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2007
I touched on this topic once before in a previous post aptly entitled, "One Way Traffic Jams on the ActiveRain Blogway." It garnered some fairly active response (nearly 200 comments). But with over 36,000 members and growing, it's something that bears repeating. A 'Strafing Run' was a war-time ba...
06/30/2007
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The Blogosphere has long been the breeding ground for self-proclaimed 'Armchair Quarterbacks.' "Anyone with a blog, an expanded vocabulary, and a condescending attitude gains immediate credibility as an expert in any field, profession, or discipline." Subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, or quot...
06/28/2007
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On July 27th thru 29th, the 35th Annual Whaling Days Festival comes to the Old Town District of Silverdale, WA.Whalings Days is three jam-packed days of fun and entertainment for the whole family. There's an Opening Day Fireworks display, a Pancake Breakfast, a huge fun Street Fair, canoe races,...
06/26/2007
I simply couldn't allow this momentous event to slip by unnoticed.Our beloved Sarah Cooper reached the coveted "100K" milestone here on ActiveRain. She is the 45th person out of 35,688 members to achieve this prized accomplishment!I remember the first time I encountered Sarah shortly after she jo...
06/25/2007
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Well, as hard as it may be to believe, even real estate professionals need an occasional day off, for time to relax and re-energize.As much as I truly enjoy my chosen vocation as a licensed real estate agent with Windermere Real Estate, in Silverdale, here on the beautiful Kitsap Peninsula in sce...
06/25/2007
The inspiration for beginning this on-going series of 'Top Picks' was the result of a recent backlink 'click-through' experience I had while frequenting one of my favorite blogsites, "The Real Estate Tomato." The Ketchup King himself, Jim Cronin, was plugging a recent article by 1st-time RET cont...
06/24/2007
For those of you ActiveRainers who are new or uninitiated, one of our veteran members, Maureen Francis, started a fun ritual a while back called "The Blog Tour." This was an opportunity for ActiveRain members to share their 'other' blogsites, as well to encourage our collective membership to step...
06/23/2007
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One of my favorite reads is a little book you can digest in about 20 minutes. It's a humorous journey entitled, "Who Moved My Cheese?" and it's written by Spencer Johnson, M.D., the same guy who co-authored "The One-Minute Manager" with Ken Blanchard.The main emphasis of this book is how people (...
06/19/2007
Adverse Possession is one of those terms we learn early on in our real estate career. You're guaranteed to see it as one of the multiple choice questions on your license exam, along with riparian rights and appurtenances.It's always interesting to me how these terms can take on a whole new meanin...
06/19/2007
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For those of you who didn't know, fellow Rainer George Souto, a Loan Officer with McCue Mortgage, turned 100 over the past weekend.The guys looks pretty darn dashing for having reached the big 100, don't ya think?(Maybe he's one of those people that haven't updated his picture since the '70's?)Ac...
06/18/2007