Some things in Life you have to learn the hard way to fully understand why you shouldn't do them.For instance, if you have a house full of dogs and cats, it's not advisable to walk down a dark hallway. You might get away with it many times, and you can do everything you can to keep a home immacu
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12/12/2023
You work for years producing content, IDX pages, refining your website, seeking that page 1 placement for key search results, all with one goal: to attract business.The phone rings, text dings, email "you've got mail", the start of (hopefully) a productive relationship.BUT...now all leads develo
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12/05/2023
For blogging to work for you, you have to succeed in gaining attention (be it bots or humans) and there are multiple factors involved, and a big part of it comes down to various eye tests.If you're in a community such as this one, the rules of gaining engagement may be different than when writin
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11/28/2023
Over the years my tool bag has grown, and also changed.Instead of being limited by an extension cord, now I can throw a drill, a circular saw, a reciprocating saw and a multi-tool into my bag with a few charged battery packs and I'm more flexible in where I can work on a project.I've added newer
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11/21/2023
Yesterday morning I was driving to a routine cardiologist appointment. I'd left maybe too early (but I hate being late to anything...Navy training sir!!), but that became a moot point rather quickly as traffic on the interstate slowed across all lanes and the overhead ARTEMIS system announced (R
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11/14/2023
You want to be successful as a real estate agent AND another career at the same time? You'll note I didn't use the term "part-time agent" in the title, because in my view doing real estate right involves a full time mindset and commitment. So how do you succeed at two careers at once?Solo or T
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11/07/2023
24 hours.One brain.One heart.One soul.That's what I've got to work with on a daily basis.I'm an engineer, an introvert, an analyzer, show me data and I'll draw my own conclusions.In real estate, there is ALWAYS drama. The news cycles thrive on lawsuits, business disruptors, and whatever else tha
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10/31/2023
If you survey the real estate forums, there is concern amongst the ranks about the latest lawsuits. What will be the outcome? Will buyer's agents go the way of the dodo?A statement I see frequently is "Agents who can prove their value will do fine".So how to you go about proving your value is m
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10/24/2023
One of the benefits of blogging is if you do it properly, you can post and forget about it. If you're careful about how you write and what you do and don't include, a post can still be effective a decade (or more) later.We have certain posts that continue to generate contacts year after year, bu
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10/17/2023
Everyone needs help at some point, be it here in the Rain or elsewhere.I've been here in the Rain for a long, long time and one of the things that differentiates this place from other real estate forums is the general willingness of community members to help other community members.Things aren't
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10/10/2023
