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August was another controversial one on Active Rain, complete with hundreds of red x's, rude members, vote tampering, banned members, ugly comments, and whiners.  Lots of whiners.  First...the only serious note of this post...always remember this..... receiving comments on your post is a privile...

When a town as small as Ledyard (population 15,000) gets a premium ice cream stand, it's big news.  Last month, after a few weeks of delays, Cows and Cones finally opened amidst the greenhouses and cows at Alice's Acres Farm.  It's been standing room only ever since. My office is within walking d...

I recently listed a home in Ledyard that was previously listed with another agent for about 50 days.  It was a very nice raised ranch with an awesome four season sun room. The home was listed back in May for $324,995.  It is a house I'm familiar with so I was rather staggered when I saw the askin...

I've seen some weird stuff happening here lately.  There have been way too many nominations for the August "special kind of stupid award".  Unfortunately, I can't link to the posts since most of them have vanished.  But take the now gone El Salsa dude as one example.  He didn't last beyond a few...

July has been a typical month so far on Active Rain - a month of carnivals, whiners, turd birds and blatant self promotion.  With 39,331 members of Active Rain, I realize that only about 100 people will actually "get" this post.  For the other 39,231 - move on, nothing to see here.So what will A...

I've been in the real estate business for 31 years.  I've been through 3 down markets.  It happens every 10-12 years for me whether I like it or not.  I use the slow markets as opportunity time.  I have three drawers in my office full of ideas.  The first drawer is for buyer ideas.  The second is...

The team topic seems to generate more than it's share of interest. Back in December, I wrote a blog post called To Team or not to Team?   I still get emails and comments on that post and my orginal post  How to create a winning team.  Bob Carney's post So When is it Time to start a Team.... creat...

Carnac is quite pleased.  He thought he was being forced into retirement.  Things had gotten down right boring around here.  I mean... how many blogs about flat people and parties can one person handle?  Yawn.   And then BAM, the proverbial poop hit the fan.  There were dirty diapers and everyth...

Be sure to add this one to your technology tool kit! Jeff Turner take note!  Actually you may want to Jott yourself about this one!   I just found the most amazing technology.  This will change the way you do business.  What an ubelievable product.  Find your kids, find your spouse, find your cli...

I went on a listing appointment today.  As we went through the kitchen, I noticed one of my calendars on the refrigerator. Mr. Seller had been receiving my "stuff" for 18 years - calendars, magnets, postcards, newsletters.  Mr. Seller was proud of the updates he had made to the house since I sold...