activerain contests: The Total Wine Line | Acts of Kindness
- 12/14/23 02:37 PM
This post is my second entry in Acts of Kindness | Sharing Love & Joy This Holiday Season the December 2023 Active Rain Challenge.
The category chosen for this post is: Share An Act of Kindness You Witnessed.
While standing in line to check out at the Total Wine store, I witnessed a fun "pay it forward" act of kindness.
A man with a shopping cart filled with two cases of wine and many other bottles of wine and assorted liquor bottles turned to the person behind him and said, "You can go in front of me."
The person behind him was holding gift cards. … (23 comments)
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activerain contests: Acts of Kindness | Tunnel to Towers Foundation
- 11/13/23 04:13 PM
This post is my first entry in Acts of Kindness | Sharing Love & Joy This Holiday Season the December 2023 Active Rain Challenge.
The category chosen for this post is: Share One of Your Acts of Kindness.
It typically is not my style to talk about things such as this, however, I am a PROUD supporter of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
From the T2T website:
“Since 9/11, we have been helping America’s heroes by providing mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children and by building specially adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first … (28 comments)
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activerain contests: Acts of Kindness | Sharing Love & Joy This Holiday Season
- 11/12/23 09:21 AM
Dr. Paul McDonald and Kathleen Daniels are co-hosts for the ActiveRain December challenge Acts of Kindness | Sharing Love & Joy This Holiday Season.
The theme for this holiday season challenge is “Acts of Kindness”.
There are three categories to choose from.
Share an Act of Kindness of Someone You Know. Share One of Your Acts of Kindness. Share an Act of Kindness that You Witnessed.
In each post:
(1) Identify the Act of Kindness. Tell us what it was. This could be anything. A donation was made. An unexpected gift you received. Volunteering at a hospital. Volunteering at an animal … (70 comments)
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activerain contests: Attitude of Gratitude | Integrative Medicine
- 11/10/23 03:41 PM
I avoid visiting doctors and being in a hospital. I know there is a need for "Western medicine". If I am having a heart attack, I definitely want a heart specialist to treat me. If I break a bone, I definitely want an orthopedic specialist to treat me.
If I am feeling "sick" I am not one to take an over-the-counter relief medicine or most definitely not a Big Pharma pharmaceutical. However, when I had COVID and a horrible cough, I did take over-the-counter cough syrup.
When I had surgery for cancer in October 2012, I left the hospital with the pain medicine … (15 comments)
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activerain contests: An Attitude of Gratitude | Blessed in the Rain!
- 11/02/23 07:40 AM
I did not wake up today intending to write a Gratitude post. In fact, doing so was not even on my long list of things I want to accomplish today.
However, I tend to go with the flow at the moment and fully feel what I am feeling. No better time than the present to write and publish my first of what I hope will be one of four gratitude posts for the November Gratitude Challenge hosted by the one and only gracious, Miss Debe Maxwell, CRS
It's easy to live in the default mode of all the things we take for granted. … (23 comments)
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activerain contests: What Makes Kathleen Daniels Exceptional?
- 07/01/23 03:41 PM
Margaret Rome and John Meussner are hosting the Active Rain What Makes You Exceptional July 2023 Challenge.
Exceptional Definition: Adjective. You use exceptional to describe someone or something that has a particular quality, usually a good quality, to an unusually high degree. Source: Collins Dictionary
The Challenge: This month, we want to know how you stand out and provide an experience for your customers that is exceptional amongst your industry peers.
Do you have scripts or procedures that allow you to scale while providing rock-star-level service? A concierge experience? An awesome post-settlement process?
My Exceptionalism
No scripts for me. I absolutely turn off when people … (42 comments)
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activerain contests: Mr. Seller March the Window Coverings Back to the House!
- 03/11/23 01:29 PM
The Scenario: Several years ago, one of my short-sale clients was ready to purchase a home again. Client loyalty is priceless.
After getting them preapproved for a loan to purchase, we discussed their needs and wants, an MLS search was set up, and we began the process of showing homes.
California is not an attorney state. In my county, we work with a title company and an escrow officer at the title company. In other words, title and escrow are the same company. In Santa Clara County, the area I serve, the seller chooses the title company. Typically, not always the … (20 comments)
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activerain contests: Real Estate Marketing Tips | Active Rain January 2023 Challenge
- 01/31/23 04:55 PM
January 2023 begins my 21st year in real estate. Although I already had a broker license, in January 2012, I ventured out on my own as an independent real estate broker.
There were many reasons I decided to become an independent real estate broker. Among them was the expectation that as an affiliate broker with a Big Box Brokerage, I was expected to do things that my moral and ethical compass would not do.
Being an independent real estate broker is not for everyone. I get that. Neither is owning a brokerage and managing agents. I get that too because it is not … (25 comments)
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activerain contests: To Be Crazy or Not to Be Crazy | Real Estate Stories
- 09/09/22 04:17 PM
I received my license on January 18, 2003, and started working immediately in full-time real estate sales. That means I am a few months shy of 20 years in the business. Although I was already a Broker Associate, I went out on my own as an Independent Broker In January 2012. I've been flying solo for ten (10) years, never looked back, and love my freedom and independence.
Eileen Burns and Kathy Streib are the Hosts of Crazy Real Estate Stories September Challenge.
Well now, in nearly 20 years I could fill a book or two with real estate stories.
Many years ago, an … (22 comments)
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activerain contests: Banana Jet Flight 722 to North Carolina is Now Boarding
- 07/04/22 08:53 AM
Banana Jet Flight 722 to North Carolina is Now Boarding
Calling Aura Alex, Bob "RealMan" Timm, Caroline Gerardo, Doug Dawes, Eileen Burns,
Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate, Nina Hollander, Broker, Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP, Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA, and Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Your bags are on board the Banana Jet. Take a seat of your choice, set back, relax, and enjoy a glass of champagne before take-off.
Bonus that I get to meet Miss Anna Banana Kruchten CRS, Phoenix Broker. I am told by a reliable source that she will be our Captain on this flight.
• I am … (31 comments)
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activerain contests: What's Your Professional Story by Kathleen Daniels
- 02/12/22 04:50 PM
In Post 1, What's Your Personal Story by Kathleen Daniels, the experiences I shared in my personal life most definitely influenced my professional life especially in terms of choosing my niche. Or, shall I say, how my niche chose me because of my life experiences.
I worked in several law firms as a legal secretary, admin, and ultimately as a paralegal. I loved paralegal work. It is in my blood and DNA; I just know it. From private law corporations, I made the leap into technology.
Worked at Tandem computers as a paralegal and contract manager. Cisco was a hot company and many … (31 comments)
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activerain contests: What's Your Personal Story by Kathleen Daniels
- 02/05/22 11:12 AM
This post is an entry in the ActiveRain February 2022 Challenge
What's Your Personal Story?
I was born in Burlingame, California at Peninsula Hospital, the youngest of six (6) children, thereafter, rendering me the “baby” in the eyes of my five (5) siblings. Being the last-born child played a huge role in my personal story of caring for my mother in later years. I was the only one she trusted to honor her wishes in caring for her as she grew older. Sadly, my other siblings were either incapable and/or did not care.
There won’t be a book written about this. I have no … (25 comments)
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activerain contests: Things Lost to the Internet by Kathleen Daniels
- 12/26/21 03:46 PM
In the January 2022 Challenge, things lost to the Internet, we are asked to reflect and write about what we have experienced as the biggest change the internet brought to our business both in the way we do business and the way our clients do business with us.
It seems I’ve been around since shortly after the dinosaurs disappeared.
I am among the generation that made the transition from a typewriter to an electric typewriter. Everything that evolved thereafter brings us to where we are today.
Of course, that technology is used in a variety of ways to access the Internet in terms of … (35 comments)
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activerain contests: New Year’s Eve Fire | Letting Go
- 12/04/21 11:12 AM
Carol Williams and Andrea Bedard challenged the ActiveRain community in the December Challenge: 'Tis the Season for Miracles & Scares to “take a look back and identify the one thing you'd like to scare away or free yourself from, and not bring into the new year with you.”
For me, New Year's Eve is like a reset button. The end of a year is a great time to reflect on the year and decide, both personally and professionally, what changes we would like to make. Notice I did not say resolutions.
The ONE thing I am letting go of is the nasty … (20 comments)
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activerain contests: ActiveRain Bells Ringing During the 2021 Holiday Season
- 10/13/21 10:00 AM
This December 2021 ActiveRain Holiday Challenge is about phone calls!
We offer three (3) ways to play.
Option 1: Call an AR member who has not been active in the Rain for a year or longer. Many of us are connected to AR members who are no longer active in the Rain. This should not be someone you have talked to in 2021.
Option 2: Call an AR member you have spoken with before but have not talked with them in 2021.
Option 3: Call an AR member you have never spoken with.
Who Are You Going To Call?
Photo Collage Courtesy of Kathy Streib
How to get … (45 comments)
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activerain contests: Book Review | August 2021 ActiveRain Contest
- 08/03/21 05:31 PM
We are keeping the August 2021 ActiveRain Contest Simple.
When was the last time you wrote a “Book Report”?
School may be out for summer, but the learning never ends here in the Rain!
This month’s contest, or challenge, is to read a book and write a review.
Or write a review of a book you have already read.
It can be on any topic, personal or professional.
To receive 1,000 points, your review must:
* Have a minimum of 500 words
* Include a graphic (a photo of the book works)
* What inspired you to read the book you are reviewing
* Explain … (88 comments)
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activerain contests: October Challenge| An Old Fart Beating Her Own Drum
- 10/10/15 06:01 AM
Patricia Kennedy’s October Challenge asks: “If you are an Oldie, think back on your own career. Write a post about the very best advice you got that could help a rookie become a rock star.”
First off, I am not sure what being a rock star really means in real estate. If it means top producer … I never wanted to be one. I never wanted to be “one of those” or “like them.”
What I saw as a rookie in the real estate industry turned my stomach. I did not like being around other real estate agents, aka “Realtors”. Coming from Corporate America … (40 comments)
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activerain contests: Ask An Ambassador: What's A Good Way To Rack And Stack Up More Points?
- 11/30/13 01:39 AM
Ask An Ambassador: What's A Good Way To Rack And Stack Up More Points?
I have a confession to make. I was a fairly active blogger here in the Rain for years before I figured out there were CONTESTS and we get POINTS for participating.
Since then, I've become a self professed point junkie.
Yes, Junkie. I am Addicted to ActiveRain and Addicted to Points.
Contests are a great way to rack up points.
In addition to the 100 points we get for logging in each day, 25 points for up to 10 comments made each day, 225 points … (61 comments)
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activerain contests: Meet Jenefer Joseph - Valley Stream Real Estate Agent in New York
- 05/01/13 11:04 AM
Meet Jenefer Joseph - Valley Stream Real Estate Agent in New York
Jenefer Joseph of Valley Stream, New York as been a Valley Stream Real Estate Agent for 12 years. Jenefer started with ReMax and went out on her own as an independent broker in October 2008. Today, Jenefer manages a small botique brokerage, Jenefer Joseph & Associates.
Valley Stream, New York is in Nassau County which boarders Queens County in New York City.
Jenefer joined ActiveRain in 2007!
I contacted Jenefer regarding the Newbie Outreach - ActiveRain Challenge May 2013. Jenefer was happy to receive my … (16 comments)
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activerain contests: May's Cloudburst of You
- 05/01/13 10:15 AM
Our one and only AR Community Manager, Kerrie Greenhalgh, has challenged us to write 20 posts in May. 3 have to be hyperlocal. If you are participating in Anna Banana's Get Ready for the Summer Season Contest then 6 blogs may qualify for both challenges. How cool is that?
Kerrie went easy on us by only requiring 20 posts and 100 comments.
I'm in! Are you?
Many of you have participated in the 30in30s from months past and have been quite successful from them as they've gotten you into the habit of blogging, marketing yourself more and exercising new … (5 comments)
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This post is my second entry in Acts of Kindness | Sharing Love & Joy This Holiday Season the December 2023 Active Rain Challenge. 
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