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Whatta Day! Donald Trump & I Are On Inman News Blog!

By Ruthman Real Estate

Real Estate Agent with Accessibility & The Power to Advise

February 26, 2007 09:33 AM

This is what they teach you on The Apprentice?

If real estate professionals are already questioning your ethics for teaching people to use their credit cards to make down payments on investment properties (see discussion on REliberation.com), do you really want to further antagonize them by "typosquatting" ActiveRain Real Estate Network? Apparently not a concern for Donald Trump (or maybe one of the people he hired through "The Apprentice"?), whose Trump University has taken up residence at actverain.com (ActiveRain.com without the i in Active). ActiveRain blogger Rhonda Ruthman ended up there the same way they hope you will -- by accident.

UPDATE: How many ways can you misspell ActiveRain? These will all take you to Trump University:

ACTIERAIN.COM
ACTIVEAIN.COM
ACTIVERAI.COM
ACTIVERAN.COM
ACTIVERIN.COM
ACTIVRAIN.COM
ACTVERAIN.COM

Where I found these variations.

--Matt Carter, Inman News

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Stephen Luckett

ExecuHome Realty-LuckNet Real Estate Group - Dundalk Sparrows Point, MD

Very interesting. Fortunately the true AR has much better SEO placement. I found AR doing a blind search for RE Blogs.

Feb 26, 2007 08:38 AM

George Souto

George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT

Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Rhonda, WOW I didn't thing that Donald was that desperate for business, but then again he probably used similar tactics to climb the ladder to where he is at now.

Feb 26, 2007 09:08 AM

Ruthman Real Estate

Accessibility & The Power to Advise - Fairfield, CT

Stephen: I thought that was interesting news. Good grief, maybe only agents that can't type go to Trump U. ----Oh well, sign me up!

George: Whatever's clever.... I was pretty surprised, too!

Thank you for commenting. Best wishes and continued success!

Feb 26, 2007 09:26 AM

George Tallabas

RE/MAX Advantage - Nampa, ID

Idaho Real Estate

Too funny - It's like when Dan Quail came to Idaho during his campain and misspelled "Potato" in a class room full of kids! After his mistake he asked if Potato had an E at the end. I fifth grader correctly told him it did not :-) This won't be the first booboo that Mr. Trump has made...LOL

Feb 26, 2007 09:51 AM

Bryant Tutas

Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC - Winter Garden, FL

Selling Florida one home at a time

Now isn't that interesting. The Trumpster is a pretty smart guy. I think he should join AR.

Feb 26, 2007 10:08 AM

Cynthia Sloop

Community Association Manager - Indianapolis, IN

Well I guess being famous and rich doesn't keep you from mispelled words either. Interesting post.

Feb 26, 2007 11:54 AM

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