Time keeps on slipping into the future, and if you want to fly like an eagle, you've got to know some tricks of the trade.If I've heard it once, I've heard it a 1000 times, I don't have time to blog. I'm not in your shoes, so I don't know how accurate that statement is, or if it's more a matter
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04/16/2024
ActiveRain comes with a written and unwritten list of expectations. If you've been here some time, you learned what they are (and whether you choose to follow them or not is a whole different thing...we're looking at you serial commenters...).There's not a requirement for new members to read the
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04/09/2024
One of my favorite things about using blogging for lead generation is that when used properly, the results attract clients you WANT to work with.The longer I'm in this business and the older I get, the less I want to work with people that make even the simplest parts of real estate harder than it
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04/02/2024
What's a SME you ask? it's not more NAR related alphabet soup to add to your signature and advertising, but Subject Matter Expert is the answer,When a consumer contacts us, they're expecting whoever answers the phone to be a SME when it comes to real estate matters. If they didn't think we were
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03/26/2024
The joys of home ownership include unexpected events. In our case, two sump pumps failing within 24 hours of each other. We have 2, one is the normal sump pump for draining the basement foundation as needed (which isn't often) and the other is dedicated to our basement washing machine/sink comb
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03/19/2024
When you first start blogging, chances are you'll blog about ANYTHING just to get a post completed! Unless you've got prior experience blogging before arriving here in the Rain, I liken beginning blogging to being a kid with training wheels on your bike. You're moving along, maybe not too quick
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03/12/2024
I'm going to talk about something advisers say NEVER to talk about: politics.Don't run away, because this isn't really about politics!It's election season and our mailbox and texts are getting flooded with mail about an Ohio state representative race. For whatever reason, a Northern Virginia PA
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03/05/2024
Our area can get a bit drab during the Winter months when there isn't snowy decorations, so I enjoy seeing the early shoots of daffodils appearing and then our first flowers to bloom, our snowdrops.Snowdrops aren't big flowers, just a handful of inches tall, but they can handle the cold, so snow
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02/27/2024
This summer will make 20 years since I started in real estate, and while a lot has changed, a lot of the fundamentals haven't.It's a people business.It's a numbers game.And there's absolutely no reason to reinvent the wheel for much of what we do. That doesn't mean continuous improvement shouldn
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02/20/2024
If you're a beekeeper in a place that has a true Winter, you know sparse times are coming. The blooms don't last forever and the bees know that. Busy bees isn't just a cliche, it's how they live and work. They build comb, fill the cells with honey, pollen and the queen lays the eggs that incre
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02/13/2024
