Abe Schmidt's (aschmidt) Blog

Again I wanted to thank Margaret Rome for sending me the signed copy of her book "Real Estate the Rome Way". I was able to help her out with a blog issue a few weeks ago and this was on my desk immediately. She was fantastic to work with and I look forward to our conversations in the future.     ...

Im a huge fan of this wonderful nutritional holiday. Its definately all I had for breakfast and lunch and I wish I had more to pass around the office. Great stuff. The variety with the vanilla center is by far my favoriteIn a month of tasty pumpkin baked goods, aromatic hot beverages and candy ga...

A very interresting article on a future space tourism port in New Mexico. Those aliens sure seem to like the desert. I would totally go check this out. Reminds me of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (great movie).  New Mexico is leading the way in commercial space travel. Spaceport America, loc...

The is a great comparrioison of an amazingly reckless and careless animal and an agent who doesnt seem to care about the client. I love how Karen tied these two together. If you havent seen this video, its definately worth a good laugh. Look out says that bird!!!I am working with the oddest agent...

So the improvements offered with the iPhone 4s proved spectacular enough to entice me to upgrade. I stayed up at midnight of the 7th to get my pre-order in and literally hit refresh on the Apple Store over 300 times before finally getting in at 2:45am. I ended up getting the white 16gb because th...

With the highly anticipated release of iOS5 finally arriving today, iPhone and iPad users will be able to comment and blog on ActiveRain from the fully functional WYSIWYG integration in the new and improved Safari application. Users that upgrade to the amazing new ios5 will also notice immediate ...

My favorite blogger Richard Yates has featured me yet again and as a cat in his new Halloween video blog. This one is incredible. I'm surprsied how well I pull off the cat costume and the mask. Last time I tried that it bombed big time.  Active Rain Staff Appears in 2011 Halloween Videos I don't ...

ActiveRain has officially finalized the AR University Page! With loads of great pre-recorded content and a detailed archive of past training sessions, this is an amazing source for new information and refreshers for our happy bloggers! See you at school!   It's amazing to me that ActiveRain has g...

It's early Monday morning and I slowly arise and rub my eyes as if it were all a dream. I slowly walk into my kitchen area and see all the "Congratulations!" balloons and flowers and realized it all happened exactly the way it was supposed to.  It's 4:30am Saturday morning and I wake up my girlfr...

Yes, we love the place we work. With amazing Restaurants, Coffe shops, grocery stores, shopping, schools, parks, book stores, bars, entertainment spots, banks and public transportation all next door, I was not surprised to see our rating on Walk Score as a "Walkers Paradise" 100%. If you are ever...