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While filtering through dozens of blog posts I have noticed many have a unique background or brand. After looking through my profile and settings; searching for answers on how to do this myself, I must turn to those in the know. Please direct me to how to make my own cool background on Active Rai...

Relay for Life is a fundraiser to fight cancer. Near the end of June thousands will gather in Puyallup, WA and other cities to relay with their teams. This will be my first Relay for Life and I have heard from others that the opening ceremonies will bring you to tears as cancer survivors open the...

Actions speak louder than words and when I actually follow-through with my action plans it speaks louder than my talk about following up. Today, I had one quarterly contact to make and instead of putting it off 'til tomorrow, I picked up the phone and made the call. Good thing I did, because the ...

Keeping a solid database has become more like a hobby for me. With every new person that is added, there are a number of steps I follow to make sure I do not lose touch with them. Gather all the information possible, name/address/phone/email are basic, but even just name and one of the other thre...

Anyone in Vancouver, WA looking for a referral partner in Pierce County? I have three solid lead for the Vancouver area and would like to get them searching and do a referral, but I would like to know they are well-cared for by a full-time professional REALTOR that would provide exclusive referra...

If you haven't been following the story, I held an open house a couple weeks back, put an ad in the paper and signs around the neighborhood. Only ONE visitor showed up. After showing the house, which didn't work for them, being a two-story, we got to talking about what they were looking to buy. T...

As my business continues to grow, I am finding more and more leads that are visiting my website and contacting me about moving to different parts of Washington State and different parts of the U.S. So, I have decided to start an agent referral team. Partnering with agents across Washington State ...

Buyers are so fun to work with, especially in this market where they can get "a deal". Everyone loves a deal and finding deals these days is pretty simple. Still, it takes a concentrated effort to find "the deal" that matches what the buyer desires. With internet search tools, buyers do much of t...

As I was driving aimlessly around an unfamiliar part of King County, it dawned on me that I have yet to purchase a GPS system. I'm pretty good with maps and like to think I know the area fairly well. However, my clients joked about my lack of a GPS system when I could not find a property. Now I a...

It was a bit of a stretch for me to make the big cell phone move from Razr to Treo. Financially, it was more of a cost, especially since Verizon PAID me $50 to get a Razr. Then there was the time. Time to learn another cell phone and the functions that I need to survive and also explore the funct...