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Just Doing Some Head Scratching

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Lockwood Real Estate

Laurie Mindnich was nice enough to ask where the heck I was recently, and I told her I was on vacation.

Well, that was last week, and this week that's no longer where I am.  This week I'm just out of phase with ActiveRain, and not writing anything much.

To think that a mere two weeks ago, I was racking up points with the best of them.

This week I'm trying to get my head back around social networks, and doing all kinds of low tech things, like cleaning off my desk, shoveling pea gravel and dieting.

A guy knocked on my door today, and introduced himself as Michael Jones, a Broker from Prudential.  So I introduced myself back as John Lockwood, a broker from Elite Properties.  He still tried to list my house.

Maybe he didn't believe me.

I'm trying to figure out what to do with ParticleWave.com, an extremely search engine seasoned site with a bunch of junk on it.  Please don't go look at it.  I just told you:  it's a bunch of junk.  Really.

But for a bunch of junk, it has great search cred.  It's listed on dmoz, for example, something that's been impossible to do since the sixteenth century.

I could turn it into yet another local real estate site, or make a statewide or national listing or social networking site out of it.

I'd kind of like to try something new. 

 

Laurie Mindnich
Centennial, CO

I have no idea what particlewave is, but am glad to see you back. The week before, and the week after a vacation- the least productive, but well worth the time away.  I hung out today (it's humid and hot) thinking, "I just did my kid's wedding.  I deserve the rest of my life off."  Not gonna happen!

Aug 01, 2007 01:15 PM
Art Blanchet
On the Outside Lookin' In - Sebastian, FL
Stranger in a Warm Land

Hey John - Waving a red flag in front of a bull with that Please don't go look at it about particlewave.com.  OK, but just as soon as your back is turned, I'm goin' there.

Don't worry about short sabbaticals from AR - it's good to play mental hookie (hooky?) once in a while.  Welcome back (we did wonder where you were just a little...)

Aug 01, 2007 03:29 PM
Danielle V. Lewis
DDR Realty - Newburgh, NY
DDR Realty
I was laughing when you said the Prudential broker still tried to list your house after telling him you yourself are an agent. Did you ever get him to believe you? =).
Aug 02, 2007 05:37 AM
Kaye Thomas
Real Estate West - Manhattan Beach, CA
e-PRO, Manhattan Beach CA

Oh how I can relate.. I used to get these calls.. Hi.. I'm.... from..... and I wonder if you want to sell your home.. My reply would always be Hi... I'm Kaye and I work at  Real Estate West... can't tell you how many times the rsponse was... Oh.. I was just calling to see if you were interested in selling...

Aug 02, 2007 05:20 PM