career to helping her clients become familiar with energy efficiency.
She herself, is hoping to have a '0' energy footprint by the time she is ready to retire. To hear her speak, it will be far sooner than her retirement.
She has a significant knowledge of efficiencies not only for living spaces, but also for tax credits to individuals when donating a home that will be razed and the structure and components will be recycled.
She started with a … (23 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 8.01.23 Real Estate Activities Around the Country
- 08/03/23 05:44 PM
Real Estate Activities Around the Country
The Zoom call was an open Forum call with attendees offering insights on the state of real estate in their respective communities.
The moderator of the call was Eileen Burns, and she opened with detail on the 3 counties within her market. As there are over 6,000,00 people it is just beyond reasonable to expect to cover it.
There are 5 MLS systems that work listings, and the primary board is better than an hour away. As she is a commercial broker she can cover the entire state, but the logistics are not reasonable.
She gets her statistics from … (12 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 7.25.23 Ricki McCallum Writing Your Own Book
- 07/27/23 08:10 AM
Ricki McCallum Writing Your Own Book
The Zoom call for the week was presented by Ricki McCallum, a real estate professional of over 40 years of experience.
As she described it, everyone has a book within them. It is a matter of finding the time and getting the confidence to start it that is the hardest.
As she stated she retired in 2017, as it as time. Her husband encouraged her to follow her interest in writing. She knew nothing about writing, nor did she know any writers. She decided to just jump in.
Finally a Broker was her first book. It was something that … (21 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 7.18.23 Nick Vandekar Walking the Camino De Santiago
- 07/20/23 08:39 AM
Zoom Call 7.18.23 Nick Vandekar Walking the Camino De Santiago
The presentation this week by Nick Vandekar was his personal recount of the pilgrimage he took walking the path of St. James through Portugal and Spain to get to Santiago de Compostela.
He was introduced to the Camino through a movie he had seen, titled The Way. It spoke to him as he was at a stage of life where his issues seemed to be reaching crisis point. His then wife set up his travels to Lisbon so that he could start his pilgrimage.
It was 2018, and his real estate business was well … (26 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 6.13.23 Debe Maxwell Lessons Learned from Transactions and Life
- 06/15/23 07:54 AM
Debe Maxwell Lessons Learned from Transactions and Life
The Zoom call this week was another interaction call chaired by Debe Maxwell.
Attendees were invited to offer their experiences in real estate transactions they have worked that left memories that may not have been the most cheerful.
Margaret Rome started the call with a story on having a condo for sale that had contingency dates set by the buyer that also was selling their home. The contract dates passed with no action by that buyer or their agent, so she put the condo back on market.
She quickly got a new buyer, and it went through … (16 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 6.06.23 Craig Daniels Tech Smorgasbord
- 06/09/23 05:29 AM
Zoom Call 6.06.23 Craig Daniels Tech Smorgasbord
The Zoom call this week was a learning lesson with Craig Daniels on using Excel spreadsheets. He initiated the tutorial by preparing a list of attendees with names only and offered a link to straw poll where one could get details on using spreadsheets.
https://strawpoll.com/polls/poy9WPpDOgJ
This was essentially a poll to determine people's familiarity with using spread sheets.
Spread sheets are a useful tool for assembling data. People are familiar with the terminology of spread sheets and also Google sheets. Google sheets are kept online and spread sheets can be kept in document files to be added to … (17 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call with Carol Williams Knowing When It's Time to Retire
- 05/31/23 06:20 PM
Zoom Call with Carol Williams Knowing When It's Time to Retire
The Zoom call this week was presented by Carol Williams and was a combination of preparing for retirement. and adapting to the situations that life presents as well.
As Carol described her transition it was thrust upon her to attend to her ailing husband. With the pause, she essentially was away from the day-to-day operation of her businesses for over 18 months and during that period, she eased herself away from the day to day and as she had 2 separate business entities, she had a ready brand looking to acquire her … (26 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 5.23.23 ADU'S Gaining Acceptance in the Market
- 05/25/23 05:44 AM
Zoom Call 5.23.23 ADU'S Gaining Acceptance in the Market
The zoom call for the week of 5.23 was a continuation of the previous week and was presented by Lenska Bracknell, a key employee of the Crest Backyard Homes Co.
ADU's is currently enjoying a large market acceptance as people look for investments or to improve their values for rental units.
An ADU has a variety of names that it has acquired over the years. Its most factual name is one of additional living space with individual conveniences.
Its additional value is that of being close to the main dwelling, offering security for the elderly family … (19 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 5.09.23 William Piotrowski What Types of Mortgages are Currently Popular
- 05/11/23 07:14 AM
William Piotrowski What Types of Mortgages are Currently Popular
The Zoom call this week was presented by William Piotrowski a Branch Manager and loan officer for Diamond Residential Mortgage. As such, with the coverage his company enjoys, he offered up information on the state of loans in the current market.
FHA loans are a popular product, at least through the first quarter of the new year enjoying a jump from 8.4% to 11.7%. This represented the largest increase in loans since 2007. While it is still lower than people would like to see it still represents a significant appreciation. Sellers seem to be … (11 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 5.02.23 John Meussner Conventional Loan Changes
- 05/02/23 02:19 PM
Zoom Call 5.02.23 John Meussner Conventional Loan Changes
The presentation for the Zoom call was done by John Meussner. was on the new Conventional Loan Pricing Changes. This is a hot topic as it appears to be a way of penalizing applicants with high credit in an attempt to improve the options for people with poorer credit.
Before he began his presentation he stressed that this is a hot topic that needs immediate attention from those with opposition to the proposed changes. The proposal itself, came from the White House, indirectly through the head of the FHFA. As was pointed out in some … (27 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 4.25.23 Keith Jones, CPA Tax Hints for Realtors
- 04/27/23 10:04 AM
Zoom Call 4.25.23 Keith Jones, CPA Tax Hints for Realtors®
The Zoom call this week was an offering by a recognized Tax Consultant and new ActiveRain member, Keith Jones.
He spent the time offering up hints to make our work lives easier especially for tax preparation and how to properly document our daily business travels to make it easier to justify tax deductions for both year-end reporting and also an IRS audit.
He opened with the comments that people with an IRS debt, much like a loan deficiency, need to sit down with the IRS and first resolve the issue and then set up … (12 comments)
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zoom call on activerain: Zoom Call 4.11.23 Monica Hess Feng Shui
- 04/13/23 08:31 AM
Zoom Call 4.11.23 Monica Hess Feng Shui
Monica Hess explained that she has been doing Feng Shui for years and essentially got started when she read a statement by Martha Stewart that if you wanted good luck, paint our front door red. As she thought about that, she honestly felt that it was just stupid and that caused her to research the art and she has been doing it ever since, for over 20 years.
Feng Shui's meaning can be broken down into the Chinese words 'Feng" meaning wind, and "shui", meaning water. The concept is derived from an ancient poem that talks … (37 comments)
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Zoom Call 11.07.23 William Piotrowski Creating Customized Graphics with AI
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