Carey's Blog

In the last couple decades Americans have not exactly made a name for themselves as the politest bunch out there. We're blunt and honest and tend to offend other countries with a more delicate etiquette system. This is why I find it amazing that in our business, we're often so nervous to ask our ...

Along with many hours cruising around ActiveRain, I've also been spending some time over at Zillow. Most of you are probably aware that Zillow.com allows homeowners and others to search their area for comparable sales and will provide an estimate of value. My experience is that the technology has...

Last Memorial Day, my sisters invited me to join them to run in the Laguna Hills 5K (3.1 mile) race in Laguna Hills, CA. This is a race the city puts on every year. After running the distance in just under 34 minutes, I was hooked! In the year since that first race, I've "competed" in 5 more 5Ks ...

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As I'm always on a quest to build up points and move up the ratings, I have a question: what can affect the points scored for a blog post? I have a few that have only scored the minimum of 200, and others have gone higher than that. Why the change? And how can I get the points consistently higher...

Yesterday I had an experience that made me truly appreciative and proud of the way we do business. Yesterday, I went to my very first time share presentation. Now, I had heard about time share presentations. They start with a really friendly, get-to-know-you sort of preso, all smiles and jokes. T...

Yesterday I talked about risk and how rather than avoiding it, we just need to know how to manage it. Today's post is an important footnote. Throughout the last few hundred years, man has developed increasingly accurate and complicated mathematical models to help nail down the bare bones of risk....

Peter Parker could tell you that with great power comes great responsibility. Let's adjust this adage for the world of real estate investing: With great reward comes great risk. Many of us shy away from the word "risk", trying to avoid it whenever possible. But is risk such a bad thing? In his bo...

Building on my last post, I discovered that most readers are drawn first to the business posts and then personal. So, while most of my posts here are going to be business-related, I have decided to designate Friday's thought by the title "Get to Know Me Friday". I'm going to be getting married th...

Since joining last week (or the week before?), I've done some considerable cruising around the Active Rain site and blogs and profiles. I really enjoy reading people's personal stories, but I also find it really helpful when other professionals write about a technical aspect of their field or rel...