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In the January 2022 Challenge, things lost to the Internet, we are asked to reflect and write about what we have experienced as the biggest change the internet brought to our business both in the way we do business and the way our clients do business with us.It seems I’ve been around since shortl...

This is my Option 2 post which is to call an AR member we have spoken with before but have not talked with them in 2021 and an entry to the ActiveRain Bells Ringing During the 2021 Holiday Season Challenge hosted by Kathleen Daniels. I placed a call to Beth Atalay on December 8, 2021. Prior to my...

This is my Option 3 post which is to call an AR member we have never spoken with and an entry to the ActiveRain Bells Ringing During the 2021 Holiday Season Challenge hosted by Kathleen Daniels. I placed a call to Mayra Espinosa Realtor San Mateo Pacifica Homes on December 11, 2021. The call went...

Carol Williams and Andrea Bedard challenged the ActiveRain community in the December Challenge: 'Tis the Season for Miracles & Scares to “take a look back and identify the one thing you'd like to scare away or free yourself from, and not bring into the new year with you.”For me, New Year's Eve is...

Carol Williams and Andrea Bedard challenged the ActiveRain community in the December Challenge: 'Tis the Season for Miracles & Scares to “spread some joy and share a Christmas season miracle.”It can be a personal miracle or a professional one, it just must be tied to the holidays in any way we ar...

This December 2021 ActiveRain Holiday Challenge is about phone calls!We offer three (3) ways to play.Option 1:   Call an AR member who has not been active in the Rain for a year or longer. Many of us are connected to AR members who are no longer active in the Rain. This should not be someone you ...

I am thankful for doctors and all medical staff. They are human and as such they make mistakes. I avoid them as much as possible. I do get my annual screenings but even something as simple as that is subject to error. Most recently, after seeing a doctor for the first time she ordered the annal m...

My happiest place on earth is not Disneyland.  Not even close.My happy place is Half Moon Bay. I suspect I am so drawn to it because I spend so much time there growing up. My Dad ran a fishing boat out of Pillar Point.  During the summer months, I skippered the boat.Other times my sister and I wo...

To preserve the privacy of my friend his name has been changed to Jake.Jake was my CPA for as long as I can remember.  He owned his small private family business. He is such an incredible person. A family man. Loving husband, father, grandfather, friend, etc.Sometimes in life, we just take an ext...

Many members of the ActiveRain community that I know personally have pets. Some have several pets.  In my book, anyone who has pets, loves animals, and advocates for them is a GOOD person. That does not mean that anyone who does not have a pet is not a good person. Those of us with pets know how ...