Liz loves unsweetened ice tea from a certain place famous for donuts, so I'll stop there 3-4 times a week on my way home from my engineering job or after showing houses.I'm there to order one thing, and rare does my order include anything additional.When I pull up to the drive-thru, one of two th
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09/27/2022
"If you ain't first, you're last!" Ricky Bobby, American philosopher"I wanna go fast!!" What Ricky Bobby and every new blogger wants.But real estate and racing to the finish line are a wee bit different. When you're behind the wheel of a racing car, you know the distance to the end. If you're
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09/20/2022
It started here.Maybe it was a post, maybe a comment, but once upon a time something sparked the start of a relationship. We come from many different areas of the country (or maybe even OTHER countries), but we have at least one or two things in common, enough to get started and determine who we
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09/13/2022
My online reputation is influenced by what I publish (or choose not to publish).I could make it crystal clear where I stand on every important (and not so important) issue if I chose to do so. Push, pull, step sideways. Repeat.Choosing what to publish can be a double edged sword. There are som
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09/06/2022
Can blogging attract sellers?I think it's possible, but my personal experience is attracting sellers via blogging has been more "accidental" than intentional.I believe the pool of sellers using the internet to find their next agent is smaller than the buyer pool using the internet.In most cases,
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08/30/2022
August 30, 2006.We're a week shy of our 16 year anniversary in the Rain, and that day in 2006 we had no idea what we were getting into, and it's gone far, far beyond just being a "blogging site".We've seen your kids and grandchildren go from little to not so little.We've met a fair number of you
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08/23/2022
Every week I'm offered plenty of "opportunities" to part with our money.Endless solicitations to make our website #1.You wanna be the only real estate agent in the local relo guide we produce? How about the high school basketball program? No? How 'bout on the scoreboard?Are you still in real e
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08/16/2022
Yesterday evening a gasket failed in a toilet tank, preventing the tank from refilling.While it wasn't apparent to me how to disassemble the column above the gasket, a quick Google search and I had the solution. An online search confirmed the big box hardware store had the gasket in stock and th
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08/09/2022
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness."Charles Dickens, A Tale Of Two Cities Blogging is a tool, and like any tool, sometimes it's right for the job, and sometimes it's not. It's a blogger's choice of when to use a post vs. a
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08/02/2022
I've noticed a trend lately in email and text solicitations to me.Before, there would typically be a one and done approach.Solicit me to be #1 on Google, or promise me a bazillion new listings or buyers, or offers for guest posting on some great website (that is totally unrelated to real estate).
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07/26/2022
