Emily Allen's (em) Blog

   Hello prospective renters my question to you is "With all the one-bedroom apartment floor plans; Why Ballard apartments? " The simple reason is that Ballard apartments are the most sought after, is the open one bedroom apartment floor plans at the Lock Vista Apartment homes! Ballard is the sh...

This totally cracked me up this morning! I live in beautiful Seattle WA and we also have many beautiful murals (and some pretty whack graffiti as well).  One argument is that we have major construction to worry about so why would we dump tax dollars to a mural. A common rebuttal is that the art a...

KISS CAFE is one of the reasons I love living in Ballard WA. (Dedicated to the crew who hangs there at the bar with their special guest, featured in the picture by the ceiling with antlers on him)  It took me a while to try it because if you've ever seen it; The KISS CAFE pretty dang cool, it's ...

  Another Great Blog! This made me laugh after a really rough day. Seriously hadn't smiled all day, struck out at work. Read this and got the boost I needed to finish out the day. I really apprieciate these kinds of articles because we all get in these funks. All the calls are sales calls. All th...

If you know of Ben and how he went from a guy with his mom and his sister as his sphere of influence to the self proclaimed "mega agent". This is the way he did it.   His new baby is IMSD, and as well as keeping our community on the edge of tech with RainMaker I am also one of his reps for IMSD o...

This is such a cool story! I think my favorite part is that it's not the first time I've seen this. As part of the staff team here at ActiveRain I am in constant contact with our community members. I am well aware that in our industry our members are constantly receiving sales calls, SPAM, and sc...

  Sometimes its hard to explain to our members everything they get with the power of rainmaker and SEO. My background is in customer service and property management it's the stories like this that can be proof in the pudding.    I am a new member of the team so if you have any other awesome stori...

Good morning ActiveRainers! It's Wednesday, and I am ready to get over the hump. I truly enjoy connecting with my new members to see how we're doing for them. We offer our latest marketing toolbox tools, ask for recommendations of new products that could be helpful, and just say hello (my favorit...

I am a leasing professional with Riverstone Residential group. I was lucky enough to get acquainted with the Belroy as my first "normal" property. The Belroy is a 1930 William Bain building in Capitol Hill, WA. Originally it was a hotel, so all of the hallways have room service boxes outside of e...

Hey Everyone! I live in Ballard WA, a small Norwegian town that can definitely hold it's own. Most of my days in Ballard bring me to the Locks, or maybe Golden Gardens. Most of those days are spent with nieces and nephews to play with the Jakesters my 5 year old son. Occasionally, weather permitt...