For many types of marketing activities that are performed over time, there is a blossom. If you have done direct mail or blogged for a while, you might have noticed it. As Satch Carlson like to say... "nothing.. nothing... nothing.... JET BLAST." You know. You are putting it out there for a m
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06/28/2008
There are things that I find hilarious as I wander through the listings... I'm working on a market whiff... kind of a pre-CMA to see if the property will be priced in the ball park... and I am looking through a bunch of listings. And I keep thinking that in some cases there are too many agents
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06/28/2008
And it wasn't a bad thing. The story won't air until next month (July), but they were filming in one of my listings. Specifically, they were showing a property that was staged with a live-in home manager. Showhomes of Atlanta is the vendor that is doing the job correctly in this story. Someb
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06/27/2008
Welcome to my almost, roughly weekly recap of the prior weeks blog posts at LaneBailey.com. I am not nearly as consistent wit hthese updates as I should be... but they are all chronicled here. Video Sunday... Racing in 3 Dimensions. I love desert racing. It is one of the things on my bucket l
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06/27/2008
I talked with a home owner (potential seller?) not long ago about listing their home. It was a beatiful home. Nice neighborhood. Good schools. Well decorated. I was not talking with them specifically about listing. It wasn't a house I wanted to list... No garage space. But, this particula
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06/23/2008
Auto restoration, real estate, diet... whatever. It's all about building the system, examining the system, testing the system... and doing it all over again... and again... and again. I am building a Jeepster/Commando from the ground up. Currently I am building a frame. I know that in order to ge
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06/21/2008
10,000 listings in FMLS. Actually 10,043 Single Family Residences listed for sale in Gwinnett County. These include Active Listings, Pending Sale (with a Contingency) and Pending Sale (with a Kick-Out Contingency). That is a LOT of properties. But I would hesitate to say that all of them are
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06/21/2008
The blogosphere is going nuts with this... He gets a sweetheart deal from Countrywide, disavows all knowledge, and then pushes a $300B bailout... Not only did he get about $70k in campaign contributions from Countrywide and BoA in the last year and a half, but the loan is apparently going to sa
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06/21/2008
Every Sunday I try to post up some unique videos. It has become a fairly popular feature... This Sunday was Mini-Vid Sunday. Take a look at what people can do without using ANY gas. I posted up an Open House Announcement - 9010Brixham Court for Monday's post. The Open House was on Father's
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06/21/2008
I have finally put the last nail in the June GarageHomesUSA - LaneBailey.com eNewsletter. And it has mailed. There are a couple of really good stories in it. If you aren't already a subscriber... why? It is free, and a way to catch up on some of the posts from various sources over the last mo
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06/19/2008
