I Made It to the Finish Line!! Today is the last day of the May 31 day challenge. I participated in the January challenge and found that to be more difficult than this time around. My focus ended up being different than I had anticipated. The plan had been to focus on hyper-local posts but somew
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05/31/2011
You Can't Buy This Kind of Publicity Yesterday, I was at a high school graduation party. Someone brought up the subject of movies. Since we'd just seen the movie Secretariat. I suggested this movie as a must see. One of the women, mentioned she had not seen the movie but had read the book and it
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05/31/2011
Why You Should Develop Your Own Website Rather Than Use a Broker's Yesterday, I wrote a post entitled, Things I Wish I'd Known My First Year in Business. In this article, I covered nine areas that I wish I'd known early in my real estate career. I would like to clarify one of the statements I mad
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05/29/2011
Real estate has always been a passion of mine. I followed the market closely, even though, I wasn't in the business. It had been my desire to become a real estate agent when my kids got older. When I finally took the plunge four years ago, I was in a totally new geographic area. No family or frie
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05/28/2011
Tonight, I watched the movie Secretariat. I was a child when this story unfolded and while I knew Secretariat was the greatest horse that ever lived, I didn't know all the details surrounding his fame. For those who don't know, he won the Triple Crown in horse racing. No one ever thought he'd win
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05/27/2011
Dear Activerain Readers, Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. As of today, you will find me with Benchmark Realty, LLC. I am very excited about this change as I will be better able to serve my clients. Please be patient with me as there will be a slight transition time to get all my li
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05/26/2011
Tonight was the American Idol finale and boy was it a star-studded event. Scotty McCreery sang a duet with Tim McGraw, Lauren Alaina performed a duet with Carrie Underwood, Beyonce performed with six of the women finalists and also did a solo performance of her new hit, Lady Gaga performed, Tony
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05/25/2011
Tonight was the finale of American Idol. Never have I been so happy about the final two contestants--Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery. Interestingly, they are both country music performers and both are the youngest finalists in American Idol history. Lauren Alaina is 16 and Scotty McCreary is 17
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05/24/2011
Do Sales Leaders Make Good Leaders? My sister recently applied for a management position with her company. She is a very hard worker. As a matter of fact, she makes a lot of money for her company. She is also a very strong, independent woman. However, she is not a leader. It came as no surprise t
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05/23/2011
The winner of the St. Jude's Dream Home Giveaway in Franklin TN will be announced on Fox-TV Sunday, June 26.It's not too late to buy your $100 chance to win this home built by Southern Land Company. The home is located in the Westhaven neighborhood of Franklin TN. (The picture below is the St. Ju
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05/22/2011
