midwest: Newsweek Ranks Shawnee Tops - 12/13/06 08:42 AM
Shawnee KS ranked as a top Suburb by Newsweek.  Fair Housing prices, low crime and good test scores propelled Shawnee to the top of the list. 
Thoughtful cameraman captures town essence with beautiful shot of some Dust in the Wind:
Seriously, the photographer could have spent a bit more time on this.  With the addition of tumbleweed, an old pickup truck and perhaps the cowardly lion, and you would really round out this photo.  I can just hear people pulling up steaks and hitching' up the ol' covered wagon to head west now... "we're -a- headin tah Shawnee!"
Thanks NewsWEAK.
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midwest: SLOW Tech Midwest - 10/23/06 02:52 AM
The Midwest is coming up short again. Data just keeps showing that technology is more widely accepted on the west coast by agents than here in the Midwest.  Users, however are demanding and searching online equally. There is a growing gap between non adapting agents and the 30 something average buyer.  This will make younger, new agents tons of money. 
Some clips of data from CAR below show the growth steady and strong in online marketing.  Here in the Midwest, the average agent does not even check his/her email daily and is only now are getting past "beepers".  What worked when the market was hot (put up … (3 comments)