My dog loves routine. We have a morning routine that goes like this: 1. I get up and read Active Rain (he really doesn't care about that). 2. Once I've been busy reading in the Rain for about 10 minutes, he shows up. 3. He dances around until I take him to his food bowl and fill it up. If he ge
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07/31/2011
This has been a great week, and I am truly singing in the Rain! It started out with a note from another Rainer with listing opportunities. Shortly after that, I received a call and email from Bankrate.com asking if I'd be willing to be interviewed for their online newsletter. They found me thr
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07/30/2011
OK, Rainers, if you think you've heard it all please read Andrea's blog. This is one of the most amazing easement messes I've ever seen. She's asking for insight, so if you'd like to leave a comment, please to it on her blog. She'll appreciate it and it will help other Rainers compare notes!
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07/29/2011
When I first started blogging, I was totally clueless about content or style. Thanks to some great Rainers, who I've mentioned before, I have been constantly cleaning up my act. But, there was one thing that was driving the much beloved Mimi Foster crazy. When she finally couldn't take it anym
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07/29/2011
When I first started mountain biking I learned real quickly that it's not like cruising around the neighborhood on a beater bike. In a recent blog, "Two Important Keys To Realtor Success", I talked about the two key components of mountain biking and how they relate to real estate. Those two key
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07/28/2011
I've been fortunate to have a good number of REO companies to work with, but I see a lot of my colleagues struggling to get their foot in the REO door. It's frustrating, but it is what it is today. There are a couple things you can do to help your chances of working with an REO company, but the
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07/27/2011
When our first son was born my wife had a best friend who was always at our house. She nearly raised Jonny the first year. Julie's husband was a professional musician, and he traveled a lot. So, Julie traveled over the bridge to our house, and we loved her very much and we are always glad to s
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07/27/2011
Oh, boy, I've gone and done it now. I set a challenge for my indoor cycling classes, and now I'm going to have to put or shut up. I challenged my classes to fill 30 Spinner® NXT bikes for 12 hours. The plan is to fill those bikes for 12 hours with 30 students per hour. The students will form t
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07/26/2011
I've spent a lot of my adult life in prison. Now, before you delete yourself as one of my subscribers, know that I wasn't an inmate. As a minister with a psych background, I volunteered. I worked with men, women and juvenile boys. Once in a blue moon I worked with juvenile girls, but not ofte
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07/26/2011
Celeste, the Happy Grasshopper, has some great advice here using Ben Kinney's success. Glean and grow, and if you want to leave a comment please leave it on Celeste's page. She'll really appreciate it!! Ben Kinney sells 1 and 1/2 houses a day. He just started selling real estate 6 years ago.
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07/26/2011
