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2010
In watching the morning news it appears that many are waiting to hear what the President will have to say at tonights State of the Union Address. The polls give predictions based on voter dissatisfaction with the overall economic conditions enveloping our nation. The news went on to report the ...
01/27/2010
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I just bought a Flip Camera and find it very useful in this line of work. Have any of you had any success intergrating it into your marketing? There has to be a ton of ideas for how to use this. It is amazing how techlogy has changed so much these past years. I don't want to date myself, but ...
01/20/2010
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This past week I attended a Continuing Education course on changes in the 2010 contracts. It was very informative, but I also learned information I didn't know from the Instructor that will help me with future contract negotiations. What I came to realize is, we shouldn't look upon Continuing Ed...
01/16/2010
I was on my Facebook yesterday and noticed a friend of mine posted Facebook is going to start charging $3.99 a month for this service. With newspapers and magazines dwindling, the advent of internet marketing and socializing has taken over a large portion of advertising in our business. My que...
01/10/2010
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I recently attended a Continuing Education Class on the new 2010 GAR forms for our state, and sat next to a woman who has owned a very successful real estate company for 29 years. As we discussed our ever changing industry, she said somethng very interesting that made me stop and think. She sai...
01/09/2010
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We who live in the South take snow seriously. The day before the snow is forecasted, schools begin to make plans to close down and the local grocery stores are jammed with people buying out milk and bread. In our house, my husband wants to make sure he has beer! Yesterday it started snowing abo...
01/08/2010
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Yesterday, Agent Caravan Day in our community, it was apparent that the weather kept many agents from venturing out into the cold. I had clients coming back to look at more homes later in the evening, so I only had 3 hours of "warm time" inside my house before it was time to go back outside. The...
01/06/2010
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As an avid reader, I stumbled across an article in the December 25-January 8th, 2010 edition of "The Week" magazine. It dealt with "icons of the new housing market". As reported by Les Christie of CNNMoney.com, spending on remodeling jumped 8.7% between September and October." In my area, build...
01/04/2010