SUCCESS! With some help from friends here in Active Rain, I published our first newsletter, and we just got a great listing from it last week! For less than $100 (having little marketing budget left to do much more!), sent only to our "sphere of influence," this just goes to show that even with
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09/09/2008
I think I'm becoming addicted to AR...I know, you're shocked, right? I've been reading regularly since earlier this summer. There is so much information on this site, its really unbelievable! In fact, I know I need to personalize my page, add links, etc. I've even bookmarked some great posts a
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07/31/2008
I've been feeling like all I do on my blog and commenting on others is complain about the market, etc...Well today was different. Years ago, while working with a different business partner for a large franchise company, we had the opportunity to show quite a lot of properties to a couple who ende
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07/29/2008
Without a doubt, this year is better than last year. But does that mean the market is really pulling out of the slump? Here in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia (only about an hour from DC/Baltimore metro) we had a huge boom in the early 2000's, as did just about everybody else. The majori
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07/01/2008
I've been tossing this idea around in my head for a while now, and thought, well, just post it! Recently, I've encountered some realtors and other professionals whose behavior has been really disconcerting. Having been a licensed Realtor for 12 years, I was taught by some great mentors a few bas
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06/30/2008
Hello and good morning! Reading my local paper this morning, found an article about the bill in the Senate addressing housing relief for beleagered borrowers. As I understand it, the bill would allow FHA to back $300 million in newer, cheaper loans for approximately 400,000 distressed borrowers.
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06/25/2008
Good Morning! Our local paper (Martinsburg, WV) has a story on the front page that M.D.C. Holdings, dba Richmond American Homes of West Virginia is being sued by 10 homeowners for allegedly failing to install functional radon pipes in their new constructions. It says that one homeowner claims th
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06/23/2008
Ok, I just read about all the members out there who never blog...Yes, I'm guilty as charged! So here I go, and I will plan to write more often, daily perhaps??? We'll see, won't we? So I've returned from hosting an open house luncheon for my fellow area agents at a listing that shows beautifull
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06/19/2008