Bigger Communications Real Estate Blog

To be fair, I was a good little AR blogger and first tried searching for a blog about this.  I'm sure this info is embedded in someone's blog.But regardless my question is this: How do you turn off the setting that enables any comments you receive on your AR home page from being forwarded to your...

How many people read your blog silently, but never respond?  Is there a silent majority out there that are reading your posts but never responding?  In a conversation not to long ago with a fellow active rainer and good friend, John Ford mentioned to me that he already had gotten a referral from ...

I read Lissa Uder's post this morning called Expired Homeowner, Tell Me How You Really Feel, which is great.  If you haven't read it yet definitely take a moment and check it out.  I have always had trouble bothering people even if it's not for business, because I am the anti salesperson kind of ...

I have some great success as a Humboldt County Real Estate agent selling unique properties that came with a list of challenges.  In both scenarios I was able to get them sold.  Yeah!   One was a cute Red Firehouse in Old Town Eureka CA.  Very unique property for our Humboldt County Real Estate ma...

Happy April Fool's Day!  Ok, I'll start.  When I was the promotion's director for Humboldt County's local radio stations, KHUM, KSLG and KWPT (The Point), every April Fools we did something creative to throw off our listeners.Before I tell you the two April Fools Joke's the station pulled, let me...

As a self employed Realtor with pre-existing conditions the fear of not having health insurance scares me to death.  I currently get insurance through my husband, but his company is in bankruptcy and the uncertainty of what will happen to his job is a little unsettling, especially if the company ...

Yesterday I went to check out a national exclusive networking organization called BNI.  A friend of mine had invited me and so I figured it wouldn't hurt to see what it was all about.  Basically, it is a referral-based network of business individuals helping each other find more business.  Now, I...

It breaks my heart when a low income buyer walks into my office, because they so badly want to own a piece of the “American Dream,” as so many of us in our profession have promoted to the buying public over the years.  But let’s be realistic.  Not everyone is capable of owning his or her own home...

Whether you support the idea or not, one thing is for sure, everyone has an opinion about whether fluoride should be added to their local drinking water. In Humboldt County this has been a heated topic for discussion for well over a year now. And it just came to a head just a few days ago. The Hu...

Just got a phone call today while on Floor Duty.  The buyer's agent (who had a scheduled showing appointment) had called because there was a problem getting into the home.  So naturally the buyer's agent called the listing agent.  Here she is, standing in front of the home with her client, who re...