Carol Williams' Real Estate Marketing and Goal Setting Blog
As a retired agent, broker/owner, and property manager my blog is a menagerie of wisdom and ramblings from my career and life in general.
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2016
I love summer in the Wenatchee Valley because of all the fresh soft fruits. We can, literally, go pick fruit off the tree when it is ripe and it tastes so much better than anything you can buy in the stores.We can pretty much get anything we want any time of the year (in the store) but there is ...
06/30/2016
Love this post by Pat Starnes . I’ve learned many things throughout my real estate career. It’s hard to name just one thing that’s had the largest impact, so I’ve put together a list of 10 things I’ve learned while selling real estate that you may find interesting. I’ve learned: 1. The real ...
06/29/2016
When life gives you lemons, make some lemonade.If you know anything about golf, you know it's not really a good thing to get too intimate with the trees. But, occasionally your ball goes astray and snuggles up to a tree trunk. Yesterday was such an occasion. I didn't let it spoil my day, though...
06/29/2016
A wonderful post on why a home inspection should be performed, even on new construction. To answer the title's question, I wish I could say, “Just because.” I know that is not going to convince anyone though, so I will give some examples of why EVERY home needs an inspection in the context of a...
06/28/2016
Have you ever had a new roof installed and felt like you were in a house being attacked by a descent of woodpeckers on steroids? It is a noisy experience. I made the mistake yesterday of not having plans to be away during the tear off and sheeting. Today was different. I packed up and went go...
06/28/2016
Here is another great submission for my Newbie Tuesday reblog series. Thanks Tammie White! When we get into the real estate business, we think it's all about helping people buy and sell homes. While that's our ulitmate goal, we first need to learn ways to generate that business. That's probabl...
06/27/2016
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With our global economy, there has been a lot of talk and confusion about what the British vote to leave the Europeon Union means for ALL of us. The truth is, even the self-appointed experts don't know yet. But, there is certainly a lot of speculation. Makes for good news media drama, and we all ...
06/27/2016
Awww... the priceless surprises that inevitably come with any adventure. This particular picture was taken on a day trip from Las Vegas toward Death Valley. It was very near the Nevada / California border. We were in search of desert wildflowers. We did find lots of wild flowers in the des...
06/27/2016
Here is installment #3 on the Monday Listings reblogs. How can you not want to read a post about "lead magnets"? Thanks for the post Debbie Gartner. As part of Bob Stewart's Crowd Sourcing, I'm republishing this article with some additional commentary: This had been on my "to do" list for ov...
06/26/2016
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"Do not mistake activity for progress. You can keep busy in a rocking chair but you won't get anywhere." -Earl NightingaleI often hear new and struggling agents tell me how busy they are and, yet, they are frustrated because they aren't actually finding clients...
06/26/2016
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