How do you make money in the Rain? Maybe you're just here for fun and the social aspect of this community is more than enough for you. But let's assume your primary goal is to increase your business and put some more dollars in your pocket. How can you make that happen? You have two primary targ
...
08/10/2021
We're amateur beekeepers. In our backyard we currently have seven hives with hundreds of thousands of honeybees going about their business.Once or twice a year we'll harvest some honey, although the honey isn't really the answer to why we are beekeepers. When we collect the frames of honey, the
...
08/03/2021
There is never a shortage of potential topics to blog about. Pretty much anything can be tied to real estate if you take the right angle. But SHOULD a post be written? Frankly, there are times I'm in the wrong mental state to be blogging. Tonight a buyer called me FROM THE LISTING AGENT'S OFFIC
...
07/27/2021
When you first join ActiveRain you have a decision to make:Rainer or Rainmaker?Rainer: a non-paying membership that limits your visibility to other members of the ActiveRain community (well except for comments and answers you leave on PUBLIC posts).Rainmaker: a member with a paid account OR has
...
07/20/2021
You can't beat Zillow.You can't beat Trulia.You can't beat Realtor.com.You can't beat the big brokerages. But you can beat them when you pick the playing field. There ARE opportunities out there if you understand the strengths and weaknesses of your competition and where YOU hold the advantage. F
...
07/13/2021
It can be tough to be a small business, with a LOT of different hats to wear in addition to executing the mandatory daily activities. The days can get pretty long and sometimes something just has to give, and that give is often online presence.The other day our loan officer sent us a list of the
...
07/06/2021
No, you can't always get what you wantYou can't always get what you wantYou can't always get what you wantBut if you try sometime you findYou get what you needRolling Stones ActiveRain is a site in transition. If you've been here a while, then to some degree you're used to that. We've had a few
...
06/29/2021
Our real estate market is clearly tilted to sellers. Decently priced and presented, a home is under contract within 1 to 2 days and with multiple offers.While blogging can bring both buyers and sellers, for the most part our experience has been blogging brings us far more buyers than sellers.In
...
06/22/2021
Every so often you'll see it happen on the blog roll. In a short span, you'll see the same title appear again and again and again and...Yep, it must be the day Keeping Current Matters (KCM) has released a new post or two for their paid members to use. It's not plagiarism since it's bought conte
...
06/15/2021
Sometimes someone says "I never get any business from blogging".And maybe that's an accurate statement. Depending on topic choice and quality of posts, it's quite possible to never give a home buyer or seller a reason to contact you to be their agent.But IMO, a lot of consumer contacts might not
...
06/08/2021
