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2012 

  CLINT AARON MILLER        03.08.1971 - 12.11.11   THIS BLOG is about a co-worker and friend, and how some people continue to be a presence even after they are gone. I'm writing about Clint Miller, a longtime employee and social networking wizard here at Real Estate Pipeline. Many of you followe...
02/28/2012
"Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events." Albert Einstein.   THERE IS A LOT of chatter today about the Dow Jone Industrial Average climbing back above 13,000 as it briefly did last week. For many, it is a sign the economy is coming back, that good times are returning. After a...
02/27/2012
IT'S GETTING TOUGH again at the gas pump. And according to all of those who claim to know, it's just going to get more expensive as the year passes. What isn't so clear is why. Regardless of the reasons, it again is becoming a time when consumers are looking for ways to control, or at least have ...
02/24/2012
WHY just buy a house when you can buy the house and the town it resides in? Along with being a homeowner, you could become mayor too! Even better, it's in Montana. The town of Pray, Montana is for sale. The asking price is $1.4 million. For that the buyer gets the five acre townsite including sev...
02/21/2012
Let's see if I have this straight: Home prices fell in November and hover near recent lows: S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city report, rates for a fixed mortgage remain at an all-time low: Freddie Mac and more people can afford to buy a home now than in decades: NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index. ...
02/19/2012
Warning: This blog is just for the fun of it. Anyone interested in seeking hidden treasure? If you have a Smartphone it's easier, and more fun, than you might imagine. This blog is about setting work aside, having fun, learning something in the process and finding stashed goodies. It's about geoc...
02/16/2012
Relationships - you can't succeed without them. I'm thinking that is one hard fact we all have in common. I work with an on-line lead generation service and developing long-term, productive relationships is the key to a decent paycheck. I just got to have them. So, when I sign someone up to recei...
02/15/2012
"Wise to resolve, and patient to perform." - Homer   Forty days have passed since the beginning of a new year. It seems a good time to ask the AR community: "So, how are those New Year's resolutions working out?" Many of us make them every year, we resolve to, in one way or another,  make ourselv...
02/13/2012
"Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road."  Stewart Brand                                                                                                                                                                                   ...
02/10/2012
I am not an expert on website design. But I am a person who spends a lot of time on agents' sites and I am similar to many of the consumers who also make their way to those sites. During my travels through hundreds of these websites, I've kept a list of things that make me crazy and probably make...
02/08/2012