San Jose Homes for Sale

Maybe I am just a little too naive. This is a first for me.  The lender on the second home equity loan to purchase a home sent an "Anti- Money Laundering Certification" for my buyer clients to sign.  Maybe I just needed a good laugh ... and yet I think this is funny!  I think whoever wrote this m...

Thank you everyone! Ninety-One of you participated in the April No Fooling Around Contest.  Everyone is a Winner-Winner however there will be no chicken dinner.    I enjoyed reading every single post. Thank you for participating.  As promised, the list of participants was sent to the Queen of Con...

An April 2017 ActiveRain Challenge hosted by the Real Debbie Reynolds asks us to share 3 strategies, tips or ideas that increase the chances your offers are noticed and accepted. Number One:  Follow the Listing Agent's Instructions.  Do not ignore them ... follow them to the letter!  Provide ever...

Evelyn Johnston is hosting a niche contest - Setting Yourself Apart. We are asked to share how we chose our specialty or how it chose us.  While I have been managing probate sales since day one as a real estate agent, I'd not really focused on probate as a niche until approximately 2 years ago. W...

In February 2017 Bill Spear hosted the challenge: What I Love About My Job  This challenge, should you choose to accept it, is the opposite. You are the Batman or Batwoman of your business.  Who or What is the Joker?  No Fooling Around April 2017 Let’s Get Real Contest Get real with us and tell w...

 ActiveRain challenged the community to write a post about What You Can't Love and Can't Live Without.  February is the month of love and romance. We are asked to pick 2 tech tools or systems that we use in our business and get downright gushy about why we love them and how they make my business ...

Bill Spear, the man with two jobs, is hosting a contest in February (the month of Love and Romance).  Bill's challenge is to write a post about what we love about our job.  The term "Job" to me means what I do for someone else in exchange for a wage, salary, and/or benefits such as health insuran...

Fair warning to all my ActiveRain friends who manage their own real estate business and/or who have WordPress sites.   Setting IDX Aside: please note this is not about IDX providers not having SSL as was addressed in this post.  I am sharing this with the AR community to hopefully save you from g...

Praful Thakkar is hosting a contest - Get Out Your Crystal Balls. We are asked to write about our predictions for 2017.  Is 2017 a year of hope or fear?  I choose Hope! I believe there is always a certain amount of uncertainty.  Will interest rates rise?  I am certain they will. When?  We will se...

I have wanted to call Fred Griffin for a very long time.  No telling why I did not just pick up the phone and call Fred. However when the Ring and Sing Challenge presented in January 2017 I finally did call Fred.    There are so many things that can be said about Fred. Before I dive too deeply I ...