One of the best things about ActiveRain is that you get to decide how YOU participate (or not).And that participation style and amount may change over time.Some may only comment, that's a valid choice.Some may only post and never comment, another valid choice.The number of comments I leave now is
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12/10/2024
If you are a dual career agent, you're a professional time juggler by necessity. You probably establish certain routines that work for you and increase your productivity. Being efficient at performing a task that is actually a complete waste of time isn't a win (well with the exception of that
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12/03/2024
Cleaning out my engineering office cube I found old technology: a Sony Discman, floppy disks of various sizes, a card for dial up access numbers while on business trips. In our basement is a Betamax VCR and a VHS player, and a box full of old laptops, cables, connectors, and other peripheral eq
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11/26/2024
This is my last week as an engineer/real estate agent. Friday is my last day filling the "engineer" part of my dual career life. I'm cleaning out my cube and when you've been doing this as long as I have, you collect all kinds of tidbits. Pictures of the non-digital variety complete with negat
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11/19/2024
It happened again this week. A contact form from ActiveRain, a buyer interested in new construction patio homes in a particular area of Cincinnati. I can't tell exactly which of the many posts I've written about Cincinnati patio homes led her to that contact form, but fact is something did.Whil
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11/12/2024
Every time I answer my phone and there's a pause, then a bloop sound before a "Mike" or a "John" starts speaking with an accent about trying to sell me leads, or some Medicare plan, or...it doesn't really matter what they're trying to sell, the bottom line is the whole set up from start to finish
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11/05/2024
I'm going to take a slight detour from my usual topics (while still coming back to the same drum to beat on it some more!). This month's ActiveRain challenge asks to list our favorite three tech tools. And while I am attached to my phone, laptop and email as anyone, they're not what gives me th
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10/29/2024
You want to be a successful blogger? Different audiences need different approaches.If you have a sphere of people that already follows you, you have a lot of freedom in choosing your topics. There's already a base level of trust, so it's easier to mix in topics that have nothing to directly do w
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10/22/2024
With so many different places and ways to spend your time, why should ActiveRain have even a minute of your day?Over the 18 years since we joined ActiveRain, we've put in a LOT of minutes in the Rain and still find value in the community.Why keep coming back?The short answer, "It's the people".Th
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10/15/2024
Our new home and garage aren't what most people would consider conventional. A Quonset home has metal arches that comprise the roof and side walls. Two foot wide arches are assembled, raised, and bolted to the next arch, repeat, repeat, repeat until the shell of the home is finished.They're str
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10/08/2024
