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2014
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I know there are many dog lovers on Active Rain. I just want to remind everyone that today we honor man's best friend. Dogs have been human loyal compians forever. Today I read a story of a dog named Sadie who saved her master's life. USA today has a web page of favorite dog videos. And I wro...
08/26/2014
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During your buying/selling process you want to connect with the other person. You need to develop rapport by listening to what the other person is saying? That makes sense but have you ever asked a saleperson a question about a product only to receive an answer that has nothing to do with the q...
08/24/2014
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Tim Ramey has an excellent post here. The big problem with time management is procrastination. The real issue with procrastination is making an attitude shift. After you have clarified your purpose and goals look at the tasks and just do them. Procrastination is something I must admit I have s...
08/23/2014
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I have grown with my blogging since I joined Active Rain in August 2011. I owe my blogging success to the Active Rain Community. It took me 18 months to break 100,000. Then, it took me 12 months to get to 200,000. And it took me 6 months to 300,000 which I hit on Monday. So if I continue at t...
08/19/2014
I am happy to introduce Activerain newbie René Alfani. René is a home inspector in Westchester County NY. I met René when he joined my BNI group in Briarcliff Manor. He is part of our Real Estate power team which includes our Realtor and Active Rain Maker Phil Faranda. René has previously...
08/18/2014
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Recently I was talking with the leader of a brokerage in Northern Westchester County NY. He has brought on many sales agents but not all seem to be working out. He claims that they don't take ownership of their area and that they lack initiative. “Unless I point it out to them they don't take t...
08/17/2014
I just returned from a great evening hosted by Dadny Eason. We all managed to squense into this picture. First of all, it was great to see all of the regulars from Debbie Gartner's Westchester Meetup last week. This group included Debbie Gartner, Joanna Cohlan, Hillary Sheppard, and Judy Meder...
08/14/2014
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Recently the Zuhl Team wrote a great blog on Touching your Sphere of Influence. I re blogged it because I think that strategic alliances, power teams, and spheres of influence are very important to keeping your sales funnel full. This blog explains how to become a center of influence. I will...
08/11/2014
I just came back from a fun meetup at UNO Pizzeria in White Plains. The flooring girl, Debbie Gartner hosted. We had a number of new people including two new bloggers, Kathy Dagostino and René Alfano. Kathy is a coach and a home stager and René is a home inspector. They are both still working...
08/06/2014
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Real Estate is a great place to talk about seeing things the way others do. Homeowners who have lived in one place for a while stop seeing things. Most of us need our Realtor, Home Stager, Home Inspector or others to point things out. If we take the actions that they recommend we will end up w...
08/03/2014