Saturday morning started off with no appointments. We're entering the slower time of the real estate year here, and there were a LOT of leaves on the lawn that could use moved back into the woods where they came from!But mid-morning the phone rang and it was an out of towner visiting family and
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10/20/2020
One of the challenges of blogging is that things change.You may change your brokerage, so just think about every website and every mention you have of your brokerage and the hassle it will be to update?? Now you can limit your risk in ActiveRain by keeping your brokerage mentions to your blog si
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10/13/2020
Whether you're a rookie blogger or experienced, topic choice can be a challenge.What will it take to attract attention to your blog?And we've all heard the saying real estate is local, right?So for the most part while I might find it interesting to see how the real estate market in California beh
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10/06/2020
When we start working with new buyers some of our earliest questions focus on what the buyers want in their next home.The better we understand the needs, the better we can select the possible homes for those particular buyers.And here's the thing about needs, if we understand the motivation behin
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10/03/2020
Topic.Intent.Tone.Execution. I've typed away at this keyboard literally thousands of times to produce a blog post.Some days are easy, some days not so much.The idea is there. I know what I want to accomplish with the post.I start to type, but something just doesn't feel quite right. I may be on
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09/29/2020
While I've not been here since the founding days of ActiveRain, I have been here for the bulk of its history and have seen many bloggers come and go.Some found other platforms to blog on (Wordpress), some shifted to other methods (Facebook & Twitter), and some quit "because blogging doesn't work"
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09/22/2020
I'll readily admit I'm not as young as I used to be. I loved playing soccer and being the goalie, but those decades of fun came at a price. Torn PCL, surgery for a torn meniscus in the other knee, multiple incidences of broken or separated ribs, bruises too numerous to count, and I don't want t
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09/19/2020
Blogging is like selling houses, step 1, get them interested and through the door.Your blog's title is your bait, your invitation, your "come on in and sit a spell!".But the HOW you do it, there's the challenge.If you have a captive audience, you can go full Click Bait mode and have a decent sho
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09/15/2020
I'm in the midst of a blogging sabbatical of sorts, honoring my years ago commitment to write an Ask An Ambassador post on Tuesdays but otherwise mostly MIA from the Rain.The reason I can comfortably sign off for a bit? Because over time I learned what the most valuable type of posts for me to w
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09/08/2020
Have you ever considered a builder's rep as someone that can help grow your business?In theory the builder is probably better off NOT having an agent involved as often as possible since that's just more profit margin for them, right?However, a builder and their reps might find value in aligning w
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09/01/2020
