Angela Penkin's (anpenkin) Blog

Back on March 30th I wrote a post about my son and his girlfriend and their search to purchase their first home. http://activerain.com/blogsview/1010928/walking-a-mile-in-someone-else-s-shoes- After all an $8000 tax credit would cover improvements and repairs they might want to make and she had d...

How do you budget your time? Are you a to do list groupie or a fly by the seat of your pants? Do you set certain times of the day for specific tasks? I really wish I could get myself on some kind of schedule and stick to it. Right now I have 2 things I do each week that I have scheduled specific ...

Have a question for agents working with buyers. When you show a home, do you prefer the agent to be in attendance, the seller of the home or no one (lockbox access). Listing agents, what do you typically do? Open the house, have your seller on the premises to either show it or make themselves sca...

Here I am day 3 and already stuck! So here goes. Since sitting at the computer for 10 minutes turns into 2 hours, how do you set limits for time spent on blogging and social media contributions? Do you follow everyone that follows you on twitter? I was, except for a couple of people that I didn't...

Funny how I always find something to talk about but sitting down to write something worthwhile that others would be interested in reading is a whole 'nother story. How about this email subject I received today: looking for East Irondequoit under $90,000. And there have been others for Webster, Fa...

Well, here I am 10:52 PM. Have been at this laptop almost all day. Why is it I can't fit everything in? And now, I am going to add one more thing to my to do list. Blogging every day for 21 days. Have to make it a habit. That and better time management. I just bought one of those really big round...