Mary Weiss's Blog

I dove in today. Fully.After hours of updating my LinkedIn profile and adding relevant information, shining it up to be much like a pretty silver spoon, I am ready to feed my professional side to the world. To be honest, I've always liked the idea of using LinkedIn, but in reality, I've never rea...

Wow, it has been a very crazy couple of weeks here in the big Z - and I realized that I haven't given any one of you an update for a while. I miss my Rainers and really need to come back and check in more often... how are you all and how is it going? The only update with AR that I'm in the know a...

Hi Rainers!I have a bittersweet announcement for you. This is my last week officially working for Market Leader and ActiveRain. I have accepted a new position as an Account Manager in Zillow's Mortgage Team and I couldn't be any more excited to tell you the truth, although I am sad to take my lea...

We all know how it goes - we see a lot of blogs getting featured on the Leaderboard and homepage and wonder, "How do I get there?" Well, here's how you can build that organically. No cheating or special tricks are required. All you need is a good work ethic and dedication. Let's begin: 1. Be acti...

  Agents of the past who thought they were being creative in using more positively spun terms for their listings basically ruined it for you. Anyone can pick up a thesaurus and find a new word for "small," (insert "cozy") but after a while, you come up with the same stale, dry, gritty words that ...

Happy Friday! Congratulations, you made it through this week! As a reward, I wanted to share this hilarious video I found on YouTube... a wonderful marketing video created by the Harris Group in Vancouver, BC. How creative and funny is this? ...and a wonderful depiction of things that agents shou...

I decided that I needed a little humor today.    This video, as funny as it may be, illustrates how important it is to make sure that you proof-read everything you send to a printer, make sensible staging decisions when sharing images of your properties, and double-checking every little detail. A...

  ©©©©©©©© Disclaimer: I am not an attorney. I am not providing you legal advice.   Copyright is everywhere. Anyone who tells you that something is copyright-free is not doing you any favors and could get you into trouble. They are very likely mixing up the legal term, "copyright" with "royalty-f...

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all of you wonderful peeps!   We are closing the office early today (noon PST) and will return to the office on Monday, December 29th.   During this time, we hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a relaxing break from all your hard work. If you need any...

One of my colleagues just informed me that Seattle is getting its very own cat-cafe.   Let that sink in for a moment... . . . . . . . . . . Yes, a cat cafe.  I had to Google this...and yes, this is real. However, it's not exactly what you think. This isn't the first feline-fad to take place here ...