For blogging to work for you, you have to succeed in gaining attention (be it bots or humans) and there are multiple factors involved, and a big part of it comes down to various eye tests.If you're in a community such as this one, the rules of gaining engagement may be different than when writin
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11/28/2023
Over the years my tool bag has grown, and also changed.Instead of being limited by an extension cord, now I can throw a drill, a circular saw, a reciprocating saw and a multi-tool into my bag with a few charged battery packs and I'm more flexible in where I can work on a project.I've added newer
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11/21/2023
Yesterday morning I was driving to a routine cardiologist appointment. I'd left maybe too early (but I hate being late to anything...Navy training sir!!), but that became a moot point rather quickly as traffic on the interstate slowed across all lanes and the overhead ARTEMIS system announced (R
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11/14/2023
You want to be successful as a real estate agent AND another career at the same time? You'll note I didn't use the term "part-time agent" in the title, because in my view doing real estate right involves a full time mindset and commitment. So how do you succeed at two careers at once?Solo or T
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11/07/2023
24 hours.One brain.One heart.One soul.That's what I've got to work with on a daily basis.I'm an engineer, an introvert, an analyzer, show me data and I'll draw my own conclusions.In real estate, there is ALWAYS drama. The news cycles thrive on lawsuits, business disruptors, and whatever else tha
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10/31/2023
If you survey the real estate forums, there is concern amongst the ranks about the latest lawsuits. What will be the outcome? Will buyer's agents go the way of the dodo?A statement I see frequently is "Agents who can prove their value will do fine".So how to you go about proving your value is m
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10/24/2023
One of the benefits of blogging is if you do it properly, you can post and forget about it. If you're careful about how you write and what you do and don't include, a post can still be effective a decade (or more) later.We have certain posts that continue to generate contacts year after year, bu
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10/17/2023
Everyone needs help at some point, be it here in the Rain or elsewhere.I've been here in the Rain for a long, long time and one of the things that differentiates this place from other real estate forums is the general willingness of community members to help other community members.Things aren't
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10/10/2023
ActiveRain is my first stop for outbound referrals. We've been here since 2006 and love the community and the ability to get to know agents coast to coast and even some outside the borders of the USA. We get to see what they know, how they interact, what motivates them, etc. The interaction tha
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10/03/2023
When you have as many furballs as we have, routines are important.Don't sleep past X time.Don't put them all to bed before Z time.Know that if you're late feeding them, they're going to let you know you're late!As their humans, we have our routines in taking care of them, and they know their part
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09/26/2023
