Those of you who followed Project Blogger knew that one of my frustrations was that during the contest, I was writing my little heart out but Google couldn't find me. There was almost an allergic reaction between Google and Real Town, the platform where I've been writing my Live In Los Gatos blog
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09/27/2007
Yes, it's true, I collect ghost stories. But it's not really that weird. I mean, you go into homes and some of them "feel nice" and some can "feel creepy". A LOT of real estate professionals have stories.But perhaps I'm more open about it since I have www.HauntedRealEstate.com and www.HauntedReal
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09/19/2007
It's time to get organized for The Holidays. I know it's early, but if you order in September it's a lot cheaper and a lot less stressful than if you order in, say, the first week of November.What do you send to your best clients each December?I send out CDs. Actually I have two different CDs I s
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09/16/2007
Hi Active Rain,My databas is both online and with Outlook. With Outlook, I use Sonoma Enterprise's add on for real estate called Active Agent. It's good! And I sync with Plaxo too, which is what I want to write about today. A cool thing about Plaxo (with the paid membership) is the ecards. I sen
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09/15/2007
Congratulations on getting your offer accepted! That is great!Most buyers who go "into contract" (or "into escrow" as we say here) do close on their homes. But sometimes when there's more information, the best thing to do is back out. Information is power - the early days of the contract (before
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09/15/2007
Buy the biggest, most improved home in a nieighborhood, and the lower priced homes in the area will pull you down. Bad investment!Buy the smallst, cheapest home in the neighborhood, and the more improved homes nearby will pull you up. Good investment.There are a few "rules of thumb" that make sma
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09/15/2007
Hello Active Rain!Someone near and dear to me has gotten a license but will teach for the remainder of the school year. This great individual hopes that when next summer rolls around, conditions will be ripe to go full time into real estate without starving. That means starting now, part time. (Y
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09/15/2007
Referrals from other agents or from past clients and friends often makes up the lion's share of my business. If you have been in real estate awhile, that's probably true for you, too. Usually I have a pretty good success rate with getting signed listings if I get in front of sellers - especially
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09/15/2007
Active Rainers, I want to solicit your input! Next week I'm participating in a teleconference on blogging, and on October 1st I'm teaching a class on blogging at my company. (The class is NOT supposed to be for people who don't know what a blog is, why you'd do a blog, etc. It is aimed at people
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09/14/2007
Recently I listed a great little home in Saratoga, California - one of the most upscale communities in Silicon Valley with great schools, beautiful homes, and low crime. Saratoga is nestled into the coastal foothills and is just a tad north of Los Gatos (about 3 miles away) so shares the scenic b
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09/12/2007
